The Mississippi Development Authority’s Energy and Natural Resources Division hosts an Energy Awareness Day annually in October to celebrate Energy Awareness Month. This event is held at the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum in Jackson to provide activities and interactive workshops that emphasize the importance of energy and natural resources. MSMS partners with MDA each year in this event by operating two interactive tents filled with activities and lessons about energy. MSMS students conduct demonstrations and experiments to increase awareness of the environmental impacts caused by energy use and methods to reduce those impacts.
More than 1,000 Mississippi students, teachers and consumers attend Energy Awareness Day each year. Energy Awareness Day is free and offers students, teachers and the public an excellent opportunity to learn about sources of energy, energy efficiency and our responsibility to protect and maintain our environment.