"Honestly, I didn't care much about the environment at first. But that started to change when I started watching funny animal videos on Facebook. And because Facebook can track our activities, I often get videos in my "feed" about abused animals and plastic pollution in the sea that makes whales and other marine animals endangered," said Michael Sugiarto, one of WWF-Indonesia Supporters who supports the MyBabyTree Program.

The MyBabyTree program is a platform for the general public who have a concern for nature conservation and want to contribute directly to efforts to save Indonesia's nature.

When his concern for the environment was aroused, Michael tried to make a change by helping to plant trees through MyBabyTree since 2014. He wanted to plant trees after meeting a volunteer at a bookstore who explained the importance of trees. He slowly raised the money to donate.

He chose the planting site in Surabaya's Lamong Bay because he lives in Surabaya. "I feel that Surabaya is getting hotter and hotter," he said. In addition, as a Surabaya resident, Michael realized that the coastal area of North Surabaya is one of the important areas for the city of Surabaya.

Michael's commitment to reforest the mangrove forest in Lamong Bay Surabaya is realized by adopting a tree through MyBabyTree every month. Since 2014 until now, there have been around 1,177 trees adopted by Michael. Every month, he adopts a tree. Moreover, he can get updates on the trees planted through the donatefornature.com.

"The earth is our home, if we never take care of our home, if we leave the walls and roof damaged, if we don't repair the fence, what happens? Our house will be burglarized or collapse and harm ourselves. If we continue to take, never give, and don't care about the Earth, don't blame us if the Earth gets angry with us (animal extinction, drought, natural disasters, crop failure, hot weather, and animal attacks). What we do to the Earth is exactly what the Earth will do to us. What we sow is what we reap," he emphasized.

Michael said, "Right now I feel that the Earth is getting hotter. In 2017, I was sweating most of the day and often had to take my shirt off because of the heat. I've never felt that hot before. Well, that means global warming is a real thing. And if we just sit back and do nothing, we and future generations will pay a heavy price."

We don't need to contribute massively to the environment. We don't have to wait for the government. It all starts from ourselves by taking small actions, such as using less paper towels after washing our hands, using cloth shopping bags instead of plastic bags, and bringing our own water bottles to reduce plastic bottle waste. If even 50% of Indonesians do these small things, Michael believes it will make a significant difference to our environment. "I also hope that the government will continue the paid plastic bag program to reduce the use of plastic bags," he concluded.