Environmental Sustainability and Our Responsibility

World population has grown from about 100 crores in year 1800 to about 750 crores in year 2014. This increase has caused tremendous stress on natural resources of Mother Earth. Basic needs like air, water, shelter, clothes and food have gone up by 7.5 times in a small time span of 200 years but peripheral needs have grown astronomically. It appears that physical comforts offered by developments in Science and Technology have somewhere made human being insensitive towards the need of Mother Earth. Increasing dump yards in both rural and urban areas are turning healthy atmosphere into a poisonous one. Many luxury items have become need of common households. Time has come to take a stalk of situation and identify our priorities and responsibilities. This would help us in orienting ourselves towards Nature and Mother Earth.

About Dr. Sharad P. Kale :

Dr. S. P. Kale has initiated work on solid biodegradable waste processing in 2001 and has developed NISARGRUNA technology for this purpose. There are more than 180 such plants functioning in various parts of the country. He has developed and transferred technologies for water purification using solar energy, soil organic carbon detection kit, inexpensive growth medium for growing Trichoderma and other fungal bio-pesticides etc.

Dr. Kale has published 65 publications in international and national journals. He is a member of Sub-committee appointed by Planning Commission for drafting National Funding Policy for Solid Waste Management. He received numerous awards, including Padma Shri (2013) for his outstanding contributions in Science and Engineering.