Celebrate Environment Day Every Day

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Today we all are celebrating the World Environment Day. However, we should observe this every day and not only on the 5th June. Today the newspapers have numerous stories on the subject and are doing a massive awareness drive. Many ideas have been talked of which would certainly help in making this world a little better to live in. Have we ever realized that the richer we become the more we contribute to the deterioration of the environment. The money that we have makes us buy luxury too, which is not good for the environment. More cars, more travel, more air conditioners, more clothes, well more everything – all adding up to more deterioration of the environment resulting in less life time for enjoying all this. Consuming less can help our environment. Another angle – we usually do not make good quality products which can last for long. Instead we compromise on the quality feeling that the consumer will buy again for replacement creating more market for the product. This tendency also creates problem for the environment – more raw material needed and even the disposal of the waste creates environmental problems. Quality products can help our environment. Similarly at our home we often remake our rooms or the furniture. This should be done only when absolutely necessary. Here again, the raw material needed and the waste disposal creates environmental problems. One can see this happening even on roads daily – unnecessary replacement of side walks etc. drains the exchequer and creates all sorts of environmental problems. One would say that this anti-consumerism will affect the industry or will affect the employment scenario. But to live a healthy long life some sacrifices will have to be made. And we are capable enough to create other employment opportunities.