Chengdu University of Science and Technology Environment and Development Association (hereinafter referred to as "Environmental Development Association") is a leading association of environmental protection associations in Sichuan University Association Alliance. Relying on the discipline advantages of the environmental science and engineering major of the school's Ecological Environment College in geological disaster environmental governance, groundwater environmental governance and protection, and ecological environment restoration, it actively carries out various popular science and education activities related to environmental science and engineering majors, and takes advantage of its long-term social influence to carry out colorful and distinctive activities in environmental protection publicity and education, environmental protection volunteer services, and popularization of environmental protection science knowledge, which has played an important role in the school's " Double First-Class " discipline construction and campus culture construction, and has achieved remarkable results.
"Environmental Development Association" was established on November 28, 1999. It is a student club led by the school Youth League Committee, guided by the Youth League Committee of the School of Environment and Civil Engineering before 2020, and directly guided by the Youth League Committee of the School of Ecological Environment after May 2020. It is also a group member unit of the Sichuan Science Society and Chengdu Urban River Research Association.
Excellent community active in the front line of campus culture construction
For many years, the association has adhered to the purpose of the association "enhance environmental awareness, advocates health concepts, improves national quality, and promotes social development", constantly pioneering and innovating, keeping pace with the times, and has long been engaged in environmental protection volunteer services and environmental protection publicity and education activities, which not only promotes green ecological culture on and outside the campus, but also plays a unique function for campus culture construction. The association also combines environmental governance and organizes members and volunteers to use their professional knowledge and skills to carry out innovative practical activities for ecological and environmental protection and restoration. With the guidance of serving the society, it implements ecological and environmental protection concepts and social responsibility in the practical activities of college students in ecological and environmental protection majors. This not only promotes the improvement of students' professional quality and comprehensive qualities, but also solves many social problems related to environmental protection.
The Environmental Development Association has established long-term and stable cooperative relationships with government environmental protection agencies such as the former Sichuan Provincial Department of Environmental Protection, Sichuan Provincial Environmental Protection Propaganda Center, and many influential environmental protection organizations such as the China Environmental Protection Foundation and the China Environmental Science Association. With its strong support, it has successfully held large-scale environmental protection publicity activities many times.
Colorful practical activities have become a characteristic brand of campus culture
In the process of carrying out a series of activities, the association has inherited the scientific concepts closely related to the ecological geological environment. Relying on the scientific research advantages of geological disaster prevention and control and protection National Key Laboratory and the National Key Laboratory for Environmental Protection Water and Soil Pollution Collaborative Control and Joint Restoration, with the assistance and support of Sichuan Provincial Department of Environmental Protection, environmental protection government agencies, and the China Environmental Protection Foundation, many large-scale events have been successfully held.
For example: 6.5 "Little Ring" series of environmental day activities, "Little Ring" logo design competition, the cumulative number of visits reached more than 30,000; World Ozone Layer Protection Day, Green Little Superman Series of activities, water conservation lecturers, monthly environmental music festival, waste battery recycling, protection Chengdu Nanhe , the first Sichuan Provincial Colleges and Universities "Future Environmental Protection" Design Competition, etc. The total number of activities reached more than a thousand times, with more than 10,000 students participating in it, and the influence of the activities spread across the country.
In recent years, the Environmental Development Association has successively invited experts and scholars from the National Geological Disaster Prevention and Control and Environmental Protection National Laboratory, the National Environmental Protection Laboratory, the College of Bio-Environment and the School of Environmental Engineering to provide professional guidance to the association. The association also used the holiday to organize environmental protection volunteers to conduct environmental protection research and visits in old revolutionary areas such as Heishui County, Sichuan Province, and in places such as Chongzhou , Gaoxian, and Longquanyi . It wrote a detailed investigation report for the local government and won the title of "Thousands of Countryside, Ten Thousand Villages, Environmental Protection Going to the Countryside Activities" in the country; the association also went to Ruoergai to investigate desertification control, helping to build " Beautiful China "; it established a cooperative relationship with Longtan Huatai Community, and carried out ecological and environmental protection and other theme activities regularly every month, and was recognized and commended by the Propaganda Department of the Chengdu Municipal Party Committee and other departments.Today, the Chengdu University of Technology Environmental Development Association has become an important carrier for cultural practice education for students and a distinctive brand of school campus cultural practice activities.
Give full play to the environmental publicity and service functions and win many honors for campus culture construction
For more than 20 years, the association has actively explored and summarized a set of efficient working mechanisms, and carried out a series of fruitful cultural practice activities. It has won many honors, and has been awarded 16 national rewards and 19 provincial rewards.
For example, "College Students in Action" national excellent club, "National Vitality League Branch", "National World Animal Day Micro Photography Excellent Club", National College Student Environmental Protection Knowledge Competition Organization Work Excellent Co-organizer, "Sichuan Province College Star Club", "Sichuan Province College Students Top 100 Charming Leaders Club", "Sichuan Province College Students Top 100 Clubs", "Sichuan Province College Students In Action" excellent environmental protection club, "Sichuan Province College Students Outstanding Volunteer Team in Water Saving Tour", "Chengdu 4.22 World Earth Day Excellent Volunteer Team", "Chengdu Youth Volunteer Team", and "Chengdu Baiyu Club". It has been rated as the top ten clubs in the school for several consecutive years, and has trained many "Thousands of Young People's Environmental Friendship Ambassadors in the Country" and "Environmental Protection Volunteers". Through efficient operation mechanism and carrying out meaningful cultural practice activities, the association has achieved the organic integration and comprehensive benefits of multiple functions such as competition, education, and publicity.
As the leader of domestic environmental protection student clubs, Chengdu University of Technology Environmental Development Association, the social service capabilities and social influence are constantly increasing through its multiple functions. Looking to the future, the association will continue to uphold the direction and purpose of serving the construction of ecological civilization, make full use of the discipline advantages of environmental science and engineering majors, and while cultivating students' professional innovation and practical capabilities, it will help build a "Beautiful China". (Contributed by: Chengdu University of Science and Technology Li Xie Liu Xun Zhang Yang)