JUSTs graduation requirement is planting trees

Dear Sir

Our shady green neighbours absorb carbon, a climate-altering greenhouse gas. Even a small sapling filters the air, taking in particulate matter pollution and releasing life-giving oxygen.

Trees even cool things down. Evapotranspiration can cool summer air up to 9.0 degrees. Thats why the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences of Jashore University of Science and Technology (JUST) has recently proposed a new graduation requirement: Before obtaining bachelors degree, every student in the faculty has to plant at least five trees.
If all educational institutions of Bangladesh come forward with the same initiative, our country can become greener and more beautiful. The tree plantation initiative taken by JUST not only opens the doors of knowledge to its students but also makes them responsible citizens of society. We believe this decision of the university will play a positive role in upholding social responsibility and protecting the environment.

Samia Jahan Shefa
Student of Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Jashore University of Science and Technology