Just once a Week.....

Soon it shall be spring time. With sun  set in Uttarayan motion he comes to bless the earth with life.  That life which we humans hardly care of  in spite of many calamities that we see. Some how we have come to an understanding that life though valuable still it does go on. But not for long. We humans are responsible directly and indirectly for extinction of many species and yet we stop not.

Living a bee like busy lives we have hardly anytime to look around. We for no doubt have taken earth for granted. We spend hours to watch silicon clad Rakhi, or other fake reality shows, but hardly move out of our house (shell) to support / promote/ make aware of degrading environment. Forget making others aware, we do not even care to make self aware.

The Copenhagen Catastrophe to me was more devastating than Haiti. Haiti earthquake had a shock effect as over 200K humans perished. But more shall perish in future as no stand was taken at Copenhagen – just the element of suddenness will be missing. With earth choking itself with CO2 we don’t have bright future. Even if by 2035 melting of Himalya  was blunder it will surely melt by 3000 ! I see selfish ones already shrugging off with .. Haah ! who cares , I wont live that long ! but we the sane ones must act.

Some of us do get charged up to do something but WHAT exactly should we do is not known, hence it falls back. To me arranging huge campaigns or fund raising events for some Environment group or so sounds too big.  I believe a  simple average person can actually create mammoth difference in his own might.

Lemme walk you through. How about shutting down our main switch for say 1 hour during peak hours. One may say arey waise bhi load shedding to hhota hi hai na ! True but this practice may help to avoid longer load shedding hour. If promoted  well, imagine a whole society of 200  saving energy daily for 1  hour. Esp when this is followed in cities like Pune- Mumbai.  If the neon hoardings, or the mall owners keep the lights off after closing down (least once a week) will help light many other homes.

If the Teen X and the youths start to share their bikes (least once a week) will save fuel and streets from traffic. I’ll go lil ahead n ask to use the City transport once week. Decide  with your friends,  fix a day that we all shall travel with city transport once.  If this logic is also  promoted by Firms to their employees,  it shall surely work wonders.

Lemme me be more greedy, how about planting a tree every weekend. Ok forget it, I know you all are too busy with shopping, movies, and stuff, so how about least watering some already existing  trees around- just bucket. Now please don’t give that look- Idher hamko paani nahi pedon kon dega– Guys the trees not being watered is leading to absence of trees, is basic reason for  we not having enough water. We can still change,  lets say if not every week least 2wise a month.

I am not generating some revolutionary ideas, rather just stressing the old but the best ones. All it needs is little will and efforts to save earth. At times I even think that we all need some lalach / motivation to perfom a task. If the government make some provision as in tax benefit for planting X trees, or Traveling regular by City transport, or something on this  line ,  I bet the whole commune shall plant / save tress ‘Willingly’.  That’s all I ask … just an effort — Once per week.

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