Green Light-Year Research Volunteer
Gao Jinghan, currently in Grade 9 at Jinji Lake School, will be enrolled in UWC CSC in September this year. She has been following the Green Light-Years series of activities since Grade 3 until now.
In January 2018, she participated in Green Light-Year’s activity “From the Mountain to the Sea – IUCN Hainan Ecological Holiday” for the first time, to experience bird-watching in the field, practice social service, and learn about the mangrove wetland ecosystem.
On March 19, 2018, Green Light-Year was invited to turn her birthday party into an “Ugly Food Party” by purchasing many ingredients that were not “perfect” in appearance, in order to advocate vegetarianism for the protection of the Earth and that mankind and the Earth are a community of destiny, and was featured in the November 2018 issue of the Chinese Environmental Journal, “Green Light-Year”. The article “Ugly Food Birthday Party” was published in the November 2018 issue of China Environment’s Green School. This enlightenment also changed her view of the world and gave her some different ideas and curiosity about environmental conservation, which also supported her to keep walking on the road of public welfare.
In August of the same year, she participated in the Northwest Science and Technology Environmental Protection Summer Camp organized by the Greenlight Team and the Qian Xuesen Library. Next, she participated in many charity activities to help the needy and performed with her string band for charity many times.
In January 2020, she participated in the “Sound of Love” New Year’s Day Concert to support the children of Ren’ai School in Suzhou Industrial Park . In September-December of the same year, the orchestra participated in a bird-watching program to get closer to nature and led a small group to interview sanitation workers.
In January 2021, the String Orchestra visited Suzhou Yiyuan Nursing Home and organized a sympathy performance to care for the elderly. In 2021 July, the String Orchestra organized the “Rang Ai Liu Dong” Nujiang Canyon Music Tour, they performed in the local area and donated “Rang Ai Liu Dong” book corners to the local elementary schools. They performed in the area and donated a book corner to the local elementary school.
In January 2022, as the youngest student, she participated in the literature review of Green Light Year’s 《Science-based Carbon Targets – and the Case for Business Climate Action》, 《Conservation Finance: Financing Product Design for Natural Resource Conservation and Policy Practices in China and Foreign Countries》, and 《Natural Capital and Nature-Based Solutions: Chinese and Foreign Policies and Practices》. In June of the same year, she participated in the digital inclusion activities of the Greenlight Youth Research Center, and as a result, she became interested in how to bridge the digital divide in old age, which she continues to study.
In October 2023, she attended the World Food Forum of FAO in Rome, which was her second food-related event after the Ugly Food Party. She talked with people from different cultures and background, and at such an international forum, the world saw that an ordinary junior high school student of today has been concerned about international food issues even as she grows up. She would be able to take part in social responsibility and do her part in a small way. Through her exchanges with international young people from different fields, she has learned about the measures taken by different countries to prevent food waste, and has gained a lot of experience, which she has made a significant improvement. And she has also expressed her hope to continue to be involved in related program activities.
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