June 5 – Environment Day.

On this day, pregnant with meaning, let us rededicate ourselves to the protection of our Environment.
The very first thing be done is to make the Presidents and P.M’s of this world realize the urgency of the very situation. And this fervent request to the powers that be:
Oh, those folk, entrusted with the administration and well-being of people all around the world, only you can save the planet Earth for the simple reason that only you have the necessary power to do so. The way things are going on now, we can just about preserve ourselves on this beautiful blue planet for some little time.
Now what about the coming generations that are going to live here? Don’t they have the right to continue and take part in the drama of life? Do your children and grandchildren have to suffer for what we failed to do?
Oh, world leaders with the power of life and death over all in this world! Have the foresight to act now. If you do so, you’ll go down in history as the protectors of Mother Earth. Future generations will look upon you as latter day saviors. But if you keep on procrastinating in the name of progress and GDP, at the cost of your own people, there won’t be any folk around to enjoy the benefits of both.
Think what will happen when you do nothing about it and pass the buck to the next government! Most of the great cities are situated on the shores of the seas that surround the continents. When they are inundated with flood waters, the industrialists who support you now will be the first ones to call you traitors, so great will be the loss in the field of real estate. When all those beautiful islands to where you go on holidays are no more a reality, what are the poor hapless inhabitants going to do? They can’t undergo instant evolution and become amphibians, for God’s sake! Should they lose their home turf for no fault of their own?
What will happen if the balance of the atmosphere goes haywire and carbonic gases become the order of the day? Surely then, we will have to wear oxygen masks as if we are on an alien planet! Should we let things come to such a pass?
Why can’t you decide on a time frame as short as possible and start the holy duty of cleansing the Earth. Please bring about a ban on pesticides. Tell the auto makers to take it easy on the Internal Combustion Engine and establish alternate ways like hybrid motors, electric vehicles and hydrogen-powered autos. Let us do away with fossil fuels as much as possible. Close down the electric utilities run on coal dust as it is widely done in India and China. Those leaders, who are fortunate enough to have rain forests in their respective lands, please don’t support deforestation. Such forests are a heavy responsibly as they are a great boon. Don’t decimate them please for short term ends and quick cash.
There are many things you can do for you have the authority and means to do so. So why wait?