EARTH DAY WITH VIVACELL
ArmInfo
2009-04-21 17:56:00
>From Apr 15 to May 2 the Fiundation for the Preservation of Wildlife
and Cultural Assets in the Republic of Armenia with the support of
ViVaCell-MTS is organizing a series of environmental events dedicated
to the Earth Day.
In 2009 the Earth Day nEtwork launched a new global two-year-campaign
under the slogan "Green Generation." FPWC as a regional partner o the
Earth Day Network adopted this idea modifying it in a local approach
under the slogan: Green Generation Armenia.
On Apr 21 at 04:00 the Green Generation Armenia Campaign will have
its kick off with the exhibition of children paintings in VivaCell-MTS
service centers located in different regions of Armenia and in Yerevan
(3 Amiryan Str.).
The pictures drawn by children are a special call to save the nature,
The exhibition in VivaCell MTS service centers will be opened during
the days of Earth Day Celebration to remind the public about nature
and the necessity to care for our environment.
During the exhibition passers by will also notice children in bright
raincoats decorated with the slogan "Save the Nature" distributing
flower seeds, thus inviting everybody to participate in the
celebrations of Earth Day.
Tree planting and garbage collecting events in different marzes of
Armenia will take place in frame of Earth Day events. Everybody is
given an opportunity to make his contribution and to plant a tree
by sending an SMS to 3008 short number, to donate a tree to Green
Generetion Armenia project.
Since the first Earth Day in 1970 this day is every year celebrated
globally. More than billion people participate in Earth Day activities,
making it the largest secular civic event in the world. The Earth Day
Network NGO grew out of Earth Day. The organizatio whose main office
is situated in Washington DC has a global reach with a network of
more than 17,000 partners and organizations in 174 countries. In Dec
2008 the Foundation for the Preservatioin of Wildlife and Cultural
Assets joined the Earth Day Network as a regional partner.