Ours
is a world of looming challenges and increasingly limited resources.
Sustainable development offers the best chance to adjust our course – is aptly said
by Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations. It is the
responsibility of every individual and community on this earth to work towards
environment protection and preservation. In this era of rapid globalization we
tend to forget at times that often the short-sighted and hasty steps with
regard to industrial development trigger harm towards the already dwindling
natural resources. Contamination of drinking water by industrial effluents,
soil contamination by industrial toxic waste, pesticides and heavy metals, oil
spills, coral bleaching, carbon and methane emissions, carbon footprint,
wildlife extinction, global warming and gradual rise in sea-level are just few
examples of the pressing environmental issues that require our immediate action.
Earth is nearing an environmental tipping point.
All the catastrophic damages we are causing are somewhat irreversible andreshaping our environment in a drastic way for generations to come. The
availability of clean drinking water is decreasing rapidly as a result of
irresponsible human activities. One in nine people worldwide do not have access
to clean drinking water. Around 2 million tons of sewage and other effluents
are drained untreated into world’s water bodies daily. Looking at the list of
the major polluted sites around the world, it’s painful to see how the drinking
water has been poisoned by our unjustified activities. Lead, uranium, mercury
and pesticides have contaminated the drinking water which is affecting the poor
in a big way and causing life-threatening diseases. Read more............
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