Bae Bien-U. Photograph. 2006. IMAGE COURTESY GANA ART CENTER, SOUTH KOREA.

LET'S BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION, NOT THE PROBLEM.

Unless a concerted effort is made by all of us, our green planet will not survive. A step forward for a better world will require some sustained action. Each one of us has to take the responsibility of improving our environment. Our blasé way of thoughtlessly enjoying the fruits of nature has to change. We must all put our heads together to come up with ways of tackling the many ills plaguing our planet.

The world is brimming with the ever-increasing clamour for material possessions. Our need for physical comfort has driven us to the brink of innumerable perils: pollution, global warming, depletion of natural reserves. All of which threaten to snap our very life-lines.

Let's wake up before it is too late. Let's be a part of the green brigade. Let's work for a better tomorrow. Let's go back to nature. Let us remember what John Muir has said, "Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wilderness is a necessity; and that mountain parks and reservations are useful not only as fountains of timber and irrigating rivers, but as fountains of life!"