Ratti volunteering at the Silver Lake Nature Center.
Sabrina Ratti has been a longtime advocate for the environment and animals, but has recently turned her sights a little bigger in support of the World Wide Fund for Nature, or WWF.
Applying about a month ago, Ratti is now an ambassador working locally to benefit the local environment and help the environment on the entire planet.
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WWF ambassadors are given a pretty free reign in deciding their own projects. Ratti has a few in motion already. She is focusing on creating lesson plans that can be used by people all over the world to educate kids and she is trying to raise awareness for Earth Hour 2017, a worldwide effort to get communities and business to switch of their non-essential electric lights for an hour.
In creating lesson plans, Ratti says that it is important to make plans accessible and interesting to children.
“Kids are so willing and excited to learn,” Ratti said. “It’s so fun to watch them get engaged,” she said.
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She is doing work at a hands on level as well. Ratti interns at the Silver Lake Nature Center where she continues on her main mission of protecting nature and combating issues contributing to climate change.
“It’s good to have people in the area interested in this to put these things in people’s minds,” Ratti said.
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“It’s really good to get involved,” she reflected. “People aren’t always aware of what’s going on in their own backyard,” Ratti said in reference to the wildlife present as close by as Bristol.”
Ratti’s work doesn’t stop once she leaves her internship at the nature center. The Fairless Hills resident is currently in the early stages of preparing an improvement project to a local lake and park.
Ratti goes to school, works and interns in the name of protecting the planet.
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“The little things that I can do can have a huge difference in the long run,” she said.
Ratti is working for the good of the Earth, but others can get involved as well. According to Ratti, Silver Lake nature center is always looking for volunteers, and anyone can get involved with WWF’s Earth Hour 2017. To participate, all you have to do is turn off lights and electronics between 8:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 25.
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“It’s a symbolic way of showing how many people really care about climate change,” Ratti said. “The possibilities of how you can help are endless.”
