Over many decades, our environment has changed in relation to the human way of life. Many actions have been made which negatively affected our surroundings, where in that time, we did not view the state of our environment as important. In doing so, it has inevitably placed the struggle and damage onto the shoulders of the younger generations. As the people for tomorrow, we have visions and differences in what sustainability means of each of us. With our thriving passion, we are taking action in hopes to reestablish a sustainable home.
Sustainability is preserving our planet for future generations through recycling, upcycling, and reusing. Sustainability means to look after nature, as nature’s looked after us.
Cynthia Zhang, year 9
To me, sustainability means using our resources efficiently without affecting the needs of future generations. This is important because we are very fortunate to live in such a comfortable style and be able to meet all of our needs and wants. However, sometimes we use things inefficiently - such as taking really long showers. We are compromising other people’s futures for our luxuries and that is not okay. Kristin is a very sustainable place. An example of this being the many actions being taken around the school such as installing solar panels and working groups such as Roots and Shoots doing a power audit to promote energy efficiency. Small actions like these will make a difference. Although itself is not a big act, it is a step to living in a sustainable manner.
Sehaj Sapra, year 9
To me, sustainability is an idealistic world where we can utilise and reuse resources on our planet. It means creating somewhere which is going to last and thrive, both for people and nature. In the future, I envision a planet we have turned around, where we’ve found solutions to global problems. To me, sustainability means life.
Sasha Jamison, year 9
Written By Angela Li
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