Earth Day is celebrated every year on 22 April, to honour our planet and shed a light on environmental issues that matter. It promotes an ideal of peace and sustainability for all.
The 2022 theme for Earth Day is “Invest In Our Planet,” a pledge that challenges leaders to answer a call to action to preserve and protect our health, families, and livelihoods.
“At the heart of Earth Day’s 2022 theme, “Restore our Earth”, is optimism, a critically needed sentiment in a world ravaged by both climate change and the pandemic. But the way the new wave of pandemic is fast spreading and affecting people world over, specially younger people is a cause of concern. World is looking forward to vaccination which may control it and probably that has prompted our leaders to vaccinate people above 18 years has a protection from 1st May, 2021. The production of the serum is also being expedited so that it is available to all wherever required.
‘Earth Day’ is the day to know about the intricacies and riches of the Earth and think of ways and means to make the Earth a beautiful, healthier and a safer place to live. It is the day to ponder over the problems being faced due to natural and manmade destruction being done which effects the biodiversity and causes consequential aftermaths resulting in Global warming, causing weather changes resulting in water and food shortages etc. It is the day to start or implement works which may reclaim the purity of the air, water and living environment and take measures to control items which are causing damage to Earth by way of Global warming, deforestation, Industrialisation, development of new colonies etc.
Every year on April 22, over a billion people in 190 countries take action for Earth Day. On this day people plant trees, clean up the environment through sustainable communities. As the world’s population migrates to cities, and as the bleak reality of climate change becomes increasingly clear, the need to create sustainable communities in such areas.
The global organizers behind Earth Day, create tools and resources for people to involve them in community work where they can participate and help in making cities green. People should co-ordinate and invigorate the environmental movement because of the need to highlight the mounting impact of climate change on individuals around the world. It appears as if a climate change is a remote problem but the fact is that it is effecting practically everyone including human beings and all flora and fauna. These changes coupled with other similar changes keep on multiplying and unless checked may bring disaster all around.
The recent upheavals Caused by snow storms, whirl winds and tornados etc. in some parts of America and South China and Earth quakes, Floods, hail storms and extreme climates due to excessive snow falls word over causing extensive damage to life and property, are indications of something even bigger likely to come unless concerted efforts are made jointly by all countries to study these aspects and take measures to prevent those.
The major cause they say is Global Warming, the wearing of Ozone Layer cover due to excessive creation of CFCs, cutting of trees and removing forests in the name of development and burning of leaves. Instead of burning leaves we should try to make compost which Pramukh and other such NGOs are advocating. The damages being done to Nuclear Power Plants set at many places all over the world by natural calamities and human errors and consequential fears of spread of deadly Nuclear emissions is a matter of great concern.
India is prone to floods and such seismic activities and in their quest to make India Nuclear are setting up number of nuclear plants and Space Stations which are very close to sea and can get affected by strong Tsunami or other connected upheaval as happened in Japan and other countries. We have to be very careful in setting those atomic plants, howsoever beneficial they may be in the long run. People have not yet forgotten the Gas leakage of Bhopal and are scared of Nuclear leakage and plant blasts.
We have to think of ways and means and take precautions to save this world or rather the variety of living beings which go to constitute the whole life on earth of which the human beings are the most affected. All efforts need to be made to stop or rather reduce Global Worming by devising ways and means to reduce use of CFCs etc which destroy protecting ozone layers and bringing more greenery by planting more trees and avoid cutting those in the name of development.
It may be added here that any project where trees are required to be cut arrangements should be made well in advance to plant equal number of trees at other suitable areas to compensate for the loss of trees. It will help in balancing the environment. This has to be ensured by the project authorities so that saplings planted become trees before the start of the projects.
Every year to observe the World Earth Day lights are put off from 8.30 to 9.30 PM all over the world according to their timings. We must observe it this year too.
