Quotes: Care for Earth

Beautiful scenery of the capital city
Photo taken at Signal Hill Observatory, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.

"I am not an environmentalist. I am an Earth warrior."

Darryl Cherney

On the 2nd day of the ELC, we volunteered ourselves to collect rubbish that was trapped amongst the mangroves at the Kota Kinabalu Wetlands. Since we had extra time after lunch, we stopped by the Signal Hill Observatory for a short photo-taking session.  

The observatory is a really great place for sightseeing. The scenery of the magnificent bright sky and the clear sapphire blue sea with beautiful tall buildings really did amaze me. It was, however,  a complete contrast to the situation at the wetlands. Rubbish such as tyres, slippers, bottles, plastic bags were brought in to the mangroves by tides. 

That was when I started thinking about mother nature- how long can our beautiful scenery still be seen and enjoyed? What will happen to the blue sky and the sapphire sea in Sabah if our modern industrial development destroys mountains that are covered with trees, lakes, and running streams and transforms them into  mountain of junks, garbage, slime pits, and debris?

Mother nature is a gift from God! Stop the depletion of natural resources. Don't you hear the silent cries of the Earth? Be grateful! Give back what we have taken from our Earth. 

From now on, let us not only be an environmentalist but an earth warrior!

A drawing inspired by the scenery of Kota Kinabalu Wetlands.

"Don't you hear the silent cries of the Earth? Be grateful! Give back what we have taken from Her. " 

Yean Yan Tong