TREES! What do you think trees can speak? Do they feel? Are they alive? Yes, yes, and yes. One of my vivid memories of my childhood is that I have always fallen in love with nature! I used to read books in the shadow of trees on sunny summer evenings, and this place was located near my house. I hate to remember that dark day of my entire life, when someone bought this place and cut down all the trees there. It made me blue, and I could not stop crying because those trees were alive. It was even more painful that I could not do anything to save these trees. I was so little. I was invisible. I had not money to buy them or give them a safe and free life ever. There are over 3.04 trillion trees on the planet. However, 27,000 of them are cut down daily to make toilet paper. This translates to about 9.8 million trees annually. One single recycled edition of the New York Times newspaper could save 75,000 trees. Having graduated school, I participated in "Save the Nature," which was a conference funded by the local ecology committee, and I was so excited to contribute a little to reversing our planet. This volunteer phase inspired me to come up with an idea: launching the college's newspaper for the purpose of changing the wrong mindset of youngsters towards the environment. I gave a brief summary of my project in front of the head of the department at our college. They tested my resolve with some tricky questions; however, I was so confident about organizing the college's newspaper because I knew exactly "why" I was going to do this project. Since my school years, I had known that my peers did not consider the environment; they used to throw out different refuses everywhere. It raised a question in my mind as to why they were less concerned about the nature. Due to my little study, I found out they did not have any specific knowledge about environmental issues and their negative impacts on not only flora and fauna but also humans' well-being. I was willing to make them understand the ecological problems by writing critical and analytical articles about them. My hugely influential article was called ‘Who is destroying their own home?', As a consequence, my coursemates started putting different waste in garbage containers and also wanted to join me to preserve the ecology of our neighborhood. I confirmed that the words are magical, powerful, and persuasive. Plastic bags and other plastic garbage thrown into the ocean kill as many as 1 million sea creatures every year. 1 MILLION… I cannot even imagine how we are CRUEL and SELFISH. Have you ever thought about your contribution to plastic pollution in the marine environment? Do you frequently buy a bottle of water? It is made from plastic. If you take water every day, you will buy an average of 365 or 366 plastic bottles annually. It is a scary fact that a plastic bottle can take up to 450 years to decompose. Only around 20 percent of these water bottles are recycled, and the vast majority end up in landfills. The core topics of governance, social, environmental, and economic performance are covered in sustainability reporting. In order to achieve sustainable growth, it is important to ensure that change is managed properly. In order to invest their money in initiatives that turn out to be socially and environmentally conscientious, it is intended to give them the ability to discern between different projects. To be more precise, the governance part examines the company's management, internal controls, audits, and other aspects while the environmental part examines how a company operates in an environmentally responsible manner. The social part also considers how a company manages relationships with its customers, suppliers, and employees. Any company is free to recycle, utilize environmentally friendly products and materials, start social projects, or employ other sustainable business practices. The sustainability practices an organization employs in a given day, week, or even year are influenced by a variety of circumstances. Moreover, if we look at the exact facts about environmental issues, we are already crossing a line that is truly dangerous. Who is the main cause of these urgent problems? YOU, ME, and THEY... That is why we should solve these problems TOGETHER!

"An unexamined life is not worth living." Socrates My mother would always wake me up and say, "Come to pancakes." I was somehow a sleepaholic, and it was very difficult to leave my bed, to be honest. However, the fragrant smell of strawberry pancakes led me towards our small kitchen. My mom started laughing at me; she knew how to wake me up. I had never missed my morning classes because of my mom. Everything changed after COVID-19 was found in Uzbekistan. The pandemic of COVID-19 was officially announced in our country as well. My mom is one of the experienced nurses, and she went to the block areas of treatment for some unknown period of time. The first time, I had not been woken up by mom. I was too scared of losing my mom forever. Every day, I went to sleep and closed my eyes with only one dream: "Please, mom, wake me up." After some time, I raised the question of why I didn't do anything to help my community while my mom was combating this illness. I thought if we helped each other, it would be easier to fight against COVID-19. I texted all my classmates, and we made a solid decision to help our community. I organized a volunteer group called "Help for the Needy." Mostly, we delivered necessary products and medicine to elderly people in our neighborhood. Initially, there were 13 participants in our group, but a week later, another 18 people joined us to play their part in our community. I was not supposed to say I had done something big, although it was really helpful to combat this illness. It is worthy to say that our neighborhood is one of the first places to be considered free of COVID.Two months later, my mom came back home. She continued to wake me up like old times. Although I was mature and started to wake up by reminiscing. Honestly, COVID was a very challenging period for each of us; however, it taught me to be a part of society and truly wake me up to my own understanding. Moreover, I recognized the true values of each of my family members, friends, and relatives. This difficulty made me more sensible and mature. Life is an invaluable gift for all of us. Thanks for the challenges that forced me to value my mom. But I'm still loving my mom's voice: "Come to pancakes."