SlogansSave electricity and fuel slogans
National Energy Conservation Day is observed in India on 14 December. These lines also work on the small sticker next to a switchboard.
English
Switch off when you step out.
Lights off, savings on.
An empty room needs no fan.
Save a unit today. It adds up by the month.
Sunlight is free. Open the curtains.
Unplug what you are not using.
Take the stairs. Save power. Gain health.
Engine off at the red light.
Use what you need. Save what you can.
The cheapest unit of electricity is the one you never use.
Last one out? Lights out.
An empty room does not need a fan.
Unplug it. It is still drinking power.
The sun charges nothing. Use it till evening.
Engine off at the red light. Fuel saved, air spared.
Save power today. Have power tomorrow.
Stairs for two floors. Lift for the rest.
हिन्दी
कमरे से जाते समय, बत्ती पंखा बंद करें।
जितनी ज़रूरत, उतनी खपत।
बिजली की बचत, देश की बरकत।
सूरज की रोशनी अपनाओ, दिन में बल्ब मत जलाओ।
ऊर्जा बचेगी तो भविष्य बचेगा।
लाल बत्ती पर इंजन बंद, ईंधन की बचत का यही प्रबंध।
आज की बचत, कल की रोशनी।
बेवजह जलती बत्ती, जेब पर पड़ती भारी।
कमरा ख़ाली, बत्ती बंद, यही है समझदारी का ढंग।
पंखा चले तो कोई बैठा हो, वरना बंद।
लाल बत्ती पर इंजन बंद, तेल बचे और हवा भी स्वच्छ।
धूप है तो बल्ब क्यों? खिड़की खोलो।
चार्जर निकालो, बिजली बचा लो।
In common use (not written by us)
Energy saved is energy produced.
बिजली बचाओ, बिल घटाओ।
Nothing matches. Try a shorter word, or choose All.
Where these slogans work
Energy slogans are reminders more than rally cries. Their place is beside the switchboard, on the classroom door, near the lift, on the geyser, by the office printer and at the petrol pump queue. A small sticker read fifty times a day does more than a banner read once.
Write your own
Catch the moment of waste. The fan turning in an empty room. The charger left on. The engine running at a red light. The fridge door held open while someone decides. Then give the two-second cure: switch, unplug, turn off, close. A slogan that names the moment is obeyed, because the reader recognises himself.
- English pairs: light and bright, switch and rich, power and hour, save and behave, off and enough.
- Hindi pairs: बिजली and असली, बचाओ and जलाओ, बत्ती and मस्ती, बंद and आनंद, ऊर्जा and पुर्ज़ा.
Ideas for a class or office
- Make a "last one out" rule and paint it on the door: the last person switches everything off.
- Appoint an energy monitor for the week and let the class write that week's slogan.
- Put the slogan on the bill board: pin up last month's bill beside it.
What to avoid
- Promising exact savings in rupees or units. They depend on the appliance and the tariff.
- Slogans that ask people to sit in the dark or the heat. Ask for care, not hardship.
Using these slogans
- A reminder works best at the point of action: near the switch, the lift, the AC remote.