Every year earth day is celebrated on 22 April worldwide. The reason for it is American Senator Gaylord Nelson. He was the one who drew the attention of America to the dire consequences happening due to the development of industries and other destructive needless human greedy activities. Gaylord had been struggling with environmental pollution for many years. He carried out and supported different movements and adopted other ways to protest against the cause of earth pollution.
The earth has naturally enough to fulfill our needs but not our limitless desires. In the name of modern development, we cannot mask and justify the harm we have done so far and still show no sign to stop. The kind of development that we talk of today has misbalanced the earth. It can lead to the exhaustion of valuable resources, and then what will we do? It is believed that rapid industrialization is a curse for humans and every species on the planet as it is one of the most prominent reasons for pollution on earth.
The world population is around 7 billion today and is constantly increasing. Under the influence of its unlimited desires, greed-centered humans exploit the resources on earth and pollute the planet and its atmosphere. As a result, underground water is decreasing. Forests are declining, and hence global warming gases like CO2 are increasing. It has resulted in unpredicted weather and climate, tsunami, excessive flooding, and excessive drought. Human tampering with the earth and nature leads to disasters like earthquakes. Industrialization and vehicles are increasing the number of poisonous and greenhouse gases.
It’s high time that we become conscious of our actions. Otherwise, it can lead to even more dire consequences like extreme famine and poisonous air to breathe. What will you have to give and tell your next generation when they would ask, despite being the most intelligent creatures on earth, why we could not balance the ecosystem and keep it healthy. We have to think and go sustainably; that is, we are not to use resources and exploit earth unconsciously but responsibly keep it conserved for successive generations.
God made this earth and world beautiful, but we humans have come so far when it comes to making it hell. And now we are searching for life on another planet after spoiling the planet gifted to us.
Today earth is exploited worldwide. Factories’ effluents get into the water bodies from which we get the drinking water. The smoke from vehicles is making the whole atmosphere poisonous. The unstoppable exploitation of resources and pollution leads to an increase in global warming. It is a matter of worldwide concern. We have to apply brake now. We cannot destroy nature and let anyone do so. If we keep crossing our limits, then the same planet will wipe us off its land. So, we are leading to our destruction.
The least we can do to save the earth and ourselves is to reduce human activities. Reduce tampering with nature and the earth and plant more trees than cut them. Adopt three R’s- Reduce, reuse and recycle. Remember, there is no second planet. Walk or use bicycle where possible instead of vehicle run on petrol and diesel. It will not only prevent the pollution on earth but also will keep you fit. In a nutshell, go as much ecological as possible. To remind ourselves of our duty towards the earth, I want to share some earth day quotes.
35 Earth Day Quotes To Save The Planet And Celebrate The Nature
- “The earth is the mother of all people, and it’s the duty of all people to take care of it.” –Nikhil Bansal
- “The Earth does not belong to us: we belong to the Earth.” –Chief Seattle
- “Everything has an alternative except mother earth.” –Remo
- “We are not owners of the Earth, we are caretakers of this planet, Happy Earth Day.” –Nikhil Bansal
- “Like love for music and art, love for Mother Earth is a common language that can transcend social, political or regional boundaries, Happy Earth Day.” –Nikhil Bansal
- “Earth Day should encourage us to reflect on what we are doing to make our planet a more sustainable and livable place.” –Scott Peters
- “To protect the Earth we shouldn’t think of eco-friendly products as an option, we should think of them as a necessity, Happy Earth Day.” –Nikhil Bansal
- “Every day is Earth Day, and I vote we start investing in a secure climate future right now.” ―Jackie Speier
- “The Earth is a fine place and worth fighting for.” —Ernest Hemingway
- “Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not every man’s greed.” ―Gandhi
- “We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.” ―Native American Proverb
- “There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We are all crew.” –Marshall McLuhan
- “As cheesy as it sounds, truly every day is Earth Day.” ―Ashlan Gorse Cousteau
- “The Earth is what we all have in common.” —Wendell Berry
- “I really wonder what gives us the right to wreck this poor planet of ours.” ―Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
- “The poetry of the earth is never dead.” –John Keats
- “Trees are Earth’s endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.” ―Rabindranath Tagore
- “We have forgotten how to be good guests, how to walk lightly on the earth as its other creatures do.” –Barbara Ward
- “What is the use of a house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?” ―Henry David Thoreau
- “One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between man and nature shall not be broken.” —Leo Tolstoy
- “Look deep into nature and you will understand everything better.” ―Einstein
- “There’s so much pollution in the air now that if it weren’t for our lungs there’d be no place to put it all.” ―Robert Orben
- “I only feel angry when I see waste. When I see people throwing away things we could use.” —Mother Teresa
- “When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.” ―John Muir
- “Time spent among trees is never time wasted.” —Anonymous
- “It is our collective and individual responsibility to protect and nurture the global family, to support its weaker members, and to preserve and tend to the environment in which we all live.” ―Dalai Lama
- “The Earth has a skin and that skin has diseases, one of its diseases is called man.” ―Friedrich Nietzsche
- “The Earth will not continue to offer its harvest, except with faithful stewardship. We cannot say we love the land and then take steps to destroy it for use by future generations.” —John Paul II
- “Every New Yorker has the right to clean air, safe drinking water, and healthy communities to raise their children – and you can rest assured that I will aggressively protect that right, not just on Earth Day, but every day.” ―Eric Schneiderman
- “If we are ever to halt climate change and conserve land, water, and other resources, not to mention reduce animal suffering, we must celebrate Earth Day every day – at every meal.” ―Ingrid Newkirk
- “For 200 years we’ve been conquering nature. Now we’re beating it to death.” ―Tom McMillan
- “Man is still the greatest miracle and the greatest problem on this earth.” ―David Sarnoff
- “Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the Earth.” —Henry David Thoreau
