TO RETURN THE BARREN EARTH ITS SHEEN.LET US JOIN HANDS TO MAKE IT GREEN.

TO RETURN THE BARREN EARTH ITS SHEEN.LET US JOIN HANDS TO MAKE IT GREEN. When the Industrial R evolution hit Europe in the nineteenth century, the world hailed the advent of a glorious new age. It was a brave new world – a world of steam engines and motor cars. Then came the aeroplanes, the spacecrafts and finally the computers! Great cities all over the earth echoed with the sound of factory sirens and the roar of the havoc that was to be caused by this attack on nature. Today, our planet has reached a stage, when environmental pollution is threatening to destroy it. It is further heightened by deforestation, air pollution, global warming and green house effect. Deforestation is the conversion of forested areas to non- forest land for use such as arable land, pasture, urban use, logged area, or waste land. Deforestation results from removal of trees without sufficient reforestation, and result in declines in habitat and biodiversity, and quality of life.

However, as the human population is growing, we are cutting more and more of trees for wood. We are also clearing forests to use the land for buildings and agriculture. Our factories and vehicles are emitting more and more of carbon dioxide than ever before. Therefore, in other words we all are increasing the carbon dioxide, is leading to global warming and greenhouse effect and they are further leading to the barren earth. But if we all our united, we can fight this problem. We can conserve forest by planned cutting of trees, afforestation etc. We can conserve soil by crop rotation, judicious use of water etc. We can conserve wildlife by building sanctuaries, national parks etc. We can also start awareness projects such as Chipko Andolan and create more cultural based programmes. To save our dying earth by doing all this, we should be united because "United we Stand and Divided we Fall." -Kirti Virmani VII-B Tagore International School, Vasant Vihar
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