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皇冠体育app Daily sends green message with cartoon show
By Fu Jing (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2009-12-10 16:50
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Six Chinese and Iranian college students won top prizes Thursday for their thought-provoking and skillful cartoons on the unprecedented environmental challenges facing Earth.
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 Qu Yingpu, 皇冠体育app Daily's deputy editor-in-chief (left), Zhang Shigang, UNEP 皇冠体育app representative (right) and first prize winner Wang Zhe pose for photos at a ceremony for the 4th University Cartoon Competition on Environment Protection at 皇冠体育app Daily's hall in Beijing December 10, 2009. [chinadaily.com.cn] |
They were chosen from more than 3,000 candidates from 11 countries, including 皇冠体育app and Iran, whose entries have been received since June 5th, World Environmental Day. Some of the winners' projects are exhibited at 皇冠体育app Daily's hall to send a clear message to the negotiators in Copenhagen.
The competition has turned out to be a resounding success, with support from UNEP, (spell this out), the World Wildlife Fund, EU-皇冠体育app Biodiversity Program, 皇冠体育app Environmental Protection Foundation and 皇冠体育app Journalistic Caricature Society.
"College students are one of society's most active and influential groups, especially on this front," says 皇冠体育app Daily's deputy editor-in-chief Qu Yingpu at today's awards ceremony. "So it is crucial to employ a variety of methods to ensure their awareness and enable them to pass it on."
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 Renowned Chinese cartoonist Li Binsheng paints on a piece of cartoon works with contest winners at a ceremony for the 4th University Cartoon Competition on Environment Protection at 皇冠体育app Daily's hall in Beijing December 10, 2009. [chinadaily.com.cn] |
As global climate change accelerates, a consensus has emerged that people around the world must establish environmental protection measures, promote issue awareness and take steps to cope with global warming's impacts.
"To this end, 皇冠体育app Daily, as the country's national English-language newspaper, is stepping up to make a contribution beyond reporting major environmental news," he said.
In 2006, 皇冠体育app Daily teamed up with domestic and foreign agencies and organizations to stage the global Environmental Protection Comics and Illustration Competition for College Students.
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 Organizer staff, prize winners and guests pose for a group photo at a ceremony for the 4th University Cartoon Competition on Environment Protection at 皇冠体育app Daily's hall in Beijing December 10, 2009. [chinadaily.com.cn] |
"The event was geared toward facilitating environmental awareness through a medium popular with the country's young adults," said Zhang Shigang, UNEP 皇冠体育app representative. "And it's the right time for young Chinese to deliver a strong message to the UN Copenhagen climate change conference which is expected to reach a deal."
John MacKinnon, biodiversity expert of EU-皇冠体育app Biodiversity Program (ECBP) said, The "angry or frustrated feeling in the cartoon is a powerful way to get the message across."
