Day 7: The Green Ambassadors
Day 7: The Green Ambassadors
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Will it happen?
Our bodies exhausted, our minds burnt out, our energy drained, but still we marched on. Less than one full week into the project, our plan was slowly manifesting into something amazing. We had originally planned to replicate a previous idea but we have grown ambiguous and passionate. We wanted more and the Green Initiative Plan was our main focus. We were part of the Green Champaign whose mission was to spread awareness for environment problems and empower the students to make a change.
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We did our usual morning exercise – leap frogs, swats, push-ups, and all – eat the usual breakfast, and arrived at the school a usual. But today was not just any other day. We will present our proposal to the principal who will determine the fate of our entire project. As they students filed into the classroom, they still possess that same enthusiasm from the first day. They smiled, waved, and asked us questions. We were conduction a workshop on air pollution and it seems as though they were leading it themselves. The students were very clever and thoughtful with their answers: they cited weapons of warfare as a source of air pollution, and encourage their spouse not to smoke as a lifelong promise to help reduce pollutants in the air.
They knew everything it seems and we were there to inspire and motivate. They participated in the activities and games with determination and teamwork. Their youth was misleading for it hides the knowledge that was within them the whole time. They drew a beautiful world on paper fully aware of what it should ideally look like because they know full-well that this world will depend on the efforts they put into preserving its beauty.
Our plan received yet another blessing when the Green Initiative proposal was finally approved at the meeting and highly endorsed by the principal. The launching event was set for Monday when SEALNet PV09 team will present our vision to the entire school. We could not have asked for more. The school administrators wanted exactly this. They breathe life into our project and we truly appreciate their generosity.
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