Can we save this World?

It was observed that the level of awareness about environmental matters is low in Nigeria that is why we still find heaps and hills of waste and garbage desecrating our environment with filthy odours, which is hazardous to human and animal health.
This low level of awareness has killed and rendered many homeless because of obliviousness about the sustainable use of resources – man-made and natural. Recently, the news of lead poisoning has deposited remains for ravens to chomp because of our nonchalant attitude to the environment.
There is no gain saying that our world is greatly endangered by two hideous hydra headed hobgoblin – proliferation of deadly nuclear weapons of mass destruction and the threat to the environment such as global warning, tsunami, earthquakes, volcanic ash and hurricanes. These two human extinction bitter-capsules, if not managed and maintained maturely has the potency to wipe off human race from the surface of the earth.
The world leaders has continued to toy with the peace in the world by their egocentric and eccentric monocratic creed making nuclear weapon a household utensil especially in the Middle East. Aside this, the scramble for this perilous substance can be likened to the scramble for fecund and fertile Africa many years ago.
Can we just sit and watch while these self-styled and selfish leaders make us history? If the world is able to surmount the imminent extermination which will be caused by careless and carefree free spirits by confabulation, what of the effects of global warming and climate change?
In the world today, the issue of global warming and climate change is the bane of our society and the news of prevailing devastating storms, floods and aggravating landslides, volcanic ash, ozone layer depletion and earth extinction warning continues to hit the roof. It is essential to note that human activities is browbeating man in his own home making him endangered Homo sapiens on earth.
Can we really salvage this world from the dangers of the horrible and horrific horror of environmental disasters that is staring at us? Yes we can.
This can only be through a concerted volition to go green. This going green creed gave birth to the Initiative for Greener Earth, a non-profit initiative which is aimed at an existence of an earth that is sustained through man’s activities which is characterised by sustainability and creating a healthy earth that will meet the demands of this generation without jeopardising the need of the future generation by minimising the risk of doing serious damage to our environment.
It was designed as an antidote to the shuddering of global warming and climate change by a coterie of eco-conscious young people who saw the need to contribute their quota in saving the environment by organising sensitisation and awareness campaigns in schools. Similarly, it has launched the “save the environment” 2000 tree planting campaign which will mitigate the effects of global warming and climate change.
We can not sit back and take a luxury sit on the fence; we all need to go green.
Go green, save the earth.

Agholor N. Henry
greenerearth2020@yahoo.com

henryndunka@rocketmail.com