JOHAAN DARUWALLA

The Youth Summit Report:-

What is youth Summit? Youth summit is a meeting or a summit where youngsters get together and discuss issues that concern us all. In this case, the effects, causes and the solution to climate change in the world. This youth summit provides a platform for the youngsters to come forward and put up their ideas and views on such issues and how can we decrease their effects. The youngsters have a great level of confidence and enthusiasm in them. The youth of today and tomorrow have to live in this world and it’s a must for them to improve the place in which they are living and they will live along with their own generation.

The Youth Summit organized in this wonderful hill station, Panchgani had students from two continents come to participate and express their ideas and views regarding climate change and the ways in which it can be decreased to a low extend. We had many activities which really inspired us like the jungle treks, the Ad Campaign where we had to create awareness of climate change with the help of ads, help create an eco-friendly community, The AOL and the presentations that every participant had to present on the causes of climate change including the different ways in which we can contribute to decrease it’s effects on this wonderful place named Earth. After all these presentations, we had to prepare a declaration which will represent us to the whole world.

I had a really good experience at the youth summit as I was provided a platform to speak out my thoughts, ideas and my views, which could even influence a few people by my words. I learnt what it means to say “The youth of today and tomorrow are united” They can make a great difference through voicing their thoughts to the people and make mother Earth a much more beautiful place to live.

I believe that the problems regarding climate change are BIG, but the solutions to these problems are not as big. If the challenging youth of today unite, considering the great amount of enthusiasm and confidence they have and by putting the 3R’s in to practice (Recycle, Reuse and Reduce), WE would make a big difference. That is, if a little is done by all of us . It’s us who will make the difference and no one else; it’s us who will be living on this planet and no one else. It’s us who will be having our own generation on this planet and no one else. So it’s our duty to reform the world and make it a better place to live, if not for us but at least for our generation. I am very happy to live in a generation like this where I get to see the beautiful wildlife, see the beautiful environment, hear the sweet chirping of the birds and smell the aroma of the beautiful flowers, but what about my children? They will not be able to see it all! What will I react when they will tell me that “papa I am irritated living in such a generation like this where there is nothing to see, feel, hear and smell.”!!

Thus, I along with the youth declare this too “That the Youth of today and tomorrow will bring our bodies into line and respect mother nature for what ever she has given us and reform this wonderful creation of God that we had destroyed and make the planet earth a better place to live in.”!!

Thank you,
Johaan Daruwalla.