Green University of Bangladesh observed the World Environment Day-2013

Green University of Bangladesh (GUB) celebrated the ‘World Environment Day-2013’ on 5th June. A discussion session was organized by the university as a part of celebration of the day; after that a colorful rally started from the university campus to IDB Bhaban and came back to the university. Professor Dr. Md. Golam Samdani Fakir, Vice-Chancellor of the university inaugurated the program whileChairperson of English Department Prof. Dr.  Md. Ahsanul Haque was the Key-Note Speaker and Treasurer of GUB Md. Shahid Ullah & Registrar of GUB Lt Col Md. Ali Ambial Haque Khan (Retd) was the special guest respectively. In his speech Prof. Dr. Samdani Fakir asked the students, that this year’s World Environment Day theme is .Think. Eat. Save. The purpose of the theme is to encourage us to reduce our food print by becoming more aware of the environment impact of food waste and loss across the food supply chain. He also mentioned that the thematic area “think” forcing us to be thoughtful about our personal, family, organizational and societal behavior both at national and international level through which we could do justice to our environment. The thematic area “Eat” educating us to be careful about our personal way of eating and help others so that our eating habits do not create negative impact on our environment. The thematic area “Save” stimulating us to save the environment for the benefits of our future generation. At Green University it is our moral obligation to sensitize all the members, including the students of the university to be responsive on the needs of the environment. It is time for us to introduce a course on Environmental Science for the students of all disciplines. We should also ask our students to open a club focusing on environment. We may create a research center for conducting research.      With the slogan of World Environment Day-2013 “Think.Eat.Save” the rally was intended to create awareness among the young learners about environmental concepts like reuse, reduce and recycle. GUB Students were encouraged to promote environmental awareness program on the university campus, city, urban and suburban area on environmental issues. The faculty members and non academic staff of the university donated one tub with flower and plant for keeping at the top floors of the campuses. All faculty members from various departments, officers and students also joined the discussion meeting and rally to make the event more effective and successful.