I Think - About Global Warming

The mention of 'global warming' brings to mind a ticking time-bomb. As the intellectuals analyze and deliberate on the causes and steps that could address and arrest the deterioration, I look around and wonder - What is each global citizen doing about a problem that looms beyond boundaries?

The newspapers and televisions scream about the effects of an overheated planet on life, movies are made to spread awareness, performances by rock stars generate funds for the cause and rallies unify us in action; but sadly, amidst the chaos of daily routine, there is no time to address the issue, individually, as a part of the whole. The necessity to garner forces as global citizens has not yet dawned upon us. We need to be steered to a different forum, a space that is not familiar, like an auditorium or theater, to give this concern a thought.

When we hear Al Gore or Rachel Carson, the instant reaction to the realization is 'God! Where are we heading' or 'What a terrible state of affairs!'. And then, once we move away from the 'mode', we are back to square one! Is it the awareness that we are secure in this lifetime that makes us so insensitive to this cloud of disaster? Is it a spurned and criticized individual attempt that makes us give up?

Whatever the reason, the truth is that we have to apply our energies to the battle against carbon dioxide and the retention of heat within the layers of life-supporting atmosphere and the depleting ozone and the melting ice-caps!

However, just as we 'not-so-analytical' ones grope for information and statistics, I appeal to the well-informed to set the example of the lifestyle we are supposed to adopt, to individually contribute towards the concern. Show us your new lifestyle...

HOW THE STATISTICS HAVE MADE YOU GIVE UP THE COMFORT OF YOUR SEDAN AND MAKE THE MOST OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT TO REDUCE CARBON EMISSION.

SHOW US HOW YOU ARE PERSONALLY CONTRIBUTING TO RECYCLING AND CHECKING INTO NON-AC HOTELS WHILE ON TOUR.

Lead by example. We need to see the quantum of change that has set into your lifestyle due to the awareness towards this global issue. It is much easier for us to watch videos on the changes you have incorporated in your daily life, rather than squint at pie charts and animated shockers. The problem needs to be dealt with, rather than deliberated upon.

WE WILL KNOW AS WE DO. DON'T TELL US...SHOW US.

It is in YOUR application that WE will learn and get educated.