Established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1972, World Environment Day (‘WED’) is celebrated on June 5 every year globally. It has grown and has become one of the major vehicles for raising awareness among the people to take positive environmental action to protect Mother Nature and our Planet Earth. It is run by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
The first Environment Day was celebrated in 1973, and since then has been hosted annually by different city with different theme.
Media Campaigns-
1) NDTV- launched “Greenathon” campaign in 2008, which served as India’s first ever nationwide campaign to save environment.
2) Zee News- launched “My Earth, My Duty” campaign. This campaign had entered the Limca book of Records for a novel effort- planting more than 7,300,000 trees in one single day across 34 cities and across 250,000 villages on August 25, 2010.
The Various Themes for Environment Day-
- 2010- Many Species. One Planet. One Future. –hosted in Rwanda.
- 2011- Forests: Nature at your Service– New Delhi, India
-thousands of activities were organized all over the world with beach clean-ups, concerts, community events etc. - 2012- Green Economy: Does it include you?- Brazil
- 2013- Think.Eat.Save.Reduce your Foodprint.- Mongolia
This year the World Environment Day celebrations will be hosted by Barbados, a Caribbean Island and the theme is “Small Island Developing States and Climate Change”. The Official Slogan is – ‘Raise Your Voice Not the Sea Level’.
EVEN WE CAN DO OUR BIT BY BEING ACTIVELY INVOLVED AND AWARE.
ü CHOOSE AN ECO-FRIENDLY AND SUSTAINABLE LIFE.
ü KNOW YOUR ENERGY CONSUMPTION.
ü CURB UNSUSTAINABLE ACTIVITIES.
ü REDUCE. REUSE. RECYCLE.
ü USE WATER EFFICIENTLY.
ü DRIVE SMART- REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMMISSION.
ü GIVE YOUR VEHICLE A BREAK- USE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, CARPOOLING, WALK, AND CYCLE WHENEVER POSSIBLE.
ü USE RENEWABLE FUELS.
NURTURE NATURE..!!
EARTH ANTHEM
BY POET-DIPLOMAT ABHAY K.
LAUNCHED ON JUNE 5 2013
“Our cosmic oasis, cosmic blue pearl
the most beautiful planet in the universe
all the continents and the oceans of the world
united we stand as flora and fauna
united we stand as species of one earth
black, brown, white, different colours
we are humans, the earth is our home.
Our cosmic oasis, cosmic blue pearl
the most beautiful planet in the universe
all the people and the nations of the world
all for one and one for all
united we unfurl the blue marble flag
black, brown, white, different colours
we are humans, the earth is our home.”
BY Harshali Amin
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