Every year, one third of all food produced globally goes to waste. This not only affects our wallets but also has a significant impact on our environment. When food waste ends up in landfills, it releases methane gas, which contributes to climate change. We can reduce food waste by buying only what we need, planning our meals, and composting our food scraps. Let's work together to reduce food waste and make a positive impact on our environment. Food waste is a significant problem that affects individuals, businesses, and the environment. According to the United Nations, approximately one-third of all food produced globally goes to waste each year. This equates to 1.3 billion tonnes of food, which is enough to feed three billion people. Food waste has many negative consequences. Firstly, it is a waste of resources. Producing food requires land, water, energy, and other resources. When food is wasted, these resources are also wasted. This is not only bad for the environment but also ...
The world is changing.
This drastic change and the turns of events have made us realise the value of life.
The nature is renourshing & replenishing itself.
It's abilities are tremendous.
Nature is forgiving.It knows how to heal itself.
The lack of human activities is the reason behind it.
In this way, nature is teaching us that it is Inevitable.
The lockdown due to covid 19 pandemic.
It is giving us time to rethink & introspect within ourselves what we were doing to our Planet.
This is an exotic moment
without rush, without engines;
we are all together (not physically though)
in a sudden strangeness.
Fishermen in the cold sea
would not harm whales & fishes.
And the business men would not look at their hurt hands.
There is peace outside.
Birds are chirping.
The sky is blushing.
The trees are dancing.
The nature is singing.
The rain is pouring down more frequently to cleanse the Earth.
The sky is more blue now.
This is the crucial time for all of us to think & plan out what should be done next.
Afterall, the planet is not a part of you.
We are the part of this marvellous planet.
"COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on wildlife tourism, and on the functioning of parks and protected areas around the world," says Andersen, the UNEP executive director. "In many countries we've seen an almost 100% decline in tourism."
In recent weeks, social media has exploded with photos and videos of clear skies and views that haven’t be visible for decades. What is the reason behind it? Reduced air pollution. The most startling example came in the form of tweets from Jalandhar in Punjab, where you can now see the Himalayas more than 120 miles away – visible for the first time in 30 years. Blue skies have also appeared over several usually smog-chocked Chinese provinces, while the air quality in cities from New Delhi to Los Angeles is cleaner than at any point in recent history.
As Covid-19 continues to throw the world upside-down, nature continues to heal. Animals are staking out new territories, stunning views are unfurling before our eyes and global emissions are tumbling. Now it’s up to humankind to bring them with us into the future.
Believe disruption is the new normal. Banning international travel seemed like a radical idea when the coronavirus started spreading. Now it seems minor. Each day, new realities and challenges hit and we adapt. Could this mean that we accept major lifestyle transformations to live within the boundaries of our planet’s limits? Could we become more resilient (or better, antifragile) in the face of climate catastrophe?
Nevertheless, there are equally founded concerns that the respite won’t last long. Pollution levels are already rising over China, where restrictions are slowly being lifted. More worrying are fears that any short-term gains will be reversed by Covid-19 dominating the political landscape and public debate over the coming months, drowning out any environmental discussion. International climate talks have already been delayed in the face of the pandemic, and new initiatives postponed; continued environmental commitment will require world citizens to keep their eyes on the ball.
“So the fact that we can see more wildlife is mostly because we are now seeing the benefits of better protection, less poaching, habitat improvements, safe havens, less hunting. It’s all about human pressure, it takes time but nature responds positively, that's for sure.”
10. Recognize our interconnectedness. Perhaps, most importantly, this is a moment of reckoning for humans on this planet. COVID-19 most likely started in a bat that infected other species, to humans, and then travelled around the world. Imagine, just one bat toppled entire economic systems. And the way to stop the virus is for every one of us to do our part within the system. Never before has there been such a painful lesson that I hope we remember for a long time to come: We are all part of nature and hold a stake in its future.
Pictures of clean Venice canals, dolphins in Cagliari and swans in Milan were all around the internet last week and - many argued - were signs of nature healing itself when people are not around. While air is undoubtedly less polluted because of a drop in greenhouse gases’ emissions, the impact of self-isolation on the environment is less than thought.
Not all organizations interviewed by CNN had the same issues. Nonprofit African Parks, which manages 18 National parks across the continent, said it had not observed an overall increase in poaching. Chief marketing officer Andrea Heydlauff chalked that to the fact that the organization does not rely heavily on tourism and did not cut staff during the pandemic.
It's probably not that simple. Scientists could take years to establish the net impact of the great "anthropause," as some have dubbed it, on wildlife and the environment, but there are already signs of fallout. Lockdowns have put tourism, some scientific field research, and surveillance of some protected areas on pause. More poachers have come in their place, conservationists in Asia, Africa and the Americas tell CNN.
“So the fact that we can see more wildlife is mostly because we are now seeing the benefits of better protection, less poaching, habitat improvements, safe havens, less hunting. It’s all about human pressure, it takes time but nature responds positively, that's for sure.”
To build momentum toward that, several countries including Canada, the UK and EU vowed this week to expand protected natural areas, and more than 70 countries signed a 10-point pledge to prioritize the environment in post-pandemic reconstruction. Notably missing from the list of pledge signatories, however, were China, India, the US, and Brazil.
It’s not uncommon for people to long for nature as it once existed, before human progress and civilization reshaped the Earth and its ecosystems. Where land, such as farmland taken out of agricultural production, becomes available, the rewilding process would see human infrastruture.Nature did pretty well for the three billion years before we turned up, and it could do pretty well again if we learned to interfere less, environmentalist and author George Monbiot says.
Well, nature did pretty well for the three billion years before we turned up, and it could do pretty well again if we learned to interfere less." He also points to the ability of top predators to completely transform ecosystems, such as when wolves were recently re-introduced to Yellowstone National Park – if humans keep their hands off. "The whole ecosystem was changed by the wolves and that’s one of those wonderful, serendipitous surprises that to me is what nature should be all about.
Nature is not just a collection of species, it’s all the weird stuff that happens between those species." In the process, humans can relieve what Monbiot calls ecological boredom and reconnect with the natural world, recapturing an essential and exhilarating wildness within ourselves.
At a time when human life is at great risk, it’s a little disquieting that some of us are finding comfort by reveling in our own obsolescence. The natural revival fantasy has even been used as a deranged peg for marketing efforts, which are always looking for an optimistic hook. “I hope we can improve your week by showing you how Covid-19 is saving our planet,” a PR agent wrote in a recent email, before pitching a suite of sustainability-themed beauty brands.
Like many of us these days, I find myself wavering between despair and hope. In the depths of the COVID-19 crisis, words like “unprecedented” do not adequately reflect the magnitude of this massive disruption. In the charitable sector, we are also straddling both reactive and proactive strategies. We prioritize the immediate needs of vulnerable communities while planning a better future.
Cheers to nature & its abundance.🌱
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