Activity 2: When the Rubber Hits the Road
The Amazon rainforest is the world’s largest tropical rainforest. It is located in South America and is home to an incredibly special and unique environment. Unfortunately, the long-term health of the forest is at risk with hundreds of people entering the rainforest and cutting down trees without permission. Activists, like Marina Silva, are fighting back against this illegal logging and, in some cases, they are winning.
Marina actually spent her childhood working in the Amazon rainforest as a rubber tapper. She did not attend a school or learn how to read or write until the age of sixteen. In fact, she was the first person in her family to ever go to school and the first one to earn a university degree. Her family must have been so proud of her accomplishments.
For this activity, please interview three friends and ask them what they are most proud of. It could be something that they, or someone in their family, have accomplished.
On your blog, please share who these people were (first names only) and what they were proud of.
- My friend AJ is proud of his family for working hard to pay the bills, putting food on the table and for providing everything he needs to attend school
- My friend Ezekiel is also proud of his parents for providing everything he needed and wanted in life.
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