Revisit, Rethink, Redress Go Green For A Better Tomorrow

If we lift off our blinkers of insensitivity and obtuseness and prod deeper inside, we will recognize how we have been destroying the natural resources and the environment. So why not streamline our industrial/production processes in a way which reduces uncertainly and incoherence through proper implementation and prepare ourselves for any disaster hereafter. In this article, Biba Jasmine highlights how we need to come together and treat environmental protection measures as a social obligation towards each other’s well-being and as an opportunity to block brazen violations of environmental principles.

- Biba Jasmine

The talks have always been around to make development ‘green’ so that the natural elements present around us do not face the brunt of arduous and challenging human activities. ‘Green’ is undoubtedly the new buzzword, but it is also a word that is entrenched with a lot of responsibility. To ‘green’ is to better equip the world to understand the challenges and opportunities of the coming transition. It is used to help the world take up the active role that they must play in managing the natural resources and help in the natural, sound transition. It is used to create a platform of knowledge and research to further build the case that sustainable utilization and management of natural assets are indispensable for truly transformative ‘green’ change.

The recent blowout and subsequent fire at an Oil India Limited (OIL) well at Baghjan in Assam’s Tinsukia district and the damage it has caused to humans, wildlife, and the environment spells an extremely horrible picture of bewilderment and ineptness at both individual and societal levels. The blowout that led to the uncontrollable flow of oil and caused extensive damage to biodiversity, wildlife, and human lives underscores the brazen manner in which the ‘green’ guidelines and the mechanism of Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) is being flouted.