Earth day- Every Day

Hey all,
Loads of thoughts have been running across my mind in the recent times. Thought I should share at least some of them here. Apologies for not being in touch since April. Thanks to the connectivity problems in Bolivia and semester exams back in college.

First a good news, the Forest Survey of India has reported a 0.2% rise in forest cover this year and estimates that the forest cover in India is around 21.06%. Inspite of all our efforts, 150-200 species becoming extinct every 24 hours! This is one of the reason why the WED 2010 was so important to all of us. But, unfortunately we had to celebrate this day, which apparently had the theme as " Many species, One planet, One future" with oil flowing out of Deep Horizon drilling station.

I realised how much work we have to make the folks around us realise the danger Mother Earth is facing. Yes, loads and loads of youth across the globe are joining the climate campaign to bring the change, realising that the leaders have cheated them. They want the leaders to take a commitment we need to avoid the catastrophic climate change that affects everyone, the commitment required to help those already facing the effects of it, at the earliest.

I think it is time for us to strategise our actions to try and give a human face to environment issues and enable the young and energetic to realise not only their responsiblity, but also their power to become the messengers for change in support of sustainable and equitable development.

We would be successful in this if we can some how communicate the "Earth day - Every day" concept of Kartikeya Singh effectively to the youth. Kartik feels that we need more than just one day , we need everyday to be an Earth day or World Environment Day to embody he spirit of the planet in every decision we make.He also feels that the various challenges being faced by us should be addressed first. These Challenges force us to think about how we might serve as key stone species, vital to planets bio diversity and not the opposite.

I completely agree with Kartik. That is how we can make the most of our remaining days on Earth!