What have We Done to Our Earth?

At the risk of sounding like a party pooper or kill-joy, I am interrupting your social media scrolling with these doomsday facts, so I apologize for that. But the facts are just those - facts that are real and can't be hidden under the carpet any longer.

Do you realize....

• The earth's resources are rapidly drying up, and forest covers shrinking alarmingly. Food grain and water shortage stare us in the eye.
• Global warming and climate change are no longer just buzz words; they are upon us. Every decade has seen a steady increase in the warming rate, with the last decade being the worst (Global Warming). Almost all glaciers have started melting in both the North and South poles. To keep warming below 2 degrees C, we must immediately and steadily reduce carbon emissions by another couple of decades.
• The Russian attack on Ukraine has exceeded two months, and has caused an estimated loss of $56 Trillion Crore damages in property, besides resulting in the loss of millions of innocent lives. None of the developed countries have been able to persuade Russia to stop this utterly stupid war.
• Afghanistan continues to be under Taliban rule from almost the past half year, that has resulted in extreme rise in starvation and poverty, besides the loss of personal freedoms and human rights.
• Third world countries are staring at a food crisis, owing to the ongoing war and climate crisis. The crisis is partly due to natural upheavals and partly man-made. (Food crisis in India)

We need to act and act now. The Earth is our only home. We have no other planet as back-up. Human greed and dirty politics are on the verge of destroying our beautiful planet.

Please, please let's do our bit. Let's start with these baby steps:

• Stop wasting food and water
• Switch off the AC and the car engine
• Travel less, or travel on foot/bicycle
• Read, know and empathize with people. We are not islands, we need each other to survive.
• Let us exercise the power of common sense and rationality
• Elect leaders sensibly, not on parochial or selfish grounds
• Stop buying unethically sourced products
• Eat local, support local and small vendors
• Litter less, keep our drains free of plastic
• Support organizations working for social equality and hunger alleviation

Maybe this is not very impactful immediately, but these steps will build on improving our future, and the future of this planet.

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