Interview

                                                   
Asma Begum has been a very dedicated member of the “Green Team” at public school MS51, and has been a member for 3 years now.

What exactly does the Green Team do?
We organize all of our schools garbage into 3 groups: anything recyclable, trash and bottles and cans which can also be reused.

Do you think you help the Green Team helps the world in any way?
Not exactly, no, but it does help the school in many ways. It keeps my school organized, clean and more appealing to incoming students.

Why else do you think the school should be kept clean?
If this school is dirty and messy it will become hard for students to concentrate, and will make them want to come there less. Nobody wants to have to spend 6 hours in an unsanitary place, where it smells of garbage and bugs are crawling around. It’s disgusting.

Do you think there’s any way for the Green Team to help our environment more?
Yes if all schools had some sort of green team then slowly all other businesses and buildings would hopefully pick up on it too. Then we would have less global warming because we would be reusing and recycling more. Many of the worlds problems would be resolved.

What do you think will happen if we continue to ignore global warming?
It will be harmful for everyone, there won’t be a safe place to stay. People can die of diseases because sicknesses spread from bacteria, and pollution holds a lot of bacteria.