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Protecting the environment is everyone’s responsibility, but we all have a different way of doing
it. Some of us dream of new inventions, some inspire others to take action, and some lead
by example with their daily habits. Take this short quiz to discover your own nature-saving
superpower! Remember, this isn’t a scientific test but a fun guide to get to know yourself and your
friends better.

LET’S GET STARTED!
1. You watch a documentary at school 3. You see a very cheap and trendy 5. You see a lot of trash on the ground in
about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch T-shirt in a store. What goes through a park. What’s your first instinct?
island in the ocean. What is your first your mind? a) I think, “Would this problem be
reaction?
a) I wish the technology for sustainable solved if they designed more
a) I start imagining a robotic system to and eco-friendly fabrics was this interesting and user-friendly trash
collect the waste or a new technology cheap. cans here?”
to transform the plastic.
b) I think about the social and b) I take a photo and share it on social
b) I share the images on social media environmental problems behind such media to draw attention to the
with a powerful message to raise a low price and feel the urge to post problem and maybe organise
awareness among my friends. something about fast fashion. a clean-up event.
c) I immediately review my own plastic c) I choose not to buy it. I’d rather look c) I look for a bag nearby and start
use at home and research what I can for a second-hand piece or save up picking up at least some of the trash
do to reduce it. for a quality item I can wear for a long myself.
time.
2. The school’s environment club is 6. If you had to choose a weekend
starting a new project. Which task do 4. How would you convince your family activity, which one sounds most
you volunteer for? to be more eco-friendly? appealing?
a) The task of designing a new, more a) I’d prepare a presentation showing a) Visiting a science fair about future
efficient, and perhaps award-winning how much money we could save with technologies and sustainable cities
recycling system for the school energy-efficient light bulbs or a water b) Joining a community walk or an event
purifier.
b) The team that will promote the for an important environmental cause
project, create posters, and get more b) I’d talk to them, suggest watching an c) Going for a long hike in nature, maybe
students to join impactful documentary together, and doing some bird-watching or helping
try to persuade them with stories.
c) The hands-on work, like planting a out on a farm
garden on school grounds or c) I’d start by doing it myself. I’d separate 7. In your eyes, what makes someone an
building a compost area the trash, take my own bag for
shopping, and hope they join me over ‘eco-hero’?
time. a) Someone who invents a revolutionary
technology that can change the fate
of the world.

b) Someone who inspires millions of
people and changes their perspectives
and habits.
c) Someone who sets an example
for everyone by living a simple,
sustainable life in harmony with
nature.

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