Need to have real communication with Mother Earth –  Madhavrao Chitale.

NP NEWS NETWORK 

Pune

“The objective of cleaning is not just to clean, but to feel happy living within that environment. You carry Mother Earth within you. She is not outside of you. Mother Earth is not just your environment. In that insight of inter-being, it is possible to have real communication with the Earth, which is the highest form of prayer.” said well Known Water Conservationist Dr. Madhavrao Chitale

Chitale was speaking at the 4^th session of the second day of World parliament of science, religion and philosophy on Need For Environmental Improvement, Pollution Control & Sustainable Development to Promote Wellbeing of Mankind being held in MIT-ADT Loni campus, Pune.

Present on the occasion were  Dr. Rajendra Shende,  Chairman TERRE Policy Centre, Senior Expert UNEP TEAP Member, Dr. Gufran Beig, Scientist G & Program Director, (SAFAR) Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Dr. Ashok Joshi, Philanthropist & President, Ceramatec, Inc., Utah, USA , Dr. Farshad Fotouhi, Dean, College of Engineering, Wayne State University, USA

Dr. Ayhan Doyuk, Founder, AyDo World Projects, Istanbul, Turkey, Mr. Vasily Shestyuk, Founder of SUMUS FOND and Bio-Sherda RLD Project, Russia,  Prof.  Lee I. Schlesinger, Research Affiliate, South Asian Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Michigan, USA, Dr. Kamal Taori, Chairman, Rural Business Hub Foundation, New Delhi, Vishwanath D. Karad, Founder President of MIT-ADT  University among others.

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Addressing a large gathering Madhavrao Chitale said, “Way we manage water is the way we manage our environment and our society. Climate Change is the one of the goal from the SDG and now we have to find the solution on that. It isn’t pollution that’s harming the environment. It’s the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.”

He also added that “The goals of economic and social development must be defined in terms of sustainability in all countries — developed or developing, market-oriented or centrally planned. Interpretations will vary, but must share certain general features and must flow from a consensus on the basic concept of sustainable development and on a broad strategic framework for achieving it.”

Dr. Gufran Beig said, “Breathing is the citizen right of all human. Average adult breath more than 3000gallon of air every day. SAFAR App gave Air quality of city, day by day quality level decreases. We have to control the quality of air.”

Rajendra Shende addressed the gathering and said, “Forget yourself. Become one with eternity. Become part of your environment. ”

Dr. Ashok Joshi added, ‘ Answer will not come from top, it will emerge from bottom . Grass root improvement is the solution of society.’

Farshad Fotouhi said, “Urbanisation, Climate Change, housing and construction, Clean water & sanitation, Hunger, Poverty are the basic problems in front of today’s generation.”

Dr. Ayhan Doyuk said, “Development involves a progressive transformation of economy and society. A development path that is sustainable in a physical sense could theoretically be pursued even in a rigid social and political setting. But physical sustainability cannot be secured unless development policies pay attention to such considerations as changes in access to resources and in the distribution of costs and benefits. Even the narrow notion of physical sustainability implies a concern for social equity between generations, a concern that must logically be extended to equity within each generation. ”

Prof.  Lee I. Schlesinger said, “We all have our own kind of knowledge.Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”

Dr. Kamal Taori said’ “Environment friendly job generation is the need of society. Locality is the most important factor, we have to unite all the local things once again to create the self sustain world.”

The programme was compered by  Prof. Gautam Bapat.