This extracurricular program shows that nature protection must start from education, from children's awareness even when they are still in school.
A 10-meter-long painting in Hai Chau ward is a way to sow in children's souls a love for nature with emotions, with experience, and with a vibration for beauty.
In that painting, there is the red-shanked douc langur - the "prince of primates" of Son Tra peninsula, the blue sea of Cu Lao Cham, precious birds in Song Dam, wild elephants in Nong Son and the green of the forest, of the sea, of life.
More importantly, there is also a very civilized way of education.
Not just dry speeches, not just theory in class, students can directly hold brushes, admire nature, visit Son Tra, and listen to conservation experts tell stories about biodiversity.
A child who is passionate about coloring red-shanked douc langur, that child will hardly be indifferent to the scene of wild animals being hunted.
Understanding the value of forests and wildlife from a young age, children will be more responsible when they grow up.
That is the root of environmental protection.
For many years, we have talked a lot about nature conservation. But in reality, forests are still being encroached upon, wild animals are still being killed, and animal traps are still rampant in many forests.
Part of the reason lies in limited community awareness.
To change that, it must start from education.
Programs such as drawing nature, biodiversity photo exhibition, "Rung chuong rung rung" contest, taking students to Son Tra to see douc langurs... are "green classrooms" that are more lively and emotional than many theoretical lessons.
Because love for nature cannot be forced by slogans, but must be nurtured by practical experience, by art, by emotion and connection.
When painting is associated with the environment, children not only learn to draw, but also learn to love the life around them. A brushstroke today can become a consciousness of protecting the forest tomorrow.
A small activity in Da Nang but of great significance, protecting nature is not a distant story of the world, but starts from the community where we live.
Each locality can do it.
A school can organize a nature day, a park can become an environmental education space, and a field trip can change the perception of participants.
Don't let children only know nature through phone screens.
Let them see real forests, real seas, real birds and understand that life needs to be protected.
A society that loves nature must start from classrooms that know how to be moved by the green of life.
