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organism, and natural cycle is disturbed. All the organisms are disturbed when excess of crop are taken nutrition is taken up by plants
If more population more crop is taken more nutrition is take up by plants from soil & soil becomes imfertiled & unsuitable for crops by which quality of food is affected.
To keep harmony in nature- 1. Allow nature to express 2. Let nature be as it is. 3. Follow non- violence 4. Allow every living organism to express it self 5. Allow every creature on earth to live. You are not owner of it to spoil or destroy it 6. Respect humanity. Animals possess consciousness and are aware of pleasure, pain, but cant speak human language. Have kindness towards them. Don't attack on their freedom 7. Don't mistreat for research experiment food, fur, cosmetic, riding, keeping pets, watching tricks, in circus, sports, shooting, hunting, putting, them behind zoo. Don't be cruel to animals, nature and environment 8. Don't justify your cruelty towards animals Animals has right as human to leave peacefully in the universe. As animals has no language to communicate with human, it is duty of human being to act for animal welfare, to avoid harm to animals, turn to vegetarian, avoid domestificatin of animals & using animal products, obtain required nourishment & energy with minimum possible violence. Even to one sensed being of the plant world as greater and higher. The senses greater is the violence, Taking vegetarian diet is in accordance with the natural law & disturbance to environment is less. Industrialization, materialization, increasing population, over extraction, over use, pollution of natural resources, destruction of plants animals, deforestation, soil erosion, depletion & over production of industrial good creates ecological imbalance. Polluted air, water, soil destroys plants & animals species. Chemical fertilizers pesticides waste from industry computers. t.v, mobiles, chemical factories
hospitals, sewage pollutes air, water, soil. If we disregard basic elements of life force we disregard. Our health & existence. We should develop level of spiritual ecology & environment. Spiritual life style by practicing vratas. like non violence, non possession. Minimal use of natural resources, celibacy non stealing love compassion, friendliness reduce need or consumption, satisfaction helps ecological crisis to balance 9. Food pollution Injecting buffalos to get more milk, inject plants, fruits, vegetables to grow fast in a night to get fast money, preparing ghee from bones & fats of animals & sell it as desi ghee sprinkling powder or coloring fruit & vegetable to look green & fresh e.g coloring reddish with orange color which can be cause of disease like cancer why all these. Noise pollution - high pitched or high decibel noises for long hours on festivals like Ganpati etc., irritating loud sounds may
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