Save the planet

Good morning friends. Happy World Earth Day to everybody. What I have just thinking…. If each and everyone of us will give their participation, our planet will be saved. We can also teach our children what should supposed to do. Each of us should give example to everyone.

Hop on to the bus today instead of taking out your fuel-guzzling cars on the road. That's the least you can do to tell the planet that you care.

It's World Earth Day on Wednesday and young Bangaloreans will celebrate it by encouraging public transport. According to a recent study, private vehicle population in Bangalore is a whopping 20 lakh and growing at 10% per annum. This translates to a jump of 1.01 million tones of GHG emissions in 1997 to almost a double 2.26 million tones in 2007 from the transport sector.

`Energy Brigade - Youth for Energy Revolution', a team of youths from colleges such as Christ, Mount Carmel, St Joseph's, campaigners from Greenpeace and many other concerned individuals will take the Kendra Sarige bus from the Shantinagar main bus stop. They will also distribute details of bus routes of orange and blue line buses to passers-by.

"This is to popularize public transport. We will start from Shantinagar and then stop at Commercial Street, distribute leaflets and bus routes. Earth Day is the best time to tell people about the importance and effectiveness of public transport," said P K Garg, director, projects, BMTC, who will also participate in the initiative.

Environmentalist Suresh Heblikar is expected to travel with the campaigners.

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"Bangalore is fast becoming a nightmare __ rising temperatures, choked roads, polluted air and climate change is making things more difficult. We need to start looking at solutions, which exist in the city, and public transport is one such solution," said Brikesh Singh, climate and energy campaigner, Greenpeace, who is organizing the event with BMTC.

Suresh Heblikar, environmentalist

What is Earth Day?

*Earth Day is observed to protect and preserve the environment and natural resources.

*It was founded by US senator Gaylord Nelson in 1970 and is celebrated in many countries every year

What's the buzz today?

To celebrate World Earth Day, you can join the Energy Brigade at Shantinagar bus stop at 10.45 am.

National Geographic Channel (NGC) and ING Life insurance will organize Earth Day awareness camp at Lalbagh to talk about global warming and discussing possible solutions.-The Times of India