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more and more students are joining this drive to protect our environment. environmental protection organizations made up of student volunteers play a vital role in arousing public environment awareness and social responsibility. senol is the most influential school environmental protection group in beijing. it was founded in 1994 by two students from the beijing forestry university.
senol participated in the campaign to protect the yunnan golden monkey, and in the investigation and exploration of the beima snow mountain in western china. when a pair of wild geese laid eggs on a mid-lake island in purple bamboo park in beijing, members of senol pitched tents there, guarding the birds in shifts for a month, in order to prevent the eggs being taken away by visitors, and to ensure that the goslings hatched safely. many people were moved by their efforts, and began to reevaluate the role of human beings within nature.
many individuals have attracted public attention in their dedication to environmental protection. in 1989, yang xin, a photographer on the yangtze river rafting expedition, began recording changes in the biological environment on the upper reaches of the yangtze river. he later initiated a campaign to protect the river with the slogan, "protect the source of the yangtze river and care for nature." this activity aroused the concern of people from all walks of life. a green world tour, written by tang xiyang, a distinguished environmentalist writer, is regarded as the encyclopedia of china's nature conservation, and a masterpiece on environmental protection education.
there are several programs on environmental education on chinese tv, such as, "stories of the earth," "environmental protection hour," and, "animal world." there are also publications, including papers and magazines, advocating environmental protection.
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on the afternoon of january 12, , the local residents and the municipal department concerned at the chunshuyuan subdistrict office of beijing's xuanwu district held a hearing on garbage sorting. a mr. an explained how he sorted his garbage, separating items made of tin, plastic, and paper, at home. he also openly criticized the shortcomings of government work on environmental protection, and made constructive suggestions. many residents spoke up at the hearing, demonstrating how environmental awareness has taken root in people's consciousness.
in november , the municipal government of beijing adopted green earth's suggestion to carry out garbage sorting throughout the city, and received a positive response from the public. liao xiaoyi, initiator of the hearing mentioned above, believes that meetings such as this are the best channels of communication between the government and the common people. they indicate that green communities may fulfill their functions of monitoring law enforcement, and providing suggestions for the government's policy making.