"Nature helps us find peace and growth 

Restore ecosystem to save our planet"

As you would agree that we as humans and all other living things cannot survive a single day without our environment. As global citizens it is our prime responsibility to take care of our environment. Of course all of us know that the environment is the only thing that can make life sustainable for all of us. Hence it is very vital that we must take adequate precautions and take care of our ecosystem like our mother. Firstly, we must avoid exploitation of our natural resources. We are hugely dependent on our environment and its resources.

Now let’s see the theme for this year World Environment Day – “Ecosystem Restoration”. As the name suggests, it refers to restoring our ecosystem. So what does an ecosystem consist of? It compromises us and the living beings and the ways we interact with each other in a given place. It provides all of us with so many benefits. But it is facing a massive threat. We need to assist in the process of recovery. Our ecosystem is destroyed so we must try to conserve and preserve it and keep it intact for our future generations. Everyone can do their bit by taking small steps to restore ecosystem such as planting trees near their house or community, stopping pollution, reducing wastes, recycling and so on.

On this day, I had urged my family and friends to pledge the following:

1.      Greening my home and school with plants and trees

2.      Starting a new sustainable diet

3.      Stop purchasing products that are not sustainable

4.      Volunteer and support environment agencies to restore ecosystem

5.      Raise voice in the community by organizing a discussion online

People all over the world are starting to recognize the need to restore ecosystem but the actions needs to be taken urgently. Most of the actions taken today are small.

We must make the others understand the various benefits of restoring our ecosystem. Let’s try to restore our mountains, peatlands, farmlands, grasslands, oceans and coasts, towns and cities, rivers and lakes, forests and trees.

Restoring the above mentioned is going to directly and indirectly help us. It will aid us in improving our livelihoods. We will be able to achieve the United Nations SDGs through this process.

Restoration is the best option.

Let’s H.E.L.P. – Heal the environment, love the planet