Chennai: First time Vinisha Umashankar realized that the generation could end in a less healthy world was when he read about the broken iceberg in Antarctica as an eight-year-old child.
His consciousness was kindly led to nitting him as the youngest finalist for the first Earthshot prize launched by Prince William in England in October last year.
“My generation will live to see the consequences of our actions today.
You decide whether we will have the opportunity to live in a world that cannot be inhabited, whether we deserve to be fought, worth supporting,” 15 years old from Tiruvannamalai told world leaders In Co, the UN Climate Change Conference, in Glasgow on Tuesday.
What made him there Iron-Max, a cellular ironing train he designed using solar energy was not charcoal.
This story began when he was 12 years old and walked home from school.
Along the way, he saw a man throwing a burning pile of charcoal he used for ironing clothes.
He saw a few more ironing carts, and began to wonder, how many pollution manufactures and use of charcoal.
It is estimated that there are 10 million ironing carts in India using charcoal, according to the government.
“I spent hours after school researching and reading online and after six months appeared with the planned solar iron train.
After starting awards, my parents stepped in to help me with prototypes and social media management,” he said.
Teens believe the source of segregation waste is a direct step that practically towards a healthier planet – “something everyone can do, but not do.” “There are still people who believe in the dangers of climate change are not real.
Our monsoons are erratic, our summer is too hot – the proof is here for us to see every day.
It’s time for them to wake up.”