ECOLOGICAL AWARENESS IN INDIA

SUTRAVE SUBRAMANYAM
20011NB017

ECOLOGICAL
AWARENESS IN INDIA

SUTRAVE SUBRAMANYAM
20011NB017
INTRODUCTION

Awareness is that the very best kind of reflection of objective reality intrinsic only to an individual's being as
how of his relationship to the earth and himself mediated through the universal sorts of socio-historical act.
Awareness could also be a unity of mental processes that are actively involved within the comprehension of
the target world and man’s own being.

Formation of the ecological awareness is characterized by such features as a worldwide rethinking of basic
philosophical issues, reliance on science and its regard to the humanistic values, the facility to rise above own
interests for the interests of the broader social strata, the desire to act within the name of conservation,
saving life on the world. Such formation occurs in four areas: scientific (seen within the will to put into practice
the knowledge of present links and therefore the thanks to avoid their destruction during production
activities); economic (through the assumption of economic disadvantages of economic activity, destroying
nature); cultural (expressed within the will to preserve nature as a component of cultural environment);
political (the desire of individuals to form the conditions relevant to human dignity). that's the aim of
ecological awareness – the reorientation of the human world.

Thus, ecological awareness could also be a kind of social awareness, which is within the formative stage, which
includes a gaggle of ideas, theories, attitudes, motivation, reflecting the environmental side of social existence
– namely, the actual practice of the connection between man and thus the environment, between society and
nature, including regulatory principles and rules of conduct aimed toward achieving an optimal state of the
system “society – nature.” Subject environmental consciousness is that the relation of people to nature and to
each other about the character. The concept of "environmental relationships" and "environmental actions"
reveals the content of ecological consciousness. It encompasses both patterns of interaction between society
and nature, as well as a variety of other topics, attitudes, traditions of a selected culture, which have
important ecological value, also as value-point concerning the character, and thus the system of regulatory
principles of ethical character.

The main component of the ecological awareness content is awareness of the price of life and thus the risks of
its degradation, the need for its conservation, also as awareness of the limited resources of nature, an
integral a neighbourhood of which is that the man; need to abandon the domination of man over nature and
thus the establishment of a dynamic equilibrium between natural systems and human systems; ecological
crisis as social crisis; the worldwide nature of the environmental crisis; the need to affect the environmental
crisis; the need to develop a worldwide strategy for development as a prerequisite for the existence of life,
etc.
EXAMPLES OF ECOLOGICAL AWARENESS IN INDIA THROUGH POLICIES:
Here are 5 initiatives which have proved to be a game changer for things of climate and environment within
the country:

1. NRDC INDIA'S GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE AND CLEAN ENERGY INITIATIVE:

Natural Resources Defense Council’s initiative to create a coffee carbon-based sustainable economy began in
2009. The National Resources Defense Council collaborates on four key projects in India with its Indian
partners:

• Increasing building efficiency.

• Enhancing US-India co-operation on global climate change.
• Preparing for Public Health impacts on global climate change.
• Strengthening environmental governance.

This initiative is formed on some very interesting end goals one of which is which strengthening environmental
governance which has experienced a significant setback within the previous few years. Panels a bit like the
National Green Tribunal and thus the Ministry of Environmental Affairs need to act on strong grounds in an
unbiased manner.

2. PEPSICO INDIA’S WASTE TO WEALTH INITIATIVE:

PepsiCo India, in collaboration with Exnora, an environmental NGO, is working on a revenue -generating plan
that will assist over 5,000 individuals in India. 80% of people's domestic rubbish is recycled, and biodegradable
waste is turned into organic manure under this scheme. It also runs a community-awareness program.

This programme is totally supported community participation. The initiative has already recycled nearly
35,000 many garbage which may have otherwise been relocated to landfills. However, Pepsi also as Coke have
both faced the heat for damaging the environment. Their plastic bottles and plants are still not green as
they're claimed to be and thus an equivalent has been highlighted over and over within the media.

3. SAVE HIMALAYA CAMPAIGN:

It’s an initiative by the Indian Environmental Society which aims at safeguarding the Himalayas and seeking the
help of communities from around the region to undertake so. The Himalayas undoubtedly are India’s guardian
ranges. The programme aims to better understand the Himalayan eco system and establish legislative
strategies to ensure its long-term viability. The mission attempts to affect some important issues concerning:
• Himalayan glaciers and therefore the associated hydrological consequences.
• Biodiversity conservation and protection.
• Wildlife conservation and protection.
• lore societies and their livelihood, and
• Planning for sustaining of the Himalayan Ecosystem.

4. NATIONAL ACTION PLAN ON CLIMATE CHANGE:

This plan was first unrolled in 2008 which was supported identifying the core environmental problems and
ways for handling those. This plan recognizes that process of the state is equally important and pledges to
manage India’s greenhouse emissions while pursuing development objectives. This plan identifies 8 core
“national missions”.
• National Solar Mission.
• National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency.
• National Mission on Sustainable Habitat.
• National Water Mission
• National Mission for sustaining the Himalayan Eco system
• National Mission for a Green India.
• National Mission for Sustainable agriculture.
• National Mission on Strategic Knowledge for global climate change.

5.NATIONAL WETLAND CONSERVATION PROGRAM:

In 1985, the Government of India established the National Wetland Conservation Program, which identified
115 wetlands that required immediate attention and developed a Management Action Plan for the following
4-5 years. State/Union Territories must submit long-term comprehensive Management Action Plans (MAPs) for
a period of 3-5 years, preferably longer, after identifying wetlands under the Scheme.

There are tons many environmental initiatives functional at the national and therefore the global level,
however, they might be effective in an actual sense only environmental issues transcend international
borders. “Right to Develop” is not any excuse, on a part of developing nations for adopting a laidback
approach when it involves the character. And, “the onus is on developing nations” too isn't an excuse often
given by the developed nations. We have to understand that we may share different portions of land masses
but we do share an equivalent environment. So, the onus is on all of us .