'Earth Hour', 'Earth Day', 'Earth Week', 'Earth Month'... There were/are/will be so much of campaigns like these emerging around us, everyday. Will they work? Again, are these merely gimmicks?
What is 'Earth Day'? Earth Day is a day designed to create awareness to the people on 5W1H (who, when, what why, where & how) to appreciate the mother earth. The Earth Day was founded on 1969 & has been celebrated in the US since 1970. But how come I have never heard of this day until recently? I celebrate birthdays, mother-days, father-days... etc, but I have never celebrated Earth-Day... I am ashamed of myself. Does this mean that I do not love the mother earth? No, it is because of my culture, my environment, my society which did not promote this kind of awareness to our people until recently, for example one the hottest love-thy-environment campaigns would be the 'Earth Hour'. Hence, can I blame my society for not informing me about the Earth Day? No, I can't as well. This is because even if there is non existence of the Earth Day, we must still love the earth. We cannot love the earth because of Earth Day!!! We have to love the mother earth because of the earth herself as well as all other living creatures on the earth.
Why are we falling behind the others? Loving & appreciating the mother earth is not the responsibility of the more developed nations. Every single person should play a role in it. No matter where you are, who you are, it doesn't matter. Just remember one rule, how much you get from the earth, you must in return contribute the same or even more back to the earth, in a good sense, the easiest way is "DO NOT LITTER"!!!
The procedures are similar, almost every love-your-environment campaigns inspire & promote the same aspects, reduce the use of energy(power-saving rule), re-cycle, do not waste, go-green... etc etc. Although most of us know the way to protect the earth, but not much of us are practicing it.
Do not expect much from the earth (eg, gold, diamonds, oil & gas...), if what we can give to the earth is only garbage. Karma.
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