26. Erfan Firouzi on what it means to be the UAE's very First eduCCate Global Climate Literacy Youth Ambassador! How Sir David Attenborough has shaped his Peer-To-Peer Online Lessons delivered to families and children throughout the world. TWS GEMS & ...

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I am Erfan Firouzi and I am 16. I have always loved the natural world, and so started researching scientifically on animals and plants within the past 6 years or so.

Within the past 6 years of my research I have been to different habitats that provided a home for different Creatures from insects, all the way to the humpback whales. Within the last few years I have also been creating videos, podcasts and online classes in order to help spread an awareness about our living planet, while at the same time using my animal and plant specimens to create an awareness to children and adults across the globe.”

I was at first inspired by Sir David Attenborough and till today he is my role model, As Sir David Attenborough says: "An understanding of the natural world and what's in it is a source of not only a great curiosity but great fulfillment." I believe that until people understand how the natural works, they won’t pay time or care about it. We need to understand, to care and care, to save.

Despite learning many, many new things, I also learned that the natural world is dramatically fragile, yet if given the chance and care it can recover beyond or imagination, and since then I have been working extra hard, by creating documentaries about the natural world, organizing online classes, participating in Environmental campaigns and also spreading much more awareness in the younger generations by getting them closer to the natural world with the help of my preserved zoology and botany specimens.

It has also been a great opportunity to be able to be a part of the top 100 wildlife blogger crowds in the world, who are making the world a better place and also participating in the ECO heroes award, and a more immense opportunity to be able to contact different natural agencies in the UAE (environmental Abu Dhabi, Nautica Environmental Assoc.) and also being able to join in the sustainable schools UAE zoom meetings and also being able to hear and speak to sir Robert Swan in a meeting.

I have also been sharing my passion for wildlife and the natural history, In science events like GIC in gems modern academy and I have also been organizing my own nature events one of which is my new group documentary called Earth Our Living Planet and also a group that I recently organized called nature ambassadors.

I truly love and admire Sir David Attenborough, he is my role model and the person who inspired me to become a young naturalist, researcher, conservationist and to spread awareness about our beautiful natural environments.”
“Our living planet is truly a very unique place, it provides with our daily needs and supports during hard times. I t is now the time that we support our planet and its unique biodiversity.”
and I want to be Sir David Attenborugh one day, a successful scientist, environmentalist, conservationist and naturalist