03. Question 3
A group of students thought it would be great to collect portraits of climate heros from all over the world. That’s what they say: “If we show people that if those local climate heros can make the effort, then anybody can. Let them see that what they are doing is rapidly becoming the norm, not the exception. Your climate heros don’t need to be famous. We’d like to show people just like you and me – with the little difference that they care. The goal is to realize an impressive exhibition of portraits from all over the world.”
a) What are the most important things people in your country need to change in order to become climate heros?
b) Some participants of this projects don’t like the word “hero”. Which other words could we use instead?
a)The change is needed from within, that is , the mindset of the people has to change.Each one of us is a leader, and so he/she need not wait for others to lead.The start should be made from self (individual) and then towards family, neighborhood and finally reach the community. The change made by people needs to be taken into their routine but not as an outstanding effort which waits for appreciations. People should volunteer self participation.
b) In our country, the word 'hero' seems little fictious and related to fantasy. Hence we would like to coin a few words like, "Men of actions", "Eco-pals", "Climate-ambassadors", "Nature-lovers" or "Eco-endurer" instead of calling them heroes, because they think seriously about changing a devastating scenario, and act almost miraculously to bring about the positive change!
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