Every other day my father tells me about the lush green around our house, about the dense forest nearby on the bank of the river, about the different shades and types of birds, about their (he and his brother) morning jog in the purest form of environment. Every time I get excited experiencing the ambiance and nature through his real time narration but the moment I come out of the hallucination, I find myself distressed and cheated by the older generation for there are no more forest, no more lush green surrounding, no more shades and types of birds, no more grounds to play but houses and buildings wherever my sight rests. I am sure my next generation would feel more distressed than I am if something is not done.

Science has done wonders for humankind but it has also taken a lot, for the comfort with mobile phones, electro-magnetic waves penetrate and harm the body, for the comfort and luxury of vehicles, the burnt gases and ashes are polluting the environment, for the use of paper the science has taken trees from our surroundings. Government of different nations sit together on issues like global warming, reduction of carbon foot-prints, prohibition of placing mobile towers in residential areas but nobody is talking on chopping down of the trees. People must understand that carbon foot-print will automatically get reduced when there will be enough trees to soak that carbon and produce oxygen, this would not only help in maintaining healthy ambiance but also in checking global warming.

Today, society as a whole must commit to save trees and thus greenery. It is not that every body should plant a tree nearby but to reduce the usage of matters made by cutting down the trees. It takes around nine trees to cut to make 300 fine pages. In this digital world when people want even their photographs in digital form why not digitize the application process of the organizations. Let our next generation taste the fresh air, play on the branches of a tree and learn to love the nature.

Vaibhav Aggarwal

Munim.in