INTRODUCTION
This chapter is based upon degrading position of
mother earth. The present scenario
of India is highly deplorable as a
report of parliament’s estimates
committee highlights near
catastrophic depletion of India's forests at the rate of
3.7 million acres a year. The article “ The Ailing planet: The Green
movement's role“ was written by Nani Palkhivala and published in
"The Indian Express" on 24th November 1994.
GREEN MOVEMENT,S ROLE
• The green movement, a term that includes
the conservation and green politics, is a
diverse scientific, social, and political movement for
addressing environmental issues.
• Environmentalists advocate the sustainable management
of resources and stewardship of the environment through
changes in public policy and individual behavior.
• In its recognition of humanity as a participant in
ecosystems, the movement is centered
on ecology, health, and human rights.
REASON
• Mankind is now the number one cause of all the destruction
happening on Earth.
• As well as trying to destroy each other on the battle-field, we are
the cause of a series of other disasters, beginning with the
industrial exploitation of the resources of the Earth.
• The seas and oceans are being poisoned by chemical products, oils,
industrial and human waste.
CAUSES
• On land, especially in the industrial countries where most waste is
actually "manufactured", there is increasingly little room to bury it and
even when buried, noxious elements leech out and destroy the health of
the area.
• An even greater problem is the disposal of Atomic waste, unsafe to dump
into the sea and even more unsafe to bury under the land.
• Forests are cut down for many reasons, but most of them are related to
money or to people’s need to provide for their families
OUTCOMES
• This has resulted in a widespread, ongoing extinction of other species
during the present geological epoch, now known as the Holocene
extinction.
• The large-scale loss of species caused by human influence since the 1950s
has been called a biotic crisis, with an estimated 10% of the total species
lost as of 2007.
• At current rates, about 30% of species are at risk of extinction in the next
hundred years.
EFFECTS
• In the present day, human activity has had a significant impact on the
surface of the planet. More than a third of the land surface has been
modified by human actions, and humans use about 20% of global primary
production.
• The Holocene extinction event is the result of habitat destruction, the
widespread distribution of invasive species, hunting, and climate change.
• The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased by
close to 30% since the start of the Industrial Revolution.
CONDITION OF EARTH
• Earth's present condition is that it is in a damaged state
and under threat from dangers including those arising
from global warming.
• These threats include greenhouse gases, droughts and
floods, hunger and famine and devastating diseases such
as malaria and aids.
• Some experts scientists are calling for carbon taxes to cut
the risk. Damage from flooding alone could run into
billions of dollars as creeks and estuaries begging to fill
up and more ice melts.
FUTURE OF EARTH
• Increases in rainfall will come ecosystems will shift as those plants
and animals that adapt the quickest will move into new areas to
compete with the currently established species.
• Those species that cannot adapt quickly enough will face extinction
• Scientists note with increasing concern the 21st century could see
one of the greatest periods of mass extinction of species in Earth's
entire history.
FUTURE OF EARTH
• Ultimately, global warming will impact life on Earth in many
ways. But the extent of the change is up to us.
• the form of bigger, wetter storms, rather than in the form of
more rainy days.
•
• In between those larger storms will be longer periods of light or
no rain, so the frequency and severity of drought will increase.
PHOTO,S RELATED.
ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN
• Buying and using fluorescent light bulbs Turning off lights
and other electronic equipment when we leave a room
• Avoid using chemical pesticides or fertilizers in your yard
and garden. Many fertilizers are a source of nitrous oxide,
a greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming. Try
organic products insteadWaste food material, paper,
decaying vegetables and plastics should not be thrown
into open drains.
MESSAGE
• The future of humanity will depend
on how we steward the resources
of
• land, of soil, of water and seeds,
and pass them on to future
generations.”
THANK YOU