Here's to a world of love and harmony! Cheers! Clare
Seems to me that what Goa's urban areas need, is legislation to preserve
its natural environment and character! Something with a slogan attached
that everyone could get behind like " If mother nature is well looked
after, she will give back in ABUNDANCE". I am a firm believer of that!
Public education is the key. They must be made aware of their local
vegetation and any biodiversity status they have the proud guardianship
for.These are issues the western world is also realizing, as a
component of harmonious urbanization. Developers must be provided with
both incentives (the carrot) and deterents (the stick) to do the right
thing. There must be centrally enforceable regulation to ensure natural
spaces or landscaping per house,building and other run off areas like
roads/paving. The privacy issue is useful in determining this. I'm an ex
pat Goan now living in Perth Australia and I remember when my family
first migrated to OZ and arrived in Melbourne in 1987. It was quite the
shock. Even though Melbourne was reffered to as the Garden state, the
wall to wall nature of Grey paving and not seeing or hearing the beloved
music of palm trees was a really rough adjustment. At the moment I'm a
firm proponent of native gardening and conservation of our natural
treasures. I feel I owe it to my offspring and all future generations!
We certainly have the technology now more than ever to achieve this
harmony!
