Hi people, my name is Zolisa Ngqamsholo aged 19 this year. Am from the Eastern Cape in a small township known as Dimbaza, which is situated 15km away from King Williams Town. I passed my matric in a local school named Archie Velile Senior Secondary School, am a shy person at first sight but can be very jokey around people am used to. I am not involved in any sport yet but my favourite sport is rugby and i enjoy watching it during my spare time whenever theres a match. My hobbies are watching television, listening to music, jogging and eating.

I have never had any environmental interests as a child and knew nothing about the importance of conserving the environment until i took part in the Aqua Enduro project which is campaigned by the Department of  Water Affairs and aims in building tomorrow's water scientists and engineers. My interest in the environment is basically water and plants (especially indigenous plants). South Africa is faced by a big challenge of water scarcity, with only 1% out of 100% of the water that we have is suitable for drinking. Even though it may seem theres a lot of water on earth but some of it cannot be used as a source of quality water. We can further argue and say it can be purified, actually that would mean more costs and will end up affecting consumers.

Our indigenous plants are also faced with a challenge of becoming extinct due to large numbers of alien invasive plants in the country. The reason why i chose ESS is because it dwells more on the concepts of the environment and it deals with every aspect that is concerning it.

As upcoming scientists we need to come up with new innovative ways to save the environment from its declining status without harming anything else that is within the environmental cycle. In that manner we will be able to sustain the environment for a much longer time and the future generations can enjoy the benefits.