The delegation of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (Citma) in Holguín will carry out activities throughout the province to promote environmental education, during the celebration of the World Ozone Layer Day to be held next September 16. The start will be next September 14th with the Festival Pintando La Calle (Painting the Street).
The celebration comprise several activities to be done by several institutions, among which stand out reforestation, environmental sanitation in coastal areas, educational talks, workshops, children’s contests, festivals, among others, with the participation of the business and private private sector and members of the community.
Norquis Ochoa Aguilera, specialist of the Ozone Layer Depleting Substances (ODS) Reduction Program of Citma’s Holguin delegation, commented that a new edition of the “Street Painting Festival” will be held in the city of Holguin on September 14 at 8:30 am at the Plaza de la Revolución “Mayor General Calixto García Iñiguez”, with the participation of children and young people from the community.
In the implementation of the plan for the elimination of ozone-depleting substances, 70 Holguin entities have signed the voluntary declaration, during the year 2023 and four are added to this universe.
Holguin province has maintained significant results in this national program through innovative methods, using environmentally friendly technologies and substances, and polluting gases have been gradually eliminated, as is the dream by Citma in Hoilguin.
In addition, for the activities of September 16, seven entities from Holguin are proposed for the National Award “ODS Free 2023”, granted by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, highlighting companies linked to tourism and the nickel industry.
Such as Empresa Importadora y Abastecedora del Níquel (Cexni), Empresa del Níquel “Comandante Ernesto Che Guevara”, Sucursal Transtur Holguín, Complejo Hoteles E Holguín de Cubanacán and Grupo Gaviota Oriente SA, Extrahotelera Los Parques, Hotel Grand Memories Holguín and Hotel Playa Pesquero.
The World Day for the Protection of the Ozone Layer is celebrated every September 16, the date on which the Montreal Protocol on the elimination of Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) was signed, to which Cuba is a signatory, acting in environmental education and the gradual elimination of the production and consumption of industrial chemicals, harmful to the environment and the ozone layer.
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