The Ailing Planet; Role of Green Movement- Note Making & summary

 

NOTE-MAKING

EARTH- THE AILING PLANET

1.   THE GREEN MOVEMENT

a.   Founded in 1972 in New Zealand.

b.   World’s First Nationwide Green party.

c.    Gripped imgnatⁿ of entire human race.

2.  A HOLISTIC & ECOLOGICAL VIEW

a.   Shift from mechanistic view to the holistic

b.   A revltnry perctn

c.    1^st instance of thinking EARTH as a living orgnsm

d.   Earth has own metabolic & vital process of preservation.

3.  ETHICAL OBLIGATIONS OF MANKIND TOWARDS PLANET EARTH

a.   Be good stewards & responsible trustees

b.   Legacy to future generations

4.  SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

a.   Poplrs in 1987

b.   W.C. E. D. propogates devpmt without compromising future generations.

c.    Shifting from dominance to partnership

5.   HUMAN SHARES EARTH WITH OTHER SPECIES

a.   Scientists catg 1.4 m. species living on earth

b.   Biologists reckon 3 to 1 h.m. species still languish

c.    Unnamed and not found out still.

6.  EARTH’S PRINCIPAL BIOLOGICAL SYSTEM

a.   Fisheries

b.   Forests

c.    Grasslands

d.   Croplands

7.  EARTH’S 4 BIOLOGICAL SYSTEM – A BASIS OF GLOBAL ECONOMIC SYSTEM- FACT FINDING

a.   Brandt Comm. World advancing towards deserts, impoverished landscapes, ailing envn. - LK Jha

b.   The Global Economic Prospect- 4 systems supply food, raw material  -Lester R Brown

c.    Tropical forests acts like ‘the powerhouses of evolution’- Dr. Myres

d.   Its reaching to unsustainable level

e.   Fisheries collapse, forests disappear, grasslands become barren lands & wastelands, croplands deteriorate.

f.      Due to over-fishing by protein-conscious & protein-hungry world.

g.    Poor countries forests decimated for procuring firewood for cooking.

h.   ‘What goes under the pot now costs more than what goes inside it’

8.  SOME REMEDIAL MEASUREMENTS

a.   World Bank estimates a five fold increase in the rate of forest planting to cope up expected fuel demand by year 2000

b.   Article 48 of I.C. provides ‘ the state shall endeavor to protect & improve envnmt to safeguard forests & wild life’

c.    Population Under Control

d.   Education to masses- ‘fertility falls as income rise, education spreads & health improves’

 

9.  THOUGHTFUL INSIGHTS

a.   More children don’t mean more workers, mere people without work.

b.   Survival of not just people but of the planet.

c.    Role of Industry- Mr Edgar S. Woolard declared himself to be the Company’s Chief Environmental Office (C.E.O.)

d.   ‘No generation has freehold on this earth. All we have is a life tenancy with full repairing lease’ – Margaret Thatcher

e.   ‘We have not inherited this earth from our forefathers; we have borrowed it from our children’- Mr. Lester Brown.

 

Summary

EARTH- THE AILING PLANET

Green Movement founded in 1972 in New Zealand casts light on the urgency of sustenance of Earth. The planet is in the most decimated condition as compared to its past. The change can be brought in by shifting of perspective to HOLISTIC & ECOLOGICAL one. Actually, we are sharing the planet with about 1.4 million other species and hence our responsibility is more. We should look after the four fundamental principles of it namely, FISHERIES, FORESTS, GRASSLANDS & CROPLANDS. All our economic development relies on it. Our aim should be development with environmental enrichment. We should not hurt the natural flora & fauna. After all, we have borrowed this beautiful earth from our children. We should leave behind a beautiful place to live in & on.

                                                                                 -Arun Thakare