Teachers and students of Dai Nam University collect waste, join hands to fight global climate change

Posted date 03/03/2019

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Posted date 03/03/2019

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In order to educate awareness, raise responsibility for environmental protection among staff, lecturers and students; deeply spread the message of joining hands to fight global climate change in the community; respond to Youth Month, celebrate the 88th anniversary of the founding of the Union on March 26, on the morning of March 2, under the direction of the Youth Union, hundreds of staff, lecturers and students of Dai Nam University launched a campaign to collect waste in the area of Van Quan Lake and Than Tho Lake (Van Quan - Ha Dong - Hanoi).

The terrible consequences of global climate change

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has warned that by 2030, 126 million people will fall into extreme poverty due to the impact of climate change. The most affected regions are Africa and Southeast Asia.

Global climate change is directly affecting and threatening human life and livelihood.

Also according to the report of WMO,

The 20 hottest years in history all occurred within the past 22 years, and 2018 was the 4th hottest year in history. Over the past 3 years, the Earth's temperature has increased by 1 degree Celsius, sea levels have risen, severe forest fires have occurred consecutively in many countries, bad weather patterns have appeared with higher frequency and more complex and unpredictable developments... These factors have made global climate change the biggest threat to humanity.

World scientists say that " never before has the blue planet suffered the consequences of climate change as seriously as it does now". Global climate change is affecting all aspects of human life. The living environment is seriously affected, leading to disease outbreaks, changing the genetic structure of infectious viruses, creating more dangerous variants. Food security and clean water sources are seriously threatened. Dozens of locations around the world are at risk of being submerged by the ocean .

The results of the recent reports, especially the speech of 15-year-old Swedish girl Greta Thunberg at the 24th Conference of the United Nations on Climate Change (COP 24) in Poland in December 2018, once again sounded the alarm, calling on countries, organizations, and individuals to join hands to take action against global climate change.

Teachers and students of Dai Nam University join hands to fight global climate change

Teachers and students of the Faculty of Information Technology and the Faculty of Foreign Languages during the garbage collection and environmental sanitation session at Van Quan Lake and Than Tho Lake on the morning of March 2.

From early morning, hundreds of staff, lecturers and students of Dai Nam University were present at Van Quan Lake and Than Tho Lake to carry out the task. After gathering the staff, listening to the content, dividing into teams, dividing the area and receiving working tools, the groups proceeded to clean up the trash, returning the green - clean - beautiful landscape to this area.

Dai Nam students listened to the information about cleaning and divided into teams and areas to collect garbage.

Sharing about the purpose and significance of implementing the school's garbage collection and environmental sanitation activities in public places, Ms. Cao Thi Hoa - Vice Principal, Head of the Movement Committee said: " Under the impact of global climate change, hundreds of millions of people around the world will fall into poverty; health, longevity, and quality of life will decrease. The fight against global climate change does not belong to anyone and of course, Vietnamese students and youth are not allowed to stand outside this fight... "

The activity of cleaning up the public environment has been implemented and operated effectively by Dai Nam University for many years. These include garbage collection activities in West Lake, Tran Quoc Pagoda, Hoan Kiem Lake, Thu Le Park ; cleaning cemeteries, pagodas, and clearing ditches and sewers in Phu Lam and Phu Luong wards (Ha Dong)...

The enthusiastic and passionate working spirit of Dai Nam teachers and students in the opening ceremony on the morning of March 2.

It is known that the garbage collection and environmental sanitation activities in the Van Quan Lake and Than Tho Lake areas will be maintained by Dai Nam University regularly every Saturday morning. “Accordingly, all staff, lecturers and students of the University will be able to participate in contributing their efforts and together call for, propagate and raise awareness of environmental protection in the community…” said Ms. Cao Thi Hoa.

MSc. Le Ngoc An - lecturer of the Faculty of Information Technology actively collects garbage with students in the Van Quan lake area.

Sharing with us after cleaning up Van Quan Lake and Than Tho Lake with colleagues and students on the morning of March 2, MSc. Le Ngoc An - lecturer of the Faculty of Information Technology said: “ One of the main causes of environmental pollution is people's awareness of littering. Only when people are aware of littering and feel responsible for protecting their living space, will environmental pollution be improved. I am very excited that the work of teachers and students of Dai Nam University has received support and praise from many people…”

Nguyen Dac Vu - a student of the Faculty of Information Technology shared: " Once or twice, people may not change their awareness, but after witnessing us collecting trash many times, people will be more aware of their littering..."

Student Nguyen Dac Vu is diligent and enthusiastic about his assigned tasks.

The garbage collection and environmental sanitation activities at Van Quan Lake and Than Tho Lake are part of the series of activities to celebrate the 88th anniversary of the founding of the Youth Union on March 26 of Dai Nam University. “Activities like this are not only an opportunity for students to experience but also help students become more aware of their responsibilities to the community...”, Ms. Nguyen Thi Thuy - Secretary of the Youth Union of Dai Nam University emphasized.

Some photos of the garbage collection campaign at Van Quan Lake and Than Tho Lake by teachers and students of Dai Nam University:

On Saturday morning, while everyone was leisurely drinking coffee after a week of work, teachers and students of Dai Nam University took the opportunity to collect trash and clean the environment.

The work is small but it has a strong impact on people's awareness.

The seriousness, diligence and enthusiasm of both DNU teachers and students received support and praise from many people.

Students pick up and sort trash during the morning launch on March 2 at Ho Van Quan.

Classifying plastic waste and not littering is the message that teachers and students of Dai Nam University want to convey in this meaningful activity.