Meet Miss Earth Jamaica 2011 Contestant - Mellisa Mekeda Rowe

NAME:  MELLISA.MEKEDA.ROWE
AGE: 24
HEIGHT: 5’10"
WEIGHT: 128
VITAL STATISTICS: 33-25-36

WHY SHOULD YOU BE CROWNED MISS EARTH JAMAICA 2011?
There are several current issues Jamaica is facing they include, heavy rates of deforestation; coastal waters pollution by industrial waste, sewage, and oil spills which leads to damage to the coral reefs and also air pollution especially in Kingston which is as a results of vehicle emissions.

If I am selected as the Miss Earth Jamaica 2011 I will ensure that I promote environmental awareness to eliminates these current issues we face as right now not enough promotion is being done as to how we should care for our environment as we only look at the environmental problem when there is an hurricane or current threat to our environment.

WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON THE PLATFORM OF “TAKING RESPONSIBILITY” IN REGARDS TO THE ENVIRONMENT?
I believe that the platform ‘taking responsibility” is a great way of making everyone aware and involved in creating solution to the numbers of environmental issues we face in the world. By educating the public on how each person can make a difference to the environment will leads to cleaner and safer environment as each and every sector of the country has a role to play, the government role is to set rules and law to govern the way large industry dispose of their waste and also finding solution to cut the current issue we are facing such as deforestation water pollution and air pollution.

 

 

While the role of the citizens is to strive to be a positive influence on our surroundings by cleaning up the waste we have created and also use only what is needed so has to avoid waste .So instead of blaming other or waiting  on other we need to just make a move now and take responsibility .