Hengshi students earnestly learn how to protect the earth with little actions. (Wu Sijia/Photo)
Red Net Moment Hengyang April 23 news (correspondent Zeng Chaoyang You Jiaqi reporter Song Meijun) April 22 is the 52nd "World Earth Day", Hengyang Normal College through theme lectures, publicity panels and other ways, advocate teachers and students to cherish the earth, live in harmony with nature, and retain beauty for the earth.
"We have only one earth, man and nature are a community of destiny, let us build a beautiful home together!" In the afternoon of the same day, in the beautiful music of "Animism", Shen Xiuying, professor of the School of Geography and Tourism of the university, head of the Hunan Provincial Environmental Education and Social Science Popularization Base, and chief expert of the Environmental Education Research Center of Hunan Provincial Universities, spoke with emotion about the source of "World Earth Day", advocated that everyone establish the ecological civilization concept of "respecting nature, conforming to nature, and protecting nature", actively practiced the initiative of "saving resources and protecting the earth", and developed the habit of turning off the lights, rationally using paper, reducing the use of plastics, and garbage classification. Starting from the small things around us, we will improve the overall environment of the earth through green and low-carbon life.
Subsequently, Mr. Peng Ke of the School of Geography and Tourism of the university gave a keynote speech. Titled "Carbon Reduction Strategies for Urban Communities under Global Climate Change", he used shocking data and shocking pictures to tell the heavy story of the cumulative damage caused to the earth by greenhouse gas emissions and other human drivers. "Garbage sorting does not reduce the amount of waste generated, so why can carbon emissions be reduced after classification?" Focusing on the regional overview and methods of research, combined with the carbon emission characteristics of urban communities in Hengyang City, Peng Ke introduced the research on emission reduction strategies based on carbon emission characteristics in a simple and simple manner, so that teachers and students had a deeper understanding of how to reduce the burden on the earth and coexist in harmony with the earth.
The event also elaborately produced theme brochures and publicity display boards, which vividly and informatively introduced scientific knowledge such as plastic degradation and garbage classification. After the lecture, the students stopped in front of the publicity display board to watch and learn the knowledge of environmental protection.
"To protect the earth and protect our homeland, we must start from the little things in life." Wang Fang, a 2019 student of the school's School of Geography and Tourism, listened carefully to the lecture and gave a deeper understanding of the importance of garbage classification, and she said that she should always keep in mind the importance of protecting the environment.