“In nature, nothing exists alone.”
— Rachel Carson, 1962

Nature’s gifts to our planet are the millions of species that we know and love, and many more that remain to be discovered. Unfortunately, human beings have irrevocably upset the balance of nature and, as a result, the world is facing the greatest rate of extinction since we lost the dinosaurs more than 60 million years ago. But unlike the fate of the dinosaurs, the rapid extinction of species in our world today is the result of human activity.

The unprecedented global destruction and rapid reduction of plant and wildlife populations are directly linked to causes driven by human activity: climate change, deforestation, habitat loss, trafficking and poaching, unsustainable agriculture, pollution and pesticides to name a few. The impacts are far reaching.

If we do not act now, extinction may be humanity’s most enduring legacy.  Keeping this in mind LGWCDC has been  advocating on Ecological Child rights since 2014. This campaign is led by Youths. Youths from 9 districts of West Bengal have formed a network named West Bengal Youth Network and are campainning on 4 major issues that is- ban of use of plastic bags, saving water, planting trees and ban on use of chemical fertilizers. Throughout the year they campaign through rallies and street plays to aware the mass on these issues. To reach out to the larger masses they also observe days like Water Day, Earth Day and Environment Day.

This year the youth members and members of green Club of LGWCDC observed Earth Day at the Dhakuria Lakes in Kolkata where many Kolkatans go for a morning walk. They  walked through the pathway and distributed leaflets on how to maintain the ecological balance and what should one do as a responsible citizen.