Students from over 1,400 elementary and secondary schools in
Beijing are taking part in a campaign to save water in their
schools and families in response to the call for "Green Olympics."
At a launching ceremony on Thursday, the Construction and
Environment Department of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the
Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG)
and other sponsors encouraged the pupils not only to save water,
but also to use the saved water and rainwater to water flowers and
other plants.
Wang Yue, deputy secretary of Beijing's Youth League, hoped that
each student will plant a flower, write a story on their
water-saving and flower-growing experience and put forward a
proposal on water-saving.
The students are encouraged to display their flowers in schools
or communities on June 1, the International Children's Day, and in
August, to mark the one-year countdown to the Olympic Games.
Since 2005, the "Put aside a Barrel of Water" campaign has
become an annual event that draws an enthusiastic response from
schools citywide. This year, it even extended to 14 schools in the
co-host cities of the 2008 Games.
(BOCOG April 23, 2007)
