Another World Environment Day is here.
This year's theme is 'Our Land Our Future'. The theme set by UNEP changes every year.
Ghumakkad was recently at Gandikota gorge, known as the Grand Canyon of India. The place in Andhra Pradesh attracts many visitors. But the visitors litter the rocks and the crevices as the picture shows. For such irresponsible tourists, themes like 'Our land our future' do not appeal.
No amount of sloganeering will work. The feeling and the urge to preserve our environment has to come from within. Otherwise, the slogan will have to be amended to read 'Our land, doomed future'. The glory of Gandikota as shown below, may only remain in the books and pictures in times to come.
Beat the Plastic Pollution - World Environment Day 2023
Only One Earth - World Env Day 2022
Reimagine, Recreate Restore - How to restore the environment? World Env Day 2021
Mutualism by Nature - how few species are dependent upon one another
Shrinking Urban Lakes- Impending Disaster
What Can We Do? - Practical things to do by individuals
As we said above, 'Together We Can!' Let us do our bit to save the environment. Every drop counts in this effort. The above links provide practical ways what each of us can do to save the environment.
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Happy World Environment Day 2024!
- Harsh-the-Ghumakkad with Neeta Bhargava/ Secunderabad/ 5th June 2024
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Unless a penalty is imposed, these will go on. It's a sorry state of our mankind sir.
ReplyDeletePerhaps, it will help. But personally, I would prefer voluntary compliance.
DeleteThanks for writing.
I do hope and pray that good sense prevails both on developed and developing worlds.
ReplyDeleteYes, environment is everyone's responsibility.
DeleteWell said.
One thing that we can (and need to) do to save the environment is to stop being politically correct about what's harming it.
ReplyDeleteIt is universally agreed that global warming is the single biggest threat to the environment. And what drives global warming?
Green House Gases (GHGs). These are the gases like CO2 and Methane (CH4) that trap the sun's heat in the atmospheric blanket around the earth. What are the primary sources of GHGs?
Undoubtedly burning of fossil fuels. There is a lot of effort going into finding renewable alternatives to fossil fuels
. But what else is a major contributor?
Globally, animal agriculture accounts for 14.5 percent of GHG emissions. Biogenic methane (Methane produced by animals i.e. flatulence) accounts for 80% of methane emissions.
In the last 50 years alone the global demand for meat and dairy has quadrupled, (commensurate with the rise in human population) and so proportionately has the number of farm animals and birds- and consequently biogenic methane emissions.
Methane is 28 times potent as CO2 as a GHG.
Besides, today 68% of global crip production is meant for animal feed for these farm animals.- yes, far more than for human consumption. Of course, this means that areas which could have been forested have been cleared for farming - forests, the natural sinks for GHGs have diminished.
So it seems clear that if the demand for meat and animal products goes down, we would be doing ours our Planet a
When I realised this, I turned vegan. When we express concern for the environment, one thing thag we need to ask ourselves is - are we ready to compromise with the craving of our palates for animal flesh and animal products? We don't even really need to do that. There's plant-based meat thar tastes fairly similar to the real thing. It's available easily on Amazon.
I would like to ask if we are ready to take that step which goes beyond lip service to the environment?
Or am I being politically incorrect?
Thanks Jai for articulating it so well.
DeleteAppreciate your analysis.
Yes. We need to take this issue seriously. Thank you Ghumakkad.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your support General.
DeleteThe awarenes ofv saving the planet should also be taught in schools, so that when they grow up, they will follow good environment practice. Govt should start giving incentives for following good environment practices like switching to Solar Lights, Planting more trees.
ReplyDeleteThe previous Government in TS did a great jog in Haritha Haram. Every year they distributed lakhs of saplings to schools , Offices etc free of cost to be planted all over the State. In five years they managed to increase the green cover. I suppose it is one way to go. Thanks for bringing the malise to focus.
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