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Anastasia Ponomareva (26), a cook, and her son Andrey (7). They like badminton and movies. Nastia works at an advertising agency, Andrey is a schoolboy. First of all, the Baikal is our pride. Second, it is the place to take a vacation like nowhere else.
Andrey Petrov Head of Greenpeace camp, geographer - environmentalist from Moscow, likes travelling.
For me the Baikal is first of all a unique natural object, an absolutely exceptional one. Moreover, the lake has its special healing atmosphere.
What do you like most? The nature and people as its integral part.
An environmental tourist must: act absolutely harmonically with the nature, leaving nothing behind himself.
What can you wish to the humankind? To preserve and protect these few things the humankind hasn't yet destroyed or reprocessed.
Moujbani Medi, 29, a volunteer from Tunisia, likes studying different cultures, assisting environmental and human rights organizations, likes diving and agriculture.
"I made up my mind to take part in the Greenpeace camp to help every way I can and joined those people who try to do something necessary for the Mother Nature".
For me lake Baikal is a part of our Earth and a priceless natural reservoir of fresh water, which must be preserved by all means. We must preserve it for the next generations and for the environment itself.
What can you wish to the humankind? As a native American chief said, "We belong to the Earth, not the Earth belongs to us".
Ekaterina Zaspa, camp's physician, from Moscow. Likes travelling and arts.
For me the Baikal means - lots and lots of fresh water, beautiful nature and an ugly pulp Mill.
An environmental tourist must be: observant and cautious towards the nature.
What can you wish to the humankind? To preserve the nature of the Earth.
Oksana Rusakova, 16, a schoolgirl from the town of Rybnoe, Ryazan Region. She likes energetic music, strolling about the town with her friends, singing and having fun. She also likes the beautiful nature, especially flowers.
For me the Baikal is a splendid and pure lake. It is so huge! Having seen it I felt myself so free.
An environmental tourist should: Aid the forest, clear it up, make other people keep it clean, treat ill animals and plants
What would you say to people on Earth? Preserve the nature, don't let it die. Respect each other, and be kind. And let all be happy!
Insa Pobuga, 23, a biology student from Bremen, Germany. She likes photo shooting, painting, spending free time in the open air, swimming and scuba diving.
For me the Baikal was something unusual somewhere in the Far East. I heard a lot about it and dreamed one day I could see it with my own eyes, especially its nature and culture. When I first came to the Baikal I couldn't descry the other shore; it really looked as a sea. Such a beautiful nature around! Unfortunately, I've seen a lot of garbage around.
An environmental tourist should: The environmental tourism is a chance to preserve the nature, on the other hand it may harm the virgin landscapes. An environmental tourist should keep the nature clean and respect it.
What would you say to people on Earth? Everyone should live in harmony with nature.
Florian Asis Schulz (25), a volunteer from Lunenburg in Germany, studies environmental science. Lake Baikal for me is…. A chance for men to show their learning ability. Still a mostly intact piece of nature: it will change rapidly if humans don't change their way of treating it.
Ecotourism must be more than just shipping around "greens". Lets try to reconsider our position and relation towards our environment.
Ulrich Hafen (22), a volunteer from Ulm in Germany, works in industry as a mechanic. Lake Baikal for me is….still only a lot of information. I still don't realy know it. But it seems worth to see and protect it.
An ecotourist should not only go somewhere to enjoy the intakt nature and then go home and continue destroying it as before.
What would you say to people on Earth? Get rid of your addiction to consume. Grow inside instead of materialistic. That's the only way to get happy and to live in peace.
