A day out at St Cassien

To illustrate the right for children to enjoy a clean environment, 30 students from Collège Marie Mauron, Fayence, France,   were taken for a guided tour in and around the hydroelectric power plant of St Cassien managed by EDF (our National Electricity Organisation ) only a few kilometers from our school. There, they were taught by the guide the annual power production of the turbine : 60 000 000 kWh of green electricity !
They were given leaflets about the risks of electricity as well as further information of the use and purpose of the hydraulic dam built in 1964 among which the reserve of water it provides in cas of wildfires devasting our Mediterraen forests.As part as their science curriculum, children were then shown the functioning of a turbine in class.