Allah (swt) has bestowed Kashmir with a rich flora and fauna. The massive forest cover, lush green meadows, pristine water bodies and the mighty Himalayan peaks make Kashmir an ideal place for holidaymakers. To top it all, the pleasant climate during summers, especially when the country is reeling under heat wave conditions, and the soothing snow of the winter, gives Kashmir an edge over other tourist places of the country such as Rajasthan, Kerala and Goa, and even globally. But there has been a slow but steadily progressing change in Kashmir’s climate lately that has made the region vulnerable to all kinds of disasters. Take the example of the rains received by the summer capital Srinagar during this summer. No sooner had the skies opened up that the city centre, the largest marketplace of the region and consequently the face of Kashmir for visitors, transformed into one large pond with small pockets of islands. The winter gone by has been one of the harshest and longest spell of biting cold witnessed by Kashmiris in many, many years. The first snowfall took place in November last year, wreaking havoc not just on the apple orchards and other crops but also on real estate and service sector. The winter cold showed no sign of relenting even when April was coming to an end. The dawn of spring and excessively cold weather conditions didn’t do much good to farmers and their crops. Brief spells of sunshine were crowded by long hours of black clouds and incessant rains. Doomsayers may say that this unusual and unlikely change in weather patterns is a result of the climate change but there is also the basic law of nature according to which whatever is born must die. Scientists have calculated that Mother Earth has a limited life. We can’t stop the ultimate destruction of this planet that has sustained humanity for several thousand years. Human activity – industry, mining, wars, deforestation, etc., are all responsible for the coming catastrophe that we are inflicting on ourselves with our deeds and actions. We can’t stop it but the least we can do to delay the doomsday is by caring for the environment in which we live. Through small interventions, we can effect a big change in the longer run. If each one of us plants one tree and we ensure that they move into adulthood, it will certainly relieve some of the stress on our eco-fragile planet. This is the least we can do so that the coming generations don’t regret the follies of their elders.