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2024 | Denmark | Student: Egaa Gymnasium

Anne Gammelmark Therkildsen

Hi! I am Anne. I am a 19 year old danish student, who studies biologi, chemistry and mathematics. My love for nature and biology probably started as a scout, because besides studying plants and their amazing world in the lab, I also love to explore the world by hiking and biking and sleeping outside. I work as a mentor in mathematics and I am student body president at my school as well as a member of the school board. I am very curious of nature and love to learn new things.

Tell us what the water concern in your country is!

In Denmark we have a lot of gound water, but our concern is contamination of this water. Farmers using pesticides, rising sea levels and poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances all contributes to worsen the water quality.

This is what I think is one of the solutions for a sustainable future:

To spare the ground water that we have, by using sea water as watering medium for crops instead. This method can become reality, if we have salt water resistant crops. This solution can also avert some of the problems in other contries that does not have ground water.

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