Strengthening environmental values

The Girardot branch held the celebration of Water, Earth and Tree Day in order to strengthen and promote sustainability practices among the entire student community.

Last April, the branch celebrated Water, Earth and Tree Day in order to raise awareness among around 300 members of the community about the need and responsibility that human beings have towards the environment and the ecosystem.

It is worth noting that the university institution, in its policy of Environmental Management System, has been carrying out academic and cultural activities to raise awareness about the co-responsibility that the student community must have in caring for the planet, focused on certification in the ISO 14001 standard in its 2015 version, a document that certifies UCundinamarca in the protection of the environment.

These are some of the activities to highlight, organized by the Environmental Management coordination of the Girardot branch:

International Water Day

• Water saving campaigns with recreational activities, mime and folkloric demonstrations.
• Raising awareness among the internal and external community about the care of water resources, consumption, use and importance for life.
• Application of the water footprint test as part of the dynamics to demonstrate H2O consumption per person. .
• We were able to reach 87 people from the institutional community.

International Earth Day

• Ecological walk along the Agua Blanca trail in the Alonzo Vera reserve, “la cuchilla” trail collecting solid waste along the Agua Blanca stream.
• Support and awareness-raising by the Environmental Management System for the classification and separation of solid waste to first-semester Nursing students, along with the support and commitment of the teacher María Nieves Ávila from UCundinamarca.
• The activity resulted in the collection of 23.8 kilos of waste, which was then delivered to a nursery in exchange for providing trees and plants to the University.

National Tree Day

• Campaign: Donation of 30 trees by students, teachers and guests.
• Application of the carbon footprint test (Arvi park) with the participants of the event
• The regional branch was recognized by the Regional Autonomous Corporation (CAR) as a responsible actor in the sustainable environment for its "Plant a Tree for Your Children" campaign. The branch planted 3,000 trees.
• Planting event with the student community, invited companies, CAR and Ser Ambiental, together with the dean of the Piloto University.
• We were able to reach people from the student community, administrative staff, students, teachers and external entities for a total of 127 people.
• To continue the Plant a Tree for a Child campaign, created by UCundinamarca in 2016.

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