Clean air mantra: Consume less to combat pollution
By: admin | Sept. 8, 2022, 6 p.m.
It’s time to rid ourselves of the vicious cycle of consumption for clean air & the blue sky, said experts at the workshop ‘Gaining strength to combat air pollution. Organized by the forest department on Wednesday, the workshop was inaugurated by the minister for environment, forests, and climate change, Arun Kumar Saxena.
“Covid made us realize significant things. Our wardrobe was full of clothes but we used a few of them. Also, we did without unnecessary outings for a long time. So, we consumed less & even used less fuel, resulting in a sky where we saw the Himalayas from far off, and all this because unwarranted-pollution was cut out,” said Vibha Dhavan, director-general, The Energy and Resource Institute (TERI), New Delhi.
