Woman "regrets" trash
Although not receiving support from the beginning, even being jokingly called a person who is "regretful", " stingy" with waste, Ms. Le Thi Mui - the founder of the "Love Trash - Turn Trash into Flowers" community - never thought she would stop.
By using probiotics to treat organic waste, her community of more than 20,000 members is working together to sort and "sweep the trash", contributing to cleaning up the environment.
Simply coming from familiar domestic waste, which is considered discarded by-products, after 2-3 days of composting, wastewater can be used to water crops. The extremely rich nutritional content in waste is fermented and decomposed into amino acids, trace elements... easily absorbed.
According to Ms. Mui, the community initially targeted older people, but now many young people are interested.
Young people are people who are both knowledgeable and enthusiastic and they are willing to create a change. Young people who come here are all very active and highly disciplined people. They also participate with me in sorting garbage, treating garbage and even picking up garbage in some other areas." For Ms. Mui, young people become the fire starters on the journey to spread more the spirit of "Love Garbage - Turn Garbage into Flowers".
Not incurring much cost, not causing odors or occupying space, Ms. Le Thi Mui's initiative has turned seemingly discarded items into "flowers" with new values.
From her love for the environment, she and the community of garbage lovers are spreading the green living message with simple but practical actions, showing that each individual can contribute to environmental protection from small changes in daily life.
Spreading green lifestyles from schools to the community
As one of the volunteers with love for nature and the environment, Bui Vu Hai Yen - a student at VinUni University - who regularly participates in beach garbage cleanup campaigns, believes that environmental protection and sustainable ecosystem development begin when she is still in school and in her daily life, in every place she sets foot in.
“Activities going to each beach to clean up trash, sort waste or propagate to reduce the use of disposable plastic help me realize that environmental protection is not something too big. Just need each person to change a little in daily life to create a positive impact” - Hai Yen shared.
Not only participating in community activities, Hai Yen realizes that a green living environment needs to start right from school and family. Spreading environmental protection awareness to peers will help form a sustainable lifestyle for young people.
