A 37-year-old volunteer,
Jiang Guishan, shoulders an eight kilo earth model, inscribed with
the Chinese words, "no time to delay in protecting our earth",
persuading passers-by to protect the environment, on the 12th leg
of his environmental protection tour to Qiqihar, northeast China's
Heilongjiang Province, on Thursday. July 26, 2007.
A volunteer, shouldering an eight kilo earth model, inscribed
with the Chinese words, "no time to delay in protecting our earth",
arrived Thursday in Qiqihar, northeast china's Heilongjiang
Province, the twelfth leg of his ambitious nationwide environmental
promotion tour.
The 37-year-old volunteer, Jiang Guishan, who was once a
successful chef from east China's Jiangxi Province, plans to stay
in the city for a two-day publicity on environmental protection,
and then leave for his coming stops in Heihe and Harbin,
qiqihar.northeast.cn reports.
Jiang came up with the idea of promoting environmental
protection by way of touring China when he became repeatedly
shocked by the increasingly polluted Poyang Lake near his hometown
Duchang county, Jiangxi province, where he could no longer see any
fish and shrimps. He also became very sad, while working as a chef
in Wenzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, about the rampant
pollution caused by an excessive use of plastic bags, one-off boxes
and other packing items.
For that, Jiang used aluminum alloy and made a one-meter
diameter "earth model" for his environmental protection tour. He
painted the continents on his model in orange-red to show their
urgency in curbing environmental pollution, greenhouse effects and
global warming.
Jiang plans to reach Beijing before 2008. It is expected to take
him four years and about 200,000 yuan, or US$25,000 to finish his
whole journey across the country. If he uses up all the money he
has saved, he will continue his promotion while working, says
Jiang.
Jiang hopes more people will join in the cause of environmental
protection. He has realized that this cause requires committed
efforts from the whole of society.
(CRI.cn July 27, 2007)
