University students from the Church of God stepped forward to raise awareness on plastic pollution and clean up their campus at Nelson Mandela University in Gqeberha(Port Elizabeth). NMU students and staff, including ASEZ members, participated and collected about 210kg of trash.
Many areas of Gqeberha, including campus, are polluted with various plastics, such as plastic bottles, plastic bags, containers, plastic lids, wrappers, etcetera. Apart from the danger to human, animal and climate health, most of the plastic ends up in the ocean where it causes damage to the marine ecosystem as well. On 21 May, local ASEZ members, and university staff members, participated in the ASEZ “Zero Plastic 2040” Campaign to raise awareness on environmental pollution and international collaboration, and to clean up the area to protect the ecosystem, and were welcomed by the university and its students and staff. As environmental pollution caused by single-use plastics continues to worsen, ASEZ aims to carry out awareness-raising activities that call for international attention and solutions.
ASEZ is an international university student volunteer group of the World Mission Society Church of God (Chairman Pastor Kim Joo-cheol, hereinafter referred to as the Church of God). The group name contains the meaning of ‘Save the Earth from A to Z.’ University student members from around the world are carrying out various volunteer activities such as climate change response activities, crime prevention activities, and disaster relief activities for the happiness of humanity.
- Post Date
- 2025. 06. 30
- Emotion
- 24
