College of Ubanization and Environmental of NENU initiated the first “College Student Environmental Protection Month”, a series of actions aiming to sharpen college students’ sense of environmental protection and to advocate a kind of sanitary life style. At the eightith anniversary of the foundation of the League and the advent of “4.22”, the 33rd Earth Day, A series of activities were started on April 5th, and ended on April 28, with “Environmental Protection” as its theme and “ Today, have you protected our environment” as its slogen. As for this series, it is originally advocated by our University League, then desighed and carried out by College of Urbanization and Environmental Sciences. Due to its originality and effective ways, it drew great participation and attention . Thus it became sort of focus in our university in April.
Environmental Protection in Theory
1.“Environmental Protection Forum” Series Reports ------ One
At the opening ceremony on April 5th Professor Ye Bao-ming’s speech, “ the Earth, Our Home on Watch”, provided a good starting point. “What the earth offers mankind is the essence of materials, while what we reward the earth is garbage”. Professor Ye’s humous language and easy-to-follow analysis greatly aroused the participants’ enthusiasm.
2.“Environmental Protection Forum” Series Reports------ Two
On April 12th, the editor-in-chief of Jilin Daily, Zhao Chun-jiang, gave a speech named “Enter the Luo Bu Bo Desert”. Zhao, as a member of the New Century China Corresponts Expedition, once went to that desert to explore the area for 12 days in October, 2001. zhao’s speech was based upon his experience in the desert and his personal feelings, together with some photos reflecting desert scenery, and the students present got a chance to know more about that mysterious part of China; at the same time, they realized the cruel fact of the increasing corruption of environment, which started them thinking carefully about the issue.
3.“Environmental Protection Forum” Series Reports------ Three
On April 19th, another speech with the name of A Thorough Understanding of Sand Bowl, was given as scheduled. Zhu Ting-Cheng, a 77-year-old expert in ecology, starting with the several scarcely-seen sand bowls in Changchun, explained the phenomenon to the audience from its cause, its harm, its influence, and its consequences. Till then, the forun series had achieved its goal and been concluded.
4.“Enter the Earth” knowledge contest
On April 17th, on the first floor of Geographu Department, a final contest concerning enviromental protection was in progress among four competing teams. Candidates answered these questions with humor and wisdom, and the audience also got invovled in the contest by way of free questions, thus reaching the goal of interaction.
5.Recording of a news programme
On April 18th, twelve undergradutes from College of Urbanizaton and Environmental Sciences attended the recording of a news programme of JILin TV Station. During the period, they had a heated discussion with the honored guests about the topic The Proper Direction of Waste Oil. Through the discussion, they not only popularized some reasonable ways of utilizing waste materials, but also got the audience have a more clear idea about invisible environmental problems.
Environmental Protection With Passion
1.Autograph Among College Students
On April 12th, the first autogragh ceremony was started near the dining-halling of our university. Many students signed their names on a long piece of cloth, and some also filled the “environmental protection promise card”. This event had far-reaching influence, for students of Jilin University and other universities responded actively.
2.Pleaing for Asian Winter Games
On April 21st, people crowded before Heng Kelong supermarket to sign their signature and fill the “promise card” provided by our undergraduates. And the secretary of our university, Professor Sheng Lian-Xi himself went there to show his support to this activity. Later, those signatures will be sent to Malaysia as a verification of our strong desire to hold Asian Winter Games.
3.“Special Environmental Protection” Drama Show
ON the eve of April 28th, to celebrate the successful conclusion of “ College Student Environmental Protection Month’, a drama show was given in the small auditorium. A large number of newly-edited plays were put on, such as Teahouse, Lightening, Heart’s Mask and so on, leaving a deep impression on the audience. While with the appreciation of the excellent performance, the audience were directed to the thinking of the big issue of environmental protection.
Environmental Protecdtion in Future
Children are the future of our country, so they should know something about environmental protection. Taking this into consideration, the organizers of this series also arranged another series of activities, with the title, “Environmental Protection into Small Class”.
1.Public Lecture in Liberation Road Primary School
On April 12th, the class League of 01-year ecology section of College of Urbanizaton and Environmental Sciences gave a speech named Have you Protected Our Environment Today at Liberation Road Primary School . More than 3000 students attended the lecture through cable TV with their teachers. This activity not only got help from the teachers there, but also was welcomed by the students. Children’s world of Jilin TV Station recorded the whole process of this lecture.
2.Environmental Protection at Jilin Experimental School
On April 17th, the class League representatives of 01-year Geography education section went to Class 7, Grade 1 of that school, Informing them a lot of things on environmental protection, and the significance of this activity, that is, to enhance students’ sense of enveronmental protection, and to call on more people to join the efforts to protect the world. Students of that class also signed the “promise card”, express their will to fulfil their promise of not harming the world.
3.Contest Concerning Environmental Protection at the Middle School Attached to Northeast Normal University
On April 18th, the Party members-to-be of College of Urbanizaton and Environmental Sciences joinde hands with students of the Middle School attached to NENU. During this activity, the activists arranged the actions of ask-and-answer series, oath of environmental protection . CCTV had report on this.
Environmental Protection in Action
1.The Recycling of Waste Battery
On April 5th, some big battery-like rubbish cans appeared in the corners of the campus. These cans show that environmental protection has entered our lives, that it is on longer words on the paper.
2.Movie shows
To spread the idea of environmental protection in a more easy accepted way, the organizers of this series took the means of movie-showing. Movies like The King of the Jungle, The Future World, and some others were shown during the month. This way aroused viewers’ interest and attention to environmental protection.
3.Cultural Construction
To introduce environmental protection into everyone’s life, College of Urbanizaton and Environmental Sciences also organized the contest of “Green dorm” and “shade class” among its college students so that environmental protection will not be a thing only on people’s lips.
“ College Student Environmental Protecdtion Month” series received the attention from Beijing Green Peace Organization, CCTV, JLTV, ChangChun Daily, City Eve, New Culture News, Jilin Communication and entertainment Station; at the same time, it created an impact on both the campus and the socitey. Environmental Protection is no longer a slogan, it has become people’s pratical deeds.
As college students of a new era, we shoule shoulder the responsibility of protecting our world, our Earth. As pioneers of the field of ecology, College of Urbanizaton and Environmental Sciences tried what they could to create a green sanitary world. Let’s join hands in this great task.