TURN IT
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In our Akmola region, there is a magical place called love going there with my family, walking among the tall pine trees, listening to the birds sing, and watching the reflection of the cliffs in the lake’s clear waters. But it makes me sad to see...

Our lifestyles must change if we want to leave a livable planet for future generations. ...

Life close to nature has taught me to walk slowly. Humans are the only beings on this planet who wear a watch. There is no one who can rush the flowers, nor the rain. While the technology exists to do so, this only satisfies the times of humans, not...

Preserving forests and living things on earth gives us the life we deserve. In recent years, there has been a massive exploitation of forests on the island of Borneo. Many people want to clear land by burning forests extensively for personal gain....

I vividly remember sitting at the table with my grandmother two years ago, talking about life, when she said, ‘Only death is irreversible…’ I thought how perfectly that cap- tures the strength of life and its endless possibilities. That phrase...

In spring, we admire the flowers, mountain rivers, and beautiful landscapes – and we want them to last forever! Just as our parents care for us, we must care for Nature, which brings us joy today and will bring joy to our children tomorrow....

The wisdom of the nomads: our ancestors understood that the environment needs time to recover after being used. Since ancient times – from the Scythians to the Kazakh Khanate – people designated specific places for living and grazing livestock. K...

Cup your hands over your ears, pause. listen. Notice overlapping sounds of sea, cave, sense, time, r a i n Now pick up two pencils, one in each hand, and use them to make the Sound of Rain with repeated marks falling onto the page. What if listening...

Integrating mandatory climate education into the school curriculum is an investment in the future of young people....

Intelligence is not worth anything when you do not use it....

Drought, scorched land, cracked soil, withered trees – these are nature’s urgent warning signs. The sky is choked with black smoke; thick gases from factory chimneys block out the sunlight. All around, there is no trace of life: green fields have...

It pains me to see our glaciers – which for centuries fed rivers and lakes – disappearing so quickly. The mountains, once proud symbols of our country, now seem to cry out for help. Each year, the summers grow hotter, the rains come less often, a...

‘Nature is the best teacher – but few are able to understand her.’ Education gives us a wealth of knowledge: science, history, languages, mathematics. But there is one important thing we cannot learn in school – the feeling of true harmony in...

Having grown up at the foothills of the Himalayas replete with litchi orchards, life has been full of encounters with inhabitants of the mountains, each one carrying a different shard of my ancestors. I speak with them — to the moths that would...

The words of Tajik poet Rudaki in his poem Shahri Maydon (The City Square): “When a person disrupts nature’s balance – suffering is inevitable, for the Earth avenges its wounds.” These lines remind us of nature’s fragility and the consequen...

Resilience. Nature shows us the ability to recover after being damaged or destroyed. We always see how it strives to survive: the small plants and flowers that emerge after devastating floods, the forests that regrow after fires, the trees that lift...

Nature has been able to work out creative solutions to support all forms of life on earth. By observing and studying these life forms — their behavior, movement, form, adaptability, and so on — humans can develop new technologies or optimize exis...

Nature heals! Ancestral knowledge about medicinal plants that are passed on in traditional communities can save lives. Including traditional knowledge and young indigenous scientists is a major step forward in the advancement of science and technolog...

Compassion for nature and plants is a vital part of both our lives and nature’s survival. Our task is not only to preserve the environment – but to restore it. The choices we make today will shape a better future for ourselves and for generations...