On account of World Environment Day, actress Bhumi Pednekar threw a word of caution, saying she hopes people have learnt their lesson after two months in lockdown. She said, “We've to understand that the two months of global lockdown is not the solution. People think ki 'arrey wah, abhi air pollution kam ho gaya, sab accha ho gaya'. We've to continue on this path, so that our planet gets a chance to recover.”
Bhumi added, “People have had the time to introspect and understand that there is no planet B. This is the only world we have and it's our only chance at survival.” Bhumi, through her initiative, Climate Warrior, is urging people to share their 'One Wish for The Earth.'
“We may think what difference will one person’s habit make, but it does matter. In the last 40 years that things have gone out of control, it has taken one generation to do all the damage, and it’s going to take a lot longer than that to heal our planet.” Bhumi said the action to save the environment can be small as not wasting water at home, saving electricity, not taking long baths and banishing single use plastic.
Bhumi also urges people to not just do it for the future generations, but for their own future as well. “I want to grow old in a surrounding that’s fulfilled. I want to go out for a walk after I retire, breathe in clean air and have clean water. It’s my basic right.”
