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RESPONDINg TO THE CRY OF THE EARTH

“WHY DOES THE SUN GO ON SHINING? WHY every single breath. No one can see it but can still
DOES THE SEA RUSH TO SHORE? WHY DO BIRDS feel its presence. Yet, here we are contaminating
GO ON SINGING? WHY DO STARS GLOW IN the very pillar that allows our hearts to beat and our
THE SKY? DON’T THEY KNOW IT’S THE END OF bodies to function. Factories, industries, car fuels,
THE WORLD?” In the not too distant future, will these byproducts of toxins have been polluting the air for
statements hold true? ages. The release of toxic gasses into the air causes 7
Streets are not as busy and noisy as the pre-pandemic million people to die each year.
times because everyone is cozying up at their homes So, it is time that we take responsibility for our actions
24/7. Look up at the sky. Is it as polluted as it used and stop littering nature. We must not throw garbage
to be earlier? Stoop and look into a pond. Is it as dirty on roads, reduce the number of trips we take on our
as it used to be once? Now hold back and ponder cars, and use eco-friendly fuels to power our vehicles.
for a minute- is it really a virus’s fault that we have Reduce, reuse and recycle are the three Rs that all
been consumed in its darkness and now it feels like a of us should make a common practice in our day-to-
never-ending journey? We, humans, know that it was day lives. We should conserve as much water, plant
an act of fury and revolt by mother nature, against the saplings to encourage greenery, take measures for
harm we have been inflicting upon it for centuries. For sustainable development, and use resources wisely.
thousands of years, humans have been demolishing Encouraging peers to do the same would do the trick.
nature’s beauty. Our mother nature is in jeopardy and threatened by
I happened to come across a wall the other day, with profound destruction in the fullness of time. Ergo, it is
the words “Littering on this road is prohibited” written on us to decide if we want our future generations to
larger than life on it. The text had been undersigned experience the ethereal planet. It’s our responsibility
by an unsanctioned authority, demonstrating people’s to reconcile with the Earth, the water bodies, and
ignorance of the consequences and gravitas of their other forms of life because if all of it blows away, then
actions. The world is brimming with endangered what would we humans live with, and with whom will
plants, animals, and organisms, which face the threat we share this ecosystem? It is high time we place our
of extinction due to the unavailability of a healthy positions in the ecosystem. It’s time to return what we
habitat to subsist. Youth across the globe is taught not took from nature because sometimes a give-and-take
to litter the environment and advised against dumping transaction strikes balance in nature. After all, there is
poisonous materials in water bodies. Nevertheless, no PLANET-B.
today only 3% of all water on the face of the Earth
is freshwater. What helps us breathe? The simple Sanya khurana
answer would be air. It is vital to take in oxygen in 11-A

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