Thursday, April 23, 2009

Why not everyday is earth day



Why not everyday is earth day
Earth Day Again celebrated, Once again a little voice come out to protect world earth day. Day passed and everything become same. Why not every day is celebrating as world earth day. Its appreciable who try to think little about it.
Punjab agriculture university try to do so. A university from India which is only promoting agriculture on different issues.
According to Dr. Manjit Singh Kang, PAU Vice-Chancellor since all nations are sharing the same planet, Earth, it should be a combined responsibility with a commitment to keep it intact and in good form. He said that every day is an Earth Day and we must take steps to safeguard the Mother Earth each day. Dr Kang appreciated that students are conscious of the problems the Earth is facing today. He said that if Earth is kept in a sound form, the production system will be sustainable. We have drawn more than we returned to the natural resource base, said Dr Kang, adding that this imbalance is adversely affecting sustainability.

Dr Kang said that PAU created environment awareness among the farming community through keeping Kisan Mela themes such as ' Save water, save Punjab'(Punjab is a agriculture dominate state in india), 'Save environment, save Punjab' and said that now the theme is ' Save environment, save humanity'. He attributed the increasing human density per unit area to the multitude of environmental and other problems. Dr Kang had an interactive session with participating students and asked questions about the Indian population and growth rate. At home, we could endeavour to save energy, at work we could contribute for reducing pollution by using bicycle and resorting to other measures like saying no to littering, cutting trees, use of non-degradable products, sharing vehicles, etc. In schools the teachers could spread environmental concerns among students, he said. Appreciating the organization of Earth Day to apprise students about ecological concern, Dr. Kang said that in the coming years the event will be organized in a bigger way.

Dr. R.K. Mahey, said that organizing functions to instill awareness about protecting our mother Earth is an excellent step. He said that water and air being the basis of life needs to be protected against pollution and misuse. Tracing the history of celebrating Earth Day, he said that the day is observed to sensitize people about environment protection. He added that youth, especially students, should take the message of environment conservation in terms of saving energy, greening surroundings, saving paper, population control, etc. to others.

Dr. Daljit Singh Dhillon, officiating Director of Extension Education said Earth Day is designed to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth's environment. He added that environment pollution of soil, water and air is adversely affecting our natural resource base. He highlighted how factory effluents, poly-bags, dumping in water bodies, excessive de-forestation, etc are adversely affecting living.

Earlier, Dr. S.S. Gosal, Additional Director Research (Agri.) talked on the effect of climate change and agriculture. He said an intact Earth is of concern for everyone. He said that factors like high temperature, excessive rain, frost, drought and dry spells can have a bearing on crop productivity. He said that an increase of temperature by one degree Celsius taking place in December adversely affects tillering and in March/April affects grain filling. He traced various effects of global warming. Dr. Gosal said that Earth Day is an occasion to pledge to safeguard environment and the blue planet.


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