The major challenge of today’s industrialized world is to establish the proper balance between the “three Es: environment, energy and economic development”. I think economic growth and environmental conservation can go together for sustainable growth. We should not do things only for today, but we should care about tomorrow. Mahatma Gandhi famously said “Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not every man’s greed.”
Since it is better to prevent problems from happening than to fix them later, the key to the solution lies in prevention and control. First and foremost, governments should adopt rules and regulations to promote sustainable development, for example, to encourage the use of renewable power instead of non-renewable energy, and to encourage policies for availability of clean sources of energy. Moreover, it is essential to educate people and create awareness in the society about how economic growth and environmental conservation can go together. It is very important to understand that environmental problems are everyone’s problem, and require everyone’s involvement. Our local actions affect the whole world. The solution lies in thinking and planning globally, and acting locally. Each person has a duty and role in protecting the environment as part of the society. There are a lot of things that one can do to promote sustainable growth. We should join hands in the global movement for the protection of environment. Wangari Muta Maathai, the winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize started environmental conservation movement in
*Amit Singh
