I am not writing this as an ambassador for the protection of the global environment. I saw the documentary on Netflix last evening: David Attenborough: A life on our planet. I could see the destruction we have done to our habitat for our greed and want for more.
The documentary covers various aspects of the disappearance of wildlife species because of deforestation for growing soy/palm oil fields to the killing of fishes from the ocean and the death of corals and sea organisms.
Our progress with time has only caused calamity to nature, the rise of carbon emission, industrialization, growing foods on insecticides, and other chemicals. The overconsumption has resulted in breeding animals in the cage instead of nature.
I am part of this problem too. As a kid eating non-vegetarian food was a special occasion. Now it is commoditized and takes a few mins to be delivered to the doorsteps. We would use soap or shampoo a few days a week. There were Holi and Diwali only occasions for buying new clothes. We could get our slippers repaired, so most of our electronic gadgets.
We knew the source of our food: meat, fish, milk, or vegetables. They don’t exist now as the newer generation migrated to cities for more money.
I can donate to some non-profit and live guilt-free life thinking that would account for my carbon emission. Is that the solution? I don’t know.