Nationalgeographic Stories

❝Change starts within you.❞ (an entry for 'planet or plastic' hosted by national geographic contest)

We try to make our lives easier at every step. However, in the process, we forget something. There are creatures other than us.There are creatures who become victims of our wants. There are creatures who suffer. And it's all because of us. _________________________________________ #PlanetOrPlastic writing challenge Word count : 498

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A short story/poem I wrote about the epic journey of a plastic-straw, inspired by the National Geographic / Wattpad contest. Save our beautiful oceans...there is no Planet-B. 💚🌏🐠🐬🐟🌍💙

Emily Riddles is a 21-year-old wildlife photographer and herpetlogist from Phoenix, Arizona. She is a well-known snake expert who travel around the world to find, document and photographed all kinds of snakes, both venomous and non-venomous.

a personal entry for #planetorplastic ! + the water is alive. it seeps through the slivers of my fingers, through my every pore, and outlines the magestic beast i see through the sea foam. i am alive. + a marine biologist visits siren, a heart-broken whale, often. every time she does, siren sings a sad song. a song for her dead calf, who she still has hopes of finding, but the biologist had failed to save her. the biologist understands. she too, has lost something dear. + completed: 19.12.2018.

This is my submission for National Geographic's "Plastic Or Planet" contest. Writing started as a hobby and a way to give life to some amazing dreams I had. In reality, I am someone that is interested in a lot of different things including science and, more specifically, environmental sciences. That's what led me to pursue my studies in Ecology, now, I understand what problems our Planet, our World, faces and I know that the only way to save our future is by changing the path we are taking. To achieve this we have to change people's minds by teaching, explaining and showing them why it is crucial for our future and our descendants' future to conserve nature. I truly believe that Humans are not superior to other species and that it's the arrogance of thinking we are superior that will be our downfall. We do not own this world, we share it with other species. Our superior stage of evolution and knowledge doesn't give us more rights over this planet, it only gives us more responsibility to take care of it.

My entry for National Geographic's Planet or Plastic writing competition. "It could be the last ride of the seahorse's life. For she knew her home was slowly killing her..." One Story. Starts a ripple. Hoping it spreads out into an ocean of change. Please enjoy! Ashlyn

If only the ocean could talk, this is what's gonna it says. It's my 2nd entry for NatGeo's #PlanetOrPlastic Writing Contest. 378 Words

Poem about the death of a fish due to littering in our oceans.

Planet or plastic? For one man, it would be his final battle...

In the year 2022, Earth entered an era of the apocalypse. A little boy by the beach. A siren's song. When will humans finally learn?

an islander defends his island as the world crumbles around him. my second entry to the national geographic/wattpad contest #planetorplastic total word count: 470 words

Contest Entry!

Mysterious girl wandering around in unknown place, didn't know who she is, where is she at or even what she is. Ride on her train of thought, get to know how she feels and what she will do after that.

A woman walks along the remains of a beach.

I have this need and desire to BE THE CHANGE and do as much as I can for our environment! Thanks to @NationalGeographic I wrote this story for the purpose of being a part of something very important! "change the course of the future..."