World Environment Day 2012 by DK

World Environment Day is an annual event that aims to be the biggest and most widely celebrated global day for positive environmental action. World Environment Day activities take place all year round but culminates on June 5 every year, involving everyone across the planet.

World Environment Day began in 1972 and has grown to become one of the main vehicles through which the UN stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and encourages political attention and action.

Through World Environment Day, the UN Environment Programme is able to personalize environmental issues and enable everyone to realize not only their responsibility, but also their power to become agents for change in support of sustainable and equitable development.

World Environment Day is also a day for people from all walks of life to come together to ensure a cleaner, greener and brighter outlook for themselves and future generations.

The 2012 theme for World Environment Day is Green Economy.  The UN Environment Programme defines the Green Economy as one that results in improved human well-being and social equity, while significantly reducing environmental risks and ecological scarcities. In its simplest expression, a green economy can be thought of as one which is low carbon, resource efficient and socially inclusive.

How will you be celebrating World Environment Day?

Info and pic from http://www.unep.org/wed/

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