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The Ailing Planet : The Green Movement's Role
“No generation has a freehold on this earth. All we have is a life tenancy”. Do you agree with this statement of Margaret Thatcher?
Man suffers from many misconceptions. He thinks that he is the lord of this world. This world is his fiefdom. Perhaps he doesn’t know that his actions are leading to the degradation and destruction of this earth. Man should remember that he has to hand over this planet to the coming generations. He is only the trustee and not the master. At the most he can enjoy a life tenancy on the earth.
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The phrase ‘inter alia’ meaning ‘among other things’ is one of the many Latin expressions commonly used in English.
Find out what these Latin phrases mean.
1. prima facie
2. ad hoc
3. in camera
4. ad infinitum
5. mutatis mutandis
6. caveat
7. tabula rasa
1. Locate the following phrases in the text and study their connotation.
1. gripped the imagination of
2. dawned upon
3. ushered in
4. passed into current coin
5. passport of the future
II. The words ‘grip’, ‘dawn’, ‘usher’, ‘coin’, ‘passport’, have a literal as well as figurative meaning. Write pairs of sentences using each word in the literal as well as the figurative sense.
Make posters to highlight the importance of the Green Movement.
Maintain a record of the trees cut down and the parks demolished in your area, or any other act that violates the environment. Write to newspapers reporting on any such acts that disturb you.
What is the Green Movement?
Describe the shift that has come in the viewpoint of man.
What is the holistic and ecological view of the world?
How do the earth’s vital signs ‘reveal a patient in declining health’?
What is the concept of sustainable development?
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