Humans are highly intelligent beings capable of generating ideas and stimulating impossible dreams into reality. Ever since Thomas Alva Edison invented the first commercially practical incandescent light in the form of a light bulb in 1879, to the twenty-first century when people carry around smartphones and other electronic gadgets as if those are the extensions of their hands, humans have repeatedly proven to the world what once known to be impossible can be made possible and breakthroughs are inevitably needed in this rapidly advancing world. Thanks to the contribution of humans from different cultural backgrounds and with specialization in various fields, people of the world no longer live in stupidity like they did in the Middle Age.However, it is simply too naïve to say that all of those positive changes that humans have created in this world do not come with consequences. Humans have indeed opened paths to a new world that was merely an unattainable dream a hundred years ago. But in doing so, they have also unknowingly set up new ways to destroy their own planet. For instance, in 1907, Leo Hendrik Baekeland invented the first ever plastic based on a synthetic
polymer. Baekeland was merely looking for a new material that had excellent electrical insulation and heat-resistance for industrial purposes. He had no idea that after a century had passed, approximately 8 million tons of plastic would end up in the ocean every yearpolluting the once clear water and endangering the sea creatures. His invention that was once lauded as a stroke of genius had become one of the fastest growing environmental problems in the world. Baekelands invention is just one example of human inventions created with noble intentions gone wrongalong with Styrofoam, CFC, and asbestos.Nevertheless, it is impossible to turn back time and stop earths past geniuses from coming up with ideas that led to the inventions of our planets greatest destroyers. After all, humans rely on these inventions on daily basis. However, it is possible to reduce the side effects or even reverse the past consequences caused by those inventions. Doing those things will be extremely difficult the majority of people since it takes a substantial amount of willpower to make an extra effort to actually do something for the environment. Thus, this is where volunteers come into play.