Why is nature important?
Why is it necessary to insist on more care for nature?
Nature is a vital part of human life- feeding us during our hunger, quenching our thirst and serving as a restless guardian during various seasonal effects. We could say that the duty cycle of nature is similar to that of a typical mom- spending her whole life for her child’s prosperity.
Let me take you on a tour through a recent short journey I was on. A fine morning in a swamped street, I noticed people chasing their daily routine - adults running to their jobs, children to schools and scavengers to every home. As I walked past, I was shocked to see that the waste from each house was being dumped unsegregated on a stretch of land a few kilometres away from their residences. When I enquired about their actions, their reply was that it was their responsibility only to dump the waste a bit far from home till the trash forms a heap. The rest is left to waste collectors from there- either to landfills or dump the waste elsewhere in the same manner. This answer shook me. I ended up asking myself the question "Why are we working so tirelessly to care for nature?"
One of the major causes of such negligence is urbanization. The outcomes of urbanization include increasing population, rising pollution levels, land insecurity among others. The ascending migration rate from rural to urban areas leads to congested slums, less hygienic surroundings, the spread of infectious diseases and poor waste management practices. Ever growing construction industries are escalating air quality indices at an alarming rate. Apart from man-made causes, nature destroys itself through forest fires through lightning accounting for 15% of the world.
We require large-capacity services to meet the results of modern development. But the services tend to be uneconomical as the design capacity should satisfy approximately 136.64 crore people living in the country. Thus, it is of prime importance to discover multiple-use products and recycling measures to curb the production rate in addition to managing wastage. For instance, if we segregate our wastes before disposal, 60% of the total organic waste could be used at home as manure or compost for plants in the garden.
What we lack is the discipline to search and implement the right solutions to protect us and the world from the hands of devastation. There are various strategies, treaties, campaigns organised to confront such challenges. Such ideas will be effective when we Earth dwellers believe that it is our inevitable duty to return everything we've taken and more in the best possible way. We should remember that if we give back to nature, She will always be kind to us.
Give yourself a minute to think...
What sort of modernisation are we running towards?
Have we considered giving back to nature for satisfying all our needs?
What are we leaving behind for our future generation?
Stay tuned to discuss more regarding the various problems and practical solutions to help restore Nature back to her glory.
By,
Deekshitha M K