class 11 english project

1. 5.The Ailing Planet:
The Green
Movement’s Role
-- Nani Palkhivala
9 October
2020

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Summary

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• First Nation-wide green party: established 1972,New Zealand.
• Worldview shifted from mechanistic to holistic and ecological.
• The realization that the planet is a living organism in declining
health due to human impact on its natural resources.
• Sustainable Development –Development that meets the needs of the
present without compromising the ability of the future generations
to meet their needs – the key to human survival and prosperity in
the future
• We today is known as the “world’s most dangerous animal”, are
custodians of the future.

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• Undiscovered species exist in large numbers but we may never
discover their identity if we do not conserve their habitats.
• Lester R. brown’s book ” The Global Economic Prospect’ identifies
four principal biological system of the earth as fisheries , forest ,
grassland , croplands.
• Over –Fishing and deforestation, coupled with the uncontrolled
population explosion , has led to collapse of fisheries , the
disappearance of forest cover, conversion of grasslands to barren
wastelands and the deterioration of crops.

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• We lose an acre and a half of forest every second and the world bank
estimates a five fold increase in the rate of forest planting to cope
with the demand for fuelwood .
• Article 48 A of the construction – “the state shall endeavor to protect
and improve the environment and to safeguard the forests and
wildlife of the country” . The author laments that laws are never
respected or enforced in India .

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• Fertility falls as incomes rise, education spreads , and health
improves. Thus development which may ensure raised incomes is
the best contraceptive. But development itself is not possible without
a control over our population explosion. More children mean more
hungry mouths which imply poverty as well as increased demand
on our natural resources.
• India’s current population is estimated to be 1.3 billion while the
world population is about 7.5 billion. Hence , we hold the major
chuck of the world. The author questions whether we recognize this
fact and are at least now willing to make a change in our awareness
of the human impact on the environment

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• The era of responsibility – the awareness of our role and the need for
the need for sustainable development.
• The author claims that the industry must join the cause and work
towards becoming eco-friendly just as Du pont under the leadership
of Mr. Edgar S Woolard.
• We are tenants of the planet and are required to keep it repaired and
well-maintained for generations to come – Margaret Thatcher ,
Lester R Brown

8. Understanding the
text
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1.Locate the lines in the text that support
the title “The Ailing Planet”.
The line that support the title of the
chapter are given below.
”The Earth’s vital signs reveal a
patient in declining health.”
”Are we to leave our successors a
scorched planet of advancing deserts .
impoverished landscapes and ailing
environment?”
”….The environment has deteriorated
so badly that it is ‘critical’ in many of the
eighty-eight countries investigated”.

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2. What does the notice “The World’s
most dangerous Animal” at a cage in
the zoo at Lusaka , Zambia. signify?
The notice signifies
that there is depletion
and deterioration of
environment .Man is
responsible for this and
his own survival is
threatened .

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3. How the Earth’s principal
biological system being depleted?
There Are Four Principal biological system of
the earth . These system are Fisheries , Forest ,
Grassland and Croplands. However, due to the
increasing demand of human beings to such an
“unsustainable “ extent the productivity of these
systems is being hampered. The excessive
demand result in deterioration and depletion of
these resources. A country where protein is
consumed on a large scale , over-fishing is
common, which leads to the collapse of fisheries
in that area. Grasslands have been turned into
deserts and production of crops is decreasing .
The forests are destroyed in large proportions to
obtain firewood. Depletion of tropical forests has
also led to extinction of several species

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Its Quiz Time……

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1. What was the issue raised by the author in the
chapter 'The Ailing Planet ?
A. Global Warming
B. Save Water
C. Save Electricity
D. Deteriorating health

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D. Deteriorating health

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2.What does the three-year study conducted by the united
Nations state ?
A) Environment has deteriorated that it is critical in
eight country.
B) Forests are being cut down at an alarming rates.
C) There is not much of drinking water left.
D) Fossil fuels are getting extinct at a fast rate.

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A) Environment has deteriorated that it is critical in
eighty—eight countries.

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3. ________ has a most crucial role to play in this new era of
responsibility.
A) Agriculture.
B) Fishery.
C) Industry.
D) Afforestation.

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C) Industry.

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4.Who said "We have not inherited this earth from our
forefathers; we have borrowed it from our future
generations "?
A) Margaret Thatcher
B) Mr. Edgar S Woolard
C) Mr. Lester R Brown
D) Brandt Commission

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C) Mr. Lester R Brown

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5."Who raised the question “Are we to leave our successors a
scorched planet of advancing deserts, impoverished landscapes
and ailing environment?”
A) Brandt Commission
B) Brundtland Commission
C) UN World Commission
D) None of the above

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A) Brandt Commission

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6) What did the sign in the zoo in Alaska read?
A) Animal
B) Lion
C) ‘The World’s most dangerous animal’
D) Warning

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C) ‘The World’s most dangerous animal’

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Government schemes

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MEARURESTAKENTORECTIFY
VARIOUSPROBLEMS
REGARDING:-
• OVERPOPULATION:-
1.Mission Parivar Vikas.
2. Prerna Scheme (for delaying
marriage, childbirth and
spacing).
3. Santushti Scheme (Public-
private partner ship for
sterilization services).
4. National Helpline (for
information on family planning)

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DEFORESTATION:- • Green India mission
• GRANTS-IN-AID FOR
GREENING INDIA SCHEME
• Harvesting and Benefit sharing
mechanism

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AIR POLLUTION :-
1. National clean air
programme(NCAP).
2.Global Environment
performance index.
3.Namami Gange Programme .
4.Green Skill Development
programme.
5.Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.

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ECOSYSTEM:- 1.National river conservation
program.
2.Conservations of natural
resources and ecosystem.
3.National coastal afforestation
program.
4.Green India mission.

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32. A Complete Team work.
Thank you!