Well being of environment

Why is there life on Earth? How is the Planet Earth a Living Planet? The answer to these questions lies in the fact that the Earth bears an environment capable of creating, supporting, evolving, and sustaining life. We, human beings, are just one of the 84 lakh yonis, species, prevailing on Earth. We, like all other yonis, are made up of the elements of the Earth synthesised by cosmic light.

Of the five elements in the story of life – Bhumi, the lithosphere; Jal, the hydrosphere; Vayu, the atmosphere; Gagan, the sky or cosmos; and Agni, the Sun – the first three belong to the Earth and the last two are extraterrestrial. While the terrestrial elements make up the matter of life, the non-terrestrial ones represent the vital cosmic energy imparting dynamism and consciousness to life.

Life originates from the environment through three phenomena of the biosphere: nitrogen fixation, photosynthesis, and chemosynthesis. Nitrogen fixation leads to protein synthesis by vegetation. Photosynthesis infuses solar and other cosmic energies into life. This energy makes the matter work. These life processes, of course, are controlled by DNA. We attain our existence owing to these phenomena of life controlled by the DNA of our parents.

The well-being of the environment has a bearing on our well- being. Being the human face of the environment, we have to restore its health and integrity, and ensure the conservation of our environment, for our own health, happiness and sustainability.

June 5 is World Environment Day