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Caring for the planet
What world will we leave to our children?
Images of burning rainforests in the Amazon region, which darkened the sky even from over a 2,000-mile distance, shocked the world. Whether we choose to acknowledge it or not, many signs are indicating an impending environmental crisis: the scarcity of water in many parts of the world; increase in extreme weather conditions; massive migration of peoples to foreign lands; tainted air, water and earth pollution. Myopic, self-serving practices of industries, governments and local communities call for a global response: a change in lifestyle, more comprehensive policy-making, more profound listening to voices previously silenced. It may seem that personal actions are small and insignificant, but they are not: if many people make small lifestyle changes, it can improve the world and preserve it for future generations.
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