CLIMATE CRISIS AWARENESS WEBINAR WITH CLIMATE ACTIVIST MS. DIYA MIRZA

January 14, 2022

“Climate change is the single greatest threat to a sustainable future but, at the same time, addressing the climate challenge presents a golden opportunity to promote prosperity, security and a brighter future for all.”

~Ban Ki-Moon, Former Secretary-General of UN

We are the first generation to feel the impacts of climate change and the last generation who can do something about it. Climate change is real and it is taking place at alarming rates all over the world. We are inducing a sixth mass extinction event that is threatening the present as well as future of the planet, nature and humans alike.

To raise awareness among the student body, Strawberry Fields High School invited the reputed and the widely celebrated Ms Dia Mirza to talk about her journey as an environmentalist, and the climate crisis. She is a successful actor, producer, the UN Environment Goodwill Ambassador and United Nations Secretary-General Advocate for Sustainable Development Goals.

Ms Mirza gave us an insight into how she came to be associated with the mitigation of climate change. She took us all on a nostalgic journey with her as she reminisced her childhood, spent in the lap of nature. She expressed her concern over the fact that every natural resource around us – be it the air, water, soil or the food polluted can have negative consequences on the health of humans and the planet. Ms Mirza stressed the fact that no effort is insignificant in this war against climate change and that change starts with us.

Following this, a series of questions were asked about sustainable goals, her inspiration to become an environmentalist, and how the pandemic affected the climate crisis. Ms Mirza answered all the questions wholeheartedly. She went over the sustainable development goals and provided the students with a list of 10 actions one can take to minimise their carbon footprint which included refusing single-use plastic, carrying your cutlery and water bottles, and questioning the leaders on their actions.

The session concluded with a vote of thanks to Ms Dia Mirza for finding time in her busy schedule to conduct a talk about sustainability and climate change. We hope to host her at our school in better times!