'I saw that by cleaning one Estero, that life changed. If there's an impact on human life, I get excited, because I feel that that's what we're all about. And that's why I love the environment: because of its massive, direct impact on human life' – Gina Lopez on how even small things for the environment can make a big impact.

CITIES continue to grow as civilization progresses and whether directly or indirectly, this has a tremendous impact on the welfare of the planet. From a research by the construction blog Bimhow, on a global scale, 'the construction sector contributes to 23 percent of air pollution, 50 percent of the climatic change, 40 percent of drinking water pollution and 50 percent of landfill wastes.'