Dia Mirza says that the pandemic has taught us to change the way we live

Former Miss Earth, Dia Mirza has always raised her voice on the environmental issues. Yesterday as the world celebrated Earth Day she again spoke on protecting the environment. She was quite clear that not only we should make personal efforts to curb the environmental change, but we also must hold authorities accountable for these changes in the environment.

She said, “We need to mobilise greater momentum now than ever before. Of course, personal behaviour change will make a difference, but along with learning to lead more sustainable lifestyles, we also need to hold governments, industry and civil society accountable. We need to imbibe and disseminate scientific facts which are now more accessible than ever before.”

Dia urged people to raise their voices and demand for laws that can bring about changes needed to restore the planet. She added, “We must join movements to protect nature/wildlife and demand laws that will ensure the change we need. We need every single earth citizen to work towards restoring the planet to its former glory. When political, business and environmental leaders work in synergy with people from all walks of life to protect the earth, a better world will come into being.”

She said that the ongoing pandemic has shown us how we all are interlinked to our environment and it has taught us that we need to change the way we live, produce, and consume. She said,“The ongoing pandemic has made it abundantly clear that we have to change the way we live, produce, manufacture and consume. Today, the health of every single human being and our collective harmony hangs in the balance and is closely linked with the well-being of mother nature.”