W5: "The School that Runs on Kindness and Solar Power"
The School that Runs on Kindness and Solar Power In many schools today, classrooms are packed, the weather is hot and fans spin endlessly to fight the heat. According to Jaafar (2025), Malaysia will continue to experience hot and dry weather, and a high number of rainless days is expected to continue until September this year. With rising temperatures, schools are forced to rely heavily on electricity for fans as well as air-conditioners. This will lead to higher energy usage, which costs more money and also harms the environment by creating more carbon emissions, especially if the power comes from non-renewable energy sources. Water usage is another serious issue that schools often overlook. Schools use a large amount of water every day for heating and cooling systems, toilets, water taps, cafeterias, laboratories, outdoor playgrounds and landscaping (El-Nwsany et al., 2019). Figure 1: AI-generated image of Willow Forest By the year 2045, there will be a school named Willow Fores...