Turning off vehicles waiting at traffic lights for 20 seconds or more, celebrating green classes, a green weeks on environmental education are meaningful activities of many environment lovers...
Turning off vehicles waiting for 20 seconds or more at traffic lights, celebrating green classes, green weeks on environmental education are meaningful activities of many environment lovers.
Turning off vehicles waiting for 20s at traffic lights
Slogans “Turning off engines for 20 seconds waiting at traffic lights to protect environment and save fuel” can be seen at crossroads of Quang Trung and Ly Tu Trong, Ly Tu Trong and Tran Hung Dao, Nha Trang City during rush hours.
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| Suc tre dat nang” Club members sends a message to vehicles sitting idling for 20 seconds or more at traffic lights to turn off engines to protect environment. k |
The activity has underway for 2 weeks by students of Khanh Hoa Medical College in association with Nha Trang’s “Suc tre dat nang” Club.
They have sent out a signal to vehicles sitting idling for several seconds to shut off their engines during the waiting time for a traffic signal to change to green, explaining that doing so is useful as it will cut down on vehicle emissions while saving fuel.
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| Mai Xuan Thuong School students in a “green class”. |
A local resident named Le Thi Thuy says, “I am not used to tuning off my vehicle at traffic lights because I don’t think it is necessary. Now I have changed my habit thanks to the environmental messages sent by the students. I think everybody should join the meaningful activity.”
“It is delighting that many locals have listened to our messages and followed the advice,” says Phan Thanh Nguyen, head of the club management board.
Green classes
In a series of activities in response to the Earth Hour, Khanh Hoa C4E held an environmental education program named green classes in Nha Trang at Ly Tu Trong Senior High school and Hoang Van Thu Senior High School (on March 18); Trung Vuong Junior High School and Mai Xuan Thuong Junior High School (March 18).
The interesting extracurricular activities brought helpful information about Earth Hour event and other environmentally friendly activities such as cycling, planting trees, minimizing plastic bag use to protect the environment.
The most interesting game, perhaps, was a painting puzzle with 4 paintings bearing different contents and meanings delivering messages of environmental concern.
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| Khanh Hoa C4E Club in a “green class” at Mai Xuan Thuong School. |
In late April and early May 2013, the club will continue its environmental program named “green week” which is expected to bring several useful lessons and stories about environment.
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