The trees, they grow in their own way.
The birds do their own way from the beginning of the universe.
Rivers keep on flowing.
They follow their own way.
We humans, we never follow our own ways.
The human beings are kept up off,
solving any problem.
That is what our scientific evidence so far tells us.
But greed is our problem.
We don't share our knowledge.
We don't give out our technologies
unless we are paid for that.
Whether it's in politics, whether it's in religion,
whether it's in culture, I think greed
is one of the most thing which is
endearing the process of achieving a sustainable world.
You have a car and why don't I have a car?
If he owns a house, why don't I own a house?
He's expanding his business.
Why don't I expand my business?
That's the greed.
So it is very difficult to tackle that problem.
But at least making people aware that you're
for our greediness, the world may come to an end
one day or the other way.
Can we afford to be honest, eat honest beef,
eat honest pork?
These are the things which will give answers
to many, many problems.
People are not even aware of what climate change means.
And yet, lots is happening in the northern hemisphere,
taking an action on the creating of awareness first
so that people would know what is happening.
And then they would take action by tomorrow for themselves.
Without people's participation, nothing ever works.
If you empower them to decide, then they can really do a lot.
A lot can actually be achieved.
Half of the world's farmers are now non-literate.
They're feeding the planet because they
have got the wisdom from their parents and grandparents.
Now, the rate at which climate change
is taking place, you know, short of your water
in the increased of temperature.
So they won't be able to adjust.
And there will be a knowledge gap which
will threaten productivity of the future.
So it is in our own interest that we bring all the people up.
The people, they look at development infrastructure.
Road, water supply.
And then, you know, where I employed, they get jobs,
they get lots of money, they get mobile phones
from the youth point of view here, you see.
They want to imitate.
Everything must be western in the dress, in the looks.
But we miss something different.
We have a more sustainable world.
We wouldn't have this big issue of rural and urban migration.
Because if there's better schools,
then why would people from the rural areas need to come out?
And one of the fundamental issues that I have come to realize
that there cannot be sustainable development in the planet
without alleviation of poverty.
The systems we have are not fair.
They include few and exclude the majority.
This is one thing.
And the very concept of sustainability itself for me
is it has inherent complexity within.
Like, it says you have to feed the current generation
without compromising the needs of the coming generation.
How come?
That's a big question.
When you say it seems very simple,
but when it comes to practical terms,
within the already unfair system,
within an already unjust system, how could you
tell people to care for the coming generation
while they are living dehumanized
less than what their human dignity requires?
I believe if we're able to curb the population of humans,
I think the pressure on the world
will be much, much more lesser.
I think there has to be a concrete effort
by the governments and also religious institutions.
If you have a small number of families,
you can give them proper education, proper food,
proper health, everything.
Before, people were managing within their own villages
and regions.
And we didn't have to export any important food.
And we lived happily and healthily.
Probably, their programs are focusing so much
on economic activities.
And people are chasing after wealth.
Instead of only looking into the pursuit of having just
enough and not so much more.
My belief is that we, the care for the people
is actually to show them that they should believe in themselves,
that they should not wait for a gift from Germany or from India.
But they should be taught how to make their living comfortable
by themselves.
If you have a chance, or if you've
had a chance of being educated and also have more skills,
you have to use that to educate other people as well.
What we need to do is to unite.
Those who have more must share something with other people.
And if we don't share the resources of this world,
we are not going anywhere.
One day we'll be banned down by the sun.
We're going to be banned down by the sun.
We're going to be banned down by the sun.
We're going to be banned down by the sun.
The future generation, my children, look, I've got a child myself.
So like, in fact, how can you have a bright future in a world
like this, where you have so many problems everywhere,
talking in terms of pollution, talking in terms of population
explosion?
Everything is out of control.
Who's to blame?
In fact, it's us, our name.
It's us, and our generation, in fact, right now,
needs to act immediately.
We have conferences, yes, but do we really involve community
leaders?
Whether we are scientists or what?
There are people who are really respected
by the grassroots people.
The people who can help us take action.
It is not us in the offices, us in the universities,
that will bring change.
We still need to say, out of 10 of us,
do we have one such leader?
People choose their own leaders.
People, they accept, do we really have them
when we are sitting down, so that we can effect change?
This is the biggest issue.
Of course, we are expanding industrialization,
but at the cost of the one who's living at the grassroots level.
So whenever we do something for ourselves,
think of others which would be affected by your actions.
That's my message.
Whenever we are getting more richer and richer,
the poor are getting poorer and poorer.
So let's think of the others at the cost of our interests.
As human beings, we depend to a great extent on something
which life offers freely, like mutual support, affection,
generosity.
And so if the world starts thinking on that line,
that is also something we should pay attention to.
So what I'm asking these people to stand in solidarity,
if you have the skills, please share it.
If you have the knowledge, please again share it.
If you have, of course, the resources, please again share it.
Sharing, caring is what makes us human.
Thank you.
