World Earth Day 22 nd April,Places to see before they die

“Places to see before they die” –World Earth Day 22,nd April 2009.
Today when I look at my mother earth I wonder how she would look a hundred years from now. The worlds biggest selling TV show may be “Hundred Places to see before they die” and the bestselling book may read “a thousand things to do before the fuel runs out”
I wonder if we would have the “The World Coastal City Day” a tribute to the remaining coastal cities and towns. I wonder if our grandchildren would be taking iconic trips to the “Last remaining Ice-capped Mountains of the world and maybe the Mt Everest in the Himalayas is pitted versus Pastoruri in the Andes for snow capped supremacy for who will have an ounce of ice more”.
For adventure seekers and mountaineers, the record set by Sir Edmund Hillary to conquer Mt Everest will be a first of its kind and insurmountable as it would not be anywhere close to 8848 metres as it stands today as the highest mountain on Earth, even if they developed far more superior ice-scaling equipment or feet as nimble as the Yeti.
For deep sea diving in the Great Barrier Reef may be a historic archived video from National Geographic Channel or the Discovery Channel. Entrepreneurs world over would be cueing up to create Coral Reefed theme parks with 101 extinct yet exciting Species of Coral Reef. Disney theme rides would take you through “Aqua” their artificial creations of the various corals in a form of a joyride.
I wonder if our grand children would visit Ice-Museums with the skeletons of great Polar Bears and replicas of the emperor Penguins. I wonder if the Igloo’s would be re-created world over and awarded the best Hotels in the world as rated by Conde Nast magazine.
I may be over be over board and exaggerating. But as of what I see today we experienced 11 hottest years of all time in the past 13 years in 2007.Snow is melting ever so quickly and water levels in our oceans and seas rising by 1 inch every year, articulately showcased by Al Gores Documentary “An Inconvenient Truth”. More and more species are being moved to the extinct category from vulnerable. So much so that the Tuna Sashimi or the famous Japanese delicacy Sushi would be eaten last in 2012 if there is no stoppage of their fishing in the Mediterranean where this fish heads for spawning. Every year we have to deal with newer hurricanes like Katrina be it the United States.
Well when I look at my mother earth ,I can see her staring back at me shedding tears in the form of rising water levels. I have nowhere to hide, nowhere to go for it is she who gives me this shelter to live, the places to travel to and I wonder what have I ever done for her. So I have made a resolution to start with myself.
Today the 22nd of April on occasion of the “World Earth Day”We may want the world leaders to curb greenhouse gas emission of Carbon dioxide but I rather say we need much more action than just them to vouch for our future. Our future is in our hands, so switch off your car while stuck in traffic Jams. Use the new CFL light saving bulbs at home,say no to plastic bags,do not litter on the road ,use car-pooling to travel to work.9 out of 10 people in America use cars to travel to work.
This sense of environment responsibility has to be inculcated as a way of life in schools,colleges and institutes. More and more corporations world- wide have to implement the environmental ethos in their vission,mission statements and corporate culture.
Maybe then my dream may just not about come true a hundred years from now.