Chapter 3: 2
Even after explaining for hours why I came up with this operation to Justin and the role he’s playing in it, he was still being skeptical about it.
For the millionth time, he asked “Why are you doing this, Amelia? You could get hurt in the process.” I knew that he was only trying to protect me but I can’t stop now, I can’t back down, I have to put up a fight.
“The earth is dying every day, Justin. Do you know how painful that is?” I was at the verge of tears because I had an idea of how painful it is, “If we can convince people around the world to take care of the environment, don’t you think that our world will last longer? I only asked for your help because I can’t do this on my own, but if you don’t want to help me, I can always find someone else.” I told him sharply.
“I’m not saying that I don’t want to help―”
“Then what are you trying to say?” I cut him of mid-sentence, “Are you willing to help me or not?” I was getting frustrated with his lack of answer.
He took a deep breath and said, “I am going to be with you every step of the way.” Now that was the answer I’ve been waiting for all along.
“But we need backup” I said, “We need to convince my sister to join us.”
“I have a plan”, he replied with a smug look on his face.
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Convincing Amandla was so easy which meant that Justin’s plan worked. Now we just have to make a video which will serve as an invitation to the public about the press conference that Justin is organising for tomorrow.
After Justin set up the camera, he went over to his laptop to start the live stream. When he was done, he instructed Amandla to handle the camera while he told me to prepare what I was about to say. When everything was ready, he gave the signal and mouthed, “3, 2, 1, go”
Clearing my throat, I started “Hi! My name is Amelia Winston. You all know that I love the environment and I’ve looked for ways to protect it. Recently, I discovered that I can’t do this on my own, that’s why I need help from anyone that is watching this live stream.”
I can do this, I said to myself then continued, “Just like our bodies, the environment functions best when it’s in balance. Unfortunately, we’re not quite there. Issues like pollution, depletion of resources, the rise of consumerism, and the ‘throw away’ culture have led to serious issues. Sometimes people forget how we depend on nature and our environment surrounding us. We mindlessly spend the resources given to us by nature and believe that they are unlimited. Over the last millennia, the population on the planet grew immensely and our needs increase with every year. We have achieved great breakthrough in industry and other fields of production. But this growth resulted in poor environmental conditions. It seems that every of our achievement and advancement only does damage to nature and also our environment. So what can we do to protect our environment?”
I took a deep breath, “A press conference is happening tomorrow at the City Hall in New London at 9am. But if you can’t make it, we got you covered because we will be live streaming the event so that, if possible, the whole world would be able to see it. Our earth is our home, so if we want to protect our home, we should protect our environment from harmful effects of human activity. Thank you for watching.”
The moment I finished, Amandla and Justin were applauding me. Then he said, “We are getting a lot of positive response, that means that the conference would still hold tomorrow.”
“Thank you guys so much for helping me. I need to leave now so that I’ll be able to prepare what I’ll say tomorrow” I gave Amandla a hug after saying one last thank you. Then I headed for the exit.
While leaving, I knew that I had a lot of research to do and l also needed a good amount of sleep because I really don’t know how many people would be watching me, so I have to prepare very well.
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