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[Thematic report]: People who endeavoured to better the environment |
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by Oksana Zavaliy | 18-03-2020 20:36
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When I read this month's topic a couple of weeks ago, I thought it would be easy. As I came back to it, I realized I had been wrong. I have been thinking for hours and hours about the people I could write about. I considered writing about my local volunteer organisation, about my friends, about some famous people that support this cause but nothing seemed right. Then, I realized that I don't know a single environmental activist in Russia. Don't get me wrong, of course, there is a great number of people who care about the environment and urge other people to do the same. What I mean, is I could not think of a famous person who has had a significant impact on our environment. At first, I got frustrated. There must be someone, right? Someone who created a (truly) biodegradable plastic or maybe someone who restored a forest after it had been cut down. Or maybe someone like Greta Thunberg or Leonardo DiCaprio who draw people's attention to the problems of climate. Then, I got sad because hours later, even after extensive research, I still could not find anyone in particular. But then I realized an important thing. We are the people who endeavour to better the environment. It's every single person who throws their bottle into a special container instead of a usual trash can. It's all the people who gather all their garbage for a whole month, waste their time on cleaning it and getting rid of labels, so they can send it to a recycling centre after. It's the people who say "No" to straws and plastic bags even though they are free. It's the people who change their diet, who turn off the tap while brushing their teeth, who throw their rubbish into a trash can. It's you and me. And I think it's the most important thing. Yes, we need researchers and scientists who can create some alternatives to plastic or think of the ways we can reduce our carbon footprint. And of course, we need the influencers who can convince the public to join this movement and help them see how important, for example, recycling is. But we are the people who help the environment every day and no matter how small our actions may seem, they all matter. Without all these people, we would not be here right now.
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8 Comments
Thank you so much for sharing.
Posted 13-04-2020 15:22
Enjoyed reading this.
Thank you for this wonderful report
Posted 01-04-2020 08:35
Greeting from Nepal
I hope you are doing well
Thank you so much for this report
Green cheers
Warm regards
Susmita
Posted 29-03-2020 00:32
Thanks for the report
Posted 26-03-2020 18:39
Hello Oksana
I do hope that you are fine and doing great with your works.
Thank you for your report about People who endeavoured to better the environment
Green Cheers from Nepal :)
Keep writing great reports.
We are eager to read more reports from you.
Regards,
Kushal Naharki
Posted 21-03-2020 18:18
Greetings
I do hope everything is going well..
Thank you so much for sharing your report ..
Really wonderful!!
Eagerly waiting for your more reports to come..
Keep writing and sharing!!
Green cheers
Regards
Jasmine karki
Posted 21-03-2020 16:36
Hi Oksana Zavaliy, this is Sang Su Lee.
This is very creative approach in that the article concludes that we are not special, but are special. Yes, it is indeed true that people don't have to be famous, special and popular to save the earth. We can act and we are the special ones who change the environment in positive ways. I really like the conclusion a lot.
Thank you for a nice report.
Best,
Posted 20-03-2020 22:00
Hello Oksana! This is mentor Taehyun.
Thank you for a special type of report about environmentalists! Your conclusion about this writing is true! Every individual in our society who are trying to save the world with their power is a real environmentalist! Even though all people around the world don't know about individuals who contributed their power to environmental protection, their actions are do helping our earth. Environmental protection is not a special or hard task! We, people, can also do it even better than famous environmentalists! So keep going!
Thank you for the report!
Green cheers!
Posted 19-03-2020 16:36