Abstract:
Our cleverness, inventiveness and activities have used and abused almost every component of the planet. In today’s age of science and technology, we are catering more
to man’s greed rather than need. We can rightly call the situation we are in now an unprecedented planetary emergency. Human intelligence is not what you think but what
you do. Mahatma Gandhi was called a man of action. The hour needs to implement Gandhiji’s philosophy to save all living and non-living on the earth. The paper is based on
observation. Secondary data has been taken from various articles and books, and
philosophical theory has been incorporated to conserve the environment. The need of the
hour is propounded in Gandhiji’s four pillars, namely- Swaraj, - Swadeshi, - Sarvodaya, -
and Satyagraha. Like those advocated by the International Green Movement, namely,
Ecological Wisdom, Social Justice, Grassroots Democracy, and Nonviolence, effective
implementation of these pillars will create a foundation of sustainability, with equal
distribution of power, money and economy, local excellence and self-reliance. Gandhi
said, “The earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need but not for greed.” The
problem is enormous. There are now over 7 (seven) billions of us, and a more significant
population means more food and more land for food. As a result, many revolutions like
the Green Revolution, the Scientific Revolution, the Industrial Revolution and so on came
at a considerable cost to the environment in terms of loss of habitat, pollution, overfishing
decline of species and the start of the degradation of the entire ecosystem. Three Priorities
of every individual and every nation: 1. The reverence and preservation of Ecological
Processes; 2. The fulfilment of the basic needs of the people; and 3. The catering to market industrial-commercial demands.
