Teacher wins award for ecological conservation
March 26, 2011, Saturday
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ZHU Qiong, a teacher of the Zhuanqiao Primary School, recently won the 2010 Subaru Ecological Protection Award for his work of promoting wildlife protection.
Zhu, who teaches mathematics and biology, has been an activist in the conservation movement since 1998, when he launched a campaign to highlight protection of tigers to mark the Chinese Year of the Tiger. He assembled lectures and quizzes to raise student awareness about preservation of endangered species.
"The response was overwhelming and encouraged me to do more," Zhu said.
He subsequently organized a variety of wildlife conservation events, making an annual event of his crusade. He took as his themes the protection of the oceans, sharks, frogs and pandas.
Many students told their parents not to eat frogs after they participated in the event related to frogs and signed a pledge never to eat the amphibians, Zhu said.
He also led students on visits to residential communities to promote wildlife protection.
Among other campaigns, Zhu distributed pamphlets calling on people to switch lights off on March 27 to support the worldwide "Earth Hour" crusade last year. More than 900 students and faculty joined in the event.
As a member of the city's wildlife conservation association, Zhu spends part of his leisure time monitoring illegal wildlife sales.
The Subaru Ecological Protection Award was jointly set up by the China Wildlife Conservation Association and Japanese carmaker Subaru China Inc, in 2008. It aims to honor groups and individuals for their efforts in wildlife conservation and preservation of China's fragile eco-systems.
Zhu, who teaches mathematics and biology, has been an activist in the conservation movement since 1998, when he launched a campaign to highlight protection of tigers to mark the Chinese Year of the Tiger. He assembled lectures and quizzes to raise student awareness about preservation of endangered species.
"The response was overwhelming and encouraged me to do more," Zhu said.
He subsequently organized a variety of wildlife conservation events, making an annual event of his crusade. He took as his themes the protection of the oceans, sharks, frogs and pandas.
Many students told their parents not to eat frogs after they participated in the event related to frogs and signed a pledge never to eat the amphibians, Zhu said.
He also led students on visits to residential communities to promote wildlife protection.
Among other campaigns, Zhu distributed pamphlets calling on people to switch lights off on March 27 to support the worldwide "Earth Hour" crusade last year. More than 900 students and faculty joined in the event.
As a member of the city's wildlife conservation association, Zhu spends part of his leisure time monitoring illegal wildlife sales.
The Subaru Ecological Protection Award was jointly set up by the China Wildlife Conservation Association and Japanese carmaker Subaru China Inc, in 2008. It aims to honor groups and individuals for their efforts in wildlife conservation and preservation of China's fragile eco-systems.
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