An Article written by Jayaditya Vyas- VIII C

Dealing with the Environment.

The heating issue of today is climate change. Due to environmental problems, the young generation is constantly trying to improve the health of our planet by spreading awareness. One such example is Greta Thunberg, a 16-year-old Swedish activist who is an environmental activist. Recently, she made a speech regarding this in the UN and criticized the politicians for their negligence and how the older generations have devastated her future. People around the world have supported her, for speaking about this issue. She said in her speech that the young people are understanding the betrayal by the older generations.

But, there have been some people who have condemned her speech. The people criticizing her are politicians and ironical, the young generation.  The reason why the people are doing so because Greta hasn’t done much for the environment apart from just speaking. The awards she has got is due to the confidence she had in addressing an important issue towards the UN. But if you see, she hasn’t helped the environment; she is only addressing the problem.

 We should focus on people who are really doing something for our environment. For example, Mr. Jadav "Molai" Payeng. He used to go to barren land in Assam every day, and used to plant a sapling, and took care of it. Due to his hard work, that barren land became a 200-hectare forest. Even the ‘Forest Man of India’ started planting saplings at the age of 16. Hence, we should rather support people working for the betterment, rather than supporting kids who haven’t done their part in helping the environment, whose greatest goal is fame.

Jayaditya Vyas

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