The Volunteer Week took place from November 29th to December 5th this year, attracting volunteers from three countries and six cities worldwide — Munich, San Francisco, Phoenix, and China’s Hefei, Beijing, and Shanghai. Focusing on the ecological landscape, the activities included park clean-up, vegan nutrition, community renovation, canvas shoe painting, etc.
These seemingly small activities mean a lot for the greater outcome. For instance, the volunteer's hand-painted shoes specifically provide for children from poverty-stricken families in the rural area; cleaning the park with families and friends to make the planet a better place to live; promoting a vegan diet to reduce carbon emissions caused by meat.
“Eating a vegan diet means 2.5 times fewer carbon emissions than a meat diet. I’m glad to participate in vegan week, and learn a new way to go green with plant-based diets,” said Robert, a volunteer who joined the campaign from Munich, Germany.
“It’s a nice journey to join the park cleaning volunteer campaign,” said Naveed, a volunteer from San Fransico, the USA. “I’m proud to keep our trails cleaner, our parks cleaner and safer so that parkgoers can have a more enjoyable experience,” commented Mark, another volunteer from Phoenix.
As a dedicated member of the UN Global Compact, Sungrow is poised to carry out more activities to be in line with SDGs. Sungrow Volunteer Week is expected to be a long-term activity to be organized from November 29th to December 5th every year, bringing together volunteers from around the world to drive changes in communities and societies.
