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Perspectives on the planet
Staff Reporter
| Heritage programme devoted to exploring cultural concepts of Earth held |
Japanese view of Earth, its resources presented
Documentary on global warming screened
Chennai: The Swarna Ananta Padmam (SAP) Foundation conducted its annual heritage day programme devoted to exploring cultural concepts of our planet based on Asian and Indian traditions here recently.
The programme began with a seminar on planet Earth. Srinivas Madabhushi of the Geological Survey of India, Bangalore, spoke on the origin of the universe, the spherical nature of the Earth, mid-oceanic lava ridges that spark thermal and seismic activity, earthquake zone mapping, groundwater testing with literature available in the Vedic and epic times.
Tamizh view
Former Vice-Chancellor of the Thanjavur Tamil University Avvai Natarajan quoted from ‘Tolkappiyam’ to explain how Earth was seen from the Tamizh perspective.
He also explained how the natural divisions of land contributed to the formation of personality and conduct.
Jasmine Hayakawa presented the Japanese view of the Earth and its resources. She pointed out that abandoning the respectful attitude to the Earth had contributed to the ills of pollution and related illnesses.
Students from six schools in Chennai and one from Hyderabad presented a dance drama on the birth of the planet Earth.
The Foundation also organised a seminar on ecology in which Paul Appasamy of the Center for Excellence in Environmental Economics, spoke on water crisis.
Rukmini Ananth of the SAP Foundation said developed nations may be able to adapt better to global warming, but poorer nations would fare worse and lose many resources. A documentary on global warming by former U.S. Vice-President Al Gore, ‘An Inconvenient Truth,’ was screened.
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