Nurdan Salman and the Students of Fevzi Çakmak Secondary School

One bright morning, three best friends – Lena, Maja, and Leo – wanted to play outside. But when they entered the park, they saw rubbish on the grass, plastic near the flowers, thirsty trees, and birds looking for clean water. “Nature needs our help,” said Lena.

Nurdan Salman and the Students of Fevzi Çakmak Secondary School

“We can help!” said Leo.
Maja picked up a paper bag.
“Let’s clean the park first,” she smiled.
The three friends started collecting the rubbish together.

Nurdan Salman and the Students of Fevzi Çakmak Secondary School

Nurdan Salman and the Students of Fevzi Çakmak Secondary School

Vedat Salman and the Students of İkiköprü Primary School

Soon, the park looked cleaner and brighter. The birds began to sing happily again. But the flowers were still dry, and the trees looked thirsty. “Now they need water,” said Lena.

Vedat Salman and the Students of İkiköprü Primary School

Vedat Salman and the Students of İkiköprü Primary School

They brought water from the fountain and gently gave it to the flowers, trees, and birds, and then they saw something strange near the old tree.

Vedat Salman and the Students of İkiköprü Primary School

As they looked closely near the old tree, the children discovered a tiny injured bird trapped inside a plastic net. Leo carefully freed the bird, while Maja brought more water and Lena made a small nest with leaves and soft grass.

Ismini Anastasopoulou and the Students of 13th Primary School of Marousi

Ismini Anastasopoulou and the Students of 13th Primary School of Marousi

Ismini Anastasopoulou and the Students of 13th Primary School of Marousi

Suddenly, the old tree began to glow softly, and the children noticed a small wooden box hidden between the roots. On the top of the box, there was a strange symbol shining in the sunlight. Lena carefully touched it, and at that moment, they heard a mysterious sound coming from deeper inside the park…

Ismini Anastasopoulou and the Students of 13th Primary School of Marousi

  Lena touched the glowing symbol again, and the mysterious sound suddenly stopped.

   Then, from deep behind the trees, a small hidden door slowly opened in the old stone wall of the park.

   “What if someone is waiting for us inside?” Maja whispered as the three friends stepped closer.

  Natalia Savitska, Dolyna Lyceum 6 "European", Ukraine.

  Natalia Savitska, Dolyna Lyceum 6 "European", Ukraine.

The children went through the portal and got transported to another world.

The nature there was wonderful, everything was cleaner and brighter. The nature was much healthier.

Cristina Titei and the students from Dumbravita Secondary School, Timis, Romania

Titei Cristina and the students from Dumbravita Secondary School, Timis, Romania

Cristina Titei and the students from Dumbravita Secondary School, Timis, Romania

Here Lena, Maja and Leo discovered magical animals and tall tree creatures that were very nice to them.

The tree creatures decided to give the children a gift to use back home.

Titei Cristina and the students from Dumbravita Secondary School, Timis, Romania

It was a magical crystal ball that started glowing whenever nature needed help somewhere on Earth. The ball showed forests, rivers or animals in danger that needed people's protection and care.

Svetlana Mazynskaja, Visagino "Gerosios vilties" progimnazija, Lithuania

In this way, Lena, Maja and Leo became ambassadors of the green world on Earth. Whenever nature needed help, the children immediately responded. 

They wrote posts on social media to attract people’s attention to environmental problems, made donations to nature charities, organized clean-up days and did a lot of other activities to make their planet a better place to live.

Svetlana Mazynskaja, Visagino "Gerosios vilties" progimnazija, Lithuania

Soon, more and more people joined their mission. Inspired by the children's actions, families planted trees, cleaned their neighborhoods, and recycled more often.

Maja and her friends were happy to see that their small ideas were helping to make a big difference for the planet.

"Imagine how much better our world could be if everyone helped a little," said Maja.

Her friends smiled and nodded. They knew their journey was only beginning.

Elena Avramescu and her students, Viceamiral Ioan Murgescu School, Valu lui Traian, Romania