| Why Sustainable Development Is Important For Green evolution? |
| Written by Tommy Linsley | |
| Wednesday, 15 October 2008 | |
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"Every fourth day we are adding one million human beings to our population". After hearing this statement, how you have felt? That's the burden we the human beings are putting on the natural resources of our planet. We have already made many animals extinct and driving rest to the extinction. The unplanned growth has resulted in cutting down of forest, blasting off of mountains, mining of minerals and metals, using up of petroleum resources at a very fast rate and last but not the least, an exponential increase in pollution.
"Every fourth day we are adding one million human beings to our population". After hearing this statement, how you have felt? That's the burden we the human beings are putting on the natural resources of our planet. We have already made many animals extinct and driving rest to the extinction. The unplanned growth has resulted in cutting down of forest, blasting off of mountains, mining of minerals and metals, using up of petroleum resources at a very fast rate and last but not the least, an exponential increase in pollution. The question is what we are going to leave for our future generations - the barren lands, vehicles but no petrol, factories with no power to run them, mountains of concrete and jungles of sky touching building? Can it be recognized as development? Is this development that can be sustained? We all are aware of the negative answer. The development that we are pursuing has already taken toll of wild animals, forests and much of our natural resources. The increased pollution has resulted in global warming, ozone layer depletion, rising of water level in seas, melting down of snow at mountains and more recently at North Pole! Can we survive with what we have been doing? Isn't it that after wildlife and forests, it's our number next? We are very much part of the ecological system that constitutes the other two. We all are a part of the same food chain. Some are at the higher rungs and others at the lower ones. We can't survive without each other. If the ecological balance has been disturbed, then there is no guarantee of human lives also. "We haven't inherited this planet from our ancestors but we have borrowed it from our future generations". Shall we be able to pass on the same Mother Nature to them or we will be blamed for our shortsightedness? So what should be the plan of action to preserve the humanity of the earth? The only way is to preserve the ecological balance. We need to protect the wild animals, forests and natural resources. Governments need to plan to cover more areas under the forests. Every individual should make an effort in that direction. Man has successfully overcome the challenge from the animals but in the process forgot that the animals and the plants are also a part of the same system that has man as its important constituent. If one component is lost, the whole system will collapse and with that the mankind will also race towards its extinction. It is time that the ecology is preserved to make the development-sustainable development. Alternative sources of energy have to be used to relieve pressure from the natural resources. Solar power is being used to convert it into solar energy; similarly wind power has been translated into wind energy. Recycling of paper can be a lifeline for trees. Developing renewable sources of energy can help in longevity of natural resources like coal and petrol. Vehicles, using non-conventional energy resources can help in keeping low pollution levels. In order to bring things back on track, we need to rely more on renewable energy sources like wind power and solar power. These energies are unlimited and don't create any pollution. Recycling can relieve at least some pressure from our limited resources. Vehicle using non-conventional energy can reduce the pollution and so can the factories do by following pollution norms. Together, we can script the tomorrow of our planet. We need to aim at development- the sustainable development. The Article Author: Tommy Linsley, an aspiring internet marketer and an environmentalist has now come up a new site called SustainGreenPower.com which provides information on the key ingredients which could save both planet earth and money. Visit http://SustainGreenPower.com and get yourself a free copy of the report "Our Planet Is In Danger! The Consequences Revealed" |
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