What is the relevance of the World Environment Day? Why do we celebrate a day like this? How serious are we when we give a name to a day?’, ‘

Today is the “World Environment Day”. Fliers, posters, banners, mailers and many more such things are on the internet and everywhere. A handful of people are working hard to generate a bit of awareness in people towards our environment.

Our environment is deteriorating with every passing day. But we just do not want to bother about it. Mother Nature keeps pinching us every now and then with a slight shake of the earth or, a sudden downpour, but we are not bothered to care about these hints. We are busy destroying everything around us, the balance in nature, the flora and fauna and everything.

There are those few people out there who have done everything they could to make us understand the importance of saving our environment. When they felt that we were still not bothered they thought that they would comemmorate a day to our environment and create that hype so that we at least spend a minute in that day to think about our environment. But we are still not bothered.

In such a situation, the question that arises is, do we really need a “World Environment Day”, to start caring about our environment. I personally do not think that is required. Because people who care, will care no matter what and the ones who do not care will not care come what may. But, “Yes” the effort that goes behind all this “World Environment Day” thing would be worth it, if even one person starts thinking about the environment just because of this day.

Lets do these few things as our contribution today.

• Stop destroying trees and plants around us, even if this means plucking flowers.
• Lets ensure that we minimize the use of papers and try making the best use of whatever paper is available. Use every bit of paper to the maximum.
• Lets not use our cars, if we have to travel for a short distance.
  Start car-pooling if you know people travelling to the same destination.
• Plant a tree in your courtyard, or in your nearby garden.