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in , the sophie award and the magsaysay award, both world-renowned prizes for environmental protection, were given respectively to two chinese -- liao xiaoyi and liang congjie. both are leaders of chinese non-government environmental protection organizations. this event greatly encouraged those pushing forward the undertakings of chinese environmental protection.
advocating green life
members of non-government environmental protection organizations are mostly intellectuals, sensitive to the needs of the environment, with a strong sense of social responsibility. they may not be environmental protection professionals, but compensate for this in their enthusiasm and commitment to this undertaking.
the friends of nature is the most influential organization of its kind in china. its main areas of concern are: the protection of world-level rare animals -- such as the yunnan golden monkey and its habitat, and preventing its potential extinction from commercial logging in the forest it inhabits; the protection of the tibetan antelope, and eliciting help worldwide to stop the killing of this endangered animal; protesting against the destructive felling of natural forests; and openly criticizing the industrial pollution that is spreading all over the china.
the green lecture is a form of education on environmental protection initiated by the friends of nature. pan wenshi and lu zhi, both experts on pandas, dr. jane goodall, an english expert on chimpanzees, and chagba doje, protector of the tibetan antelope, have all given lectures, relating moving personal experiences about human beings and nature.
the friends of nature has its own special coach, decorated with the image of a tibetan antelope. members of the organization simply call it the "antelope vehicle." at present, the friends of nature is cooperating with s.o.f., a german environmental protection organization, on a program named the "antelope vehicle project." on this mobile propaganda coach, children can play games or watch videos about environmental protection. with the support of project hope, the "antelope vehicle" also goes to schools in remote villages. since formally starting on may 31, , the program has initiated activities in numerous schools in beijing, hebei province, inner mongolia autonomous region, and shanxi province, and received a warm reception.
the main activity of the green earth volunteers, commonly known as the green earth, is planting trees in deserts and on barren mountain slopes. the foot of the badaling great wall in beijing, the enbeige desert in inner mongolia, and the hukou waterfall area in shanxi province, all bear the traces of volunteers' footprints, among whom the youngest is only three years old.