The Internet, especially the Wapp groups, is green today. Oh, no, it has nothing to do with the "green monster" that Shakespeare's arch villain, Iago, castigated in one of the Bard's greatest plays, "Othello". No, no, it has surely nothing to do with the colour many indians love to hate. Let us not, however, forget that the green, the colour of fertility, is centrally important in many of our rituals, right?
Well, the Wapp groups are green today because it is the World Enviornment Day today. Surely you must have read the extremely bleak comments about the appearance of the oar fish or the 'doom's day fish' which apparently is seen when earthquakes and/or tsunamis are imminent. Must be a coincidence, too.
With the Mount Etna alive, with the 'ring of fire' afire, with the raging solar storms aplenty, and the appearance of the oar fish, is Mother Nature issuing warnings galore? In this context, the high relevance of the day today.
Yes, we must reduce our interference in the natural cycle. Indeed, such is the human intrusion that the flora and fauna must have loved the COVID days. As the streets were free of human beings then, wild animals could roam free. As the exhaust pipes did not spew the climate vitiating gases, such was the visibility that the Himalayas could be seen from Chandigarh!
Indeed, nature needs our help to continue to help us. So how about a few new measures? In Pune, for instance, today is flagged off the first ever Tree Ambulance in Maharashtra! Let many such novel experiments flourish! In the meanwhile, how about re-charging a few ole one's such as the rain water harvesting, especially because the monsoons seem to have decided this year that the most rain deficient parts of the country would be water excessive! How about creating our own seed bombs which we can throw freely as we travel by such water bodies, right?
This special day should remind us that existence of all, mankind, flora, fauna, is inter-dependent. The entire life cycle matters. Hence let us be kind to all aspects of nature. Let our cities observe a 'no emission day' each month wherein all citizens would use only public vehicles to commute. How about "the no electricity hour" once a month whereby everybody switches off all electrical appliances for an hour every week. Not only would it be a huge detox away from guzzling the social media, it would bring families together, the best measure for better 'enviornment', right? Let us at least begin such initiatives in our own small ways! Happy June 5, the World Enviornment Day!
Pratima@ My family donated a tree in the loving memory of my father to the Pune Shantivan as early as 1999. When my brother stayed in Woodland, without fail, I used to go check on it during each one of my Kothrud visits.
I am proud of the fact that my brother refused to accept any bouquets or gifts on a major landmark day in his life. Instead, he requested all the guests to donate generously to an NGO working for the betterment of the forest cover.
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