The state of Haryana currently has the lowest forest cover in India. The forest cover in Haryana is only 3.62%, which is much lesser than the Haryana forest policy target of 20% forest and tree cover.
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How going vegan is directly proportional to saving the planet?
“Global warming isn’t a prediction, it’s happening right now,” Dr. Justine Butler, Viva! Senior Researcher and author of ENVIROCIDAL, said in a statement sent to Plant Based News. “If these warnings are ignored, climate change will lead to a whole new range of health risks – from infectious disease outbreaks to water shortages, drought and mass extinctions. We must take urgent action to avert an environmental disaster.Read more here
Technology & Capital – Twin enemies of Nature
The earth is currently facing destruction of life forms on a mass scale. If these trends continue, the very survival of human life along with other species is at stake. In fact scientists refer to the existing era as one of ‘mass extinction’.
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has estimated that the Earth has lost 50% of its wildlife in the last 40 years.
We need to understand the HOW as well the WHY of the phenomena powering the Earth’s destruction. Unless we recognize the root causes which are motivating human actions we cannot stop the Earth’s descent to Doom.Read more here
I am responsible for the Environmental crisis (Part 2)
Read Part 1 of this article here.
It is only when we as individuals recognize and accept our role in the Earth’s destruction, will we be able to take steps to reverse its course.
4 easy ways to reduce plastic use in your Kitchen
With so many attractive plastic storage boxes, containers, bottles etc available in the market today, it is very easy to get lured by them, due to which we end up buying a lot of plastic objects.
But plastics are quite harmful for the Environment. Increasingly, it is being found that plastics also have several negative effects on human health. Here is an in depth article on 7 dangers from plastic use.
Here are four easy ways through which, we can reduce plastic usage in our kitchens:
Humans play high-risk gamble with Nature
By Tim Radford, climatenewsnetwork.net
Analysis of millions of records by thousands of scientists across the world shows that human impacts have helped push the planet’s vital biodiversity into the danger zone.
Humans have reduced biodiversity – the teeming variety of plant and animal life that competes and co-operates in every ecosystem – to below safe levels across more than 58% of the planet’s land surface.Read more here
I am responsible for the Environmental crisis (Part 1)
Unless each one of us takes responsibility for the environmental crisis at the individual level, the Earth is doomed.
We are living in unprecedented times. Due to human activities, the entire web of life on Earth has been pushed towards the brink of disaster. Indeed, we may have already crossed the threshold of irreversible changes in our ecosystems.Read more here