This ‘Plastic Man’ Has a Cape and a Superhero’s Mission: Cleaning Up Senegal By Mady Camara and Ruth Maclean Jan. 20, 2022 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/20/world/africa/modou-fall-senegal.html?searchResultPosition=4.

An educator, defender, and protector of the Senegalese environment, Modou Fall works to eliminate his country’s number one cause of pollution: plastics. Senegal is one of the largest polluters of the world’s oceans. Although the government has made efforts to ban the use of plastics, its large coastal population continues to mismanage the production and use of plastics. The impact of the polluted waters off the coast of Dakar affects all but especially the livelihood of Senegalese fishers. Efforts displayed by Fall extended to a demonstration during the famous marathon day in Dakar. Dressed in plastic garb, Fall focuses on his mission to rid his country of plastic.

This article demonstrates how a single person’s actions can lead to change. One of the most prominent issues preventing the world from making substantial progress with climate change is the idea that individual actions will not make a difference. If nobody thinks their actions will lead to something greater, nobody will do anything to make a change. Fortunately, people like Fall understand how they can positively affect the environment and encourage people within the environment to join him. It makes me so hopeful and happy that people are fighting for change in countries that are causing substantial damage to our oceans where there may not be as much awareness and action.