YHAI Bhimavaram Unit -Environment Awareness programme & Inaguration of Tree plantation programme

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.

 

Warm welcome  to Sri G.V.V.S.N.Murthy, Municipal Special Officer by Mentey Padmanabham Ex.MP

Tree Plantation by Dr.SmaRaju Dr.VVJ SomaRaju, Satyam Ortho. Hospital,Bvrm

Munipalli Ramesh, Member YHAI is busy with tree plantation

Dr.Areti Venkata Satyanarayana President of YHAI AP State Branch welcoming the Guests for programme

Staff of MPCollege Engg.&Tech. Bhimavaram with guests

Sri PuppalaNarasimhaRao(Chinna)YHAI newLife member participating in Tree plantation

Sri Nandamuri SubbaRao(Sec.YHAI Taderu Unit-Left )and Prof.Kavala NageswaraRao (Right) are busy with Tree plantation Programme 

 

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!