Green Camel Bell () was established on November 4, 2004, as the first civic

environmental organization An environmental organization is an organization coming out of the conservation or environmental movements that seeks to protect, analyse or monitor the environment against misuse or degradation from human forces. In this sense the environme ...

in the

Gansu Gansu is a provinces of China, province in Northwestern China. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, in the southeastern part of the province. The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibetan Plateau, Ti ...

region in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

. It is devoted to

environmental protection Environmental protection, or environment protection, refers to the taking of measures to protecting the natural environment, prevent pollution and maintain ecological balance. Action may be taken by individuals, advocacy groups and governments. ...

western China Western China ( zh, s=中国西部, l=, labels=no or zh, s=华西, l=, labels=no) is the west of China. It consists of Southwestern China and Northwestern China. In the definition of the Chinese government, Western China covers six provinces ...

, and it contributes to the improvement of the compromised and declining

ecosystem An ecosystem (or ecological system) is a system formed by Organism, organisms in interaction with their Biophysical environment, environment. The Biotic material, biotic and abiotic components are linked together through nutrient cycles and en ...

s of

. GCB plays an active role in Gansu's environmental protection,

environmental education Environmental education (EE) refers to organized efforts to teach how natural environments function, and particularly, how human beings can manage behavior and ecosystems to live sustainably. It is a multi-disciplinary field integrating discipli ...

, and the growth of local environmental organizations. In keeping with its

constitution A constitution is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organization or other type of entity, and commonly determines how that entity is to be governed. When these pri ...

, purpose, and objectives, GCB has focused on the following work since its establishment: *promoting environmental protection in

*adopting effective measures to resolve environmental problems in Gansu *educating

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and

secondary school A secondary school, high school, or senior school, is an institution that provides secondary education. Some secondary schools provide both ''lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper secondary education'' (ages 14 to 18), i.e., b ...

students in environmental protection *promoting the development of environmental associations in Gansu's

college A college (Latin: ''collegium'') may be a tertiary educational institution (sometimes awarding degrees), part of a collegiate university, an institution offering vocational education, a further education institution, or a secondary sc ...

s and universities *organizing training and capacity building projects for environmental volunteers Since its establishment, Green Camel Bell has successfully conducted activities including "Fruit for Greeting Cards", the "Gansu Flash Design Contest for Environmental Protection", "A Green China Welcomes the Olympics – Protecting our Mother Rivers", the "Gansu College Students' Green Camps of 2005 and 2006", and the "Cropland Conversion to Forest and Grassland, and the College Students Forum". In addition, GCB has completed the first and second "

Saiga Antelope The saiga antelope (, ''Saiga tatarica''), or saiga, is a species of antelope which during antiquity inhabited a vast area of the Eurasian steppe, spanning the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains in the northwest and Caucasus in the southwes ...

Horn Market Surveys", and has conducted a series of environmental education projects including "

Environmental education Environmental education (EE) refers to organized efforts to teach how natural environments function, and particularly, how human beings can manage behavior and ecosystems to live sustainably. It is a multi-disciplinary field integrating discipli ...

Minqin Minqin County () is a county of Gansu province, China. It is under the jurisdiction of Wuwei City. Its postal code is 733300, and its population in 1999 was 281,826 people. In older literature, today's Minqin is referred to as Zhenfan (). Accor ...

County", the "Antelope Car Environmental education Training Project", "Building an Environmental Education Base in

Lanzhou Lanzhou is the capital and largest city of Gansu province in northwestern China. Located on the banks of the Yellow River, it is a key regional transportation hub, connecting areas further west by rail to the eastern half of the country. His ...

", and "Speaking at the Lanzhou Zoo". GCB has drawn up the first "

Green Map ] Green Maps are locally created environmentally themed maps with a universal symbol set and map-making resources provided by the non-profit Green Map System. Based on the principles of cartography each Green Map plots the locations of a community' ...

" of

and has published and distributed materials on environmental protection such as the "Green Camel Bell Newsletter" and the "Collected Works of the Gansu College Students' Green Camp". GCB's current projects include the "Gansu Water Protection Project", the "Local Environmental Teaching Materials on Desertification in

, Gansu Project", and the "Capacity Building Project for Environmental Organizations in Gansu".

Environmental protection exchanges

Environmental Education Environmental education (EE) refers to organized efforts to teach how natural environments function, and particularly, how human beings can manage behavior and ecosystems to live sustainably. It is a multi-disciplinary field integrating discipli ...

*Local Environmental Teaching Materials on

Desertification Desertification is a type of gradual land degradation of Soil fertility, fertile land into arid desert due to a combination of natural processes and human activities. The immediate cause of desertification is the loss of most vegetation. This i ...

*Speaking at the

Zoo A zoo (short for zoological garden; also called an animal park or menagerie) is a facility where animals are kept within enclosures for public exhibition and often bred for conservation purposes. The term ''zoological garden'' refers to zoology, ...

System *Green Camel Bell Electronic

Newsletter A newsletter is a printed or electronic report containing news concerning the activities of a business or an organization that is sent to its members, customers, employees or other subscribers. Newsletters generally contain one main topic of ...

*Communication with other Groups and Individuals

Projects

*Gansu Water Environment Project *Green

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s' Salon *Gansu College Students' Green Camp *

Saiga The saiga antelope (, ''Saiga tatarica''), or saiga, is a species of antelope which during antiquity inhabited a vast area of the Eurasian steppe, spanning the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains in the northwest and Caucasus in the southwes ...

Antelope Horn Market Survey

Capacity building

*Training and Practice *Promoting the Growth of Environmental Associations in Local Colleges and Universities *Advancing the Development of

NGOs A non-governmental organization (NGO) is an independent, typically nonprofit organization that operates outside government control, though it may get a significant percentage of its funding from government or corporate sources. NGOs often focus ...

Promoting public participation in policy and the public's right to know

*The May 29

Petrochemical

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*Preserving the

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es of

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