What is world environement day?
June 04, 2009 By: Amruta Kshemkalyani

Hi Tribe, every year we celebrate world environment day globally on 5th June with a different theme. World Environment Day (WED) was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1972. WED is hosted every year by a different city and commemorated with an international exposition through the week of June 5. The United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), also created in 1972, uses WED to stimulate awareness of the environment and enhance political attention and public action.

On this day individuals, non-government organizations, community and youth groups, businesses, industry, and the media
organize activities to renew their commitments to protect and develop the environment. They organize activities such as clean-up campaigns, tree planting, colorful street rallies, green concert, essay, and photo competitions in schools and recycling efforts.
Read more about World Environment Day here and also on the UNESCO site.

World Environment Day Themes:

This year’s theme of World Environment Day 2020 is ‘Biodiversity’ and hosted by Colombia.

Here are theme from a few past years, the 2005 World Environment day was “Green Cities” and the slogan was “Plan for Planet!”. WED 2006 was Dessert and Desertification and the slogan was ” Don’t desert drylands”. WED 2007 was “Melting Ice – a Hot Topic?” During the International Polar Year. The host for 2008 WED was New Zealand. With the main international celebrations schedule for Wellington. The slogan for 2008 was “CO2, Kick the Habit!”

Why World Environment Day?

We are all part of nature, the environment, the ecosystem! We are neither really separate from the rest of the biodiversity not we can control the environment or above it.

Unfortunately, since industrialization, our human race has contributed significantly to environmental destruction and the result is climate change. And all the problems created by our unsuccessful attempt of taking things in our hands on this planet like world hunger, poverty, climate refugees, economic and political instability, etc.

A beautiful shell of Hawksbill Baby Turtle

World Environment Day has been observed to bring the attention back to the environment and the fact that we all need to act together for environmental stability and harmony. Because we can not keep consuming our way by overusing natural resources, in the end we are ones, humans who will suffer and won’t be able to survive on this planet. So for sustaining human race on the Earth, we need to act together and act now!

What can you do on World Environment Day?

Take a few minutes to assess your lifestyle and see what small steps you can take regularly to help to preserve the environment. We have many guidebooks and tips to help you make your life more environmentally-friendly, for example here is our Start Here guide, where you can find ideas ranging from very simple lifestyle changes to ambitious ones like going zero waste.

Remember, to become more eco-friendly, you need to build sustainable habits, practice them daily, and spread the word in your friends and family. Building awareness is very essential to bring a significant impact.

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