WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY

NOT JUST ANOTHER DAY!

World Environment Day is a people's event with colorful 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. 

World Environment Day is also a multi-media event which inspires thousands of journalists to write and report enthusiastically and critically on the environment. It is a visual event with television documentaries, photo exhibits and displays, as well as an intellectual event for those who organize and participate in seminars, roundtable meetings and symposia. 

In many countries, this observance provides an opportunity to sign or ratify international conventions and sometimes leads to the establishment of permanent government structures dealing with environmental management and economic planning.

With the theme, Connect with the World Wide Web of Life, WED'2001 reflects the need to make the connection, in whatever way we can, between ourselves and all life on Earth. That connection can be through modern technology, traditional means or by joining hands with other individuals and organizations. WED provides an excellent opportunity to translate that connection into action. 

Broadly, our 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.

LET US NOT WAIT FOR 5 JUNE TO COMMIT OURSELVES TO THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT.