The Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (CanCham) announces:
- 2nd Annual Canada Green Day Saturday, May 19th at the Canadian International School Campus
- 2nd Annual Get Green Competition for student sustainability initiatives
- Get Green Competition will award 2 or more teams each with VND 22,500,000 funding to implement their initiatives in the local community
2nd Annual Canada Green Day
Canada Green Day is a fun, family-friendly event focused on building environmental awareness and sustainability in our communities. The event welcomes students, families, and organizations to enjoy food & beverage vendors, music, and games while learning more about what can be done to make Vietnam more Green. Organizations with Green products, services, or initiatives will be on-site promoting sustainable solutions to the environmentally conscious community in attendance. The showcase of Canada Green Day will be the 2nd Annual Get Green Competition for student sustainability initiatives.
2nd Annual Get Green Competition
The Get Green Competition challenges teams of 3-6 students to create viable sustainability initiatives for their local communities. Each team submits a proposal to the Get Green Competition judges panel and builds a poster to display at Canada Green Day outlining their sustainability initiative to the panel and Canada Green Day attendees. The judges panel will choose two or more teams as the winners of the competition based on the strength of an initiative’s concept, innovation, viability, and positive impact. Winning teams will be awarded VND 22,500,000 to implement their initiative in the teams’ local communities, with support from the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.
Successful implementation of 1st Annual Get Green Competition initiatives
Award winners of the 1st Annual Get Green Competition – The Light of Knowledge and EcoSSIStem – have successfully implemented their initiatives. The Light of Knowledge has increased its stock and sale of solar lanterns, and donated 50 personal solar lanterns to VinaCapital Foundation to provide families with sustainable lighting for social gatherings, for students to use during evening study, and for individuals to travel safely after dark. EcoSSIStem increased the capacity of their school composting initiative by building another customized, rotating composting bin. They used excess funds to help organize and market an environmental awareness event at their school.
Canadian Chamber of Commerce Vietnam on Canada Green Day
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce Vietnam believes that future of a sustainable Vietnam starts with today’s students – tomorrow’s thought leaders. We are proud of the accomplishments of the winners of the 1st Annual Get Green Competition and look forward to supporting grassroots student environmental sustainability initiatives with this year’s 2nd Annual Get Green Competition and for many years to come. We look forward to seeing HCMC’s green-minded community at Canada Green Day!
For more information on being part of Canada Green Day or the Get Green Competition, please visit canchamvietnam.org.
Source: Cancham Vietnam