It is World Enviornment Day today i.e. 5th June, 2009.

Hi Deepak! God has given Mother Earth for our need and not for our greed[courtesy-Mahathma]; But we do not realise the value of this priceless treasure and are using it for our selfish ends by cutting trees, allowing depletion of natural resources. If it were possible for me I would have planted a tree but it is not so .I always am quite conscious about using water properly and carefully and that is the only contribution I can make. Ancient emperors dug wells, planted trees, built roads and they were all part of their great social reforms and our social studies in syllabus.We have only been reading all that as though we are reading entertaiment stuff for which we need not do anything.I can also not do anything significant except wail and lament at the sorry state of affairs.

Hi deepak, I too agree with you that Deforestation ,wastage of water and unnecessary felling of trees is the greatest evil committed by man. I think it is in our own interest that we need to preserve nature and start taking steps to do whatever little we can. If each person starts being concious and begins by voicing his/her concern against atrocities committed by the authorities against nature, we may be able to stop many future disasters..

H Deepak, Poverty and corruption are the greatest curse on this earth. Poverty affects, directly or indirectly, each and every aspect of our lives. When people don’t have one square meal a day, they cant afford the luxury of thinking about the environment. They have no idea of what is right and wrong, simply because they have never been given a chance to a better life…they have been exploited and uprooted and degraded time and again…so much so, that they have lost the very sense of beauty and preservation in their daily struggle for survival. When each present day is a war…there is no thought for the future.

I think that people should recycle more and use glass more instead of plastics. I think that people should also plant two or three trees for every tree cut down and not just one. I also think that chalk boards should be used more, and not paper. I think that schools should teach children to memorize instead of write things out, like what our grandparents and great grandparents were taught. I also think that people should freecycle more, should have garage sales more, and should help out ore in every way.

Heyya deepak! I think those are two evils for sure! I think that the lack of recycling is also an evil. My daughter just had a class in her Girl Scout troop about this subject and they went over a few things with them that was kind of surprising. They said that a used tire...NEVER decomposes. The only option of ridding our world from it is to reuse it someway. Plastic is another very world toxic material. I also think that we should rebuild some of the earth's natural habitats for animals that are on the brink of extinction. This would be a great treasure for the world. They all have their "purposes" and when they are gone..then who will do their job. Great discussion! Take care.

Wow,what a great Day!Yes, we must take care our own earth.It is bad to see earth become damage day by day by human.Human should ashame because this earth make for human that we should take care of it and not do bad thing to destroy this earth.I will take some part in this Day.Happy World Environment Day.Thank you.

I beleive every day should be environment day,people now take the easy way of doing what they do. As you may have noticed,almost everyone picks on plastic,but if you do the research ,there are far worse hazzards.most plastic will deteriate quite well if not buried,as will most things put into landfills,there is no air to help in the decomposition. Basically,one of the very worse product on the market today is the disposable diaper. Millions of trees are cut down and water used to mulch the wood to paper to make the inner layers,then there are the chemicals used to make the gel for quick absortion. As there are a very large number of people that dispose of them by just tossing them under the car or tose them out the window,you can see that the plastic cover disintagrates quite fast and releases the contents into the storm drains,which pours into our rivers and steams,polluting both. How do we fight this,I reward people that have gone back to using cloth diapers with plastic pants,the diapers are mostly cotton,which is grown and replacable,and the pants are of a higher grade,and used for a long period of time.

Wow I don't know that today is World environment day, what I know is one friend of mine has a birthday today. Plastic, illegal minings and over buildings of buildings. There are little forest available in my country because of real estate business. I am scared that when a large typhoon will come to our country we will have a humugous flood because there is no trees to absorb the flood. This is really creepy.

The best solution for this is, just dont discuss such things to anyone as no one is going to listen anyone of us in this mechanical world. Better why dont you yourself contribute to save our earth. First advise your own close and thick friends and your relatives to plant trees nearby their home atleast one each and take care of them. This can atleast save our earth in the mere future.

Hey dpk! I am so trying my hardest to be more mindful of the wastage of water and trying to remember to recycle as often as I can! It is the very least that we can do to try to save the earth's natural resources as long as we are on this wonderful planet! If we don't do something now to try to save the earth then when we are gone there won't be much left for others in the years to come! So I have started my own efforts to try everyday to make sure that I use as little amounts of water as is necessary and make sure to recycle and re-use as much as I can whatever plastics as possible and waste as little as possible so that those that come after me will have the things that are necessary for them in the future!

Hello my friend dpk262006 Ji, At least let's do something at our own homes:-DAILY ROUTINE:AT HOME…•It would seem to go without saying, but many of us forget that we can save water in simple ways like not letting the tap run while shaving, washingyour face, or brushing your teeth. •Insulating your water heater will help save valuable energy, and you can go the extra mile by installing showerheads with a low flow in your bathrooms for bathing purposes to help save water. You can also put a timer on your heaters to save power. •Using an electric razor or hand razor with replaceable blades instead of disposable razors goes a long way to cutting back on waste. And plant a tree. •Use towels for drying your face and hands instead of tissues that are used and thrown away. Also, hang your towels to dry so that they can be reused several times. You are after all clean when you use them! •Juice or yoghurt lovers can do their bit by buying juice in concentrates and yoghurt in reusable containers instead of single serving packages. •Many of us like to leaf through the paper as we munch on breakfast, but consider reading the dailies in communal spaces like the office or coffee shops. However, if you prefer to have your own copy, make sure you recycle! •When packing your lunch, opt for reusable containers for food storage instead of wrapping the food with aluminum foil or plastic wrap. •As you leave the house, don’t forget to switch off all the lights and appliances at the wall unit (if you have this feature) and unplug chargers as they continue to consume even if they are not charging; saving energy helps reduce air pollution. May God bless You and have a great time.

Hi,dpk,long time no see.yeah,i know this day as you said.what i wish our world will be better by human not hurt from human.but it seems it is hard to focus on power together and make it better.so we should just do by oneself first.remember alwaya what you do is right in daily?yes,we are human,we have duty to do better for our another home,it names Earth.

Continuous production of waste gases....Why human beings are afraid of cold and afraid of hot? In the old days, there no air-conditioners, right? Poor Earth. We sure treat you better. I am trying my best to save energy and preserve nature. Avoid using air-conditioners. Walk more. Admire but don't destroy the nature.

Hi dpk, I have heard on the radio that with all the babies being born (a good thing), that millions of plastic diapers are clogging the landfills, and the diapers take many years to deteriorate (a bad thing). So the solution was to go back to using cloth diapers. These were used back in the olden days from what I hear. It would be a big benefit if cloth diapers returned so that the landfills could be smaller. That would be my contribution to World Environment Day. Thanks for listening.

Thanks for reminding and bringing th importance of this day Deepak. I am very concerned about all the negative contributions towards the deterioration of the enviornment. Be it deforestation, pollution in all its forms-air, noise and visual, disposal of plastics, toxic contamination, pollution of our waters and the increasing carbon footprint. We all should mindfully contribute in ways to make this a better world for us and for our future generations.

Seeing the careless and unconcerned attitude towards the environment by our people always made me sad and wonder what kind of world we are going to leave behind for our children.This concern for the environment is the priority number one in our country and the awareness should be started with the top most priority by the government and the schools.Will our politicians have time for this?

Happy World Enrivonment Day. Thanks a lot for reminding me about this. I think we need to remind ourselves everyday that we should not be wasting all the natural resources provided to us. Else there will be nothing left for the future generations!

Hi Dpk.....Thanks for reminding its world environment day today.....Well that explains many things.......Today I went out in the morning for some shopping and for doing some other errands...And guess what I was soon in a foul mood because the weather today is horrible........Well it was at first, warm and sunny,but suddenly it started drizzling a bit......I had no umbrella,and borrowed an umbrella from a salesgirl in one shop (since I am a regular customer there)to go to another shop down the road,and by the time I walked back to my car sun was again shinning mercilessly,and I was hot and sweating with my clothes wet first from the rain,and later from sweating.........I did not complete my shopping and drove back home,since the weather was making me hot and tired...... So its clear dpk that this odd weather chsnges are due to our excessive tampering with the natural resources,and its high time each one of us resolve to do what we can to save the earth and its natural resources ,and to preserve and protect the earth for our future generation......

This is a real good on e then, it should be a day to sensitize the people and create awareness on reasons why we need to make our environments better, in africa here, most cities are dirty and people don't care about the environment anymore what they want to take away from the environment without giving anything back, they remove trees at will and kill animals anyhow, i hope people will learn and change one day

hi friends this is kishan and very very thanks for remembering that today i.e.5th June 2009 is the environment day. we are protecting our environment some what carefully but in some other ways we are destroying our environment by polluting air, water, etc..... we must protect our environment by redusing the contents that are responsible for causing pollution and growing trees will help to keep the environment safe and hygienic.......