Celebrate World Environment Day on June 5.

May 9th, 2008 | Environment

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It’s never too early to prepare for World Environment Day. We can, in fact, start celebrating it now. The said environmental holiday was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1972 as part of the United Nations Environmental Programme (wikipedia.org). It’s main purpose is to “stimulate awareness of the environment and enhance political attention and public action.”

Although it is a world-wide celebration, a particular city serves as the host every year. The host city for 2008 is Wellington in New Zealand, where the main international celebrations will be scheduled.

Here are some interesting stuff about World Environment Day 2008:

1. The slogan for 2008 is “CO2, kick the habit! Towards a low carbon economy.”

2. View photos of the host city here.

3. Click here for a list of host cities since 1987, see if yours was honored to be one

4. Need to kick-start your creative juices? Click here for 80 ways to celebrate the World Environment Day.

5. If there’s no activity in your locality, organize one and register it here.

6. Download some posters here and print them.

I’m thinking of a film showing of FernGully - The Last Rainforest for kids.

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8 comments ↓

#1 Cake Poker Rakeback (Who am I?) on 05.09.08 at 8:42 pm

thank you for your suggestions on how i can help. i am doing my best on my end to at least lessen the ill effects of our present world to the environment. but i am only one person. so it is best to get the whole community started on it.

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#2 Theresa Cahill (Who am I?) on 05.10.08 at 3:56 am

Great information and I know just the person to share this with!

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#3 Linda (Who am I?) on 05.10.08 at 5:21 am

Great to see Wellington get the opportunity to show the world about the reduction of co2. I believe if we all give one of the 80 suggestions a try, we will make a difference!

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#4 Jan Alvin (Who am I?) on 05.10.08 at 10:01 am

I don’t think that It will be easy to environmental problems, why? Because eradicating CO2 means going back to our old ways.(manpower, etc.)

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#5 Panaderos (Who am I?) on 05.11.08 at 3:54 am

Great suggestions! Thanks.

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#6 TN (Who am I?) on 05.11.08 at 11:24 am

Hello…

@ Cake

What’s important is you’re already doing the right thing. Soon another person will do it too. It’s a snowball effect.

Thanks.

@ Theresa

That’s the idea. Share and promote stuff that helps nature, which ultimately is for our own good too.

@ Linda

Some of them are quite easy to implement, even if within our family only. Who knows? That might be the start of something big.

@ Jan

Actually, the campaign is not to eradicate CO2. Plants give off CO2 too. It’ll be to reduce emissions to a level that can be absorbed by nature and not contribute to global warming. Not cause, but contribute, as there are many factors involved in global warming.

@ Panaderos

Life’s simple pleasures… we’re not that different. Wishing for a PS3 ain’t materialistic. Me, I hope fairy godmother gonna be gracious enough with an eeePC and a Wii. Humnn… that makes me twice as materialistic as you.

Panaderos…. a baker?

Thank you all!

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#7 Gina (Who am I?) on 05.19.08 at 8:33 am