Responding to World Environment Day: Taking care of our common home together

(LĐ online) - On the morning of June 3, in Da Lat City, more than 200 people participated in activities responding to World Environment Day (June 5) to implement Da Lat City's environmental protection policy, creating awareness for everyone to "Take care of our common home together" organized by the City's Catholic Solidarity Committee and Caritas Da Lat in coordination with the Da Lat City Red Cross.
Environmental protection activities aim to raise awareness and spread the spirit of "Taking care of our common home together" for representatives of many social organizations, religions, businesses, and students in Da Lat City to attend.
The program includes a discussion and participation in environmental protection activities. Attending were representatives of Da Lat City leaders; Priest Hoang Van Chinh - Head of the Catholic Solidarity Committee of Lam Dong Province.

Priest Bui Duc Thinh - Head of the Catholic Solidarity Committee of Da Lat City delivered the opening speech of the program "Taking care of our common home together"

Priest Bui Duc Thinh - Head of the Catholic Solidarity Committee of Da Lat City delivered the opening speech, emphasizing: “To preserve the environment of Da Lat, local people must set an example. Da Lat is a peaceful, gentle city with extremely beautiful nature. To preserve the environment of Da Lat, in my opinion, the local community must take action first with a sense of responsibility and strict discipline so that tourists can follow and do the same... This cannot be achieved overnight, but if we seriously see it and start finding ways to do it, it cannot be said that it cannot be done. Responding to World Environment Day to raise everyone's awareness of "Caring for our common home together".

Venerable Thich Tinh Tue, representative of the Executive Committee of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha in Da Lat City, participated in a discussion on environmental protection.

Venerable Thich Tinh Tue, representative of the Executive Committee of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha in Da Lat City, said: “Environmental protection is always one of the hot issues that the whole society is particularly concerned about. Currently, the Earth - our common home with nearly 8 billion people living there, is struggling to bear the heavy consequences associated with the current situation of the green planet calling for help, due to increasingly severe pollution and environmental degradation. We are not subjective, we need to continue to raise awareness, have strategies and specific action plans to overcome difficulties, realize the goal of rapid and sustainable development of the economy , society and environmental protection in the new context. Always propagate and mobilize everyone to implement environmental protection measures; especially educate and raise awareness of young children in environmental protection to form good habits from an early age. Each individual can protect the environment through small but meaningful actions such as: Limiting reduce the use of plastic bags, nylon bags; classify garbage at home, reuse plastic bottles, paper and nylon bags; plant trees; do not litter. Treat domestic wastewater, industrial wastewater before discharging into the environment. Thus, improving the quality of life, protecting the environment is indispensable and extremely urgent for everyone, every ethnic group and country. It is a common responsibility, not just of one person, protecting the environment is protecting oneself and future generations".

Mr. Vo Dang Thai Binh - Da Lat City Red Cross Association informed about environmental protection activities of Da Lat City

Representative of the Red Cross Society of Da Lat City, Mr. Vo Dang Thai Binh said: “The people of Da Lat City are implementing the environmental protection plan in the area for the period of 2021-2025 of the People's Committee of Da Lat City with the goal of: Raising awareness, consciousness and responsibility of the community in environmental protection and sustainable development. Focus on controlling and preventing sources of air pollution, noise, surface water, groundwater, common solid waste, hazardous solid waste; strengthen the remediation of seriously polluted areas. Limit the emergence of new sources of pollution in the city; effectively improve the quality of the environment and surface water quality in the city, ensuring that surface water sources in the city meet national technical standards on surface water quality. Increase the area of trees, flower gardens, lawns, parks, etc., especially in the city center; build a green, clean and beautiful city. Reduce the level of degradation and depletion of natural resources; curb the rate of degradation reduce biodiversity; improve forest quality, protect landscape protection forests. Enhance the ability to proactively respond to climate change, mitigate the increase in greenhouse gas emissions.
Many activities were carried out with the main goal of raising awareness of environmental protection such as: Da Lat City Farmers' Association organized a festival to collect pesticide packaging to exchange for gifts; children collected plastic bottles and beer cans to make small plans; the Green Sunday movement was deployed synchronously throughout 16 wards and communes.

Everyone joins in planting trees on World Environment Day

Currently, Ward 2 has been chosen as a pilot for waste sorting at source (recyclable waste - biodegradable waste and other types of waste), mobilizing people to dispose of waste in the right place, at the right time and with the right type of waste. Many volunteer groups pick up waste around Xuan Huong Lake and Lam Vien Square. Some inner-city areas of Da Lat are dismantling agricultural greenhouses.
With the goal of planting 3.8 million trees in the whole province in 5 years, Da Lat City alone has planted 794,763 trees so far. The Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Da Lat launched the movement "For a Green - Clean - Beautiful Da Lat" with an annual contest, receiving enthusiastic responses from agencies, departments, religions and people of all walks of life. The People's Committee of Da Lat City, through the online system, receives people's feedback related to the environment and promptly handles it.

A young person introduces 13 paintings promoting environmental protection.

However, it is necessary to strengthen sanctions against acts of destruction, devastation, and encroachment on the environment. Further strengthen the forms of encouragement, promotion and replication of advanced models and examples of environmental protection; make all people aware of living in harmony with the environment, rationally using natural resources; resolutely fight to overcome evils, customs, and habits in production, living, and consumption that harm natural resources and the environment. Environmental sanitation and protection in each family and residential area in the residential area must become a regular and disciplined task. Each individual must raise their awareness of environmental protection by complying with environmental protection activities according to the provisions of law; propagate to everyone around to raise awareness and implement the most practical environmental protection actions.
During the program, delegates enjoyed 13 paintings drawn by students on the topic of environmental protection and the Organizing Committee will donate all these paintings to schools in Da Lat City to spread the message of environmental protection to the younger generation. In addition, delegates participated in planting 100 pine trees at several locations.
The three-wheeled vehicle group of the Association of the Disabled in Da Lat City participated in propaganda and agitation in response to World Environment Day on the streets of Da Lat City.

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