Be good ambassadors of UNRE, Yang urges staff and students

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Kenneth Yang (centre) with Headteacher
of St Joseph Primary School (right) and 
a fellow student.

Staff and students of PNG UNRE must be good ambassadors and examples when they portray the University they represent.
Agriculture Representative to the 2017 Student Representative Council, Kenneth Yang, raised this when speaking on the occasion of this year’s World Environment Day.
Observed annually on June 5, World Environment Day (WED) is the United Nation's principal vehicle for encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the protection of our environment.
It was first held in 1973, and since then has been a leading campaign for raising awareness on emerging environmental issues from marine pollution, human overpopulation, and global warming, to sustainable consumption and wildlife crime.
WED has grown to become a global platform for public outreach, with participation from over 143 countries annually. Each year, WED has a new theme that major corporations, NGOs, communities, governments and celebrities worldwide adopt to advocate environmental causes.
This year’s theme was “Connecting People to Nature”.
Yang said theme was a good one as it made people think and see how they can connect well with the environment around them.
“When we connect people back to the environment we become guardians to planet Earth,” he said.
He said staff and students of UNRE should take WED seriously by being involved in activities that promote the day.
Yang added that it is important that staff and students be considerate of the environment and their actions towards the environment they live in at all times.
Giving one example, he said throwing rubbish out of the windows of University vehicles does not positively reflect the University we represent in or the concern we (say we) have for our environment.

Students of St. Mary's Vuvu
Secondary School.
As the world observed WED 2017, UNRE students led by SRC president Florian Pai and SRC members, also commemorated the day by speaking to primary school students about the importance of taking care of the environment. They also conducted the awareness at St Mary’s Vuvu Secondary School.
Yang’s team visited St Joseph Primary School at Napapar.
Students of St Joseph Primary School.
He said the teachers and students expressed their appreciation to the University for going down to their level to talk about the importance of environment.
He said the students interacted well with the team and requested that UNRE visit the school on other programs.  
Yang said the annual WED awareness helps UNRE students to display what they have learnt and is beneficial to bring the university to the community thus promoting its image.
He added it also builds the confidence of the students.
Meanwhile, another group of students (Group 5) led by Cecily Walter, conducted the awareness at Kerevat Primary School. Two agriculture students talked about land environment while two fisheries students talked about sea environment.
Walter urged students to look after and sustain the environment they have now for their children and the grandchildren.
Other teams visited Vunapalading Primary, Vudal Primary and Vunalovo Primary. 

Final-year Fisheries student Mary Kudau Lahen talks to
students at Kerevat Primary on the importance of coral reefs.
Kerevat Primary School students

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