Many people in our world believe that being part of an
environmental group just means recycling or doing stuff that involves plastic
bottles. Let me tell you, I was one of those people, I admit. Then I got
involved in Sea Savers and started learning the meaning of what it really means
to be a person who loves and cares about nature. This doesn’t mean that I am
just writing to make people reflect, of course. I am writing because I want to
be a spark in people’s head to inspire them to make a change not to just forget
after 5 minutes of ‘quick reflection’. Sea Savers is an student organization
dedicated to the protection of the coral reefs of the Dominican Republic. Our
main focus is the lionfish. We have fantastic and really brave girls that
presented our country as well as our organization in the GIN conference in
Costa Rica. These girls made a fantastic and educated presentation that
involved all their knowledge and experience about this topic. They also
expressed their points of view and their ideas about saving the coral reefs
through our intellectual activities. These girls were strong enough to show all
their knowledge and love about nature in a room full of people that were also
interested in knowing how we can change the world and make it a better place
for the next generations. So, that’s Sea Savers, our goals and dreams. We don’t
simply participate in activities that involve posters saying “save the world”
but rather present ourselves to the world as leaders that want to create a
spark, a bright shine in people’s mind not just a phrase that’ll last for 1 or
2 hours.
