Environment and conservation

• Discuss environmental issues and their impact
• Talk about steps to protect the environment
• Share your opinion on sustainable living

 In all fairness, nothing is more worrying today than the plummeting environment condition and air quality. Firstly, the dependence on usage of fossil fuels is only rising with time and the direct linkage to carbon emissions and resulting pollution is a threat we all face today. Another area of concern is water pollution, mainly because of wrongful practices of waste disposal. Secondly, waste materials in liquid, plastic and solid forms are thrown into the water bodies like rivers, tributaries and canals from small and large scale industries, contaminating the water which is often used for agriculture. This ends up raising the levels of chemicals like mercury, silicon and so forth in soil. So, in a nutshell, water and air quality is directly hit with pollution, increasingly becoming a grave threat to all organic beings.

 There are many remedies to lower the environmental pollution and save the air, water and soil. To begin, we should opt for biodegradable materials and recyclable raw materials for making products especially the ones used in large quantities. Plastic products should be slowly banned and people should be given time to adopt new methods and technologies. Also, it is a wonderful idea to increase the green cover by setting targets of afforestation, incentivise planting of trees and plants and revive the environmental loss caused by rampant pollution by industrial waste and vehicle emissions over the many decades. Last but not the least, there must be a strict enforcement of law to withdraw permissions to drive fossil fuels based vehicles, as millions of vehicles contribute daily to the increasing levels of pollution across the world. For example, it was evident that during the covid 19 curfew imposition, the air quality improved tremendously and maybe it was nature's way of showing us the path forward.

In my opinion, sustainable living is the path of the future. It is need of the hour and steps should be taken to ensure eco-friendly and long-term solutions leading to a healthy lifestyle
Example, we should ban use of diesel vehicles and other use of fuels. We should reduce dependence. For example, we should reduce dependence on usage of fossil fuel for domestic and commercial purposes and adopt greener solutions by using cleaner energy. Diesel vehicles should be banned immediately and replaced with electric vehicles or hydrogen engine vehicles.