Lecturer encourages young people to live green

Lecturer encourages young people to live green

HÀ NỘI — Lê Minh Tân, a lecturer of Vinh University, central Nghệ An Province, not only follows a green-living lifestyle but also encourages people around him to take a leaf out of his book and follow in his footsteps.

Over the past three years, he has initiated a series of campaigns encouraging young people in his co妹妹unity to categorise garbage at source, recycle old items and raise their awareness about plastic waste.

“We can all protect the environment with the smallest action,” said Tân, a  三 一-year-old teacher at the Foreign Language Education Faculty of Vinh University.

One of his projects that attracts the participation of young people is Go Green Việt Nam ơi – a green journey with activities aiming at creating sustainable, environmental values.

He hopes the project will encourage everyone to live green and make it a habit, not just a short-term campaign.

Tân started green living three years ago when he got married.

The amount of waste he and his wife discharged everyday surprised him.

“The waste amount increased when we bought items for our baby. Items we buy at the supermarket are wrapped with plastic,” he told zingnews.vn.

People living in suburbs are suffering from waste overload more than those living in the cities due to the growing of unmanaged waste dumps.

“Empty roads have become places to dump waste or construction materials. Solutions of local authorities are short-term. We really need to change public awareness to tackle the root of the problem,"大众he said.

Go Green Việt Nam set challenges like cleaning waste and shopping without using plastic bags. A lot of young people in Vinh City accepted the challenges, recorded videos, photos and posted them on social networks to spread the word.