JONA PLANT-FOR-THE-PLANET AMBASADOR
›SAFEGUARDING THE FUTURE‹
How can we save our future? The global children's initiative Plant for the Planet is dedicated to finding answers to this question, such as planting 1,000 billion trees all around the world. Stopping climate change and thereby ensuring that the Earth remains habitable for future generations has been the key aim of Plant for the Planet's Climate Justice Ambassadors since 2007. 15-year-old Jona from Duisburg is one of them.
»Climate change is a huge problem for the whole of mankind. We will only be able to avert catastrophe if we slash our CO2 emissions worldwide,« says Jona.
He has been helping to fight climate change as a member of Plant for the Planet for five years. »We try to get adults' attention so that they will help us to plant trees and so convert as much CO2 as possible into oxygen or store it as carbon,« he explains.
The initiative is proving a great success. More than 17,000 children around the world have already trained as Climate Justice Ambassadors. They have planted several million trees to date. This is evident in Jona's skilled use of a spade as he digs a hole for a sapling. Acting sustainably is just as important for him today as it was five years ago: »Us youngsters will have to carry the can in the future if we don't act sustainably today because the disastrous consequences of climate change will only be felt in 40 to 50 years' time.«
›SAFEGUARDING THE FUTURE‹
How can we save our future? The global children's initiative Plant for the Planet is dedicated to finding answers to this question, such as planting 1,000 billion trees all around the world. Stopping climate change and thereby ensuring that the Earth remains habitable for future generations has been the key aim of Plant for the Planet's Climate Justice Ambassadors since 2007. 15-year-old Jona from Duisburg is one of them.
»Climate change is a huge problem for the whole of mankind. We will only be able to avert catastrophe if we slash our CO2 emissions worldwide,« says Jona.
He has been helping to fight climate change as a member of Plant for the Planet for five years. »We try to get adults' attention so that they will help us to plant trees and so convert as much CO2 as possible into oxygen or store it as carbon,« he explains.
The initiative is proving a great success. More than 17,000 children around the world have already trained as Climate Justice Ambassadors. They have planted several million trees to date. This is evident in Jona's skilled use of a spade as he digs a hole for a sapling. Acting sustainably is just as important for him today as it was five years ago: »Us youngsters will have to carry the can in the future if we don't act sustainably today because the disastrous consequences of climate change will only be felt in 40 to 50 years' time.«
