Editor’s note: The 2024 Smart Talks on Climate Change program, jointly organized by Yale Center Beijing and Yale Center for Carbon Capture, culminated in an essay competition where participants submitted essays on "What is a natural climate solution that you've noticed in your own personal context? How might inplementation of this solution at the local level have an impact on the global level?" This is a piece written by one of the winners of the 2024 essay competition. 

At the time of submission, Xi Xue was a 10th Grader at Keystone Academy.