As a part of WED programme 2013 YHAI Bhimavaram unit organized an Environmental Awareness Campaign in association with NSS unit of Mentey Padmanabham College of Engg.&Tech.Bhimavaram.As a part of this programme NSS Volunteers and Members of Youth hostel are actively participated inauguration of Tree plantation programme held on 20th June 2013 in College campus.As a matter of fact as many as 5000 saplings are about procure for tree plantation during the monsoon in and around Bhimavaram Town particularly in NSS adopted slums and wards of Bhimavaram.
A pamphlets in local language was prepared and released as material for environment awareness programme keeping in view of the direction of UNO/FAO as message given WED-2013:
Think .Eat.Save.
Think. Eat.Save. is an anti-food waste and food loss
campaign as given by UNEP is as follows.
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| Warm welcome to Sri G.V.V.S.N.Murthy, Municipal Special Officer by Mentey Padmanabham Ex.MP |
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| Tree Plantation by Dr.SmaRaju Dr.VVJ SomaRaju, Satyam Ortho. Hospital,Bvrm |
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| Munipalli Ramesh, Member YHAI is busy with tree plantation |
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| Dr.Areti Venkata Satyanarayana President of YHAI AP State Branch welcoming the Guests for programme |
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| Staff of MPCollege Engg.&Tech. Bhimavaram with guests |
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| Sri PuppalaNarasimhaRao(Chinna)YHAI newLife member participating in Tree plantation |
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| Sri Nandamuri SubbaRao(Sec.YHAI Taderu Unit-Left )and Prof.Kavala NageswaraRao (Right) are busy with Tree plantation Programme |
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| A Member of YHAI in Tree plantation |
WED Theme
The theme for this year’s World
Environment Day celebrations is Think.Eat.Save. Think.Eat.Save is an anti-food
waste and food loss campaign that encourages you to reduce your food print.
According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), every year 1.3
billion tonnes of food is wasted. This is equivalent to the same amount
produced in the whole of sub-Saharan Africa. At the same time, 1 in every 7
people in the world go to bed hungry and more than 20,000 children under the
age of 5 die daily from hunger.
Given this enormous imbalance in
lifestyles and the resultant devastating effects on the environment, this
year’s theme – Think.Eat.Save – encourages you to become more aware of the
environmental impact of the food choices you make and empowers you to make
informed decisions.
While the planet is struggling to
provide us with enough resources to sustain its 7 billion people (growing to 9
billion by 2050), FAO estimates that a third of global food production is
either wasted or lost. Food waste is an enormous drain on natural resources and
a contributor to negative environmental impacts.
This year’s campaign rallies you to
take action from your home and then witness the power of collective decisions
you and others have made to reduce food waste, save money, minimise the
environmental impact of food production and force food production processes to
become more efficient.
If food is wasted, it means that all
the resources and inputs used in the production of all the food are also lost.
For example, it takes about 1,000 litres of water to produce 1 litre of milk
and about 16,000 litres goes into a cow’s food to make a hamburger. The
resulting greenhouse gas emissions from the cows themselves, and throughout the
food supply chain, all end up in vain when we waste food.
In fact, the global food production
occupies 25% of all habitable land and is responsible for 70% of fresh water
consumption, 80% of deforestation, and 30% of greenhouse gas emissions. It is
the largest single driver of biodiversity loss and land-use change.
Making informed decision therefore
means, for example, that you purposefully select foods that have less of an
environmental impact, such as organic foods that do not use chemicals in the
production process. Choosing to buy locally can also mean that foods are not
flown halfway across the world and therefore limit
emissions.
So think before you eat
and help save our environment!
