WIN TIMES JULY 2021_56
The Green Guide Help Save the Whale s!
Gareth Andrade is an 11-year-old student in Year 7 at The Winchester School who advocates for UN Sustainable Development Goal #14: Life Below Water. Since he was a little boy, he has been passionate about conserving sea animals, volunteering towards beach cleanups, being a conscious ecowarrior at home, at school and everywhere he goes. He and his brother launched the “Balloons Blow Don’t Let Them Go” campaign in Dubai, in November 2018, and since then he has collected thousands of pledges.
They are the largest animals on Earth, yet they live off some of the smallest. There are around 40 different types of whales which include the largest creature to have lived on the planet the blue whale. For hundreds of years, people hunted whales for their oil to fuel lamps and candles, to lubricate machinery, and to make margarine, lipsticks and other products. They also used baleen whales to make tennis racquets and corsets! Today, modern technology has replaced the need for whale products, so there is no need to kill whales for their oil. Sadly, some countries still kill whales to sell whale meat for profit – a very expensive luxury for some people.
