Young leader of Asian environment came to Vietnam

Environmental projects using solar energy, waste reuse have been shared by environmental pioneers from seven countries at the forum of 'Asia Environment Leader Program' held last afternoon, at Hanoi.

The JEEF Environment Leadership Program , organized by the Japan Environmental Education Forum, aims to encourage and develop environmental protection projects and ideas of Asian youth and creativity. is Vietnam. This time, young people will have access to seven best projects that receive JEEF funding in 2010.

Batteries are items that cause environmental pollution and need to be recycled.
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Vietnam's young group piloted the project in Vu Quang National Park, Ha Tinh Province, with the aim of raising awareness of biodiversity for the community; educating people to protect the environment. The group drew provincial and district leaders and people to attend seminars on biodiversity, forest protection, introducing laws and decrees to them.

The representative of the host country said that the most difficult thing is how to change the way of thinking of the people is not simple, especially the farmers, because their life is materially heavy, not interested in the school. .

Young people from Singapore shared, they used the media, made lectures and played plays to convey environmental education content to everyone.

' The environmental topics are included in the lesson every week, the disadvantaged children are both material and spiritual, they are the ones who do not have the opportunity to integrate and know the environmental value. 'said the Singapore leader.

The project that Japanese environmental leaders are taking advantage of is the natural energy in the underdeveloped countries, helping them gradually remove the energy from burning materials such as firewood, switching to solar energy. heaven in daily life. The research team aims for the underdeveloped, developing and third countries, giving them a different perspective on solar energy, towards sustainable development.

Carrying out sorting of waste at the reserve and heritage, while reusing waste is the goal that the research team from Malaysia has implemented. The group has called on many people to participate in sorting waste such as plastic bags, plastic bottles, then calling for restrictions on the use of non-recyclable waste, so composting as reusable fertilizer, reducing the amount of garbage released to the lips school This September, the group will build a recycling center.

Along with the goal of recycling waste, but the audience that young people from Indonesia perform is sorting waste from fruits, in order to improve the sense of fruit sellers, who provide waste bins.

Supporting agricultural activities, young groups from Thailand have turned waste into fertilizer, environmental protection and sustainable development, replicating the model to many other localities.

The leaders from the Philippines carry out environmental protection by creating short, 5-minute lengths of film that deliver environmental protection messages to people throughout the country.

According to pioneers from seven countries, it is important for successful environmental protection to work in groups, gaining the support of many people, and the benefits of environmental products to people's lives. .

Dr. Nguyen Hoang Tri, Director of the Center for Environmental Research and Education, Hanoi University of Education said that the environment is always a hot issue attracting the attention of public opinion. Vietnam is one of the five countries most affected by climate change but Vietnam's environmental education activities are quite limited and not yet effective.

Experiences from countries in the region will help young Vietnamese as well as individuals and organizations operating in the field of environmental education to bring more ideas and pioneering actions to protect the environment.