Swipe through TV channels, turn the newspapers, shuffle some journals, and this is what is preached all over. That Earth is getting warmer, that emission norms aren’t up to the standards, that pollution levels are dangerously rising, that Arctic ice is fast melting— everything agreed. But the point is “what are you and I doing about it?”

We human beings have evolved taking people around us for granted, so how can Nature be an exception? We have taken Nature for granted all this while, and it is all going to have a domino effect on us. And Nature’s fury is real time; coming to us with a Bang!. We saw it in Katrina; We saw it in Tsunami; and we saw it in Aila.

Ok. Leave it. Why go so far? Why speak in macro terms? Let’s try and speak in micro terms.

How many of us make birthday resolutions? How many of us stick to them and fulfill them? How about making an “Environmental friendly” resolution for a change? No resolutions related to weight loss regimes, or diet sticking sprees, or budgeting vows, or career related self promises, but doing a resolution purely to do with being nature friendly.

They celebrate a World Environment Day to hold placards and express uproar, and create awareness on the implications of harsh vengeance of Nature. But how about trying to make every single day an environment friendly day?

It’s hard thinking about it, and more so, sticking to it. But come to think of it, it will soon become the order of the day.

Are there any quick fix solutions to reverse the situation? The answer is NO. But tiny baby steps in this direction will matter. So be it planting double the number of trees as much as somebody axes them is just one gesture. And when this gesture is undertaken on a mass scale, imagine the impact! When car pooling starts happening extensively among office goers, imagine the cut down in carbon emissions. When cyclists aren’t looked down upon as merely faltering beings coming in the motorists’ way every now and then, and when cycling as a substitute to driving/ riding becomes a norm, rather than being an exception to the norm, we will be doing acts seeming like droplets in ocean, but those droplets will multiply. And after all, droplets do make oceans. When eco friendly homes no longer remain on paper, but get made in front of us, when we as consumers demand they be made, when efforts are made to bring in a legislative framework to such requirements, when solar energy conservation and rain water harvesting start becoming as common as road side restaurants and cafes, we’ll get the hang of what marvels environment protection will do. When car pooling starts becoming a mass effort, rather than barely a handful of people acting upon it, their results will be in front of our eyes.

So let’s get up. I won’t say buckle up. That will be like contradicting myself.

A small effort today to paint the earth green will go a long way……

Try to make this birthday resolution a little different; a little green.

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