DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT

 

D. V. Sahani

 

In the name of development

Man is set on milking the Earth Cow

To a horrifying extent

When it will give nothing, but blood

O! drum-beaters of development

Encouraging industrialism and consumerism

Resulting in indiscriminate felling of trees

Creating pollution beyond tolerance limits

Just imagine

What will happen to our environment

If all the countries become developed?

Exhaust fumes of millions of automobiles

Overcasting the sky

Creating holes in the layer of ozone

Not an iota of air

Nor a drop of water

Will be free from pollution

And life then would become extinct

Earth becoming a lifeless planet

Like the Moon

There is need to reorient

Our goals of development

Development that doesn’t pose threats

To the survival of human beings

On this beautiful planet of ours

To make it possible we need developing

New concepts of wealth and prosperity

That allow higher standards of living

Through changed lifestyles

Less dependent of Earth’s finite resources

More in tune with its carrying capacity.

 

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