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Echo Explora members with faculty members after the event held at Mount Olive College in Kohima on March 4.
Kohima, March 4 (MExN): A group of five cyclists and environmentalists called “Echo Explora” comprising of Jean-Philippe Dubois, Cynthia Cardin, Audrey-Anne Lefebvre, Vincent Meslage and Francis Dubois called upon students to do their bit in contributing towards the protection of environment.
The group from Canada is currently touring around the country in an effort to spread message on the international issues and concerns for safe and healthy environment.
Echo Explora team motivated the students during the seminar held at Mount Olive College in Kohima on the theme, ‘International awareness talk on protection of environment’ on March 4.
The team travelling in their bicycles around the country is also organising cleanliness and anti- campaigns with local communities and different organisations. The group shared their experiences of their trip and views at length during the seminar.
According to a press release, the team began their journey in December 7, 2019 from Singapore covering 16,000 km in 10 months and reached Kohima on March 3 with the aim to inspire and influence people to do their bit in keeping their environment healthy and free from litter.
The group members urged the young people to take active role in protecting the environment and be the solution for pollutions. They down emphasis on the ‘little thing’ one can contribute to eliminate the trash step by step.
They also displayed their bicycles made out of the steel and explained the need to have basic repair and maintenance kits and supplies one need to have during long trips. They also showed the students non- plastic kitchen utensils like frocks, spoons, bowl etc. which they carry during their journey.
On learning that it takes about 500 years for a single plastic bottle to disintegrate, they started using a MSR pump, a water filter in place of plastic water bottles. The special water filter could kill bacteria and germs, they informed.
The team will be heading towards Dimapur on March 6 while they will be attending an environmental event on March 22 where 50,000 trees will be planted at Lucknow. The trip will culminate tentatively on October this year at Athens in Greece.
Meanwhile, Dr Narendra Tiwary, principal, Mount Olive College while welcoming the five environmentalists lauded them for impacting life locally and globally to steward and stewardess. He said that the college has drawn inspiration from the team who has come to enlighten the students to take care of the environment.
Echo Explora members reached Kohima on March 3 after organising a cleanliness drive at Imphal. On reaching Kohima, the team was received by Neiba Bio, a youth activist.
