{"product_id":"earth-matters","title":"Earth Matters","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn July 2023, the World Meteorological Organisation said\u003cbr\u003e\nin astatement that the first week of July had been the\u003cbr\u003e\nhottest week the world oversince temperatures werere corded and records kept.\u003cbr\u003e\nIt also said that the Antarctica has been unusually cold at this time while the\u003cbr\u003e\nArtic was warmer than usual. One can say definitively now for the benefit of\u003cbr\u003e\nthe climate skeptics-if they still exist -- that global warming is today a well\u003cbr\u003e\nestablished and auniversally accepted reality. What will be the future trends\u003cbr\u003e\nwill now be determined by humankind's reaction to the information on climate\u003cbr\u003e\nchange and the environment so freely available now. If governments cooperate\u003cbr\u003e\nand change their policies and the people adjust their lifestyles, the planet\u003cbr\u003e\ncan stillbe and and and and saved.True,governments\u003cbr\u003e\nhave been a hard nut to crack as is evident fromthe difficulties encounters in\u003cbr\u003e\nnegotiating the climate treaty and the cavalierlytreatment mete out to it after\u003cbr\u003e\nit was adopted. But one cannot ignore thenegative role of the populations in\u003cbr\u003e\nthe matter. There has been minimalcooperation at the popular level in efforts to\u003cbr\u003e\npreserve the environment andconserve natural resources. Wastage ha sbeen rampant\u003cbr\u003e\nwith little thought to its harmful implications. It is in the latter context\u003cbr\u003e\nthat we as members of civil society need to join hands to create public\u003cbr\u003e\nunderstanding and awareness of the dangers we face and the role each person can\u003cbr\u003e\nplay to save the world from destruction.Hence it can appropriately be said that\u003cbr\u003e\nEarthly Matters is a book that is most timely. Nasir Ali Panwhar has collected\u003cbr\u003e\nhis articles - 81 of them - published in Dawn, The Express Tribune and The\u003cbr\u003e\nNews. They have been made them easily accessible in the form of a book.\u003cbr\u003e\nReadable and informative, the articles should keep the reader engaged since all\u003cbr\u003e\nthe topics covered relate to Pakistan which makes the writing most relevant and\u003cbr\u003e\npertinent. The gravity of the problems in many cases is not widely known while\u003cbr\u003e\nsuggesting solutions to the challengesa is only possible by a person who\u003cbr\u003e\nunderstands the issues. Take the example of Karoonjhar in Tharparker. It is\u003cbr\u003e\nhardly known to people generally and that has allowed vested interests to\u003cbr\u003e\nexploit the mineral wealth and the rich flora and fuana to make money. This has\u003cbr\u003e\nendangered the wild life in the region. The vultures are heading to extinction.\u003cbr\u003e\nSimilarly another article on the excessive use of persticides points to the\u003cbr\u003e\nnegative impact of this practiceon our crops should be an eye-opener for those\u003cbr\u003e\nwho do not know about it. Yet another piece pleads for clean and cheap energy\u003cbr\u003e\nand makes a convincing case for solar and wind energy. The readers should be\u003cbr\u003e\nthankful to the author for drawing their attention to such matters that are not\u003cbr\u003e\njust earthly but also existential.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eand\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nasir Ali Panhwar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44230090883132,"sku":"9786277697051","price":900.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/7706\/7836\/files\/9786277697051_201.jpg?v=1776779502","url":"https:\/\/libertybooksstore.myshopify.com\/products\/earth-matters","provider":"LibertyBooksStore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}