COVID -19 PANDEMIC AS GLOBAL ECO-AWAKENING AGENT AND THE HOPE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
Said Shalaby and Devendra Kumar Awasthi*
ABSTRACT
It is a fact that Covid-19 had injected the fuel for eco-awakening in the world. Many measures are done for it`s control. Environmental sustainability is the major factor for the actual control of infectious pandemics. Now, we can control the disease to a limit; through mass vaccination and being at a distance from each other as well as compulsory mask wearing. Organisational, cognitive, philosophical, and ethical frameworks as preventive agencies in promoting structural and cultural transformations for enhancing the resilience of individuals and societies should also be considered. COVID-19 pandemic, heightened environmental awareness, food improvement, reduction of global greenhouse gas emission the use of clean water, using local products (reducing transport and air pollution), decrease fishing and tourism, creation of new small jobs and shift to clean energy.
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