<![CDATA[Ara in English - ECOLOGISM]]> 10 <![CDATA[Lloret]]> "They're all the same," my grandfather, who had lived through the war, used to say. He died, and my mother also used to say that they were all the same. She died too, and then, the other day, I found myself saying in a conversation: "They're all the same." Lately, the phrase has spread from politics to literary discussions; it floods the streets and shops. "They're all the same" applies equally to public and private spheres. "They're all the same" is a sign of fatalism and a chain of events.

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Mrs. Pi is an environmentalist. She stopped using the capsule coffee machine for the sake of the planet, buys laundry soap in bars to avoid wasting water, and tries to get her children to wash their hair with an eco-friendly soap she buys at a bulk store. Her children tell her they shouldn't put that on their heads. She plans strategies. She takes the half-full bottles and hides them. "He won't see the half-full bottle anymore!" she laughs devilishly inside. She doesn't use spray deodorant; she prefers the roll-on one, although she's not sure which leaves a bigger carbon footprint, and that makes her suffer.

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In the many interviews he has given, his eloquent and strong political speech on ecology is shocking because it comes from the mouth of a 12 year old child. Francisco Vera is a Colombian activist and founder of the environmental movement Guardianes por la Vida (Guards of Life). A new voice representing future generations. With thousands of followers on social networks and active in several mobilisations, he has now taken a step further by attending his first UN Climate Summit, the COP26 in Glasgow.

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