A blueprint to create 250 million wildlife activists

picture this

you’re surrounded by nature with birds

chirping

and fresh breeze blowing across your

face isn’t it ecstatic

well that’s exactly how my childhood was

growing up in the western guards

hello everyone i’m a 15 year old

wildlife activist

and the founder of project civic a

project that aims to raise awareness

about wildlife conservation

the very project that landed me at the

united nations headquarters

and the same one that has gotten me onto

this tedx stage

today i’m not here to talk to you about

how difficult or challenging it was to

establish project civil

or how everyone should try and be more

like me but i’m here to share an idea

that i believe can create 250 million

wildlife activists

in the next few years i’m sure most of

you are thinking

what is she saying that’s crazy talk

well i’m here to tell you

that this very idea is what i’m working

towards to implement

to start off let’s go back two years

from now when i got the opportunity to

create a project called civit

which aims to raise awareness about

coexistence and conservation of wildlife

through management of man-animal

conflict we do so by creating youth

leaders who

champion for these causes we’ve held

interactive sessions

workshops seminars at schools located

near the buffer zones of forest

because these students come from

families who are victims of man-animal

conflict

and are located right next to the forest

therefore coming in contact with the

wildlife on a daily basis

we started off with one school believe

it or not

the results were mind-blowing we managed

to create 150 such enthusiastic youth

leaders

who have impacted their entire community

by not just teaching them

on how to conserve the wildlife but why

we should do so after this i got the

opportunity to present my project

at the united nations headquarters at

the annual 101b youth summit

which was being attended by u.n

delegates country ambassadors

and global leaders but as i walked out

of the un

i thought to myself what next

what else could happen then came the big

idea

that if i can do this in one school what

if i can do it in

every school in india because there are

250 million

people in india who are students alone

and that is why i will be launching my

project civil

across 10 000 schools in india which are

mainly situated near the buffer zones of

forest

because awareness at grassroots and for

young minds

is the first step to ignite a revolution

and civit aims to revolutionize

education

with this wild initiative think about it

if coding can be taught in every school

so can wildlife conservation

this is not a request but a necessity

we’re facing an existential crisis here

and why are people taking this topic so

lightly is it because we’re not facing

any immediate consequences by not

getting involved

or is it because we’re thinking how is

this even related to me

well hear me out because for every

species going extinct

due to human activity we’re not just

losing that particular animal

but an entire ecosystem that was

co-dependent on each

other which in turn impacts the

biodiversity

and the planet as a whole and if that

still does not convince you

on why we should conserve our wildlife

it’s this simple

our wildlife is the glue that’s holding

this planet earth together

if we destroy it we’re destroying our

planet

our only home we cannot afford to

continue practicing deforestation

and poaching because it’s nearly

impossible

to recreate the forest be exactly the

way they were

despite practicing reforestation there

are many instances where we have come

together

and showed a united front in conserving

our wildlife

which has had a tremendous impact take

the example

of project tiger i remember first

hearing about it

in fourth grade from a teacher which

intrigued me

and made me research more about it and

finding out that our tiger population

has grown

from nearly 1400 in 2006

to nearly 3 000 by 2019

was exceptional a great part of this

success is due to the conservationists

and activists but mainly because of how

these issues

were being viewed by the general public

everyone was aware about the tiger

endangerment

it was being talked about at conferences

media

and even at schools that got the whole

nation to unite

and conserve our national animal and the

kerala elephant tragedy

where a pregnant elephant died due to

the consumption

of pineapples filled with firecrackers

in it this

triggered outrage nationwide everyone

was furious

we all started to campaign for wildlife

conservation all over the social media

platforms

if this is what we are capable of doing

creating a social media frenzy

and bringing about awareness on tiger

conservation on a global level

why can’t we take just one school and

teach the students

about wildlife conservation if we can

create a buzz about coding in all

schools across india

why can’t we do the same for wildlife

i’ve said it before

and i’ll say it again this is not a

request

but the need of the r we have lost

almost

60 percent of our wildlife population in

the last 50 years

on top of which we’re losing 150 such

pcs

every single day because the greatest

threat to our planet

is the belief that someone else will

save it

that is why we need more on ground

activists

because today everyone is an online

activist

but the activism dies as soon as a new

trending topic comes up

that is why i’m telling you just take a

moment and think

the people who are connected to wildlife

and are next to the forest

are not even on these social media

platforms that we’re campaigning on

so who really is our target audience

when we hold these campaigns online

what meaningful and tangible impacts are

we really creating

that’s why i’m asking everyone listening

to me to find your role in conserving

the wildlife

by not just blindly posting on instagram

or facebook

but coming into the field of action i

invite all educators

student councils principals and

government authorities

and also everyone watching me to adopt

one school and talk to the students

about the wildlife the endangered

species

and how they can help conserve the

wildlife

thereby activating these youth leaders

who will become

the guardians of wildlife and finally

i would like to end with a quote that

says we

need to teach people about wildlife as

they will be touched

they will start to love and care for it

because humans

tend to save things that they love so

let’s conserve

preserve and love our wildlife thank you

想象一下,

你被大自然包围,鸟儿

鸣叫

,清新的微风吹过你的

脸,这不是

欣喜若狂吗?这正是我

在西部警卫中长大的童年

大家好,我是一名 15 岁的

野生动物活动家

和创始人 公民

项目 一个旨在提高人们

对野生动物保护意识

的项目 正是这个项目让我来到了

联合国总部

,也是让我今天登上

这个 tedx 舞台的那个项目

挑战它是

建立项目公民

或每个人应该如何尝试

更像我,但我在这里分享一个想法

,我相信可以在未来几年创造 2.5 亿

野生动物活动家

我相信

你们中的大多数人都在想

什么 她说这很疯狂

吗?我在这里告诉你

,这个想法正是我正在

努力实施

的开始,让我们回到两年

后,当我有机会

创造 一个名为 civit 的项目

,旨在通过管理人与动物的冲突来提高人们对

野生动物共存和保护的认识

我们通过

培养支持这些事业的青年领袖来做到这一点 我们

在靠近缓冲区的学校举办了互动会议 研讨会 研讨会

森林,

因为这些学生来自

人兽冲突受害者的家庭,

并且位于森林旁边,

因此

每天都与野生动物接触,

我们从一所学校开始,信不信由

你,结果令人震惊 我们成功

培养了 150 位这样热情的青年

领袖

,他们不仅教

他们如何保护野生动物,还教他们

为什么要这样做

联合国

代表、国家大使

和全球领导人正在参加 101b 青年峰会,但当我走路时

离开联合国后,

我对自己想,接下来还会

发生什么,然后有个大想法

,如果我能在一所学校做到这一点,

如果我能

在印度的每一所学校做到这一点,因为印度有

2.5 亿

人 学生一个人

,这就是为什么我将

在印度的 10 000 所学校启动我的项目 Civil,这些学校

主要位于森林缓冲区附近,

因为基层和

年轻人的意识

是引发革命的第一步,

而 civit 旨在彻底改变

用这种疯狂的倡议进行教育想想看,

如果每所学校都可以教授编码,

那么野生动物保护也可以,

这不是一个要求,而是一种必要性,

我们在这里面临着生存危机

,为什么人们如此轻视这个话题

是因为我们 不参与就不会面临

任何直接后果,

还是因为我们在想

这与我有什么关系,请

听我说完,因为每个

物种都

因人类而灭绝 人类活动我们不仅

失去了那个特定的动物,而且失去了

一个相互依赖的整个生态系统,

这反过来又影响了

生物多样性

和整个地球,如果这

仍然不能说服

你为什么我们应该保护我们的野生动物

就这么简单

我们的野生动物是

把地球粘合在一起的粘合剂

如果我们摧毁它 我们正在摧毁我们的

星球

我们唯一的家园 我们无法承受

继续砍伐森林

和偷猎的代价,因为几乎

不可能像以前一样重建森林

尽管进行了重新造林,但

在许多情况下,我们

团结起来并在保护

我们的野生动物

方面表现出统一战线,这产生了巨大的影响以

老虎项目为例,我记得我

在四年级时第一次从一位老师那里听到它,这

引起了我的兴趣

并让我 我对此进行了更多研究,

发现我们的老虎数量

已从 2006 年的近 1400 只增长

到近 到 2019 年 3 000 人

是非常出色的,这一成功的很大一部分

归功于环保

主义者和活动家,但主要是因为公众如何看待

这些问题

每个人都意识到在会议媒体和媒体上谈论的老虎

濒临灭绝。

即使在让整个

国家团结

起来保护我们的国家动物的学校和

喀拉拉邦大象悲剧

中,一头怀孕的大象

因食用

装满鞭炮的菠萝而死亡

,这

引发了全国的愤怒,每个

人都很愤怒,

我们都开始为野生动物而战

在社交媒体

平台上进行保护

如果这是我们有能力做的事情

创造社交媒体狂热

在全球范围内引起对老虎保护的认识

为什么我们不能只在一所学校

教学

生野生动物保护如果我们 可以

在印度所有学校引起关于编码的嗡嗡声

为什么我们不能为 wildl 做同样的事情

如果我之前说过

,我会再说一遍,这不是一个

要求,

而是我们的需要,在过去的 50 年里,我们失去了

60% 的野生动物种群,

除此之外,我们正在失去 150 个这样的

个人电脑

每一天,因为

对我们星球的最大威胁

是相信其他人会

拯救它

,这就是为什么我们需要更多的实地

活动家,

因为今天每个人都是在线

活动家,

但只要一个新的

热门话题出现

,活动就会消失 这就是为什么我要告诉你花点时间

想想那些与野生动物有联系

并且在森林旁边的

人甚至不在

我们正在竞选的这些社交媒体平台上,

所以当我们举办时,谁才是我们的目标受众

这些在线

活动我们真正创造了什么有意义和切实的影响

这就是为什么我要求每个

听我的人找到你在保护野生动物方面的作用,

不仅仅是盲目地在 Instagram 或 Facebook 上发帖,

而是加入 Fie 我

邀请所有教育工作者、

学生会校长和

政府当局

以及所有关注我的人收养

一所学校,并与学生

讨论野生动物、濒临灭绝的

物种

以及他们如何帮助保护

野生动物,

从而激活这些青年领袖

,他们将

成为 野生动物的守护者,最后

我想引用一句话结束,

说我们

需要教人们关于野生动物的知识,因为

他们会被感动,

他们会开始爱和关心它,

因为人类

倾向于保存他们喜欢的东西,所以

让我们保护

保护区和 爱我们的野生动物谢谢