Imagine a visit to a beach just to find it covered with filth. There
goes your weekend outing with your family or friends. But what are you
willing to do about it except crib and complain that the Government’s
not doing anything to keep our coasts clean?
The Story
Siddhant Sadangi of Youthleader Global talks to a few people who are willing to get their hands dirty in cleaning up this mess.
Nature Drive Trust of India (NDTI) is an international group of
specialists in their own field like educators, scientists, media people,
businessmen and authorities committed to the protection of our globe.
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The beginning:
NDTI started with a growing awareness for the
gradual pollution and degradation of our planet caused by a multitude of
neglected environmental incidents on our local level, with the goal of
making our little planet Earth a better place to live. Right now,
without delay! It aims to build a new generation of highly committed
nature activists, who will secure a healthy and sustainable ecosystem
for the future.
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The approach:
“We do this by offering programs on – individual and
collective – protection, preservation, conservation and management of
our Earth ecosystem and its natural resources for environmental
sustenance.”
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Challenges:
The local and global challenge lies in making people
see, identify and react on environmental threats. International
communication (in time, language and culture and on internet) is another
challenge.
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Motivation:
“We have to keep going as our mission “making Earth a
better place to live” is an endless global process. If we care, we
cannot stop caring. If we are compassionate and responsible, we cannot
abandon our compassion and responsibility either.”
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Activities:
NDTI’s activities are a combination of cleanup
activities, organising awareness seminars and having the opportunity to
discuss their actions and visions. Most recently it had a series of
coastal clean-up events along the coastline of the Gulf of
Bengal. “Creating awareness for the fact that “making Earth a better
place to live” is based on our equal and constant action to turn human
rights, animal rights and nature rights into legal and social justice.
If we fail any of these rights we fail in our mission.”
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Future plans:
“Education, motivation and cooperation are the main
“drives” of the new Nature Drive generation. We want to develop those
drives offering the opportunity to discuss our issues with renowned
environmentalists, ecologists and other specialists in sub-fields of our
interest and action. But also with the decision makers we depend on. As
pollution crosses borders we intend to team up with international
sister organizations to exchange our goals, our knowledge, and our
results.”
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Message:
“We would like to thank not anybody, but everybody
who has intentionally or even accidentally helped us from properly
removing a cigarette butt to our most inspiring speaker on NDTI
events. Our message to the youngsters out there would be: Passiveness
never made a change for the better. Only activists can make our little
planet Earth a better place to live.”
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Team up:
Like any other NGO, NDTI needs volunteers- the more,
the merrier. If you live in East India, please consider volunteering in
their coastal cleanup events. If not, please contact them to stay
updated if they have any sister international organisation active near
your place.
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Facebook:
- facebook.com/pages/Nature-Drive-NDTI
- facebook.com/groups/nature.drive560/
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Email:
Spread the word!!
Article reposted from YouthLeadeR Magazine. Read the original article on--> http://www.global1.youth-leader.org/2013/08/nature-drive-trust-of-india-cleaning-our-coasts/
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