“I hope this information will be like a virus. The students will have it in their mind and take it home to their villages,” said Mr. Shayne Hughes, student project coordinator for the Energy Conservation Conference planned for April 2-4 at the Galena Interior Learning Academy. 

            The Energy Conservation Conference was recommended by Cynthia Erickson, a Alaskan Native women from Tanana, said Mr. Hughes. She is in charge of gathering communities together to talk about this major energy crisis. She has done conferences in Girdwood which goes over the towns on the road system. She wanted to get rural communities together to bring awareness to everyone about this terrible energy crisis.

            “The students are the ones that will change things. They are our future,” said Mr. Hughes.

            Many classes are working on different projects as it relates to the Energy Conservation Conference. Nothing could be possible without the help of the outstanding teachers taking the time to allow their students to organize things for the conference.

            The biggest result this conference is looking for is to aware students on how to conserve energy.

Accoding to Mr. Hughes, Galena schools  Supt. Jim Smith told him if we do not control our energy, our energy will control us.

That means if we do not get a handle on the use of energy, our energy supply will begin to diminish.

The committee in charge wants to teach students how to insulate their homes better and to show them what needs to happen to get a grip on the energy control crisis, Mr. Hughes said.