i’ve been moving to zurich in may. Prior to that, I went through some sort of drifting through life (although i got a fulltime job and am studying long distance) and i’ve been looking for something that might give me some more meaning.
i came to realize that helping others, travelling and smart conversations give me satisfaction – how could i combine these in a meaningful way?
charity travel would be one way but doing some research i didn’t really find anything that i caught on with.
now i’ve had this crazy idea to start a charity myself that helps educate students on how to effortlessly reduce their carbon footprint. to fund it, i will pitch my project to different competitions and charities and hope i will win, if not, i will only get to use my upcoming gap year (after i’ve finished my studies) to travel, network and educate by myself only.
the plan is to go into elementary schools and talk to kids how they themselves can easily help avoid CO2 emissions. I’m not going to go into the debate whether or not it is responsible for global warming or if global warming is a fact or not – that’s for others to fight out. It is a fact that CO2 does harm the environment if in higher than normal concentrations and it is very easy to avoid. Studies show that the environment is one of the main concerns of kids and they should be aware that there’s something they can do against it. A fear less will make it a happier kid and thus also a better effect on it’s surroundings.
I’d imagine countries where the most possibilities for a change in daily behavior are the developing nations with heavy industries like India, Indonesia, China, the Philippines, Thailand and Malaysia.
It would be great to get a chance to realized that dream! If you’ve got a spare 30 seconds, help me realize it by voting @ http://bit.ly/vote4earth – or spread the link.
Thanks.
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Martin