ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY ENVIRONMENT CLUB

Monday, August 5, 2013

WE DON'T TELL THEM WHAT TO DO; WE SHOW HOW TO DO IT!

IF THEY DON'T LISTEN MAKE THEM SEE

DELEGATION FROM MKONZE SEC. SCHOOL RECEIVING A DUSTBIN

DO YOU SEE WHAT SJUEC DO?

DELEGATION FROM KIKUYU SEC. SCHOOL RECEIVING A DUSTBIN

Monday, July 29, 2013

MORE THAN WHAT WE DO!

ITS OUR TRADITION TO MARK WED EACH YEAR FOCUS ON THE THEME OF THE YEAR
THE YEAR 2013's THEME IS ''EAT THINK SAVE''
THIS YEAR'S PUBLIC LECTURE WAS HELD AT MAZENGO (SJUT - MAIN CAMPUS), DODOMA
LECTURE DELIVERED BY BENEZET RWERENGELA (SJUT - Lecturer)
WE RECOGNIZE AND APPRECIATE OUR MEMBERS, WE AWARD THEM;

MR CHAIRMAN (current chairperson) REWARDING SJUEC PATRON DURING WED 2013

SJUEC HEROES OF THE YEAR, WATCH THEIR PRECIOUS REWARD

SJUEC PATRON WITH MR CHAIRMAN REWARDING THE FORMER SJUEC CHAIRMAN

SJUEC PATRON WITH MR CHAIRMAN REWARDING THE FORMER SJUEC VICE CHAIRMAN

SJUEC PATRON WITH MR CHAIRMAN REWARDING THE FORMER SJUEC EXEC. SECRETARY

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

DISCUSSION SESSION DURING WED 2013

THE WED 2013, A DISCUSSION ON THE YEAR'S THEME: THINK EAT SAVE. THE TOPIC WAS PRESENTED BY Mr B. RWERENGELA FROM SJUT GEOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT
THE FINALIST MEMBERS WERE GIVEN A FAREWELL HAND

Saturday, June 15, 2013

WED THEME 2013 - THINK EAT SAVE

WORLD ENVIRONMENT WEEK 1TH TO 5TH JUNE 2013 AT SJUT MAZENGO

The theme for this year’s World Environment Day celebrations is Think.Eat.Save. Think.Eat.Save is an anti-food waste and food loss campaign that encourages you to reduce your foodprint. According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), every year 1.3 billion tonnes of food is wasted. This is equivalent to the same amount produced in the whole of sub-Saharan Africa. At the same time, 1 in every 7 people in the world go to bed hungry and more than 20,000 children under the age of 5 die daily from hunger.

Given this enormous imbalance in lifestyles and the resultant devastating effects on the environment, this year’s theme – Think.Eat.Save – encourages you to become more aware of the environmental impact of the food choices you make and empowers you to make informed decisions.

While the planet is struggling to provide us with enough resources to sustain its 7 billion people (growing to 9 billion by 2050), FAO estimates that a third of global food production is either wasted or lost. Food waste is an enormous drain on natural resources and a contributor to negative environmental impacts.

This year’s campaign rallies you to take action from your home and then witness the power of collective decisions you and others have made to reduce food waste, save money, minimise the environmental impact of food production and force food production processes to become more efficient.

If food is wasted, it means that all the resources and inputs used in the production of all the food are also lost. For example, it takes about 1,000 litres of water to produce 1 litre of milk and about 16,000 litres goes into a cow’s food to make a hamburger. The resulting greenhouse gas emissions from the cows themselves, and throughout the food supply chain, all end up in vain when we waste food.

In fact, the global food production occupies 25% of all habitable land and is responsible for 70% of fresh water consumption, 80% of deforestation, and 30% of greenhouse gas emissions. It is the largest single driver of biodiversity loss and land-use change.

Making informed decision therefore means, for example, that you purposefully select foods that have less of an environmental impact, such as organic foods that do not use chemicals in the production process. Choosing to buy locally can also mean that foods are not flown halfway across the world and therefore limit emissions.

So think before you eat and help save our environment!

See more at: http://www.unep.org/wed/theme/#sthash.Hhtn0tLb.dpuf