hi friends today is very good day for stating my this blog first post because today has World Environment Day (JUNE-5). But most of the people don't know about WED . So first we are going What is WED
World environment day was first established to be celebrated every year by running some effective campaigns by the United Nations General Assembly and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in the conference on Human Environment began from 5th to 16th of June at United Nations in 1972. It was first time celebrated in 1973 with the particular theme “Only one Earth”. Since 1974, the celebration campaign of the world environment day is hosted in different cities of the world.
It is a big annual celebration started by the United Nations General Assembly to engage millions of people from different countries across the globe as well as draw attention of political and health organizations to implement some effective actions.
Many of the Earth’s ecosystems are nearing critical tipping points of depletion or irreversible change, pushed by high population growth and economic development. By 2050, if current consumption and production patterns remain the same and with a rising population expected to reach 9.6 billion, we will need three planets to sustain our ways of living and consumption.
The WED theme this year is therefore "Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care." Living within planetary boundaries is the most promising strategy for ensuring a healthy future. Human prosperity need not cost the earth. Living sustainably is about doing more and better with less. It is about knowing that rising rates of natural resource use and the environmental impacts that occur are not a necessary by-product of economic growth.
- See more at: http://www.unep.org/wed/theme/sustainable-consumpion.asp#sthash.68nfWb1d.dpuf
Everyone can make a difference in caring for the planet on World
Environment Day, through simple steps.
The WED theme this year is "Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care." The well-being of humanity, the environment, and the functioning of the economy, ultimately depend upon the responsible management of the planet’s natural resources. And yet, evidence is building that people are consuming far more natural resources than what the planet can sustainably provide.
Many of the Earth’s ecosystems are nearing critical tipping points of depletion or irreversible change, pushed by high population growth and economic development. By 2050, if current consumption and production patterns remain the same and with a rising population expected to reach 9.6 billion, we will need three planets to sustain our ways of living and consumption.
Consuming with care means living within planetary boundaries to ensure a healthy future where our dreams can be realized. Human prosperity need not cost the earth. Living sustainably is about doing more and better with less. It is about knowing that rising rates of natural resource use and the environmental impacts that occur are not a necessary by-product of economic growth.
- See more at: http://www.unep.org/wed/about.asp#sthash.ZUIScAcV.dpuf
The WED theme this year is "Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care." The well-being of humanity, the environment, and the functioning of the economy, ultimately depend upon the responsible management of the planet’s natural resources. And yet, evidence is building that people are consuming far more natural resources than what the planet can sustainably provide.
Many of the Earth’s ecosystems are nearing critical tipping points of depletion or irreversible change, pushed by high population growth and economic development. By 2050, if current consumption and production patterns remain the same and with a rising population expected to reach 9.6 billion, we will need three planets to sustain our ways of living and consumption.
Consuming with care means living within planetary boundaries to ensure a healthy future where our dreams can be realized. Human prosperity need not cost the earth. Living sustainably is about doing more and better with less. It is about knowing that rising rates of natural resource use and the environmental impacts that occur are not a necessary by-product of economic growth.
- See more at: http://www.unep.org/wed/about.asp#sthash.ZUIScAcV.dpuf
The WED theme this year is "Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care." The well-being of humanity, the environment, and the functioning of the economy, ultimately depend upon the responsible management of the planet’s natural resources. And yet, evidence is building that people are consuming far more natural resources than what the planet can sustainably provide.
Many of the Earth’s ecosystems are nearing critical tipping points of depletion or irreversible change, pushed by high population growth and economic development. By 2050, if current consumption and production patterns remain the same and with a rising population expected to reach 9.6 billion, we will need three planets to sustain our ways of living and consumption.
Consuming with care means living within planetary boundaries to ensure a healthy future where our dreams can be realized. Human prosperity need not cost the earth. Living sustainably is about doing more and better with less. It is about knowing that rising rates of natural resource use and the environmental impacts that occur are not a necessary by-product of economic growth.
- See more at: http://www.unep.org/wed/about.asp#sthash.ZUIScAcV.dpuf
What is WED
Celebrate the biggest day for positive
environmental action!
World
Environment Day (WED) is the United Nations’ principal vehicle for encouraging
worldwide awareness and action for the environment. Over the years it has grown
to be a broad, global platform for public outreach that is widely celebrated by
stakeholders in over 100 countries. It also serves as the ‘people’s day’ for
doing something positive for the environment, galvanizing individual actions
into a collective power that generates an exponential positive impact on the
planet.
The WED
theme this year is "Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with
Care." The well-being of humanity, the environment, and the functioning of
the economy, ultimately depend upon the responsible management of the planet’s
natural resources. And yet, evidence is building that people are consuming far
more natural resources than what the planet can sustainably provide.
Many of
the Earth’s ecosystems are nearing critical tipping points of depletion or
irreversible change, pushed by high population growth and economic development.
By 2050, if current consumption and production patterns remain the same and
with a rising population expected to reach 9.6 billion, we will need three
planets to sustain our ways of living and consumption.
Consuming
with care means living within planetary boundaries to ensure a healthy future
where our dreams can be realized. Human prosperity need not cost the earth.
Living sustainably is about doing more and better with less. It is about
knowing that rising rates of natural resource use and the environmental impacts
that occur are not a necessary by-product of economic growth.Some of the objectives of the world environment day campaign are mentioned below:
- It is celebrated to make aware the common public about the environmental issues.
- Encourage common people from different society and communities to actively participate in the celebration as well as become an active agent in developing environmental safety measures.
- Let them know that community people are very essential to inhibit negative changes towards the environmental issues.
- Encourage people to make their nearby surroundings safe and clean to enjoy safer, cleaner and more prosperous future.
World Environment Day History
World Environment Day (also called as WED) has been started celebrating as an annual event on every 5th of June since 1973 in order to raise the global awareness about the importance of the healthy and green environment in the human lives, to solve the environmental issues by implementing some positive environmental actions as well as to make aware common public worldwide that everyone is responsible for saving his environment and not only somebody, government or organizations working for it.World environment day was first established to be celebrated every year by running some effective campaigns by the United Nations General Assembly and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in the conference on Human Environment began from 5th to 16th of June at United Nations in 1972. It was first time celebrated in 1973 with the particular theme “Only one Earth”. Since 1974, the celebration campaign of the world environment day is hosted in different cities of the world.
It is a big annual celebration started by the United Nations General Assembly to engage millions of people from different countries across the globe as well as draw attention of political and health organizations to implement some effective actions.
2015 World Environment Day Theme
Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care.
The well-being of humanity, the environment, and the functioning of the economy, ultimately depend upon the responsible management of the planet’s natural resources. Evidence is building that people are consuming far more natural resources than what the planet can sustainably provide.Many of the Earth’s ecosystems are nearing critical tipping points of depletion or irreversible change, pushed by high population growth and economic development. By 2050, if current consumption and production patterns remain the same and with a rising population expected to reach 9.6 billion, we will need three planets to sustain our ways of living and consumption.
The WED theme this year is therefore "Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care." Living within planetary boundaries is the most promising strategy for ensuring a healthy future. Human prosperity need not cost the earth. Living sustainably is about doing more and better with less. It is about knowing that rising rates of natural resource use and the environmental impacts that occur are not a necessary by-product of economic growth.
- See more at: http://www.unep.org/wed/theme/sustainable-consumpion.asp#sthash.68nfWb1d.dpuf
Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care.
The
well-being of humanity, the environment, and the functioning of the economy,
ultimately depend upon the responsible management of the planet’s natural
resources. Evidence is building that people are consuming far more natural
resources than what the planet can sustainably provide.
Many of
the Earth’s ecosystems are nearing critical tipping points of depletion or
irreversible change, pushed by high population growth and economic development.
By 2050, if current consumption and production patterns remain the same and
with a rising population expected to reach 9.6 billion, we will need three
planets to sustain our ways of living and consumption.
The WED
theme this year is therefore "Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume
with Care." Living within planetary boundaries is the most promising
strategy for ensuring a healthy future. Human prosperity need not cost the
earth. Living sustainably is about doing more and better with less. It is about
knowing that rising rates of natural resource use and the environmental impacts
that occur are not a necessary by-product of economic growth.
A to Z About WED
Everyone can make a difference in caring for the planet on World
Environment Day, through simple steps.
A
Act today. Now is the day you make the decision to care for
the environment. Every action counts.
Avoid increasing your daily carbon (CO2) footprint -- the
main greenhouse gas contributing to the warming atmosphere. Simple steps, like
carpooling, or walking instead of driving can help!
Ask Google for a WED Doodle at proposals@google.com
B
Bring your own eco-bag or basket when going to the market or
grocery store, to avoid using plastic bags.
Bike to your destination! It’s not just earth-friendly,
it’s healthy too!
C
Consume smartly. The less waste we throw into landfills, the
less harmful greenhouse gases are released into the planet’s warming
atmosphere.
Curb climate change by reducing your CO2 footprint!
Clean up! Organize a trash collection drive in your
neighborhood.
D
Discover an alternative to using traditional wrapping paper
for birthday gifts – like scarves, old newspapers or discarded maps or
magazines.
E
E-mail your friends and colleagues about World Environment Day
and invite them to take action!
Explore how you can save electricity at home, at work or
school.
F
Friend us on Facebook. Go and share your WED activity
G
Learn about the Green passport , a more earth-friendly way to travel.
Google all the ways you can go Green.
H
Host an event—an art exhibit, tree-planting or football match-
on WED!
Find out about the Happy Planet Index A green carbon
footprint is one of the ingredients of happiness.
I
Instagram your #WED2014 #WorldEnvironmentDay activity
Invite people to learn about the harmful effects of climate
change, request an expert to hold a class or lecture at your local community
center
Improve the insulation of your home – it will really help
reduce your energy consumption…and greenhouse gas emissions.
J
Join the WED community in more than 70 countries in
celebrating the biggest day for positive environmental action.
K
Keep your recyclable bottles, bottle caps and craft them into
badges, games and more.
Keep your cup! When traveling on airplanes, ask to reuse
your plastic cup.
L
Learn about Sustainable Lifestyles
Launch a newspaper and bottle collection drive in your
neighborhood.
M
Mobilize your networks! Message your friends about WED —
Facebook, Twitter (icons), orkut, SMS, text, phone, email — it doesn’t matter
how, just get the word out!
N
No one is an island. The environmental issues that face the
islands are the issues that face us all. Notify everyone you know about
World Environment Day.
O
Optimize the use of your washing machine – use the cold-wash
option and significantly save energy and reduce your daily carbon emissions.
Offset your travel whenever possible – most airlines
provide an option to do this when you book your tickets.
Opt for public transport whenever possible. Saving energy
not only cuts down on fossil fuel burning (a major source of heat-inducing CO2),
it also helps you save money!
P
Post the WED logo, video and theme on your website or Facebook
and spread the word.
Plant a tree, better yet, organize a tree-planting drive on
WED!
Planet Earth is our shared island – let’s take action
together to protect it.
Q
Quantify how much money you could save each cold winter if you
lowered the temperature inside your home by 2 degrees Celsius. It could reduce
your energy consumption by 14 percent!!!
R
Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. The less waste we throw into
landfills, the less harmful greenhouse gases are released into the planet’s
atmosphere.
Register a WED activity today unep.org/wed/register
S
Support Sports that promote environmental causes.
Switch your light bulbs to fluorescents. Save energy and
money!
T
Tweet #WorldEnvironmentDay #WED2014 #Islands2014
#Climate2014 and help spread the word about the environment.
Travel green. Try to reduce your environmental impact by
taking public transportation.
U
Understand your options. Learn about the small ways you, as an
individual, can make a positive impact on the environment.
V
Visit your local botanic garden or town center and learn about how to nurture
nature.
Videoblog about your activity
Vanish energy vampires— appliances that suck energy even
when not being used – by unplugging them or using power strips.
W
Watch your Water use! Check your home for leaky faucets, take
shorter showers and turn off the tap when brushing your teeth.
X
Explore to find out how to take action
for WED and the planet.
Y
Young people have the chance to make a greener world.
Encourage your class or club to hold an event for WED.
You can make a difference – individual actions, when
multiplied, can make an exponential difference to the planet!
Z
Go for Zero waste. Use natural resources wisely, choosing
options with the least use of air, soil, water and the least emission of
harmful greenhouse gases.
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World Environment Day Theme and Slogan
Each year celebration of the World Environment Day is based on the particular theme decided by the United Nations to make the celebration more effective by encouraging mass people worldwide to hugely take part in addressing environmental issues on global scale. Year wise list of the themes and slogans of world environment day are mentioned below:- The theme of the year 2015 would be “One World, One Environment”.
- The theme of the year 2014 was “small island developing states” or “SIDS” and “Raise your voice, not the sea level”.
- The theme of the year 2013 was “Think. Eat. Save.” And slogan was “Reduce Your Foodprint”.
- The theme of the year 2012 was “Green Economy: Does it include you?”.
- The theme of the year 2011 was “Forests: Nature at your Service”.
- The theme of the year 2010 was “Many Species. One Planet. One Future”.
- The theme of the year 2009 was “Your Planet Needs You – Unite to Combat Climate Change”.
- The theme and slogan of the year 2008 was “CO2, Kick the Habit – Towards a Low Carbon Economy”.
- The theme of the year 2007 was “Melting Ice – a Hot Topic?”.
- The theme of the year 2006 was “Deserts and Desertification” and slogan was “Don’t Desert Drylands!.”
- The theme of the year 2005 was “Green Cities” and slogan was “Plan for the Planet!”.
- The theme of the year 2004 was “Wanted! Seas and Oceans” and slogan was “Dead or Alive?”.
- The theme of the year 2003 was “Water” and slogan was “Two Billion People are Dying for It!”.
- The theme of the year 2002 was “Give Earth a Chance”.
- The theme of the year 2001 was “Connect with the World Wide Web of Life”.
- The theme of the year 2000 was “The Environment Millennium” and slogan was “Time to Act”.
- The theme of the year 1999 was “Our Earth – Our Future” and slogan was “Just Save It!”.
- The theme of the year 1998 was “For Life on Earth and slogan was “Save Our Seas”.
- The theme of the year 1997 was “For Life on Earth”.
- The theme of the year 1996 was “Our Earth, Our Habitat, Our Home”.
- The theme of the year 1995 was “We the Peoples: United for the Global Environment”.
- The theme of the year 1994 was “One Earth One Family”.
- The theme of the year 1993 was “Poverty and the Environment and slogan was “Breaking the Vicious Circle”.
- The theme of the year 1992 was “Only One Earth, Care and Share”.
- The theme of the year 1991 was “Climate Change. Need for Global Partnership”.
- The theme of the year 1990 was “Children and the Environment”.
- The theme of the year 1989 was “Global Warming; Global Warning”.
- The theme of the year 1988 was “When People Put the Environment First, Development Will Last”.
- The theme of the year 1987 was “Environment and Shelter: More Than A Roof”.
- The theme of the year 1986 was “A Tree for Peace”.
- The theme of the year 1985 was “Youth: Population and the Environment”.
- The theme of the year 1984 was “Desertification”.
- The theme of the year 1983 was “Managing and Disposing Hazardous Waste: Acid Rain and Energy”.
- The theme of the year 1982 was “Ten Years after Stockholm (Renewal of Environmental Concerns)”.
- The theme of the year 1981 was “Ground Water; Toxic Chemicals in Human Food Chains”.
- The theme of the year 1980 was “A New Challenge for the New Decade: Development without Destruction”.
- The theme of the year 1979 was “Only One Future for Our Children and slogan was “Development without Destruction”.
- The theme of the year 1978 was “Development without Destruction”.
- The theme of the year 1977 was “Ozone Layer Environmental Concern; Lands Loss and Soil Degradation”.
- The theme of the year 1976 was “Water: Vital Resource for Life”.
- The theme of the year 1975 was “Human Settlements”.
- The theme of the year 1974 was “Only one Earth during Expo ’74”.
- The theme of the year 1973 was “Only one Earth”.
World Environment Day Quotes
Some of the famous quotes (written by the famous personalities) on world environment day are mentioned below:- “The environment is everything that isn’t me”. – Albert Einstein
- “God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools”. – John Muir
- “Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth”. – Henry David Thoreau
- “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has”. – Margaret Mead
- “We won’t have a society if we destroy the environment”. – Margaret Mead
- “It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment”. – Ansel Adams
- “I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend”? – Robert Redford
- “Take a course in good water and air; and in the eternal youth of Nature you may renew your own. Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you”. – John Muir
- “Birds are indicators of the environment. If they are in trouble, we know we’ll soon be in trouble”. – Roger Tory Peterson
- “By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water”. – Aeschylus
- “If we do not permit the earth to produce beauty and joy, it will in the end not produce food, either”. – Joseph Wood Krutch
- “They claim this mother of ours, the Earth, for their own use, and fence their neighbors away from her, and deface her with their buildings and their refuse”. – Sitting Bull
- “Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land”. – Aldo Leopold
- “After all, sustainability means running the global environment – Earth Inc. – like a corporation: with depreciation, amortization and maintenance accounts. In other words, keeping the asset whole, rather than undermining your natural capital”. – Maurice Strong
- “Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left”. – Aldo Leopold
- “You will die but the carbon will not; its career does not end with you. It will return to the soil, and there a plant may take it up again in time, sending it once more on a cycle of plant and animal life”. -Jacob Bronowski
- “People blame their environment. There is only one person to blame – and only one – themselves”. – Robert Collier
- “I can find God in nature, in animals, in birds and the environment”. – Pat Buckley
- “We must return to nature and nature’s god”. – Luther Burbank
- “The only way forward, if we are going to improve the quality of the environment, is to get everybody involved”. – Richard Rogers
- “Journey with me to a true commitment to our environment. Journey with me to the serenity of leaving to our children a planet in equilibrium”. – Paul Tsongas
- “Environmental degradation, overpopulation, refugees, narcotics, terrorism, world crime movements, and organized crime are worldwide problems that don’t stop at a nation’s borders”. – Warren Christopher
- “I think the government has to reposition environment on top of their national and international priorities”. – Brian Mulroney
- “Environmental concern is now firmly embedded in public life: in education, medicine and law; in journalism, literature and art”. – Barry Commoner
- “Earth Day 1970 was irrefutable evidence that the American people understood the environmental threat and wanted action to resolve it”. – Barry Commoner
- “The government should set a goal for a clean environment but not mandate how that goal should be implemented”. – Dixie Lee Ray
- “Why has it seemed that the only way to protect the environment is with heavy-handed government regulation”? – Gale Norton
- “The most important environmental issue is one that is rarely mentioned, and that is the lack of a conservation ethic in our culture”. – Gaylord Nelson
- “Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed”. – Mahatma Gandhi
- “What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another”. – Mahatma Gandhi
What is WED
Celebrate the biggest day for positive environmental action!
World Environment Day (WED) is the United Nations’ principal vehicle for encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the environment. Over the years it has grown to be a broad, global platform for public outreach that is widely celebrated by stakeholders in over 100 countries. It also serves as the ‘people’s day’ for doing something positive for the environment, galvanizing individual actions into a collective power that generates an exponential positive impact on the planet.The WED theme this year is "Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care." The well-being of humanity, the environment, and the functioning of the economy, ultimately depend upon the responsible management of the planet’s natural resources. And yet, evidence is building that people are consuming far more natural resources than what the planet can sustainably provide.
Many of the Earth’s ecosystems are nearing critical tipping points of depletion or irreversible change, pushed by high population growth and economic development. By 2050, if current consumption and production patterns remain the same and with a rising population expected to reach 9.6 billion, we will need three planets to sustain our ways of living and consumption.
Consuming with care means living within planetary boundaries to ensure a healthy future where our dreams can be realized. Human prosperity need not cost the earth. Living sustainably is about doing more and better with less. It is about knowing that rising rates of natural resource use and the environmental impacts that occur are not a necessary by-product of economic growth.
- See more at: http://www.unep.org/wed/about.asp#sthash.ZUIScAcV.dpuf
World
Environment Day (WED) is the United Nations’ principal vehicle for
encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the environment. Over the
years it has grown to be a broad, global platform for public outreach
that is widely celebrated by stakeholders in over 100 countries. It also
serves as the ‘people’s day’ for doing something positive for the
environment, galvanizing individual actions into a collective power that
generates an exponential positive impact on the planet. - See more at:
http://www.unep.org/wed/about.asp#sthash.ZUIScAcV.dpuf
World
Environment Day (WED) is the United Nations’ principal vehicle for
encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the environment. Over the
years it has grown to be a broad, global platform for public outreach
that is widely celebrated by stakeholders in over 100 countries. It also
serves as the ‘people’s day’ for doing something positive for the
environment, galvanizing individual actions into a collective power that
generates an exponential positive impact on the planet. - See more at:
http://www.unep.org/wed/about.asp#sthash.ZUIScAcV.dpuf
World
Environment Day (WED) is the United Nations’ principal vehicle for
encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the environment. Over the
years it has grown to be a broad, global platform for public outreach
that is widely celebrated by stakeholders in over 100 countries. It also
serves as the ‘people’s day’ for doing something positive for the
environment, galvanizing individual actions into a collective power that
generates an exponential positive impact on the planet. - See more at:
http://www.unep.org/wed/about.asp#sthash.ZUIScAcV.dpuf
World
Environment Day (WED) is the United Nations’ principal vehicle for
encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the environment. Over the
years it has grown to be a broad, global platform for public outreach
that is widely celebrated by stakeholders in over 100 countries. It also
serves as the ‘people’s day’ for doing something positive for the
environment, galvanizing individual actions into a collective power that
generates an exponential positive impact on the planet. - See more at:
http://www.unep.org/wed/about.asp#sthash.ZUIScAcV.dpuf
World
Environment Day (WED) is the United Nations’ principal vehicle for
encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the environment. Over the
years it has grown to be a broad, global platform for public outreach
that is widely celebrated by stakeholders in over 100 countries. It also
serves as the ‘people’s day’ for doing something positive for the
environment, galvanizing individual actions into a collective power that
generates an exponential positive impact on the planet.
The WED theme this year is "Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care." The well-being of humanity, the environment, and the functioning of the economy, ultimately depend upon the responsible management of the planet’s natural resources. And yet, evidence is building that people are consuming far more natural resources than what the planet can sustainably provide.
Many of the Earth’s ecosystems are nearing critical tipping points of depletion or irreversible change, pushed by high population growth and economic development. By 2050, if current consumption and production patterns remain the same and with a rising population expected to reach 9.6 billion, we will need three planets to sustain our ways of living and consumption.
Consuming with care means living within planetary boundaries to ensure a healthy future where our dreams can be realized. Human prosperity need not cost the earth. Living sustainably is about doing more and better with less. It is about knowing that rising rates of natural resource use and the environmental impacts that occur are not a necessary by-product of economic growth.
- See more at: http://www.unep.org/wed/about.asp#sthash.ZUIScAcV.dpuf
The WED theme this year is "Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care." The well-being of humanity, the environment, and the functioning of the economy, ultimately depend upon the responsible management of the planet’s natural resources. And yet, evidence is building that people are consuming far more natural resources than what the planet can sustainably provide.
Many of the Earth’s ecosystems are nearing critical tipping points of depletion or irreversible change, pushed by high population growth and economic development. By 2050, if current consumption and production patterns remain the same and with a rising population expected to reach 9.6 billion, we will need three planets to sustain our ways of living and consumption.
Consuming with care means living within planetary boundaries to ensure a healthy future where our dreams can be realized. Human prosperity need not cost the earth. Living sustainably is about doing more and better with less. It is about knowing that rising rates of natural resource use and the environmental impacts that occur are not a necessary by-product of economic growth.
- See more at: http://www.unep.org/wed/about.asp#sthash.ZUIScAcV.dpuf
World
Environment Day (WED) is the United Nations’ principal vehicle for
encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the environment. Over the
years it has grown to be a broad, global platform for public outreach
that is widely celebrated by stakeholders in over 100 countries. It also
serves as the ‘people’s day’ for doing something positive for the
environment, galvanizing individual actions into a collective power that
generates an exponential positive impact on the planet.
The WED theme this year is "Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care." The well-being of humanity, the environment, and the functioning of the economy, ultimately depend upon the responsible management of the planet’s natural resources. And yet, evidence is building that people are consuming far more natural resources than what the planet can sustainably provide.
Many of the Earth’s ecosystems are nearing critical tipping points of depletion or irreversible change, pushed by high population growth and economic development. By 2050, if current consumption and production patterns remain the same and with a rising population expected to reach 9.6 billion, we will need three planets to sustain our ways of living and consumption.
Consuming with care means living within planetary boundaries to ensure a healthy future where our dreams can be realized. Human prosperity need not cost the earth. Living sustainably is about doing more and better with less. It is about knowing that rising rates of natural resource use and the environmental impacts that occur are not a necessary by-product of economic growth.
- See more at: http://www.unep.org/wed/about.asp#sthash.ZUIScAcV.dpuf
The WED theme this year is "Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care." The well-being of humanity, the environment, and the functioning of the economy, ultimately depend upon the responsible management of the planet’s natural resources. And yet, evidence is building that people are consuming far more natural resources than what the planet can sustainably provide.
Many of the Earth’s ecosystems are nearing critical tipping points of depletion or irreversible change, pushed by high population growth and economic development. By 2050, if current consumption and production patterns remain the same and with a rising population expected to reach 9.6 billion, we will need three planets to sustain our ways of living and consumption.
Consuming with care means living within planetary boundaries to ensure a healthy future where our dreams can be realized. Human prosperity need not cost the earth. Living sustainably is about doing more and better with less. It is about knowing that rising rates of natural resource use and the environmental impacts that occur are not a necessary by-product of economic growth.
- See more at: http://www.unep.org/wed/about.asp#sthash.ZUIScAcV.dpuf
World
Environment Day (WED) is the United Nations’ principal vehicle for
encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the environment. Over the
years it has grown to be a broad, global platform for public outreach
that is widely celebrated by stakeholders in over 100 countries. It also
serves as the ‘people’s day’ for doing something positive for the
environment, galvanizing individual actions into a collective power that
generates an exponential positive impact on the planet.
The WED theme this year is "Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care." The well-being of humanity, the environment, and the functioning of the economy, ultimately depend upon the responsible management of the planet’s natural resources. And yet, evidence is building that people are consuming far more natural resources than what the planet can sustainably provide.
Many of the Earth’s ecosystems are nearing critical tipping points of depletion or irreversible change, pushed by high population growth and economic development. By 2050, if current consumption and production patterns remain the same and with a rising population expected to reach 9.6 billion, we will need three planets to sustain our ways of living and consumption.
Consuming with care means living within planetary boundaries to ensure a healthy future where our dreams can be realized. Human prosperity need not cost the earth. Living sustainably is about doing more and better with less. It is about knowing that rising rates of natural resource use and the environmental impacts that occur are not a necessary by-product of economic growth.
- See more at: http://www.unep.org/wed/about.asp#sthash.ZUIScAcV.dpuf
The WED theme this year is "Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care." The well-being of humanity, the environment, and the functioning of the economy, ultimately depend upon the responsible management of the planet’s natural resources. And yet, evidence is building that people are consuming far more natural resources than what the planet can sustainably provide.
Many of the Earth’s ecosystems are nearing critical tipping points of depletion or irreversible change, pushed by high population growth and economic development. By 2050, if current consumption and production patterns remain the same and with a rising population expected to reach 9.6 billion, we will need three planets to sustain our ways of living and consumption.
Consuming with care means living within planetary boundaries to ensure a healthy future where our dreams can be realized. Human prosperity need not cost the earth. Living sustainably is about doing more and better with less. It is about knowing that rising rates of natural resource use and the environmental impacts that occur are not a necessary by-product of economic growth.
- See more at: http://www.unep.org/wed/about.asp#sthash.ZUIScAcV.dpuf
World
Environment Day (WED) is the United Nations’ principal vehicle for
encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the environment. Over the
years it has grown to be a broad, global platform for public outreach
that is widely celebrated by stakeholders in over 100 countries. It also
serves as the ‘people’s day’ for doing something positive for the
environment, galvanizing individual actions into a collective power that
generates an exponential positive impact on the planet.
The WED theme this year is "Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care." The well-being of humanity, the environment, and the functioning of the economy, ultimately depend upon the responsible management of the planet’s natural resources. And yet, evidence is building that people are consuming far more natural resources than what the planet can sustainably provide.
Many of the Earth’s ecosystems are nearing critical tipping points of depletion or irreversible change, pushed by high population growth and economic development. By 2050, if current consumption and production patterns remain the same and with a rising population expected to reach 9.6 billion, we will need three planets to sustain our ways of living and consumption.
Consuming with care means living within planetary boundaries to ensure a healthy future where our dreams can be realized. Human prosperity need not cost the earth. Living sustainably is about doing more and better with less. It is about knowing that rising rates of natural resource use and the environmental impacts that occur are not a necessary by-product of economic growth.
- See more at: http://www.unep.org/wed/about.asp#sthash.ZUIScAcV.dpuf
The WED theme this year is "Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care." The well-being of humanity, the environment, and the functioning of the economy, ultimately depend upon the responsible management of the planet’s natural resources. And yet, evidence is building that people are consuming far more natural resources than what the planet can sustainably provide.
Many of the Earth’s ecosystems are nearing critical tipping points of depletion or irreversible change, pushed by high population growth and economic development. By 2050, if current consumption and production patterns remain the same and with a rising population expected to reach 9.6 billion, we will need three planets to sustain our ways of living and consumption.
Consuming with care means living within planetary boundaries to ensure a healthy future where our dreams can be realized. Human prosperity need not cost the earth. Living sustainably is about doing more and better with less. It is about knowing that rising rates of natural resource use and the environmental impacts that occur are not a necessary by-product of economic growth.
- See more at: http://www.unep.org/wed/about.asp#sthash.ZUIScAcV.dpuf
World
Environment Day (WED) is the United Nations’ principal vehicle for
encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the environment. Over the
years it has grown to be a broad, global platform for public outreach
that is widely celebrated by stakeholders in over 100 countries. It also
serves as the ‘people’s day’ for doing something positive for the
environment, galvanizing individual actions into a collective power that
generates an exponential positive impact on the planet.
The WED theme this year is "Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care." The well-being of humanity, the environment, and the functioning of the economy, ultimately depend upon the responsible management of the planet’s natural resources. And yet, evidence is building that people are consuming far more natural resources than what the planet can sustainably provide.
Many of the Earth’s ecosystems are nearing critical tipping points of depletion or irreversible change, pushed by high population growth and economic development. By 2050, if current consumption and production patterns remain the same and with a rising population expected to reach 9.6 billion, we will need three planets to sustain our ways of living and consumption.
Consuming with care means living within planetary boundaries to ensure a healthy future where our dreams can be realized. Human prosperity need not cost the earth. Living sustainably is about doing more and better with less. It is about knowing that rising rates of natural resource use and the environmental impacts that occur are not a necessary by-product of economic growth.
- See more at: http://www.unep.org/wed/about.asp#sthash.ZUIScAcV.dpuf
The WED theme this year is "Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care." The well-being of humanity, the environment, and the functioning of the economy, ultimately depend upon the responsible management of the planet’s natural resources. And yet, evidence is building that people are consuming far more natural resources than what the planet can sustainably provide.
Many of the Earth’s ecosystems are nearing critical tipping points of depletion or irreversible change, pushed by high population growth and economic development. By 2050, if current consumption and production patterns remain the same and with a rising population expected to reach 9.6 billion, we will need three planets to sustain our ways of living and consumption.
Consuming with care means living within planetary boundaries to ensure a healthy future where our dreams can be realized. Human prosperity need not cost the earth. Living sustainably is about doing more and better with less. It is about knowing that rising rates of natural resource use and the environmental impacts that occur are not a necessary by-product of economic growth.
- See more at: http://www.unep.org/wed/about.asp#sthash.ZUIScAcV.dpuf
World
Environment Day (WED) is the United Nations’ principal vehicle for
encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the environment. Over the
years it has grown to be a broad, global platform for public outreach
that is widely celebrated by stakeholders in over 100 countries. It also
serves as the ‘people’s day’ for doing something positive for the
environment, galvanizing individual actions into a collective power that
generates an exponential positive impact on the planet.
The WED theme this year is "Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care." The well-being of humanity, the environment, and the functioning of the economy, ultimately depend upon the responsible management of the planet’s natural resources. And yet, evidence is building that people are consuming far more natural resources than what the planet can sustainably provide.
Many of the Earth’s ecosystems are nearing critical tipping points of depletion or irreversible change, pushed by high population growth and economic development. By 2050, if current consumption and production patterns remain the same and with a rising population expected to reach 9.6 billion, we will need three planets to sustain our ways of living and consumption.
Consuming with care means living within planetary boundaries to ensure a healthy future where our dreams can be realized. Human prosperity need not cost the earth. Living sustainably is about doing more and better with less. It is about knowing that rising rates of natural resource use and the environmental impacts that occur are not a necessary by-product of economic growth.
- See more at: http://www.unep.org/wed/about.asp#sthash.ZUIScAcV.dpuf
The WED theme this year is "Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care." The well-being of humanity, the environment, and the functioning of the economy, ultimately depend upon the responsible management of the planet’s natural resources. And yet, evidence is building that people are consuming far more natural resources than what the planet can sustainably provide.
Many of the Earth’s ecosystems are nearing critical tipping points of depletion or irreversible change, pushed by high population growth and economic development. By 2050, if current consumption and production patterns remain the same and with a rising population expected to reach 9.6 billion, we will need three planets to sustain our ways of living and consumption.
Consuming with care means living within planetary boundaries to ensure a healthy future where our dreams can be realized. Human prosperity need not cost the earth. Living sustainably is about doing more and better with less. It is about knowing that rising rates of natural resource use and the environmental impacts that occur are not a necessary by-product of economic growth.
- See more at: http://www.unep.org/wed/about.asp#sthash.ZUIScAcV.dpuf
World
Environment Day (WED) is the United Nations’ principal vehicle for
encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the environment. Over the
years it has grown to be a broad, global platform for public outreach
that is widely celebrated by stakeholders in over 100 countries. It also
serves as the ‘people’s day’ for doing something positive for the
environment, galvanizing individual actions into a collective power that
generates an exponential positive impact on the planet.
The WED theme this year is "Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care." The well-being of humanity, the environment, and the functioning of the economy, ultimately depend upon the responsible management of the planet’s natural resources. And yet, evidence is building that people are consuming far more natural resources than what the planet can sustainably provide.
Many of the Earth’s ecosystems are nearing critical tipping points of depletion or irreversible change, pushed by high population growth and economic development. By 2050, if current consumption and production patterns remain the same and with a rising population expected to reach 9.6 billion, we will need three planets to sustain our ways of living and consumption.
Consuming with care means living within planetary boundaries to ensure a healthy future where our dreams can be realized. Human prosperity need not cost the earth. Living sustainably is about doing more and better with less. It is about knowing that rising rates of natural resource use and the environmental impacts that occur are not a necessary by-product of economic growth.
- See more at: http://www.unep.org/wed/about.asp#sthash.ZUIScAcV.dpuf
The WED theme this year is "Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care." The well-being of humanity, the environment, and the functioning of the economy, ultimately depend upon the responsible management of the planet’s natural resources. And yet, evidence is building that people are consuming far more natural resources than what the planet can sustainably provide.
Many of the Earth’s ecosystems are nearing critical tipping points of depletion or irreversible change, pushed by high population growth and economic development. By 2050, if current consumption and production patterns remain the same and with a rising population expected to reach 9.6 billion, we will need three planets to sustain our ways of living and consumption.
Consuming with care means living within planetary boundaries to ensure a healthy future where our dreams can be realized. Human prosperity need not cost the earth. Living sustainably is about doing more and better with less. It is about knowing that rising rates of natural resource use and the environmental impacts that occur are not a necessary by-product of economic growth.
- See more at: http://www.unep.org/wed/about.asp#sthash.ZUIScAcV.dpuf
World
Environment Day (WED) is the United Nations’ principal vehicle for
encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the environment. Over the
years it has grown to be a broad, global platform for public outreach
that is widely celebrated by stakeholders in over 100 countries. It also
serves as the ‘people’s day’ for doing something positive for the
environment, galvanizing individual actions into a collective power that
generates an exponential positive impact on the planet.
The WED theme this year is "Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care." The well-being of humanity, the environment, and the functioning of the economy, ultimately depend upon the responsible management of the planet’s natural resources. And yet, evidence is building that people are consuming far more natural resources than what the planet can sustainably provide.
Many of the Earth’s ecosystems are nearing critical tipping points of depletion or irreversible change, pushed by high population growth and economic development. By 2050, if current consumption and production patterns remain the same and with a rising population expected to reach 9.6 billion, we will need three planets to sustain our ways of living and consumption.
Consuming with care means living within planetary boundaries to ensure a healthy future where our dreams can be realized. Human prosperity need not cost the earth. Living sustainably is about doing more and better with less. It is about knowing that rising rates of natural resource use and the environmental impacts that occur are not a necessary by-product of economic growth.
- See more at: http://www.unep.org/wed/about.asp#sthash.ZUIScAcV.dpuf
The WED theme this year is "Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care." The well-being of humanity, the environment, and the functioning of the economy, ultimately depend upon the responsible management of the planet’s natural resources. And yet, evidence is building that people are consuming far more natural resources than what the planet can sustainably provide.
Many of the Earth’s ecosystems are nearing critical tipping points of depletion or irreversible change, pushed by high population growth and economic development. By 2050, if current consumption and production patterns remain the same and with a rising population expected to reach 9.6 billion, we will need three planets to sustain our ways of living and consumption.
Consuming with care means living within planetary boundaries to ensure a healthy future where our dreams can be realized. Human prosperity need not cost the earth. Living sustainably is about doing more and better with less. It is about knowing that rising rates of natural resource use and the environmental impacts that occur are not a necessary by-product of economic growth.
- See more at: http://www.unep.org/wed/about.asp#sthash.ZUIScAcV.dpuf
World
Environment Day (WED) is the United Nations’ principal vehicle for
encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the environment. Over the
years it has grown to be a broad, global platform for public outreach
that is widely celebrated by stakeholders in over 100 countries. It also
serves as the ‘people’s day’ for doing something positive for the
environment, galvanizing individual actions into a collective power that
generates an exponential positive impact on the planet.
The WED theme this year is "Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care." The well-being of humanity, the environment, and the functioning of the economy, ultimately depend upon the responsible management of the planet’s natural resources. And yet, evidence is building that people are consuming far more natural resources than what the planet can sustainably provide.
Many of the Earth’s ecosystems are nearing critical tipping points of depletion or irreversible change, pushed by high population growth and economic development. By 2050, if current consumption and production patterns remain the same and with a rising population expected to reach 9.6 billion, we will need three planets to sustain our ways of living and consumption.
Consuming with care means living within planetary boundaries to ensure a healthy future where our dreams can be realized. Human prosperity need not cost the earth. Living sustainably is about doing more and better with less. It is about knowing that rising rates of natural resource use and the environmental impacts that occur are not a necessary by-product of economic growth.
- See more at: http://www.unep.org/wed/about.asp#sthash.ZUIScAcV.dpuf
The WED theme this year is "Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care." The well-being of humanity, the environment, and the functioning of the economy, ultimately depend upon the responsible management of the planet’s natural resources. And yet, evidence is building that people are consuming far more natural resources than what the planet can sustainably provide.
Many of the Earth’s ecosystems are nearing critical tipping points of depletion or irreversible change, pushed by high population growth and economic development. By 2050, if current consumption and production patterns remain the same and with a rising population expected to reach 9.6 billion, we will need three planets to sustain our ways of living and consumption.
Consuming with care means living within planetary boundaries to ensure a healthy future where our dreams can be realized. Human prosperity need not cost the earth. Living sustainably is about doing more and better with less. It is about knowing that rising rates of natural resource use and the environmental impacts that occur are not a necessary by-product of economic growth.
- See more at: http://www.unep.org/wed/about.asp#sthash.ZUIScAcV.dpuf
What is WED
Celebrate the biggest day for positive environmental action!
World Environment Day (WED) is the United Nations’ principal vehicle for encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the environment. Over the years it has grown to be a broad, global platform for public outreach that is widely celebrated by stakeholders in over 100 countries. It also serves as the ‘people’s day’ for doing something positive for the environment, galvanizing individual actions into a collective power that generates an exponential positive impact on the planet.The WED theme this year is "Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care." The well-being of humanity, the environment, and the functioning of the economy, ultimately depend upon the responsible management of the planet’s natural resources. And yet, evidence is building that people are consuming far more natural resources than what the planet can sustainably provide.
Many of the Earth’s ecosystems are nearing critical tipping points of depletion or irreversible change, pushed by high population growth and economic development. By 2050, if current consumption and production patterns remain the same and with a rising population expected to reach 9.6 billion, we will need three planets to sustain our ways of living and consumption.
Consuming with care means living within planetary boundaries to ensure a healthy future where our dreams can be realized. Human prosperity need not cost the earth. Living sustainably is about doing more and better with less. It is about knowing that rising rates of natural resource use and the environmental impacts that occur are not a necessary by-product of economic growth.
- See more at: http://www.unep.org/wed/about.asp#sthash.ZUIScAcV.dpuf
What is WED
Celebrate the biggest day for positive environmental action!
World Environment Day (WED) is the United Nations’ principal vehicle for encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the environment. Over the years it has grown to be a broad, global platform for public outreach that is widely celebrated by stakeholders in over 100 countries. It also serves as the ‘people’s day’ for doing something positive for the environment, galvanizing individual actions into a collective power that generates an exponential positive impact on the planet.The WED theme this year is "Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care." The well-being of humanity, the environment, and the functioning of the economy, ultimately depend upon the responsible management of the planet’s natural resources. And yet, evidence is building that people are consuming far more natural resources than what the planet can sustainably provide.
Many of the Earth’s ecosystems are nearing critical tipping points of depletion or irreversible change, pushed by high population growth and economic development. By 2050, if current consumption and production patterns remain the same and with a rising population expected to reach 9.6 billion, we will need three planets to sustain our ways of living and consumption.
Consuming with care means living within planetary boundaries to ensure a healthy future where our dreams can be realized. Human prosperity need not cost the earth. Living sustainably is about doing more and better with less. It is about knowing that rising rates of natural resource use and the environmental impacts that occur are not a necessary by-product of economic growth.
- See more at: http://www.unep.org/wed/about.asp#sthash.ZUIScAcV.dpuf