Modern Technology owes Ecology an Apology...... An essay by Clare Mary Saji
Some years ago, if someone would speak on environment or on ecology such person was called ' crazy'. The reason is that during that time there were not many environmental problems. However, today’s situation is different. Due to technological progress human needs have increased. Few decades ago human beings were satisfied with what is called ' Roti, kapda aur makan’( food, clothing and shelter). But today human beings want all kinds of comforts and luxuries including variety of technical gadgets, thus generating more and more waste. Now the greenery is replaced with concrete jungles, rivers carry the industrial and factory pollutants, the air is impure and dusty, surroundings are filled with heaps and heaps of garbage. We have been shaken by many of the environmental issues eg: Global Warming, depletion of ozone layer, extinction of different species of plants and animals, increasing number of cancer and cardiac related diseases. This being the situation, if we want a bett...