I was driving on a mid-summer day
in a full traffic zone with sun at its peak. The AC was running at its peak inside
the vehicle and still it was not cool inside. I started driving the car under the shade of a
flyover where it was less hot. Then I discussed with my family members inside
in a very disappointed tone regarding the place where we had to opt for a
shade. Previously, people used to take shade under a tree as there were too
many trees available, now it is less frequent that you see a tree on a busy
road with more number of concrete structures available under which we had to
duck for shade. Instantly, a question
flashed through my mind? What are we doing to ourselves? Are we destroying our
mother earth and in turn mother earth in a mad rush of development? In a world
where innovation is a buzz word, can’t one scientist come out and find an
alternate option to the traffic needs? Can’t such a guy think of some alternate
option without destroying the greenery around? Or in fact for finding such an
option really a scientist is required? We as human beings take care of our
family, struggle day and night to feed and protect our family. Can’t we treat
each tree surrounding us as a family member and protect it? Can’t we plant one
tree from our side and nurture it as we do with our kids? After all a human can
be selfish but not a tree which always gives us fresh air. We used to read that
Bangalore is called the Garden city of India. Now if your go to Bangalore we
might have to think twice why it is called so. The reason being the destruction
of trees done in the name of development.
When
I went to get my learning license of my vehicle, the backside of the learning
license paper was printed this way. “Please, plant a sapling on the occasion of
you getting a learner’s license”. After reading that I felt very happy and felt
that yes there is someone who is very much serious about the nature. And too
being a transport development taking that initiation, it gave more joy. But to be frank I did not plant a sapling and
I bet no one who was handed over the learner’s license would have done so. The
reason being the casual nature of the people. If such a government puts a
condition that you have to plant a sapling and you have to post a video and in
such a condition only your learners will be approved, then everyone would have
followed.
There
are “Go Green” initiatives everywhere. A simple scenario will explain you and
make you think the utter waste of conducting some of these Go Green
initiatives. A 10K run/5K run/1K run or
a walkathon will be conducted to bring awareness among people regarding the
depreciating greenery. There will be a huge gathering with caps/t-shirts/flexi banners/pamphlets,
etc., People gather on their weekend participate in the event and will have fun
in the event and then take rest after going home. But the actual motto of the
event is not understood and because of which the event instead of bringing awareness
is bringing more pollution and damage. Can’t we do a simple walk without
t-shirt, cap, etc.,? Can’t we as human beings think of nature and volunteer
ourselves in protecting trees/Greenery around? Do only events bring motivation
in us? Can’t we be self-motivated? Lot of questions but no answers. The reason
being that we want entertainment; we want to live joyful life and not bothered
about our mother earth and our future generations. Just think twice and you can
change yourself and others. We just need to educate others who can’t think of
consequences of destructing a tree. If you see someone destructing a tree,
can’t you just on behalf of the tree and question the guy who is destructing
it? If you do so, you are thinking about yourself, thinking about mother earth,
thinking about future generations. If you do so, you are definitely a champion.
And you can be one among the person whom Dwayne Bravo refers as champions. “X
is a champion, Y is champion, etc., “.
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