Clean air mantra: Consume less to combat pollution

It’s time to rid ourselves of the vicious cycle of consumption for the sake of clean air and blue sky, said experts at the workshop ‘Gaining strength to combat air pollution’. Organised by the forest department on Wednesday, the workshop was inaugurated by minister for environment, forests and climate change, Arun Kumar Saxena.

“Covid made us realise significant things. Our wardrobe was full of clothes but we used few of them. Also, we did without unnecessary outings for a long time. So, we consumed less and even used less fuel, resulting in a sky where we saw the Himalayas from far off, and all this because unwarranted pollution was cut out,” said Vibha Dhavan, director-general, The Energy and Resource Institute (TERI), New Delhi.