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• The celebration began in 1972
One of the main vehicles through which the
United Nations encourages positive action for
the environment.
• WED is a big celebration, engaging millions
across the globe through events on the
ground in over 100 countries
WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY
5th June

•Every year, participants, young and
old, organize clean up campaigns, art
exhibits, tree-planting drives,
concerts, dance recitals, recycling
drives, social media campaigns and
different contests themed around
caring for the planet

‘
theme for World Environment Day 2017
•implores us to get outdoors and into
nature, to appreciate its beauty and its
importance, and to take forward the
call to protect the Earth that we share.
’

•World Environment Day is the biggest
annual event for positive environmental
action and takes place every 5 June.
•This year’s host country Canada has
chosen the theme and will be at the centre
of celebrations around the planet.

"Connecting People to Nature", the
theme for World Environment Day
2017, implores us:-
• to get outdoors and into
nature,
• to appreciate its beauty and
its importance,
and
•to take forward the call to
protect the Earth that we
share.

This year’s theme invites you to
think about:-
• how we are part of nature
And
• how intimately we depend on it.
It challenges us to find fun and
exciting ways to experience and
cherish this vital relationship.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi
has urged Indians to “connect
with nature” on World
Environment Day and chosen 5
June to launch a massive push to
improve waste management in
the world’s second most
populous country.

Modi has also held up UN
Environment Champion of
the Earth Afroz Shah as an
“inspiring example” of how
to address pollution
problems for leading the
mammoth clean-up of
Mumbai’s Versova Beach

Shah, a young lawyer from
Mumbai,
has led a drive since 2015 to
remove the piles of
decomposing waste that had
washed up and completely
overwhelmed the beach.

Volunteers from slum-dwellers
to Bollywood stars have so far
collected more than 4,000 tons
of trash from the 2.5 kilometre
strand.
In 2016,UN Environment
recognized his achievement
with a Champions of the Earth
award.

•In a radio address on Sunday, Modi
picked up on the 2017 theme for World
Environement Day, connecting people
with nature
•He urged Indians to recognize the
importance of nature for human well-
being.
•He cited Mahatma Ghandi and wisdom
from the Vedas to back up his point.

Whenever you come in contact with
a natural condition, a new spirit
emerges from within you.
So the global campaign of
connecting with nature on 5 June
should become our individual
campaign as well.

“If we shall protect
the environment, our
future generations
will reap the
benefits”.

Modi announced a
new push to improve
Indian waste
management.

Starting 5 June, he said authorities
will install colour-coded litter bins in
4,000 towns :-
to encourage people to separate solid
waste from compostable waste
&
ensure more of it can be recycled or
re-used, for instance as fertilizer.

Clean-ups are also prominent
among the thousands of activities
being organized worldwide for
this year’s World Environment
Day.
In India, they include clean-ups in the
lake city of Nainital, along the Mutha
River in Pune, and on the beach in
Thiruvananthapuram.

• Visit the World Environment Day website.
• Spend some time having a look around at the
information provided there to see what's of most
interest to you
•Check out the activities that are already planned in
your area, region, or country. You might like to join
in what has been planned, or even help
•
How to get involved?

•Consider holding your own WED
event. If you don't mind a little
planning and effort, why not hold your
own event for WED Make today that
you choose to adopt an eco- friendly,
sustainable lifestyle.
•If you're not already into the refuse,
reduce, reuse, recycle, habit, choose
today to slip into it and make it a part
of your daily life

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WED 5th june 2017

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