Nature’s Loss Amidst Materialistic Desires

Like other life forms, we humans depend upon nature for our survival – food, water, clothing, shelter etc. Nature has enriched us with many things, but due to our selfish desires, we have misused nature’s blessings in many ways.

Man required energy for fulfilling his basic necessities and ensuring safety from the animal world. Firewood was his first source of energy. Trees and forests remained a long-lasting source of heat and energy. The sea, river and lakes provided constant sources of food and water. Later on, man discovered metals and elements. The discovery of coal and petrol was a big leap in the evolution of human civilization. Over a period of time man used the gifts of nature to develop advanced discoveries and inventions to improve his life style. Some such examples are electricity, railways, ships, aeroplanes, telephones, mobiles, radio, television and computers, all of which have immensely helped mankind.

But then, the materialistic desires of man took over. He started using machines and technology without caring about the pollution and other related ill effects on nature. He started destroying precious forests for the sake of creating houses, buildings, villages and cities, thus destroying the very source of the food chain. Thousands of living species have already disappeared and many more are on the verge of extinction. He created some really dangerous inventions like atom bombs, nuclear bombs and other weapons of mass destruction. These weapons are being constantly produced and tested around the world, thus leading to global warming and radiation related diseases.

Friends, unless man realizes the importance of nature and acts immediately to preserve it, the day is not far when nature will unleash it’s fury and threaten the very existence of mankind.