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  Yukako Minami, 18 years
  Hiroshima, Japan

  Yukako is a student at the Kokutaiji High School. She volunteers in environmental projects concerned with the preservation of rivers in the area where she lives.

   

  Yukako campaigns for the environment and gives presentations about her activism in front of peers. She enjoys conveying environmental issues as she sees and feels them.

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  There are rivers near my house and the sea is also in walking distance. The area where I used to play in the sand as a child is now often covered in trash. The rivers and the ocean are contaminated with trash and there is oil floating on the surface. Just a few years back, I walked home picking up cans on the beach with a friend and found over forty cans.

  Realizing how badly we treat our environment made me very sad and also concerned about what kind of future awaits our children. I want to make sure that them, too, will be able to enjoy the beautiful rivers and oceans. I would like them to be better informed about nature and to learn of the life it hosts. I believe it is my duty to communicate the need for action.

  
  

   

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