Nature's Call.

"You & me will come and go, but Cauvery must continue to flow". 
                                                                                                           -Sadhguru (Jaggi Vasudev)

These are the recent words given by Sadhguru an Indian yogi, mystic, and author. He is one of the most admirable people all over the world. He is one of my inspiration as well. Currently, he is doing a campaign "Cauvery Calling". This project is initiated to revive the river Cauvery because it has depleted 40% in the last 70 years, 87% of the basin’s original tree cover has been lost, the Cauvery is unable to reach the ocean in the summer and another main objective of Cauvery Calling is addressing farmer distress. Cauvery Calling is a campaign to support farmers to plant 242 crore trees and revitalize Cauvery.

Those who know me personally might be curious why I am talking about this topic of a 2nd country. I appreciate your curiosity. I am talking about this because India being a neighbor nation, you must have some idea regarding this campaign and if you have any idea about this, there are many more problems which are harming the environment overall and I don't think we are doing much more to protect it.

A few days back there were videos viral in which animals were being killed and beaten brutally for some unauthentic reasons. And some of us blame them for polluting the environment. But what about us? We, humans, are the main reason behind Global Warming and Environmental Degradation. There are top 5 environmental concerns for 2019 i.e. biodiversity, water, deforestation, pollution and climate change.

Biodiversity: - The variety or variability of life on Earth. It can be plants or animals. Every little thing plays an important role in the maintenance in our world. But with the increase in global warming and pollution, biodiversity is in danger. Billions of plants and animals are vanishing or have been vanished all over the world. As per the reports, some scientists, in fact, are suggesting that we are at the beginning of a 6th mass extinction, posing issues for our planet and ourselves.                  

Water: - Water pollution is a huge problem for us and our environment. We are polluting the water resources with an abundance of plastic waste, oil spills, and toxic chemicals entering our waterways and due to this act of ours, human life, as well as the marine life, is being affected and being killed. More than one billion people lack access to clean water and 2.4 billion don’t have adequate sanitation, putting them at risk of contracting deadly diseases.

Deforestation: - We need trees and plants for survival. For everything oxygen, food, water, and medicine, we need forest all over the world. But due to natural wildfires, the mass amount of timber being harvested for commercial use, illegal logging, forests are decreasing at an alarming rate.

Pollution: - This is the main cause of many of the environmental concerns. All types of pollution air, water, soil, noise, radioactive, light and thermal are affecting us and the environment all over the globe. All types of environmental concerns and pollutions are interrelated and influence each other.

 Climate change: - A change in climate pattern caused by human activities such as the burning of fossil fuels and the conversion of land for forestry and agriculture. Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, these human influences on the climate system have increased substantially. 

These were the top 5 environmental concerns for the year 2019. Everything having a problem has some solution, some of the measures which can be used to prevent these are: -

• First and the foremost thing is to be aware of the consequences of global warming and environmental degradation. In India, Sadhguru was aware of the consequences of the Cauvery, so he began a Cauvery Calling campaign. I also don't mean someone big personality should be aware of the consequences of global warming and environmental degradation and should begin some campaign like that. One should be self-aware.

• After developing such awareness, one should take initiative not to pollute the environment from his/her side. Like not to throw anything in the water resources, not to use old vehicles, not to use excessive plastics, buying recycle and organic products, use of more public transport rather than your own vehicles and many more.

• Volunteering in any campaign which is being held nearby.

• Participating in plantation drives and cleanness drives.

• Switching off electrical items when they are not in use.       

    

Isn't this our responsibility to protect and preserve the environment for ourselves, our next generation? It's our responsibility to give the same amount of resources to the next generation that we received from our past generation. The actions of humans are the biggest cause of environmental degradation and global warming and as we are always responsible for our actions, this is the time to be more responsible and act wisely as we humans are the only ones who create a problem and are the only ones who can solve it. 

"Every single bottle, Every single plastic matter." If you want to be a change-maker in this environment, change it from yourself, your home. "A change in every one person, everyone home matters".