'Your planet needs you: unite to combat climate change'
On the auspicious occasion of World Environment Day-2009, Bed Prakash Bhatta caught up with three students from Institute of Agriculture and Animal Sciences, Rampur to discuss on the burning issue of climate change. The blogger met them at their paying residence in Mangalpur-1, Chitwan district, Nepal. The detail of those students and the interview taken is being presented below. Hope you will have a look and comment as well:
1. name : Meghnath Pokharel, age: 20 years, sex : male, education : B.Sc. Agriculture, semester Ist, e-mail : pokharelmeghnath@gmail.com ;interests: drawing, studying, acting, yoga practice.
2. name : Jeewan Pandey, age: 20 years, sex: male, education: B.Sc. Agriculture, semester Ist, e-mail: your_jeewan@yahoo.com ; interests: writing ghazals.
3. name: Suresh Pokhrel, age: 23 years, sex: male, education: B.Sc. Agriculture, semester Vth, e-mail: pokhrelsur@gmail.com; interests: meditation.
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QUESTION 1.
what is Climate Change as per your understanding?
Meghnath : It is deviation of weather from its natural condition.
Suresh : It is need of time. It will be stabilized with time amd is especially elevated or originated by evil acts of human beings.
Jeewan : You need to change the format of interview.
QUESTION 2.
what sort of individual efforts can you implement to combat Climate Change?
Meghnath : I won't drive cars, establish eco-clubs in my village and college.
Suresh : Through meditation, we can live sustainably as natural as you are and it leads to the sustainable management and utilization of natural resources. Consequently, sustainable management leads to the balance in climate for overcoming Climate Change gradually.
Jeewan : I can indulge in participation, awareness and leadership activities.
QUESTION 3.
could you possibly enumerate the impacts of Climate Change in and around your locality?
Meghnath : Imbalance in rainfall, temperature rise.
Suresh : Maize crop in our area (Nawalparasi) couldn't be planted in time due to erratic rainfall; temperature significantly rose during summer this year; mosquitoes increased; legumes production declined due to less or no rainfall.
Jeewan : Food scarcity; hailstorm blew away leaves of maize; fruit production (citrus, pear) declined; barren lands increased.
QUESTION 4.
Which factor is most contributing to Climate Change?
Jeewan : Human Activities
Meghnath : More production of CFC through Human Activities.
Suresh : Direct factor-- production of GHGs; Indirect Factor-- Uncentred human mind.
QUESTION 5.
Which aspect of environment is hit hard by Climate Change?
Suresh : People near coatal regions, sea-shores.
Jeewan : Human Beings.
Meghnath : Living Beings
QUESTION 6.
What can be your possible message to World Leaders who are meeting at Copenhagen, Denmark in December 2009 to address the Climate Change issue?
Meghnath : You do your part of work to combat Climate Change; earth is waiting for you.
Jeewan : The powerful countries must help developing nations to combat Climate Change, else the destruction is inevitable.
Suresh : Be in centered, then use the world.
QUESTION 7.
How can we aware people about Climate Change?
Jeewan : using blogs, forming clubs, campaigning, conducting rallies, public participation, environment conservation would probably aware people.
Suresh : It is high time government formed the eco-friendly policies.
Meghnath : street dramas, forming eco-clubs in villages, plastic disposal/collection, use of eco-friendly bags and re-use of plastic products would help people deal with Climate Change.
a bpb2009 initiative.
My words of gratitude to all the participants and wish for their bright future as well. Thank you for your time. Thank you dear readers!
