people power, a message spread by Scotts Head Public School’s students by pushing a colourful billy cart up Waratah Street on Friday (29th).

The students took it in turns to push and ride in the billy cart up the hill, spreading the message of clean energy as part of an energy fair, held at Scotts Head reserve.

The students also carried a ‘climate torch’, from the GetUp association, which symbolised a national push towards cleaner energy.

The torch’s fan worked on a range of clean energies, including wind, a lemon and old-fashioned muscle.

Before carrying the torch, students presented short speeches and jingles about alternate sources of energy.

Scotts Head Public School principal Angie Evans said it was a good indication of things to come, as the students were given little guidance in preparing their presentations on how they saw the future of energy in Australia.

Community members and councillors joined in the torch relay, before guests displayed alternate energy systems at the reserve during the afternoon.

Among the systems on display were solar power, wind energy, Country Energy’s green power, hybrid cars, bicycles and using vegetable oil in diesel engines.