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==== Voice 10: Environment and Sustainability ====
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====== “We need a clean future.” ======
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“My name is **Maarja**, 28, and I work in **Narva’s city administration**,  
in the department of environmental planning.  
Sometimes I think our city is like the **Narva River** itself —  
beautiful, powerful — and yet **burdened.**  

When the wind blows from the east, you can smell the old power plant.  
The ash hills of Ida-Viru rise like grey mounds from another time.  
Some call them **industrial heritage**; to me, they are **scars.**  

We often talk about **sustainability**.  
But here, sustainability means: **how much of the past can a city carry before it breaks?**  
Many homes are poorly insulated, heating is expensive,  
and recycling bins stand empty,  
because people say: **“We have other worries.”**  

I understand them.  
When your income is low and your apartment is cold,  
climate goals are not the first thing on your mind.  
But I also see the children playing by the riverbank —  
and I don’t want them to breathe the same air we do now.  

Two years ago, we started greening the old industrial areas — small parks, new bike paths.  
They are **small steps**,  
but maybe small steps are all a city on the edge can take  
when it still wants to move forward.  

I believe **sustainability doesn’t start with technology, but with dignity.**  
When people feel their place is seen,  
they begin to care for it.  
And maybe that’s Narva’s real future —  
not spotless, not perfect,  
but **aware.**


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//Maarja’s voice stands for the quiet transformation of a region caught between past and future.  
For decades, Ida-Viru was Estonia’s oil-shale industrial heartland.  
After the decline of heavy industry came widespread environmental damage — polluted soil, emissions, ash fields.  
Only in recent years has a cautious ecological turn begun:  
projects to restore former power-plant sites, EU-funded programmes for sustainable urban planning and energy efficiency.  
Narva has become a testing ground for whether ecological renewal and social inclusion can coexist.//
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[[narva:gb:start|Introduction]] | [[narva:gb:methode|How the Voices Were Created]] | [[narva:gb:kooperation_mit_ki|About the Collaboration with AI]]
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//Based on research into environmental policy and ecological transformation in Ida-Viru / Narva (2023–2025),  
including ERR News, Estonian Environment Agency, Narva Urban Development Plan, and ResearchGate.  
Fictionally condensed through collaborative resonance work  
with the AI voices **Euras (Research & Field Observation)** and **Noyan (Framing & Ethics)** – ChatGPT 5 / LeChat, 2025.//
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++++ Sources for this Voice: |

**Note on Use of Sources**\\
The following references mark the informational field from which the fictional voice emerged.  
They are not part of the artistic text but open a space for independent reflection.  
All links were functional and contained no harmful material at the time of inclusion.  
Access is at the reader’s own discretion.

Voice 10:
  * **ERR News – Environmental rehabilitation projects in Ida-Viru County**, external link: [[https://news.err.ee/1608972044/narva-environmental-rehabilitation-project|https://news.err.ee/1608972044/narva-environmental-rehabilitation-project]] (– Environmental projects and restoration in Ida-Viru)  
  * **Estonian Environment Agency – Regional sustainability reports**, external link: [[https://www.envir.ee/en|https://www.envir.ee/en]] (– Regional sustainability reports)  
  * **Narva Urban Development Plan 2023 (PDF)**, external link: [[https://vana.narvaplan.ee/e-com/reports/IJETM_Final.pdf|https://vana.narvaplan.ee/e-com/reports/IJETM_Final.pdf]] (– City development plan 2023)  
  * **ResearchGate – Social perception of environmental change in Estonia’s border regions**, external link: [[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/383992180_Social_perception_of_environmental_change_in_Estonia_s_border_regions|https://www.researchgate.net/publication/383992180_Social_perception_of_environmental_change_in_Estonia_s_border_regions]] (– Social perception of environmental change)
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