For a change, an absolutely deathly serious post
It’s there in the disappearing greenery. It’s there in the noxious fumes choking our lungs everytime we step outside. It’s there in the airconditioned rooms we flit in and out of, in the aerosol cans we spray our deo with. It’s there in the crunch of coke bottles under our feet. It’s there in the crackle of a plastic bag getting blown this way and that on the road. It’s there in the thermocol diorama depicting global warming at school exhibitions. It’s there in the computer left on even when not in use, the gtalk status beside the yellow dot saying “away”. It’s there in the light left on throughout the night because the studious one has fallen asleep over linear algebra. It’s there in the bath water overflowing because someone is too busy talking over the phone. It’s there in the TV being perennially in the standby mode because it takes too much time to start. It’s there in the two-minute journey to the next block by an ac car to avoid tired feet. It’s there in the concrete jungle gobbling up land minute by minute, it’s there in land being reclaimed from the sea to satisfy it’s voracious appetite. It’s there in the last spasm of a dying musk deer, the last breath of schools of fish trapped under oil spills, the diminishing numbers of migratory birds, the rapidly vanishing habitat of the giant panda.
It’s the cry of the earth. Can you hear it?
Do your bit. Save our planet. Please. Time is running out...
13 comments:
I see live earth has had its impact.
nilanjana. i m glad. for the change.
@ramya: thanks! this is something i was passionately into, but lost enthu, and now am regaining.
yes! at last! i am happy! really happy!
~captain planet!
a thought that crosses so many minds...but remains a thought
i believe you meant 'computer' where you write 'TV'..
and if this is so then do consider using the Hibernate feature over Standby to save electricity and thus save Mother Earth!
:)
@rajat: as difficult as it may be to believe, i actually know the difference between a comp and a tv...amazing, huh? tv's have a standby mode too. :)
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my 2 cents...
While you have a noble cause, a few people collectively reducing resource usage won't significantly change anything. Considering an industry can pollute on behalf of thousands of people, investing in better standards, or people forcing investing in greener standards is a smarter way of approaching to eco-friendliness imho.
also many people including me, will not turn off a computer when away primarily because the convenience outweighs the greater good. Which also explains many of the other comforts you can live without but won't.
-got here from arun bhat's weblog btw.
@nil- aah! if that is so i do take back my words! sorry for overlooking
"Let's be clear. The planet is not in jeopardy. We are in jeopardy. We haven't got the power to destroy the planet - or to save it. But we might have the power to save ourselves."
* Ian Malcolm - Seventh Iteration "Destroying the World"
Nice post - though I doubt whether a change is round the corner.The most important problem we face is that people are not fully convinced that there's a problem with mother earth.Busy with our mundane lives, we forget that everything is not alright with our planet anymore.But, this concern has probably the lowest priority in our lives , busy as we are with ourselves.As it is we are constantly living on a tight-rope these days - balancing our careers, our studies, our homes, family, friends - all these concerns about nature get buried under this myriad of activities...So, I guess we need to convince the people that this is a problem deserving of the most 'critical' tag and if it is not addressed, all our petty things like our careers, our family, infact our very lives will be no more..
the industries are doing it - it's called an environmental audit.
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