Yes, I think that it is essential today that we (humans) include the impact of every decision and action of ours on the Earth, her environment and beings other than ourselves as well, as a non-negotiable factor.
Yes, All usage and making of polythene bags must be stopped, even if it makes life inconvenient
Yes, I always carry a cloth and / or paper bags with me
Yes, I more often than not talk to vendors and shop keepers about the nature of plastic and the importance of biodegradable material
Yes, these days many of them listen patiently and courteously and sometimes shrug helplessly and at other times enter into a conversation
Yes, I have at last started working with the soil and getting my hands dirty
Yes, I believe that every human being must do the above for some duration of their lives, if not the whole of it
Yes, children learn a LOT by tending to plants (nurseries, saplings...) and the soil
Yes, animals, birds, insects and plants are as intelligent, if not more, as human beings
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Yes, we must buy as local as possible and without plastic packaging whenever possible
Yes, I mostly buy organic foods and produce
Yes, there is an issue that much of organic foods come in plastic packaging
Yes, we must reduce what we waste and what we throw away
Yes, I try and reduce, reuse, and recycle and also repair (or get repaired!) wherever and whenever possible (there is a much longer "re" list)
Yes, we live and act in a world of contradictions - an obvious one for now being that I bring to you this post using technology that has been made displacing people, gouging out the Earth, and using other such unsustainable and violent ways
Yes, I used cloth diapers for my daughter, both home-made (old sarees and dhotis) as well as commercial (bum-genius and so on) most of the time (70% approx*)
Yes, I have at last almost fully converted to using re-usable menstrual pads for 6 months or so now (90% of the times approx)**
yes, we must all cultivate the music of friendly, and inclusive conversations and dialogue, and reduce the noise of fight-or-flight reactions and finding fault with oneself and others and excessive consumption
Yes, it is possible for all, for Mother earth to discover the abundance and prosperities within us
Yes, I believe and see the traditional wisdom that we (humans) are one and whole parts of Mother Earth, this creation, rather than intelligent, superior beings born to utilise this Earth and her resources
Yes, Mother Earth offers all that she is and has, out of the order of being, and compassion
Yes, humankind mistakenly perceives the above to be commodities and puts prices on all of them
Yes, I believe that we must exchange goods and services wherever, whenever possible and reduce the use of paper / metal currency
Yes, there is so much beauty in Nature
Yes, there is everything to learn from Nature (and being outdoors)
Yes, there is so much logic, order and symmetry in the ways and being of Mother Earth
Yes, it is important to give attention to what we eat, feel the texture, the flavours, smells and colours of what we are eating
Yes, I have hugged trees many times
Yes, please go do it (hug a tree, that it, or many of them). Feel the coarse bark, breathe in the tree's scent, drink in the sight of this ecology, and wonder at her mystery
Yes, love makes Mother Earth go round (listen to Madonna's song, 'Love makes the world go round')
Yes, I am sure this is just a starter list and there could be a zillion more yeses for and with Mother Earth
Yes, I challenge you to add your own and commit
The above random Yes-list held together by a commitment to treading softly on our Earth, was inspired by a post that had a 'No-list'.
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*, ** : These figures are based on my subjective reading of the situations
