Ahead of World Environment Day, let us take a look at some celebrities who have been doing their bit to make the planet healthy.
As the world celebrates World Environment Day on June 5, let us acknowledge the valuable work our very own celebrities have been doing consistently to make the planet greener and healthier. Ahead of World Environment Day, let us take a look at some celebrities who have been doing their bit to make the planet healthy including the likes of Dia Mirza, Deepshikha Deshmukh, Alia Bhatt, Aamir Khan and Rahul Bose.
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Dia Mirza
For Dia Mirza, the meaning and purpose of life expand beyond her work as an actor and a producer. She is a Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Advocate and Environment Goodwill Ambassador for the UN, and for her sustainability is not just a buzzword but a calling. She has been speaking about the preservation of rivers, forests, and wildlife habitats for years and tirelessly uses her multiple platforms to amplify the importance of sustainable choices, be it at the individual, corporate or political level. She walks her talk by living according to the tenets she endorses. That includes using bio-degradable hygiene products, going chemical and plastic-free, conserving water and energy, repurposing old furniture and clothes, segregating garbage, composting, and planting over 8000 trees and counting. Even her wedding was based on a zero-waste design concept.
Rahul Bose
Apart from his notable success in the cinema of substance, actor Rahul Bose takes his role as an earth activist quite seriously. Much before social media became an instrument of activism, Bose was knee-deep in relief efforts in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands post the horrific 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami. So moved was he by the experience that he launched the Andaman and Nicobar Scholarship Initiative to support the education of underprivileged children who can be exemplary earth citizens if given a chance. Passionate about the environment and parity in all walks of life, Bose believes all issues are interconnected and is the founder and chairman of The Group of Groups, an umbrella organisation for 51 Mumbai charitable organisations and NGOs. He also supports various organisations that work for a more inclusive social and environmental ecosystem. He also. became the first Indian Oxfam global ambassador in 2007. In 2009, he toured Canada to speak on global climate change under the auspices of the Climate Action Network.
Aamir Khan
Aamir has been quietly leading a movement for a drought-free Maharashtra for years with 'Paani Foundation,' his non-profit organization which is active in the area of drought prevention and watershed management. He founded the organisation with wife Kiran Rao to address the environmental causes behind drought and the subsequent devastation of thirst, hunger, debt, forced migration, and ruined crops. The foundation has researched hundreds of villages and discovered how mismanagement of water and natural resources, along with climate change, causes drought-like conditions. It hence aims to find scientific solutions to eradicate this crisis and provides methods of water conservation, water management, and environmental restoration to rural communities. Despite great odds and little publicity, his foundation continues to bring people together so that they can own and solve these issues as one.