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WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY
- 2. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS TOPIC THE QUESTION RISES IN OUR MIND IS SO , The ENVIRONMENT is the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates. "survival in an often hostile environment"
- 3. "Without a healthy environment we cannot end poverty or build prosperity. We all have a role to play in protecting our only home: we can use less plastics, drive less, waste less food and teach each other to care."
- 4. WE SHOULD ALSO KNOW THAT WHY WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY IS CELEBRATED AND WHEN IT WAS CELEBRATED FOR THE FIRST TIME ? World Environment Day (WED) occurs on 5 June every year, is the United Nation’s principal vehicle for encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the protection of our environment . First held in 1974, it has been a flagship campaign for raising awareness on emerging environmental issues from marine pollution and global warming, to sustainable consumption and wildlife crime. WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY has grown to become a global platform for public outreach, with participation from over 143 countries annually. Each year, WED has a new theme that major corporations, NGOs, communities, governments and celebrities worldwide adopt to advocate environmental causes.
- 5. HOW TO CELEBRATE WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY You all can start from your home. Build a little garden or start with a sapling Fertilize public trees and gardens Clean the roads around your house
- 6. 4. Say 'YES' to public transportation and carpooling 5. Say 'NO' to plastic 6. Buy items made from recycled products.
- 7. WHAT IS CLIMATE CHANGE? Climate change is any long-term change in the patterns of average weather of a specific region or the Earth as a whole. Climate change reflects abnormal variations to the Earth's climate and subsequent effects on other parts of the Earth
- 9. TRAVEL LIGHT Walk or bike instead of driving a car. Cars and trucks run on fossil fuels, which release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. In the United States, automobiles produce over 20 percent of total carbon emissions. Walk or bike and you’ll save one pound of carbon for every mile you travel.
- 10. TELECONFERENCE Teleconference instead of flying. For office meetings, if you can telephone or videoconference, you will save time, money, and carbon emissions. Airplanes pump carbon emissions high into the atmosphere, producing 12 percent of transportation sector emissions.
- 11. SEE THE LIGHT . Use compact fluorescent light bulbs. These energy-efficient bulbs help fight climate change because they reduce the amount of fossil fuels that utilities burn. You will save 100 pounds of carbon for each incandescent bulb that you replace with a compact fluorescent, over the life of the bulb.
- 12. PLANT NATIVE TREES Trees absorb carbon dioxide from the air and use it as their energy source, producing oxygen for us to breathe. A tree in the temperate zone ? found between the tropics and the polar circles? can remove and store 700 to 7,000 pounds of carbon over its lifetime. A tree that shades a house can reduce the energy required to run the air conditioner and save an additional 200 to 2,000 pounds of carbon over its lifetime.
- 13. Heating and air conditioning drawmore than half of the energy that a home uses in the UnitedStates. Turn down the heat or air conditioningwhen you leave the house or go to bed. You can easilyinstall a programmable thermostat that can saveup money and carbon.
- 14. Electricity generation produces 40 percent of carbon emissions from the United States. A growing number of utilities generate electricity from renewable energy sources with solar panels, windmills and other technologies. If your utility offers renewable energy, buy it. If not, send them a message asking for clean energy.
- 15. REFUSE, REDUCE, REUSE, RENEW AND RECYCLE If you're not already into this habit, it's a good day of the year to start. These 5R's are magic mantras when it comes to environmental conservation and sustainable usage. The concept is already taught to students at school. The problem is that elders have forgotten about it. Take time on World Environment Day to learn about this concept. There are many things that you can do on a personal level, if you just keep these 5R's in your mind.
- 16. EARTH ANTHEM Our cosmicoasis, cosmic blue pearl the most beautiful planet in the universe all the continents and the oceans of the world united we standas flora and fauna united we standas species of one earth black, brown, white, different colours . we are humans, the earthis our home