21-04-2025
Energy conservation can save earth: Experts
Patna: This year's Earth Day theme, "Our power, our planet,' aims to promote
environmental protection
and conservation for the planet's
sustainability
. Observed annually on April 22, Earth Day spreads awareness and encourages action through education, advocacy and community efforts to support the earth's longevity.
Environmental science teachers emphasised the role of
energy conservation
as the most potent weapon to save the earth.
"Saving energy is akin to producing it and hence we need to employ this approach more vigourously in our daily lives to save the earth," said Tripti Gangwar, coordinator (environmental science department) of AN College in Patna. She suggested that clean renewable or non-conventional energy sources should replace the pollution-causing non-renewable or conventional sources of energy like coal and petroleum products.
Echoing similar lines, Anupma Kumari, coordinator (environmental science department) Patna University, said the very essence of observing Earth Day lies in raising awareness regarding environmental challenges and to research and derive methods to combat the same. "Today we are tackling the threatening problem of climate change that is the result of reckless deforestation, biodiversity loss and unhindered pollution," said Kumari.
She further stressed that the significance of the annual Earth Day event was to unite people across the globe come together for ushering in a global movement by adopting corrective measures for ensuring sustainable growth.
