Table of Contents
- 1 Which planet is called ailing planet?
- 2 Who calls the earth the ailing planet?
- 3 Why does the author call Earth the ailing planet who is responsible for its condition in your opinion how can the ailing planet survive?
- 4 What did Lester Brown mean?
- 5 Who is the author of the lesson the ailing planet?
- 6 Why has the earth been described as a patient in declining health?
- 7 What exactly is meant by era of responsibility according to the author of the ailing planet?
- 8 What is the biggest threat to the existence of the ailing planet?
Which planet is called ailing planet?
The author is correct in calling the Earth “The Ailing Planet “. Our planet is currently a patient with its health declining everyday. The various ailments that the planet suffers from were all inflected upon it by us humans.
Who calls the earth the ailing planet?
Nani Palkhivala
Question 1: Why does Nani Palkhivala call the earth ‘The Ailing Planet’?
Why is the earth compared to a patient the ailing planet?
Answer: The earth is compared as a patient because it’s suffering from many diseases such as global warming zone depletion,environmental problems,melting of glaciers, etc. Besides its health is constantly declining because of human made problems like pollution,deforstation and increase in earth temperature.
Due to the insensitive exploiting by humans for their survival and development,the Earth has lost almost all it’s vital/important resources. With drying rivers,depleting and polluted environment and deteriorating forests and greenery ,the Earth is now breathing hard for it’s survival and thus it is an ailing planet.
What did Lester Brown mean?
Q7. What did Lester Brown mean when he said that we have not inherited this earth from our forefathers, we have borrowed it from our children? Ans. Lester Brown believes that the present population of the earth has no right to think that the earth is its property.
How is the earth an ailing planet What is the role of the green movement?
The Ailing Planet : The Green Movement’s Role. The Green Movement aims at creating a holistic and ecological view of the world. It makes people conscious of stopping further degradation and deterioration of nature and its resources. Since then theGreen Movement has captured the imagination of millions.
The writer of this article is Nani Palkhivala. This article was published in ‘The Indian Express’ on the 23rd of November in the year 1994.
Why has the earth been described as a patient in declining health?
Grasslands and croplands are being converted into deserts and wastelands. The environment has been polluted and degraded. These are definite signs that the earth is like ‘a patient in declining health’.
Why does the earth suffer from a declining health class 11?
The Earth suffers from a declining health because the man that were born in this Earth had very beautiful gift from the nature but in this generation, people are misusing the materials whereas the invention of vehicles produce a lot of CO2 gas which is affecting not only the ozone later but also the Earth.
The era of responsibility is that emerging new world vision whereby the concern is not just for survival of the people but also the planet. It takes a holistic view of the very basis of human existence.
What is the biggest threat to the existence of the ailing planet?
Q8. How is human population explosion the biggest threat to the existence of the ailing earth? Ans. Human population is the biggest threat to the existence of the earth.
How is Earth an ailing planet?
The earth has become an ailing planet because of of the unsustainable and indiscriminate use of its resources,excessive fishing,large scale deforestation,conversion of grasslands to barren lands and indiscriminate cultivation which has led to croplands losing their nutrient content.