Nurturing Your Nature

God has created the Earth, Mankind and all the living beings on earth. Every preacher talks about God’s love & loving others. One thing we need to remember that the Almighty would have definitely embedded the love of Nature as part of his this “Divine” creations, as without a clean & less polluted environment it is difficult for the current generation to survive & we are probably making the life of our coming generation miserable. So love your God, Love the Mankind & Love your Nature too. ‘Global Warming’ needs to be taken up as Warning for all. Loving nature should not be mistaken for liking nature. We all like nature but if you love nature then we better nurture it.

Let us look at the root cause of this issue. Take any Industry, Religion or be it we ourselves, we contribute fully or partially to it. It could be Industrial deposal, emissions, burning crackers during festivals and many more. Surprisingly All International Certifications & Standards are doing their best to keep the environment clean, however expected result is not really evident. I would highlight a simple example below:

Firecrackers can cause hearing loss, high blood pressure, sleeping disturbances and sudden exposure to loud noise can cause temporary or permanent deafness or even result in heart attack. Nausea and mental impairment are also some of the side effects of firecrackers.

An environmental activist says, “Firecrackers should be banned as they cause a number of health hazards. People come down with all sorts of respiratory problems such as asthma and bronchitis. Air and noise pollution are also the side effects of firecrackers that are responsible for various injuries. The smog that is created is responsible for a number of accidents due to reduced visibility.” So can we jointly reduce the usage??

The Central Pollution Board of India has banned firecrackers with a decibel level of more than 125 at a distance of 4 meters from the bursting point. There has also been a considerable effort to do away with the infamous 1000 chain bombs.

We've been conditioned to believe that Chinese cities are the world's most polluted. Well surprise, actually, the country with the dubious distinction of having the most polluted cities in the world in terms of air quality is India, not China.. The World Health Organization stats speak for themselves concentration of particulate matter 2.5 micrometers or smaller in the air of these cities (PM2.5) that are particularly dangerous since they can penetrate deeply into our lungs. More information from the 2014 report can be found.

What we can do from our end in the year 2016 as the New Year begins let us vouch that we will try to follow the below:

·         Carry your Jute Bags while going to buy Groceries. I do this 80% , however the shopkeepers look at me as stranger & odd man out, but I need to explain them why I use less plastics.

·         When you shop ask the shopkeeper not to give you the plastic bags, you can use the basic packing since most of us are using our Cars.

·         Pollution Board may not solve the issue, however we can ourselves contribute by spreading by word of mouth to all our Industrial Colleagues the need for participating in Global Warming, I mean to help reduce Pollution either Water or Air.

·         As a general practice, I do not burst crackers at home for any of the festivals. Accordingly we call can try to reduce the usage of crackers, in Churches, Temples, General gatherings, celebrations all can join in hands to achieve the goal.

·         If you can restrain from Throwing the garbage to neighbor’s compound

·         While trekking or going for Picnics avoid using plastic bottles & throwing the same on the hills & roadsides.

But all these needs a bit of courage as you may be looked at as odd man out in the crowd J

Let the Earth & Environment get back normal and let it be a place for happy & peaceful living.
Wishing you all a very Happy & Prosperous New Year.