6-Year-Old Gets Emotional Over Pollution
"The planet is going to be wrecked," Henry Marr said in the video.
— -- One 6-year-old's tearful reaction to pollution proved that love for mother nature can start at a very early age.
On Tuesday, an emotional Henry Marr was captured on film talking to his mom on planet earth after seeing a documentary at school -- lamenting trees being cut down and animals eating trash left behind by people.
"The planet is going to be wrecked," Henry said in the video. "People are just being rude to it..."
Henry's mom, Allie Hall, posted the video onto Tasty KitchenYouTube, where it received over 83,000 views. But it was on Facebook where the footage racked up over 17 million views.
"I had picked him up from school and he was on this mission to teach me about the earth," Hall, of Mount Vernon, Washington told ABC News. "He was like mom, 'Did you know that this was happening to the animals and people are littering?' He kept getting more and more worked up about it."
She added: "It's a bigger issue than I had even realized...Just seeing a little kid getting upset about how the world will get worse by the time he's older is pretty upsetting."
In the video, Henry cries about trees being cut down and animals eating trash that was left behind by people.
"And I just don't want animals to die," Henry said. "I wish I was an adult right now. I just want to do my job, right now."
Mom Allie responded: "You don't have to be an adult. What can you do as a kid to help them?"
Soon after, Henry and his mom created the Facebook page, "Henry the Emotional Environmentalist", where the kindergartner is promoting his cause to help the environment.
Henry has since collaborated with a clothing company and his local park and recreation department to help "save the earth." He even wrote a book called "Save the Planet, But Don't Wreck It." Henry hopes to have it published so he can send the profits to an organization that helps animals and the world they live in, Hall said.
"He's a good-natured guy," Hall said of her son. "He's always had a big heart, especially towards animals. He's a thinker. He dwells on things longer than most kids. He's not only passionate, hes persistent. He sticks with his interests, so that's why I think this can have more of an impact than it's already had."
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