by Ben K.
(Ben is a Year 9 student currently volunteering for CFS as part of his Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award)
Introduction:
Dear convention delegates, ladies and gentlemen, youth ambassadors and fellow teenagers, we are all gathered here to celebrate Earth Day. We all have a passion about our planet, environment and we would like to improve our future as Australians. Do you like to walk on soft silky grass with a fresh breeze and blooming flowers everywhere you walk? I know the answer is yes. Well, this used to be our planet Earth hundreds of years ago but it’s not anymore. As a result of human inventions there is an increase in air, land and water pollution. I know that everyone will agree that is not good. Today I will be talking about an aspect of sustainability which is shifting to green, clean energy and will focus on two points an alternate way for clean energy and “electric is better”.
- An alternate way for clean energy
Ferris wheel – you’ve all been on one and you all have seen one. What if I told you that it can produce energy? Well, not exactly but close. A wind turbine or windmill is a very sustainable way to make energy because it uses natural resources like wind. Wind was Australia’s leading source of clean energy in 2020 supplying 35.9% of Australia’s clean energy and 9.9% of Australia’s overall electricity. Solar panels are also a very reliable source for clean energy because it uses the sun as a source. I believe we as society should adopt these more widely in our country. Do you agree?
Conclusion
Now it’s up to us to act and to advocate for more use of electric vehicles, it is up to us to use more eco-friendly power sources and it’s up to us to realise How the new source of clean energy Impacts our world and the environment. This change is going to require the efforts of all of us. I’m just so angry, we need to act! We, the younger generation, need to fight to save the environment!! We need to believe. We cannot just sit around and wait for someone else to do it. We are the ones to do it. It is the new sense of responsibility for something that is already happening because we are the ones to keep the sun shining.
