Struggler · Zheng Youth 丨 "Action and persistence" -The 22 years of environmental protection

Xinhua News Agency, Hangzhou, July 14th: "Action and persistence" -The 22 -year environmental protection road of Xin Hao

Xinhua News Agency reporters Zhu Han and Wu Meng

Among the cicadas of the midsummer, Cuizhu, where the mountains villages in Ban Mountain Village, Yuhang District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, swayed with the wind.

"The 300 extensive production of Maogu plant has been shut down. We are promoting the development of bamboo economic development, bamboo forest carbon exchange transactions with the local government, and organizing popular science publicity activities." Said Xin Hao, co -founder of the Zhejiang Green Science and Technology Promotion Association.

From promoting the concept of environmental protection, advocating pollution governance, to participating in the practice of "green water and green mountains is the golden mountains and silver mountains", to help rural revitalization, Xin Hao and the environmental protection organization "Green Zhejiang" witnessed the continuous advancement of ecological civilization construction in Zhejiang.

The picture shows Xin Hao (third from left) to promote environmental protection knowledge. (The picture is provided by the interview object)

In the summer of 2000, 19 -year -old Xin Hao used the first summer vacation after studying at Zhejiang University, and rode a bicycle with his classmates to travel around Zhejiang. The 36 -day itinerary was more than 2,000 kilometers. The scene of river pollution and floating floating along the way made Xin Hao feel sad. After returning to school, with the support of his teacher Ruan Junhua, he established the first civil environmental organization "Green Zhejiang" in Zhejiang.

Mobilize students to participate in environmental protection, organize environmental protection volunteers, promote environmental protection knowledge ... This is the main content of Xinhao University's amateur life. In 2003, Xin Hao, who was about to graduate, was thinking: Do you take environmental protection as your lifelong career?

In this year, focusing on the improvement of the "three lives" environment of rural production, life, and ecology, Zhejiang launched the "10 million projects" in the province in the province, and opened a village with the core of improving the rural ecological environment and improving the quality of life of farmers. Action of rectification and construction. Xin Hao felt that the path he chose was correct, and he must persist in environmental protection organizations.

Xin Hao told reporters that the first donation from the "Green Zhejiang" was a administrator from his university dormitory. Their members were not short of practitioners from all walks of life, "because the green water and green mountains entrusted the people to the people, The yearning for a better life. "

In 22 years, Xin Hao and volunteers participated in the organization of "The Round Table of Water" to promote dialogue with multiple subjects such as functional departments, problems responsible, and public. ; Organize more than 60,000 "Qiantang River Water Protector" to carry out the "same Qiantang River" riverside river protection operation in the Qiantang River Basin; cultivate 50,000 children in 107 schools to become "small river chiefs" and jointly guard their hometown together Each inch of river channels; development environment supervision and reporting network platform- "Qiantang River Water Map", promoting the participation of environmental governance, and stopping more than 600 rural environmental pollution incidents ...

The picture shows Xin Hao being promoting environmental protection knowledge. (The picture is provided by the interview object)

In 2015, Xin Hao won the "Chinese Youth May 4th Medal".

"Actions and persistence are the secrets of me along the way." Xin Hao said that for 22 years, he has never stopped the pace of environmental protection.

Today, "Green Zhejiang" has developed into a 5A -level civil environmental protection organization with 200 members of the campus that only a few college students participated in.

In 2017, Xin Hao returned to Zhejiang University for a doctorate student in entrepreneurial management. "I want to continue learning to find the sustainable development path of private environmental protection and public welfare organizations. My wish is still the same as that when I was traveling in Zhejiang at the age of 19 -‘ Let more people environmental protection ’.” He said.

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