WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY 5TH JUNE

                 WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY 5^TH JUNE

              Earth is the only habitable planet which has been supporting life from millions of year .   Nature has given us number of thing including sun light, clean air, water ,food and many things. Despite of this we failed to protect our earth, environment.

                Due to our greed we have exploited environment indiscriminately.   Global warming, water scarcity (cape town city in Africa), droughts, frequent cyclones wild fires , pandemic like COVID, SARS,  are consequences of it. Even snow cover is melting which is causing rise of sea level. Threatening number of lives

               All these  calamities  force us to redefine  our role, our definition of development. To bring awareness about protection and conservation of our mother earth. June 5th is recognized as world environment day.

            A micro virus  of Corona  has taught a lesson to the whole world . It halted the speed of development .   When the  world was in lock down mode , nature was cleaning herself. This we witnessed from clear blue sky during lockdown.

               PRAKRITI  RAKSHITI  RAKSHITA

               Nature protects if she is protected

     This Sanskrit shylok gives a message  of respecting  and protecting our mother earth, biodiversity.. If we protect her then only morally we can ask our earth to protect us. So we have to change our method of development     

 Redirecting our path to sustainable development:

 Afforestation    For sake of our development we have killed number of forest. Now ,we should  along with development must focus on massive afforestation. Because trees are the lungs of earth.

 Agriculture.  We have to move from water demanding plants like  sugarcane toward water saving plants.  We  have to adopt  Ragi ,JOWRY. so that  ground water table should not  decrease rapidly.  We have to also adopt organic farming, zero budget farming etc . So that environment safety along with food security will ensure.

 Energy     Energy is main engine of development. Without it we can not perform any activities.  Fossil fuel are helping us to meet this demand but simultaneously increase carbon footprints. Hence we have move from fossil fuel to non fossil fuels like solar wind, geothermal energy.. proviosns under paris agreement and international solar alliance are right steps

Transportation of  goods , raw material and human being is essential for  economic growth, but this transportation is one of the main causes of air pollution.Cities like Delhi are facing this issue. Hence electrical vehicle, upgrading of engine from BS IV to BS VI is welcoming steps. Metro rails are also helping to reduce Green house emission.    Waterways are cheap  and clean source of transportation Where ever possible we should develop them

3R principles . 

   3R Indicating reduce, recycle, refuse.   Wherever possible adopt this.  Plastic pollution is also on challenge which affecting soil, marine ecosystem as well. So  we can reduce or refuse plastic wherever possible.

      We measure economy on terms  of GDP . Now it’s the time to measure it in terms of green gdp .

      Now its time to act. Every nation should move toward its sustainable path.  Every nation should adopt good governance practices  so that it will bring sustainable development. In this journey every citizen ,society ,institute, government should contribute honestly

Role of social institutions:

 Family is the first place where we learn values. Our parents  should become harbinger of virtue like environment conservation, sanitation.

School    If young minds train at early stage, then they will turn into green warrior to protect our environment, All this efforts will help to start journey from citizen to green citizen.

 Indian tradition of conservation

                   India has great legacy of nature protection. It is the land where civilisation took birth.  Nature worship was prevalent from Indus valley civilisation . In  Vedas there are many hymns dedicated to nature, nature worship was characteristic of early Indian society. Great emperor Ashoka  ordered massive plantation, prohibition of animal slaughtering. Which is considered as pioneer of state sponsored environmental policies .  To protect this legacy , we have included nature conservation in our constitution as well.

      Because of our ancestors efforts to protect nature ,today we live easily . So it is our moral duty to pass the nature to future generations.. and bring perpetual happiness to the society.

 ©  Pralay Bharat Sawant