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If you believe in OnlyOneEarth, treat it well

Grass growing in the shape of planet Earth, inside a transparent piggy bank, symbolising the need to invest in the protection of the environment and to reconnect with nature. [Getty Images]

The clarion call is clear this June 4: We have to act and live responsibly, individually and collectively, if we are to continue to get what we enjoy today.

We cannot disband this earth, sell it (to who?) or go anywhere else. We are stuck in and with it. It is home, at least for now, before we can be “transformed (in the twinkling of an eye) and taken to the land of milk and honey, where we shall walk on streets of gold and sing like angels”.

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