Tuesday, June 05, 2007

WED!

Just wanna say today's World Environment Day!

Excerpt from here:

"World Environment Day, commemorated each year on 5 June, is one of the principal vehicles through which the United Nations stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and action.

The World Environment Day slogan selected for 2007 is 'Melting Ice – a Hot Topic?'(冰川消融:后果甚忧?, El Deshielo-Un Asunto Candente?, La fonte des glaces-une question brulante?) In support of International Polar Year, the WED theme selected for 2007 focuses on the effects that climate change is having on polar ecosystems and communities, and the ensuing consequences around the world.

The main international celebrations of the World Environment Day 2007 will be held in Norway. UNEP is honoured that the City of Tromsø will be hosting this United Nations day(It was in Adelaide, Australia in year 2000).

The day's agenda is to give a human face to environmental issues; empower people to become active agents of sustainable and equitable development; promote an understanding that communities are pivotal to changing attitudes towards environmental issues; and advocate partnership, which will ensure all nations and peoples enjoy a safer and more prosperous future. World Environment Day is a people's event with colourful activities such as street rallies, bicycle parades, green concerts, essays and poster competitions in schools, tree planting, as well as recycling and clean-up campaigns."

Photos taken from here too.


Rupturing glacier..


Drought...

Air pollution from steel mill...

Coral bleaching...


Flood...

PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOUR ENVIRONMENT!

4 comments:

evyBevy~ said...

Hmmm... since when you're an environMENTAList?

;)

yataolong said...

*scoffs...i always was...hehe

Anonymous said...

yay liong! i'll stand by your side for this!

yataolong said...

tq tq 'rongz'...lol...together we shall save the world from destruction....muahaha