WHAT WILL I SHOW MY CHILD?

March 3, 2026

You might be surprised that a 14-year-old cares about environmental issues but it scares me to see how few of my peers still do.
We are the future, yet we don’t take care of the Earth we’ll be living on.

I asked my friends what they think about global warming.
Some say, ‘Scientists will fix it.’
Others believe we’ll fly to Mars and leave Earth behind.

But our parents dreamed that we would grow up surrounded by green fields, blue skies, and clear water.
I want to show that to my own child one day.
But I’m afraid… my child might be disappointed.

Let’s protect this world – together.

Art by Saltanat Saparbayeva, 12
Khodzheyli, Karakalpakstan/Uzbekistan
Text by Amantur Usonov, 14
Osh, Kyrgyzstan
WHAT WILL I SHOW MY CHILD?