| Environmentalists had always call for a dramatic | | | | initiating the much desired environmental reforms. |
| and drastic measures to mitigate impending | | | | We need to understand that this environmental |
| scenarios of danger that our planet is currently | | | | issue is man made. This has been precipitated by |
| experiencing due to the effects of global warming. | | | | harmful human activities such as the indiscriminate |
| It has brought us to extreme and erratic climate | | | | over use of fossil fuels, massive deforestation, |
| patterns, rising temperatures of the ocean are | | | | destructive making activities through the use of |
| now manifested in the melting of ice caps in the | | | | chemical based agricultural products in terms of |
| north and south poles due to the unbridled and | | | | pesticides and fertilizers. Toxic industrial operations, |
| excessive emission of greenhouse gases causing | | | | the irrational use of land resources, garbage |
| sea levels to rise at alarming levels. | | | | dumping, incineration and a string of bad practices. |
| Communities along the shore are endangered in | | | | Through reorientation, we can therefore rectify |
| redefining their shorelines, depleting fish catch with | | | | our bad practices into best practices, which can |
| the loss of nutrients in hot sea waters and | | | | help reverse or at least mitigate the |
| inundating agricultural lands. | | | | environmental crisis that we are facing. |
| The massive flooding, landslide disasters now | | | | Environmentalists and ecologists as well are |
| happening in every parts of the world is | | | | magnanimous in saying that aside from fossil fuel |
| something that we cannot take them for granted. | | | | use by man which is one major source of green |
| It is now imperative that the people, their | | | | gases, the massive use of chemicals in agriculture |
| government and communities need to quickly put | | | | is also a major source of global warming. |
| their act together to mitigate for the next ten | | | | Agricultural communities are therefore advised to |
| years the almost irreversible situation. | | | | shift their chemical based fertilizer application to |
| We need to address this important issue to | | | | 100% organic by using compost pit materials. |
| reorient ourselves, our communities and | | | | Hand in hand with agricultural reform is ecological |
| government by valuing our resources and | | | | resource management which is the proper use of |
| increasing the awareness to our consciousness | | | | our land resources by avoiding totally and |
| regarding the harm and danger that it shall | | | | completely stop patronizing products or |
| brought forth to our planet earth. | | | | technology that contaminate our soil and water. |
| The ecological reorientation, the importance of | | | | We need to put an end to the indiscriminate |
| reviewing and reviving the best practices in the | | | | dumping of chemical wastes, medical wastes and |
| household, commercial establishments, industrial | | | | garbage that is ultimately destructive to the well |
| factories, agricultural fields and all aspects of | | | | being of our people and environment. |
| governance and lifestyle is equally relevant in | | | | |