[RECAP: Exciting Fieldtrip of HUNRE students]
On June 16-17, 2025, students had a field trip to Hoa Binh and Ba Vi. With the topic of Renewable Energy Application in Agriculture, the whole class learned about the circular agricultural economic model in practice and how to take advantage of available resources to apply solar energy and biomass on the farm.
The bus carrying the whole class departed early in the morning to the first destination of the journey – Hieu Thao Farm, where the students were introduced by C&E staff about:– The circular production model that the farm is applying: All agricultural by-products and livestock waste are not wasted but are reused to create closed and interrelated cycles
– 20kWp rooftop solar energy system – contributing to saving more than 60% of monthly electricity costs for the farm
– Organic waste on the farm is no longer “garbage” but also a clean energy source, serving cooking and living, providing fertilizer for crops thanks to the application of biological biogas system
The 2 hours of participating in this “special lesson” gave the whole class a practical perspective and full of development potential of the circular economic model applying renewable energy in agriculture, this is an interesting experience and a luggage for students in career orientation future
Continuing the journey, the students arrived in Ba Vi in the afternoon of the same day and divided into groups to go to each house to survey the livelihoods and renewable energy at the household level, then synthesized to find problems and propose ideas to apply renewable energy models to improve the livelihoods of the people.Combining with the knowledge seen and heard at the farm, many new and promising ideas were proposed after a “brain-tightening” brainstorming process, the first sketches were formed from this inspiring trip and promised many promising projects in the future such as composting grass for economic purposes, irrigation systems and humidity sensors using solar energy, agricultural cooperatives with shared biogas tanks,…
Ba Vi National Park welcomed the whole class with green forests and the enthusiasm of the rangers and tour guides. Students learned about the history of formation and development, biodiversity characteristics as well as the role of climate regulation, water resource protection and anti-erosion of forests. After listening to the sharing, the whole class began a mountain climbing trip to Ngoc Hoa stream – associated with the legend of Princess Ngoc Hoa – daughter of the 18th Hung King – wife of Saint Tan Vien Son Tinh.
The 2-day field trip brought students new and open perspectives on renewable energy applied in circular agriculture, sowing seeds in them about future orientation, contributing to Vietnam’s goal of Zero Carbon Emissions.________________________________________
C&E Center is very pleased to accompany students of DH13BK – Department of Climate Change and Sustainable Development on the journey to explore renewable energy, zero carbon and energy transition in agriculture using interactive learning methods combined with practice. The practical experience program is the next activity to support the classroom sessions taking place from March 14 to May 9, 2025, which C&E has coordinated with the Department of Climate Change & Sustainable Development_Hunre – Hanoi University of Natural Resources and Environment to pilot the integration of REZCET content (Renewable Energy; Zero Carbon; Energy Transition) into the subject “Energy and Sustainable Development”.
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The integration both in classroom and field is an activity within the program “Building capacity for lectures and students on “Renewable Energy, Zero Carbon and Energy Transition” (REZCET) toward green workforce and sustainable agriculture”
