My name is Nils and I’m seventeen. I am from Belgium but i live in France since i am six. Discovering new places and meeting new people is kind of what I enjoy the most, as I live through the people I share things with. My passions are mostly playing tennis, video games or just discovering some new and unexpected things. I am somebody who won’t hesitate a second to support or cheer people I like and respect. Sometimes I can be impatient, but it only transmit the way I like things to be perfect. I would never let anybody down as soon as I committed myself to a task, and I always go to the end of things.
Tell us what the water concern in your country is!In my country, in France, water is a really underrated problem. Indeed, it flows out of anywhere and we don't even realize the damage we are causing to others and to the planet. Minds are slowly getting upgraded to a new vision of water as the blue gold, which must be preserved at any cost.
From where comes your interest in water?My personnal interest in water comes from a fascination about the nature and the wonders it provides. The fact that one day people, adults and kids, won't be able to enjoy its beauty and its benefits scares me so much that I felt like it needed to do something about it. Being part of this adventure feels like a stunning beginning.
This is what I think is one of the solutions for a sustainable future:For me, progress is about solutions. A lot of people, with some arguably good convictions, think that we should turn back and forget all our innovations and progresses if we wanted to stop the bleeding the planet is suffering of. But I don't quite agree with that. For me, humans didn't reach their best yet, and I am conviced that what we will discover in the short or long term future will fix the problems of the present.
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