I’ve always been a nature lover. I love animals and greenary. Watching the world depleting its very own source of existence brings me pain. Half a year back I decided to act upon it. Deforestation is one of the greatest global issues today and I believe every individual can make a difference, even if it means to plant one sapling a month. I begun planting saplings in my balcony.

LO1: The strength that I believe I had was land to plant saplings. I had a balcony in my flat which made the task easier. I didn’t have to find a place to achieve this goal of mine. During the course of 6 months I planted more saplings every month. The pollution levels have been increasing every single day.

LO2: The major challenge that I faced during this experience was maintaining the saplings that I had sown. Maintaining the saplings in my house was difficult because they couldn’t get proper sunlight at times because of which they couldn’t survive. Other than maintainance, there were a few instances where the saplings didn’t survive due to the weather conditions. Some saplings couldn’t make it through windy days and some couldn’t fight heavy rains.

LO4: This activity, in particular, requires commitment and perseverance because sometimes it gets very tiring, planting is no joke and it requires a lot of hard work. Working in intense sunlight makes it even more difficult. Keeping track of time, so that you water them and keep a check regularly which will help the plants stay healthy. Setting reminders helped me with time management and to fulfill the superior goal.

LO6: The issue that I focused on mostly was pollution. The air quality index is deteriorating as each year follows and it is having devastating effects on the environment, animals and humans as well. Industrialization has peaked since the country has begun marching towards its goal of development. Increasing human needs have caused a parallel increase in buildings and residential structures which has lead to significant deforestation within the perimeter of the city. That is why I felt the need of taking actions against it and to take it as soon as possible. I embarked on a journey to bring as much change as I personally could.

Learner Profile – Caring because I was careful about our environment, since I took a step against pollution and deforestation for animals, birds, humans, basically all the living organisms affected by these.

To conclude, this experience was fun and also taught me a lot simultaneously. It was also an opportunity to do something good for the planet.

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