Greening the blue!! Does it include you?

By Sashi.Prabhu (Zeauoxian)

Earth and environment preserved for us,

all bountiful and all lush.

Very pristine, pure and clean,

Clear blue sky and lands turquoise and jade green.

Languid wings of breeze used to carry,

Scents and aromas of flora and fauna fondly and airy.

Sweet melodies of streams and brooks flowing,

In the sky above, the rainbow, distinctly glowing.

Lands laden with fruit bearing trees all around,

Multi hued flowering plants growing wildly in the ground.

But

Greed in man to keep on plundering,

Misguided enterprise in him keeps blundering.

They call it modern technology,

Sans care for mother earth, they surely owe ecology an apology.

With the pollution that we mercilessly do,

Will we be able to enjoy this in a year or two?

Horrendous signs we see and repeatedly hear,

Blasphemous changes will soon be here.

Ice caps melting and dark winds blowing,

Raindrops pelting and forests burning.

Green lands shrinking, and wells drying,

Erosion is increasing and ocean shores weeping and crying.

Coal burning and ore reserves mining greedily increasing,

Gas basins exploding and oil reserves reducing.

Land will keep reducing and sinking,

Water levels all around will keep rising………………………

Smog filled skies and industries expelling fumes,

Oceans with films of oil crude, pesticide laden food to consume.

Expanding concrete structures replacing torn down forests of trees,

This is the environment that surrounds you and me!!!!!!

Our world’s face will keep changing,

Nature’s furies across continents rearranging.

From impregnable depths to lofty mountain peaks,

Nature in different form to mankind communicates and speaks.

With fast paced and living large,

Dwellers of planet earth forgot that it is mother earth is in charge.

If we don’t mend our ways and treat her with distinction,

We surely will be on the super highway to hurried extinction…

Let us pledge to make a beginning in a small way,

In 2012 to celebrate world environment day…

And this year’s theme surely includes you,

As it is about green economy and we surely know what to do…..

To begin with on this day,

take a pledge to do and to all say…

Plant a tree or a sapling in your yard,

Keep watering it; don’t worry about the soil being hard.

Turn off the tap as you brush your teeth,

And don’t waste water when you soap your hands and feet.

Avoid napkins of paper and use the cloth one,

Try it and remember we used to carry a kerchief and sure was fun….

Use fabric grocery bags,

And reuse cloth for rags….

Recycle  aluminum cans,

Be sure not to dump it but give it to the up cycle man.

Recycle all paper products that you can,

Try yourself, half laundry loads in the machine to ban.

When not in the room turn off the light

Use energy efficient bulbs for improved sight.

Walk more and drive less,

Stop spilling gasoline and reduce the mess….

Whether at home or in foreign lands,

Remember the environment is always in your hands.

So this year to

Invite family and friends to gather and perform these few acts,

And to the impish chucklers try and explain hard facts.

Join the race to make the world a better place

And preserve our environment for the future race.

And then if it is not too hard….

Make each day an environment day

Keep your Earth Clean, Green and gay.