Tata Group’s Chairman Emeritus Ratan Tata has shared a post of appreciation for volunteers, innovators and organisations that are working to “protect, conserve and fight for our planet” on the occasion of Earth Day. Ratan Tata, 83, took to Instagram this morning to give a shout-out to organisations and people who are fighting for the atmosphere – either via innovations that are environmentally sustainable or by raising awareness on significant troubles.
“On this year’s Earth Day, I would like to take the time to share the hard work of young volunteers and innovators who have undertaken to protect, conserve and fight for our planet with conviction,” Mr Tata wrote. “They deserve all our support and help, as does the earth, a place common to us all,” he added.
Through his Instagram post, Ratan Tata gave a shout-out to Hasiru Dala Innovations (an organisation that created a model to convert waste-pickers into micro-entrepreneurs), New Leaf Dynamic Technologies (a refrigeration technique powered by biomass or farm waste), and the Himalayan Rocket Stove, which is an power-effective, biomass-based cooking and heating technique. The list also incorporated activists and volunteers who are working on troubles of atmosphere conservation – Arati Kumar-Rao, Dr Krithi Karanth, Dr Purnima Devi Barman, 14-year-old Haaziq Kazi and Suprabha Seshan.
Since becoming shared on Instagram this morning, Ratan Tata’s post has racked up more than 1.2 lakh ‘likes’ and hundreds of comments.
The theme for Earth Day 2021 is Restore Our Earth. The theme ”focuses on organic processes and emerging green technologies that can restore the world’s ecosystems”.