April 22, 2023 is the 54th World Earth Day, and the theme of this year's Earth Day is "Cherish the Earth, Harmony between Man and Nature". To further guide the whole society to establish the ecological civilization concept of "respecting nature, adapting to nature and protecting nature", promote the construction of beautiful Qianshan, and jointly build an earth home where people and nature live in harmony, Tianzhushan Global Geopark and Shuzhou Primary School of Qianshan City will jointly hold a series of thematic publicity activities for the World Earth Day 2023.
From August 2 to August 6, sponsored by Anqing
Association of Science and Technology and Anqing Education and Sports Bureau,
and hosted by Tianzhushan Administrative Committee, Qianshan Association of Science
and Technology and Tianzhushan Geopark Museum, the 2020 Tianzhushan UNESCO
Global Geopark Science Popularization Summer Camp came to a successful
conclusion. Forty-three teachers and students from ten counties (cities and
districts) of Anqing participated in this summer camp.
During the opening ceremony, chairman Xu Yunli of Qianshan
Association of Science and Technology first read out the names of the
campers. Mr. Wang Quanhai, director of Geopark Office of Tianzhushan
Administrative Committee introduced the contents of the summer camp. Vice
president Ju Gaoxiang of Anqing Association of Science and Technology gave an
ebullient speech, he said that the summer camp was a chance for the students to
see the world and to experience the wild life, hoping every camper to cherish
the opportunity.
In the following days, campers successively visited
Anqing Science and Technology Museum, Qianshan City Museum, Tianzhushan Geopark
Museum, listened to the popular science lecture about the UNESCO Global Geopark,
experienced stone-inscription rubbing and Doumu ancient pottery art, visited Tianzhushan
scenic area and Tianzhushan Grand Canyon scenic spot, carried out forest
education and bird-watching nature education activities, and made scientific
investigation in Paleontological fossil sites and ultrahigh pressure
metamorphic rocks.
At the closing ceremony, Mr. Xu Yunli, President of
Qianshan Association of Science and Technology, on behalf of the summer camp
organizers, congratulated all the campers on the successful completion of the
camp, and expressed full affirmation and satisfaction to the campers for their
independence, cooperation and strength in the activity.
Tianzhushan Geopark has always attached great
importance to science popularization, conscientiously practiced the three major
tasks of UNESCO Global Geoparks, and actively carried out various kinds of
scientific popularization activities. This popular science summer camp is aimed
at disseminating geoscience knowledge to teenagers, enhancing their awareness
of cherishing the beautiful earth and protecting natural resources, firmly establishing
the concept that "Clear Water and Green Mountains Are Valuable Treasures",
and realizing the harmonious development between man and nature.