The Green Concerns have become topical subject for debate in the environmental studies. Much has been said regarding its definition, effects, measures, and consequences. Andreas Diekmann and Axel Franzen in their scholarly study entitled “Environmental Concern: A Global Perspective” calls it a “multi-dimensional construct.” The environmental concerns are diverse in nature and have a tendency to vary according to the climate, populations, economic conditions of the people of the land, and the people play a vital role in defining the environmental behaviour. In words of one syllable, it can be described as one‟s awareness about the natural world, and how the humans are destroying it by causing pollution and depleting its resources. The awareness can also be termed as one‟s readiness to protect it and conserve it. The population explosion, advent and expansion of technologies, rise of industrialisation and the race of economic growth has played a significant part in causing all types of pollution, diseases, less coverage of land under forest area, extinction of species and scarcity of water, good quality air, soil and sustainable development. Every nation has now accepted the fact that the ecological concerns can not be erased/avoided/ ignored or left unresolved anymore from the central point of attention. In present times, the local ecological concerns are being examined from the global ecological perspectives. Everything seems intertwined in the global village. It has also been observed by many sociologists that the rich nations have lesser ecological concerns than compared to the poor ones. The developing and poor nations have somewhat limited access to the industrial wealth and the prosperity, and they struggle for the needs of good food, clean water and better facilities. On the other hand, the developed rich nations refuse to acknowledge their major contribution in polluting and damaging the natural surroundings of these poor/developing nations. Therefore, it becomes imperative that the nations with great industrial revolutions and limitless progress take accountability to shoulder the environmental responsibility. The affluent countries have better resources and wealth to improve the natural habitat.
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Sandeep Kaur
Sandeep Kaur is a passionate educator, pleasant orator, a keen reader and writer. She qualified UGC-NET with JRF in English in December 2010 while doing M.A. She earned her Ph.D. in English Literature from Department of English and Cultural Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh in 2017. She has a teaching experience of more than 10 years. At present, she is teaching as an Assistant Professor in English at Amar Shaheed Baba Ajit Singh Jujhar Singh Memorial College, Bela, Ropar. She has 11 research publications
and nearly 15 national and international paper presentations to her credit. Her areas of academic research are Canadian Metis people, Feminism, Dalit Literature, Race, Identity and Environment.
Sumeet Kaur did her B.A. (Honours) from M.C.M. D.A.V. College, Chandigarh. She obtained M.A.(Economics) degree from Department of Economics, Panjab University, Chandigarh. She qualified UGC- NET in Economics in December 2004. Later she did M.Phil (Economics) from Department of Economics, Panjab University in which she stood first in the University and was awarded University Medal. She earned her Ph.D (Economics) from Department of Economics, Panjab University, Chandigarh in 2014.
She has more than 18 years of teaching experience in various prestigious Institutions and has contributed significantly while serving on the administrative positions offered to her. Presently, she is working as Head of Economics, Department at Amity University Punjab (Mohali). She has authored 01 book. She has 12 research publications and nearly 20 national and international presentations to her credit. Her areas of academic research are Agricultural Economics, Micro- Economics and Macro Economics.