A little bit about me



Hello all, 

My name is Sheel Patel. I am a high school student attending John T. Hoggard High School in Wilmington, North Carolina. I am also an avid reader, a traveler, and a person who really cares about the world. I live with my mother, father, and older brother. My interests include reading (especially magazines about our environment), tennis, karate, piano, meditation, and practicing heart-rate variability. 

Ever since being a kid in elementary school, I have been fascinated by nature. My travels through various national parks across the U.S were what made me see the beauty and wonders of nature. Over the course of my childhood I have seen how much the environment has changed. As we as humans are industrializing we are putting the care for our environment to the side. Due to my interests for preserving and taking care of our environment I am a member of several nonprofit organizations. I have always tried to do what I can to help our environment. 

The organizations I am the most involved include the
Cape Fear chapter of the Sierra Club and the Southern Forests Conservation Coalition. I am also a member of the Sierra Student Coalition and attended the SSC's Climate Justice Academy in the Spring of 2021 . Since being in these organizations, the most interesting concern has been the wood pellet industry, and the betterment of air quality in Robeson County, North Carolina. I was involved in this event mostly virtually as this was taking place during the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to my love for trees, hate for deforestation, and want for biodiversity, I felt that this issue was something I had to take action in. Logging due to production of wood pellets is the third biggest carbon emitter in North Carolina.

I was spurred to create this website "Our Beautiful Earth" not only to inform other people about what the Earth's current issues are but to also show various ways for how people can help by making small variations in their everyday life. The topics are almost all large-scale topics because places across the world all have different local, regional, and even national problems, but all of the world faces the same global problems. Through Our Beautiful Earth we also host Zoom webinars in order to interact with the community and discuss our opinions on major environmental issues. Part of taking steps forward to improve the environment, hearing and understanding peoples' opinions is a necessity.

My long term goal is to bring knowledge of environmental conservation to all people especially to the ones who have never learned about the importance of caring for the environment. For a career, I hope to go into the medical field but simultaneously continuing to be a steward of the environment.
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Sheel Patel, Founder of Our Beautiful Earth
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Our expedition to Morocco right before the pandemic hit.
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Being with alpacas in Peru.
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Hugging the beautiful and preserved Sequoias of Muir Woods.
Environmental Credentials:
Founder of Our Beautiful Earth, Our Beautiful Earth, est. 2020
North Carolina Climate Ambassador, Path to Positive Communities, Issued 2021.
Climate Justice Academy (CJA) Program Certification, Sierra Student Coalition
SPROG Program Certification, Sierra Student Coalition
NCGreenPower Outstanding Achievement Award ($1,210 raised in funds), John T. Hoggard High, September 2021
Operation Climate Research Intern and Post-Intern Ambassador, Operation Climate
Youth Delegate of the International Wood Pellet Forum, Communities Against Wood Pellets
Spokesperson and Volunteer (focused on combating the wood pellet industry), Southern Forests Conservation Coalition (SFCC)

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EMAIL: sheelpatelnc@gmail.com
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