Bhumi Pednekar talks about how she became an environmental activist

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Bhumi Pednekar spoke about the importance of raising awareness for the environment 

Bollywood star Bhumi Pednekar is one of the handful in the industry who use their platform to do good.

The Pati Patni Aur Woh actor during an interview spoke about the importance of raising awareness for the environment and doing all we can to live a more sustainable life.

“I feel that every part of me even the person I am today is a complete sum of all my life experiences, and most of them come from what I have seen at home,” she told FilmiBeat.

“I remember when we were children and I was in school and our country was hit by a natural calamity our parents would send us for drives to collect donations so that we could give back to the people affected. So, I have seen this from a very young age.”

“I have seen my father always go out and help his community and I have seen my mother show extreme compassion towards people around her. So, I think this is something that came naturally to me from them and I feel that's so important,” she continued.

“I feel that everything we see in our childhood is what we practice in our adult life and I am thankful to my parents for opening up this world to me,” she added.

“I think climate change is something that is very personal to me. I have always been somebody who had questions. When I was 8 or 9 years old I would think what would happen if our water level rises or what would happen if one day our planet becomes too hot?”

“Because in school you are taught these things and these are the things that stayed back with me. While growing up we were told to not waste electricity and there were times we were called back because maybe the geyser was on.”

“My house was not a house where overconsumption happened, my parents made sure we didn't waste food and we don't use a lot of plastic. So, there was always a responsible consumption habit that was inculcated in us.”

“I think that is why I have always been aware of the fact that we have this phenomenon that is climate change that has been happening for many years but since the last few generations because of our bad habits it has been accelerated to levels where the balance of biodiversity which was maintained by nature is now completely lob sided and that is something that really bothered me and that's why even though Climate Warrior came into existence 2 years ago I still have always been working towards the cause, I have still been advocating for it.”