Green Space New Life by SynergY

It is alarming to learn about the millions of tonnes of trash generated globally and locally, which consists of paper products, yard clippings, industrial and hazardous waste, plastics and food waste. The campaign did not only focused on planting trees but during the visits to the landfill areas there was an effort taken to highlight best practices for waste recycling, reducing waste and also learning about gas flaring from the gases that prevail in landfill dumps and how it is used for converting to power and put to better use. As pointed by Judge 1- I would like to support “We are living on this planet as if we had another one to go to” - Terri Increasing landfills, industrial waste and dumping is causing hazardous outcomes due to poor waste management practices, recycling and continued use of fossil fuels that is responsible for causing climate change. This in my opinion is one of the most challenging and important global environmental issues that need to be addressed sooner than ever before. This is not just the local issue but the global scenario too due to consumerism, increased demands. We need to develop a creative response to these difficult challenges that exist in the world and make serious attempts to develop positive solutions to address this global environmental issue. Landfills are an evil necessity because the rate at which we are generating waste and dumping them, there will be no space left and the toxins that the landfills generate will make life difficult on this beautiful planet. From every perspective the causes of the problem are inevitable as the recycling practices are not so effective and developed and not everything is biodegradable making this a big problem.Perhaps Environmental Education Workshops with focused visits conducted by organisations and institutions engaging youth and allowing them to see and then work forward is recommended. On the comment of Judge 2 my comment- I would agree that similar project may have been done but in UAE integrating UAE Youth with Expat Youth was challenging, alongside creating and implementing this large scales and far-reached impacting campaign was encouraging and motivating. The project is student led and with virtually no funding except for the small sponsorships which were all coordinated and worked by the students for successful implementation. The sharing of the results among hundreds of youth and global platforms also raised further awareness. "In the end, we will conserve only what we love, we will love only what we understand, we will understand only what we are taught or what we experience"