Was sad hearing and reading these news:
1) Outdoor Environmental Issue - 20 People killed during deforestation activities - in India
2) Indoor Environmental Issue - 8 family members killed by Carbon monoxide poisoning - in US.
It is an Environmental problem, social problem and you can categorize it any way, however the deaths are the one that causes severe pain in minds.
Outdoor - One main reason for deforestation killing is Greed. Red sanders is a tree which is an economic commodity for tree smugglers because of its value in other countries.
So they greedily hired bunch of poor tree cutters to cut those trees illegitimately. While cutting the police killed those 20 poor people.
Deforestation of this Red Sanders led to killing of 20 poor wood cutters
due to the greed of tree smugglers
Indoor - This hardworking man with seven children could not pay for the utility in Maryland, US. Utility company cutoff the power for whatever reason. This year, Mother Nature (esp. Old man winter) was harsh on the Northern States. So to bear the cold, he used a gas engine generator for heating purpose. I think it wasn't in a properly ventilated area.
The dangerous carbon monoxide (odorless and colorless) reacted with all the people's hemoglobin to produce carboxyhemoglobin and caused slow death while sleeping by hindering oxygen delivery to the body.
Carbon monoxide - indoor air pollutant killed Eight people from the same family
- an avoidable tragedy
In both the Outdoor and Indoor issues, economy played a part in the avoidable deaths. Lessons need to be learned from this and we should be prepared with rightful plans in the future.
Recently my daughter won a poster presentation prize on a topic - Magna Carta: Symbol of Freedom Under Law - Orange County Bar Association - Poster Presentation Competition. I had been there during the luncheon and it also had a speech competition.
Magna Carta - Freedom Under Law - Poster
Earth day went by nicely on April 22nd - Seeing this cardinal feeding in our backyard gave an excellent satisfaction on Earth Day. We are also moving forward in EA FARMS projects.
Praying for positives, prosperity and peace all over the globe on the Earth Day -
April 22nd, 2015.
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