Environment
Save the spaceship
Earth
and all its passengers
We are a
part of the universe that we see and live in during our span of life.
We have a vast fathomless universe having unlimited infinite space.
We see one sun, one moon, planets, galaxies and stars from the earth and
from man made objects in the space. The stars, which are far off, are also
suns but being faraway, appear as stars. The moon is difficult to reach in
spite of some men having been to the moon. Mars is also very far away and
research is still on with mars probes. There is no immediate or remote
possibility of human beings going to stay in either the moon or Mars. That
means we are left only with the one Earth we have.
All plants, animals, human beings live on this earth. All living beings
need air, water and food to live and survive.
Over the years the human settlements have been increasing over the earth.
The forests have been decimated to make way for fields and houses,
industries and roads, various development projects and other activities of
mankind. Hills have been cut and marble, granite, rocks taken out for
human constructions. Mines have dug holes in to the earth.
Populations have been increasing throughout the world. The increase in
populations and the consequent need for more development to take care of
the needs of the increasing populations and human activities has been
putting tremendous pressure on the nature and the natural environment.
Flora and fauna has been affected and some species of plants and animals
have become extinct. We will be able to see them in photographs, pictures,
paintings and videos only, in future.
There is pollution of the air, water, soil, oceans by various man made
poisons like smoke, gases, harmful and hazardous chemicals and waste
materials. There have been various international conventions and United
Nations is also concerned with all this and many countries have started
Ministry of Environment etc.
A lot remains to be done in this area. Many non-governmental organizations
have taken a lead in this area and their work is definitely commendable. A
mass movement like the non cooperation movement started by Mahatma Gandhi
and other national and social leaders before independence is required,
involving all the people of India for helping in conserving and preserving
our environment and preventing pollution and remedying what damages have
already been done.
In fact one of the fundamental duties in the Indian Constitution is
environmental conservation and prevention of pollution.
This mass movement should aim at making the garbage and pollution quit our
Earth, our world, our country, our state, our district, our taluka, our
city, our village our surroundings, our homes. We need a Gandhi or many
such Gandhi’s to take the lead in the efforts to save our spaceship earth
and its passengers from environmental degradation and pollution.
This has to be Agenda number One.
–RK Jain, IRS (CCE) Commissioner, Customs & Central Excise, South Kerala,
June 12, 2005
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We are a
part of the universe that we see and live in during our span of life.