It's June 5th. What will you do for Nature?

It's June, a month often noted as the peak wet period in the part of the tropical world I reside (South-western part of Nigeria). The Month is usually associated with a rather unannounced pattern of rainfall which could last for several hours or days. However, this pattern of rainfall should not be confused with the monsoon rainfall of the Indian sub-continent. But then, this part of the world does have its own fair share of endless wet days and that says a lot about nature and its amazing ways of replicating itself in the most conforming way that would best suit the conditions of relative biomes.

Aside from being a very wet month, June is the host month of the World Environment day. The world Environment day is the biggest and the most celebrated eco-awareness day worldwide with a dedicated objective of influencing a collective act to do something positive for the environment. This Year’s theme is “I am with Nature”. This time around, in the view of celebrating nature, I find it more appealing to write from an interesting angle of personal reflection on the tropical world where I lived the most of my childhood.

In this part of the tropical world, the wet season fits as a perfect period to celebrate and create awareness about our environment as nature could be well explained in clearer perspective as a result of the greenness and other defining natural events that characterize the wet season. This is quite an opportunity to show the vivid changes around us and the obvious responses of nature.

I grew up in the tropics and I can say that I grew up around nature. The tropical world is quite a haven and the wet season helps to bring out the beauty with regards to its biological uniqueness. The sight is endless, from the green carpeted mountains which at times could be covered in low lying clouds to the broad-leafed deciduous trees that dot the landscape of the high rainforests, the tropics stand as the richest biome in the world.  Altogether, the functionality of the tropical ecosystem plays an all-important role in global ecological stability.

Presumably the first home of man and perhaps, collectively, the remnants of the long-lost Garden of Eden. It is a paradise on its own and a home to a number of species, some of which are even yet to be discovered. The tropical world is quite a wonder of nature just like every other biome on Earth and this is ever affirming how amazing nature is and will ever be.

However, no matter how sophisticated man has become, still nature remains his treasure house that he would often explore to ensure his survival. Man thinks he’s left the realm of being categorized as part of nature but still, nature forms the bedrock of his basic life supports. He is still a part of nature and his supremacy would only last for as long as he has his breath. But really, nature is far more ambiguous for man to control and in most circumstances of natural events; nature dictates the tune and not man. 

We are a part of nature and every wrong done in the name of advancement and economic satisfaction would come back to hurt us and while every act of goodwill buys us a collective future. We are a part of nature and we cannot possibly live beyond the means that nature could afford us. Anything other than this is suicidal.

So, on this day, we should take a moment to stand with nature and through that, we identify ourselves with the very bedrock of our survival. #WithNature.#WorldEnvironmentDay