Save the Planet
Our planet Earth is sending an SOS signal, especially in recent years and the signs are seen all over the planet. Increasingly, we see climate change and its effects: wildfires, floods, global warming,iceberg melting, widespread air and water pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, water level rise, etc. What is our reaction to all this? World leaders haven’t yet shown that they are really interested in solving the problem and cannot agree on taking the necessary measures that will enable them to face this crucial challenge. There should be a consensus to restrict gas emissions, especially in heavily industrialised countries like the USA, China, Russia, Japan and EU countries including the United Kingdom etc. Instead they are waiting by wasting precious time and pushing things to the limits and walking along the razor’s edge demonstrating inability to work together in unison. The world cannot wait anymore. Serious action is absolutely indispensible. “We are the first generation to feel the impact of climate change and the last generation that can do something about it.”— Barack Obama
Our awareness should be raised in order to grasp the root of the problem, and become sensitised towards our individual and not only collective responsibility facing this crucial challenge. The solution starts with me, the individual and is extended to further units as society, nation and finally the world. It should become part of our educational systems and schools to raise children’s awareness towards the environment and nature. We are the guardians of this beautiful planet to keep it intact and to respect every single inch of its territory as it is truly our only home. Sooner or later, we will have to recognise that the Earth has rights, too, to live without polluting. What mankind must know is that human beings cannot live without Mother Earth, but the planet can live without humans. – Evo Morales
Fortunately, there is an increasing awareness worldwide about the environmental threats and there already exist numerous initiatives to protect the environment. Instead of looking far away, we need to start from the individual and communal level, and this is what really matters now. Above all, we as sole stewards of this planet should develop a deeper love and awareness of our natural environment starting with recycling our waste, saving energy where we can, reuse things and reduce our daily needs. We have to educate ourselves by keeping our sea, beaches, forests, lakes and rivers, squares clean. We have to understand that our planet doesn’t have endless natural resources and need to use renewable and sustainable energy sources. Water is a common good which is vital and invaluable for human life and health as well as sustainability. We need to save water and use it with care and reduce its unnecessary use. Water is in scarcity and we should think that there are millions of people elsewhere who don’t have this precious commodity and suffer due to its lack or their water is not clean and non potable by humans. Also cars and industries are the main culprits for pollution and countries should work together in unison to face and solve the threat before it’s too late. A strong volunteer movement should emerge worldwide whose responsibility should be to contribute in saving our home from disasters. “Each of us can contribute, though. With our votes, our voices, our food choices, our skills and our dollars. We must overhaul both corporate practices and government policies. We must transform culture. Building community around solutions is the most important thing. I am never going to give up working to protect and restore this magnificent planet. Every bit of habitat we preserve, every tenth of a degree of warming we prevent, really does matter. Thankfully, I'm not motivated by hope, but rather a desire to be useful.”
— Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
Let’s not waste time because this is a serious matter and we need to act immediately. We cannot wait anymore until the Amazon is totally extinct of endangered species, aquatic life and illegal deforestation, the oceans polluted, the continents burnt down by wildfires and no clean air to breathe. We owe respect, care and vigilance considering that this planet earth is our only home since we cannot migrate to other planets right now. This place was granted to us by our Creator and we as stewards and heirs should rightfully protect and elevate it as the most precious and holy place of the universe, our home.