TILCARA , Argentina --- Carmen Salvas mission may be ambitious , but her belief is simole: It's never too early to start caring for the land you live in and grow up in . It's a great joy to know that I am preparing a new generation to respect the environment "That's why on Saturday , Salva and a group of 60 to 100 students . parents, and teachers can be found venturing into their mountains , trash bags in hand and Ilamas in Salva's youth environmental group that is trying to clean up the surroundings , one plastic bottle at a time.

9) Salva was born and raised in the Jujuy (pronoumced hoo - whee ) province of northem Argentina , an area known for its rich culture and spectacular vistas.Despite its beauty, Salva says there's no real environmental conciousness in her community . We have a lot of issues to work on -- the problem of water contamination ; there's so much trash " Salva says . We can't just think that it will take care of itself "

10) Salva , a teacher in Jujuy for 20 years , says the environmental issues aren't recent . Ten years ago , she and her students noticed a lot of trash outside the school . The parks surrounding with school were littered with bottles ". They began volunteering with a govermmet program , collecting and bagging waste in the area . The program waned after a year , and students and teachers could no longer continue their environmental efforts .

11)Our city had no formal recycling program, "says Salva, so she began Esperanza de Vida in 1997 to organize and lead young participants in making our streets and our environment cleaner". At first, the group's activities were limited to cleaning parks near and around the school. But the organization's efforts have expanded well beyond the immediate area, and other Jujuy schools have joined in.About 150 people now take part, including about 80 children.

12) Salva and fellow teachers have noticed their students apply as much energy and commitment to the weekend envitonmental activities as they do to their general subjects. "Some even wait by my house on Saturday for the program to begin," beams Salva.

13) The group convenes early in the morning to hike together into the mountains, where they work for hours, picking up trash and sparating recyclables. On an average Saturday cleanup, it's not unusual for recycling,cleaning thousands of bottles.The ilamas help carry the heavy load down from the mountains. The local goverment helps to tranport the collected recyclables to the drop-off center, nearly 50 miles away.

14) Salva says the group is raising awareness, adding new volunteers, and implementing new projects.The children are even teaching their parents to care for the environment around them."It's a great joy to know that i am preparing a new generation to respect the environment," says Salva. "Their children's children will have another mentality, and our goal will be accomplished
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