EARTH DAY 2024
“THE STATE OF EMERGENCY IS ALSO ALWAYS A STATE OF EMERGENCE” These words
were penned by Indian physicist Homi Bhabba in his book “The Location of Culture”.
EARTH DAY is a symbol of emergence from the state of emergency that our planetary home
has been experiencing.
Swedish scientist Svante Arrhenius in 1896 wrote, what proved to be, a seminal document
stating that levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere could significantly alter earths’ surface
temperature. This alteration would result in the “greenhouse effect”; a term thought to have
been coined by French mathematician Joseph Fournier.
It has been said that it would cost less than 5% of the global budget to solve climate change. Of
course, the issue preventing an all out no holds barred action on global warming is one of
commerce. Despite this reluctance on the part of industries and, in some instances, entire
nations to wholeheartedly embrace the idea of a thriving healthy planet; progress has and is
being made.
If you are reading this then you are most likely someone who is alert, awake and aware of what
is at stake. The bottom line is this: at a moment in time when the survival of the planet and the
creatures that inhabit the planet are at risk; there is one truth you can count on: one way or
another the planet will survive.
Al Obert
