siliconindia | | September 20208FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN A COUNTRY LIKE INDIA NEEDS INVOLVEMENT OF EVERY CITIZEN ALONG WITH AWARENESSBy Braja Kishore Pradhan, Founder, Aahwahan Foundationssues of climate change has been a worrisome af-fair worldwide, as human aspirations have gone awry mindlessly and steadfastly which has cost the ecology and environment dear. Many inter-national organisations are regularly working on setting policies and involving world community to come together and make a change to the existing scenario which is becoming worrisome world over. But there has hardly been a major success in bringing about a breakthrough as these issues cannot be resolved in conference rooms, it require commitment, knowledge and a strong resolve to bring about a change on behalf of each and every person on the planet.Worldwide SituationWorld over countries, whether developed or underdevel-oped need to work consistently to bring about the change if they want a better future for themselves and their gen-erations to come. The world is in a state of misery with depleting resources, loss of cultivable land leading to decreased food output, excessive pollution, increasing industrial waste being dumped on land and in water, af-fecting water bodies and sea life which is crucial also for human life, deforestation and many other practices which are costing the planet dear. The climate change scenario is not something that will return to normalcy anytime soon, it is going to take years and consistent good practice to put it in place and bring about a slow and steady change to see the results.Future Of Organic FarmingFuturistic practices like organic farming, integrative ag-riculture, community living and farming, redeveloping the wastelands, cleaning abandoned water bodies and re-storing them are going to be the lifelines for the future survival and these tasks need to be taken seriously and worked on with immediate effect. Adopting small, remote villages where there is hardly even a trace of development can set a classic example to emulate if such changes are brought into effect rigorously to bring far-reaching chang-es. There has been some impeccable work being done in the remotest corners of the country where a source of lo-cal income was generated for people and the model of community living and self-sustenance is in effect and is bearing fruits where a source of employment, income and clean surroundings have been provided for. The waste-land was taken on lease for a couple of years, after being cleaned and developed, it was cultivated with crops and Braja Kishore Pradhan completed EPDM from XLRI. He is a serial entrepreneur, business consultant, philanthropist and a social worker who is working rigorously for the upliftment of the underprivileged in the remotest parts of the country. He believes development in real sense will only manifest when it has reached the grassroots and made a difference to all the lives it has touched upon. His work has been recognized through some awards he has received like National Excellence Award for Social Entrepreneur (2019), Best NGO award for Environment, Bangalore (2019), and Best Social worker in Bangalore to name a few.Iin my Opinion
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