We must strive for an ecologically friendly future, or we are all doomed
Dear Editor,
A very brilliant mind doubted that we should do things “as simply as possible, but not simpler.” I will try to follow this precept. Throughout human history, humans have paid respect to their environment – air, water and earth in particular. I mean the indigenous peoples who have revered this planet with beloved and sacred words: dharti mata, pachamama, ma-ga or mother gaia, iya aye, papatūānuku, maimata, maka ina, etc.
Consider this: All life (and therefore civilization) depends on soil six inches at the top. The earth provides food; and yet human beings abuse it. The same goes for air and water. This has been and still is happening: Pollution in various ways, including excessive use of pesticides, herbicides and herbicides, antibiotics and hormones in factory farmed animals, unsustainable deforestation, over-hunting, commercial over fishing, farming factory, biodiversity decline, soil erosion, soil plastics, air, water and food, algal blooms, and carbon emissions.
Marine biologist Nicklen explains, “When people think of sea ice melting, they think of this inanimate substance, like ice in glass. But it is a very complex substrate. You have up to 300 species of micro-organism living in the salt-salt channels of a patch of sea ice … the sun’s energy penetrates, and you get algae growing under the ice, and the seaweed, which provides the food base for zooplankton. Billions of pounds of amphipods and bats grow beneath it, and it’s the same with krill. Then you have the polar cod feeding on the krill, and from there you have beluga whales, narwhals, bearded seals, Greenland sharks. If we lose the ice, we stand to lose the whole ecosystem. ”An example of a biodiversity fall in the arctic biome!
Climate narrative is arguably the most defining and essential issue of our natural world today. It is classified as an emergency climate emergency, due to the extreme adverse effects on nature. “Human activity has reduced Earth’s total biomass by an estimated 50%, and destroyed or degraded 70% of the world’s forests over the last 5,000 years.” The scientific data is phenomenal. Scientific American states: “There is increasing evidence linking increasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather with climate change. The year 2020, one of the hottest years on record, saw spectacular wildland fire activity in the Western United States and Australia, a Siberian heat wave with record highs ever exceeding 38 degrees C (100.4 degrees Fahrenheit) from Within the Arctic cycle, the record record for October Arctic sea ice volume of 2.04 million square miles, the Atlantic hurricane season that caused more than $ 46 billion in damage, and deadly floods and landslides in South Asia which displaced more than 12 million people. ”(Https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-climate-emergency-2020-in-review/)
There are literally hundreds of Articles, Reports and Statements from organizations and the press (especially the Guardian at the front) highlighting this serious crisis. Here are a few sampling headings:
* Climate crisis: Earlier snowflakes in the Alps mean that plants lose ‘protective coat, exposing them to deadly frost.
* The climate crisis cannot be solved by carbon accounting tricks.
* How to Avoid Climate Disaster by Bill Gates; The New Climate War.
* Iceberg’s size in Greater London cuts Antarctica off.
* Global oil companies are committed to ‘zero net’ emissions. It’s fake.
* Oil companies knew decades ago that fossil fuels pose serious health risks, files reveal.
* How to save an overheated planet.
* Naomi Klein: how big a technology is helping India target climate activists.
* The race for nothing: can America reach net-zero emissions by 2050?
* World’s Worst Oil-Related Disaster You’ve never heard of.
* The planet cannot survive our relentless pursuit of profit.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres underlined, “Human activities are at the heart of our descent into chaos. But that means human action can help solve it. ”
Despite the overwhelming amount of evidence, so many governments and corporations that are directly concerned with fossil abstractions, and, as reported, by “Big Banks [that] Is ‘Fuel Climate Disorders’ By Pouring Trillions In Oil, Gas and Coal. “
It’s really troublesome! It cannot be thoughtless political or ideological or cerebral sclerosis when basic common sense dictates rationality in addressing such a pressing concern facing the survival of the planet earth. Well, there is a tipping point, when it is not possible to return to life as we know it. Described in illustrated Guyanese language: when a boat made by ah crashes; moon ah running until ketch daylight at; goat mouth wha sweet ah in his back. Time to act now!
Recall Bishop Desmond Tutu’s allegation: “When the Europeans came to South Africa they brought many bibles. They gave us bibles and said, ‘Let us close our eyes and pray.’ When we opened our eyes we discovered that we had many European bibles and that Europeans had much of our land. ”Now also consider: when the investors come, they bring a lot of money to your land, and after a few years they are exploiting and taking much, much, much more – your wealth and ‘ d patriotism. This is the essential message of The West on Trial. Guyanese should be well advised that in their pursuit of so-called oil wealth, they contribute to massive infrastructure destruction, environmental destruction, without alleviating poverty and quality of life.
Watch the Cree Wisdom: Only after the last tree is cut down / Only after the last river is polluted / Only after the last fish is caught / Only then, that you discover, money cannot be eaten.
Nature is replete with lessons for life, its accepted wisdom, for sustainable living. Mankind should respect such wisdom, and embrace environmental justice. We should all warn ourselves against the capriciousness of an immoral and perverted fortune inquest. We should seek to discover, develop, encourage, and internalize what Joseph Campbell called ‘bliss,’ or the Japanese ikigai, or the Nakhichevan penchant for cleanliness and order.
The population (students, workers, academics, NGOs and everyone else) must wake up, and demand a change of direction in terms of the dedicated inglorious push for fossil fuels. If we are to enjoy what is left of our world, we must be well aware of our impact on this Earth and refrain from further dismantling it. Thurgood Marshall rebuked “Whenever you see injustice you must speak out. This is the only way we protect our freedom and democracy. ”Today is Earth Day. Let us solemnly consecrate to save our Planet. We must strive for an ecologically friendly future, or we are all doomed.
Correctly,
Gary Girdhari