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Don Bosco Provincial House, Bangalore, 28 February 2021: During the SPCSA Assembly on 28 February 2021, Rev Fr Biju Michael the Regional of South Asia has released the Energy Forever – mission accomplished poster of the Province of St Joseph, Hyderabad. Fr Biju Michael congratulated the provincial Fr Thathireddy Vijaya Bhaskar and the confreres of the province for this innovative and futuristic venture. He commended, “the Salesian Province of Hyderabad has anticipated the dream of the Rector Major, Rev. Fr Angel Fernandez Artime of Energy Forever (2032) by 12 years.”
In response to the global call of Pope Francis through Laudato Si, and the call of the Salesian congregation through General Chapter 28, crystallized in the 8th Priority of the Rector Major, “accompanying the young towards a sustainable future,” the province leadership has decided together with all the communities of the province to realize the dream of installing Solar Power Units in all the Communities of the province, thus contributing to the significant reduction of carbon footprint and move towards sustainability. The province has completed the process of adopting the renewable energy on January 31, 2021 in all the 31 communities of the Province with 65 Solar Units. This initiative will reduce 26,400 tons of CO2 produced to generate same amount of fossil fuel energy and spare 1,58,400 trees in treating CO2 emissions per annum. Fr Androth Jose, the economer of the province and Fr Sudhakar Bellamkonda, the PDO of the province have followed up the implementation of this initiative of the province.
