This Covid-19 pandemic has forced us to think about our relationship with Nature. The old idea that we can control Nature and exploit it to our advantage will no longer work. In our pursuit of wealth, we have caused large scale damage to the environment, be it through mass deforestation or burning of fossil fuels. The time has come to reimagine our existence on this planet earth and try to adopt sustainable methods of living.
The increase in the human population can also be interpreted as if we have infected the Earth with manifold increase in our population over the last century. The large scale mining of mineral resources has damaged the flora and fauna of the Earth. Our Earth is losing species at an extremely fast pace and its life producing ability has taken a hit due to our activities.
One positive thing out of this ongoing lockdown across the world is that the Nature has regenerated to some extent and animals can be seen roaming freely in open places. The level of pollution in our cities has come down and our rivers such as Ganga has neven been so clean in the last 40 years. We have to learn the lessons during this Pandemic and apply them to avoid such mistakes.
