Yesterday, the world celebrated the 38th Earth Day with great festivity in honoring Mother Nature in many ways. What intrigued me the most to write this blog was the activities I saw in the TV channels.
I found its the only day, we get to hear more meaningful discussions about Green house projects. We get to see one full day of advertisements on some GOING GREEN projects. We get free in-house education on environmental oriented topics all over the channels. We get to hear some suprising analysis on the effect of the global warming.
Its the one day we get to watch more about the ways companies are taking initiatives to make a shift in a way they think about energy resources.. Its day we get to hear big celebrities talk about saving world in their own way in front of big audience.
One way, I was happy to see this change in paradigm taking place in the past few years. Lot more people are talking openly and thinking more clear on making the earth a better and safer place to live. That's a very good thing. Instead of Earth day being just a festivity to celebrate mother nature, gear is now slowly shifting towards creating awareness among people and warning the world with more proofs than ever on global warming effects.
We are seeing more tsunamis than ever. We are hearing that ice is melting faster all around poles which has a drastic effect on the climate shift. Its going to create drought in many countries. We are hearing plenty of activities going on under the sea with shift in plates and so forth.
More than ever, billions of dollars are now pooled into the research to find ways of using natural resources for consumer consumption. But on the flip side, I feel shame on the media and other big people for not talking and thinking on this topic more often and frequently. Its should be considered as one of the important agenda's in every government and create aggressive measures.
I feel that every government in every country has work to do in this common mission. When I saw Al Gore(Former US President) in last Oscar award ceremony talking about global warming.. I was really surprised and happy about it.. A big leader stepping in front to work for a global cause. He said, its nothing to do with religion or culture. Its a global mission and its the time we should start thinking and act on it. I totally reflect his thoughts. As he said, we need start educating more and more people every day to preserve nature and work towards a common goal & plan.
I am person of taking initiatives before I point fingers. I myself was shamed for not doing anything very fruitful to this global cause. I was just a bit by planting trees and plants but that wasn't enough. I found few simple things which we all can do take the initiative to support this global mission.
- Recycle all of your home's waste newsprint, cardboard, glass, plastic and metal if possible. Avoid littering the public place.
- Install a solar water heater system to help provide your hot water.
- Buy energy-efficient compact fluorescent bulbs for your most-used lights.
- Buy food and other products with less packaging, or reusable /recyclable packaging instead of those in non-recyclable packaging.
- Plant a tree once in a while,if everyone on the planet did we we would be able to slowdown the destructive processes
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Be aware of facts and take responsibility to help make this world a better place to live for our children. That's my take. Whats yours?
