Day: June 4, 2021

The pandemic we are facing is becoming endemic, meaning that it may stay with us forever (hopefully in a more controllable and less virulent form). And we will have to learn to live with nature and its many furies. We are a part of nature, NOT apart from nature. We think we are humankind and have become very arrogant about our cleverness and our abilities to do so many things without thinking...

For this year's World Environment Day, most of us, as in the previous year, are celebrating the day indoors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  At times like this, we appreciate the outdoors more and are eager to get out to enjoy the environment and nature, which gives us much calm and joy. However, not all of us are fortunate to savour clear blue skies or clean air as what we sometimes encounter...