Save the Environment!

Man is but a product of his environment. All species in this environment partake only as much as they require whereas Man's appetite and greed for things is huge and therefore there is a huge demand on the resources found in nature. This causes imbalance in nature. Man must take steps to protect the resources in the environment. After all it’s for his own survival and it’s his own environment.

In India, there is a decline of carnivores like Lion, Panther and the Tiger. The basic requirement for these animals is food. Only if herbivores like the deer are present can these carnivores survive. The presence of herbivores is slowly declining as these herbivores themselves are dying for lack of green food. If plants are not available they will also impact human lives. Plants need solar energy (convert carbon-dioxide and water in presence of sunlight) for food as solar energy is converted to biological energy.

Mans over exploitation has been to cut down trees to build his concrete jungles and this is destroying vegetation and is also spoiling the environment. 35 years ago water from the Ganges was pure and fit for drinking now it’s polluted.

Environment and man share a relation similar to producer – product. Every living being on this planet must adhere to a principle and a compliance with nature. Man cannot escape the consequences if he ignores this. If we wish humans to continue for generations on earth we have to contain all forms of greenery. Our total development is directly dependant on conservation. Therefore it’s essential to understand and observe the principles of environment.

Basic principles we need for our environment are:

· Capacity to bear the change

· Each object in the environment is dependant on it’s capacity to sustain to the level produced in the environment

· To learn the art of living according to nature

· Motivate people to appreciate beauty of the environment

· Will to promote a healthy, beneficial and ever lasting environment

[-- Our education system should aim to achieve this -- ]
- by Harini Anand

Krakatoa: The Last Days (also titled Krakatoa: Volcano of Destruction in the U.S. on the Discovery Channel) is a BBC Television docudrama that premiered on 7 May 2006 on BBC One. The program is based upon a selection of four eyewitness accounts of the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa, an active stratovolcano between the islands of Sumatra and Java, present day Indonesia.