World Environment Day occurs annually on June 5th and is coordinated by the United Nations to promote worldwide awareness and action to protect the environment. It has brought attention to issues like marine pollution, overpopulation, climate change, and sustainability. Each year it focuses on a new theme adopted by governments, organizations, and celebrities to advocate for environmental causes. The theme in 2017 was "Connecting People to Nature" and highlighted the importance of natural systems for humanity. World Environment Day encourages ongoing advocacy and action to promote environmental responsibility and conservation of natural resources.

1. WorldEnvironmentDay (WED) occurs on 5 June everyyear,andisthe UnitedNation'sprincipal vehicle
for encouragingworldwideawarenessandactionforthe protectionof our environment.Firstheldin
1973, ithas beena flagshipcampaignforraisingawarenessonemerging environmental issues from
marine pollution,humanoverpopulation,andglobal warming,tosustainable consumptionandwildlife
crime.WED has grownto become a global platformforpublicoutreach,withparticipationfromover
143 countriesannually.Eachyear,WED has a new theme thatmajorcorporations,NGOs,communities,
governmentsandcelebritiesworldwideadopttoadvocate environmental causes.
WorldEnvironmentDay[WED] was designatedbythe UN General Assemblyin1972 on the first
day of UnitedNationsConference onthe HumanEnvironment,resultingfromdiscussionsonthe
integrationof humaninteractionsandthe environment.Twoyearslater,in1974 the firstWED washeld
withthe theme "OnlyOne Earth".EventhoughWED celebrationshave beenheldannuallysince 1974,in
1987 the ideafor rotatingthe centerof these activities throughselectingdifferenthostcountriesbegan.
Individualsandorganizationsare encouragedtoaddactivitiesrelatedtothe environmentfor
savingit& alsomotivate the initiativeof othersincelebrating&protectingourlifeforms'ecological and
biological relationshipswithoursharedecosystem.
The theme for 2017 is 'Connecting People to Nature – in the city and on the land, from
the poles to the equator'. The host nation is Canada.Now we can aggressively plant many trees to
mitigate our species' harms to the shared earth. Canada hosted the official celebrations for World
Environment Day (WED) 2017, as part of its 150th anniversary, under the theme ‘Connecting
People with Nature.’ This year’s theme highlighted the importance of natural systems and a
clean environment to humanity, and encouraged people to appreciate those benefits “first-hand,”
including the “beauty and diversity of the natural world that surrounds and sustains us.”
Let us all join our hands to protect environment in saving the precious natural resources ensuring
a healthy future
Without public awareness of the importance of the environment on a global scale, politics
won’t pay attention to changing legislation to govern practices that may be hurting the
environment. When you create a group for World Environment Day, you aren’t just making
something for June 5th. This is a year round commitment to advocacy and action in your local
area, and on a global scale to promote and encourage environmental responsibility and the
conservation of natural resources. While the debate may still go on about alternate fuels and
recycling, the fact remains that what we do have needs to be conserved and preserved to even
allow us something to argue over.