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SLIDESHARE: World Environment Day

Mark your calendar! World Environment Day is June 5.

HISTORY OF WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY

In 1972 the United Nations General Assembly established the first World Environment Day to mark the opening of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment.

"Stockholm was without doubt the landmark event in the growth of international environmentalism," writes John McCormick in Reclaiming Paradise. "It was the first occasion on which the political, social and economic problems of the global environment were discussed at an intergovernmental forum with a view to actually taking corrective action."

Another resolution led to the creation of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

More details about World Environment Day online the UNEP website.

WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY THEMES

2010 –
2009 – Climate Change
2008 – Low-Carbon Economies
2007 – Melting Ice
2006 – Deserts and Desertification
2005 – Green Citie
2004 – Seas and Oceans: Dead or Alive?
2003 – Water – Two Billion People are Dying for It!
2002 - Give Earth a Chance
2001 - Connect with the World Wide Web of Life
2000 - The Environment Millennium: Time to Act
1999 - Our Earth: Our Future
1998 - For Life on Earth: Save Our Seas
1997 - For Life on Earth
1996 - Our Earth, Our Habitat, Our Home
1995 - We the Peoples: United for the Global Environment
1994 - One Earth One Family
1993 - Poverty and the Environment: Breaking the Vicious Circle
1992 - Only One Earth, Care and Share
1991 - Climate Change. Need for Global Partnership
1990 - Children and the Environment
1989 - Global Warming; Global Warning
1988 - When People Put the Environment First, Development Will Last
1987 - Environment and Shelter: More Than A Roof
1986 - A Tree for Peace
1985 - Youth: Population and the Environment
1984 - Desertification
1983 - Managing and Disposing Hazardous Waste: Acid Rain and Energy
1982 - Ten Years After Stockholm (Renewal of Environmental Concerns)
1981 - Ground Water; Toxic Chemicals in Human Food Chains
1980 - A New Challenge for the New Decade: Development Without Destruction
1979 - Only One Future for Our Children - Development Without Destruction
1978 - Development Without Destruction
1977 - Ozone Layer Environmental Concern; Lands Loss and Soil Degradation
1976 - Water: Vital Resource for Life
1975 - Human Settlements
1974 - Only one Earth

COLIBRI ECOTOURISM AWARD

As part of the global celebration of World Environment Day, Planeta.com presents the annual Colibri Ecotourism Award to a leader working toward responsible travel and ecotourism in Mexico.

WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY

YOUR TURN - You can contribute photos to the World Environment Day Group. The group solicits photos from World Environment Day events around the world, signage touting environmental messages, photos of earth, photos showing low carbon lifestyles and book covers of recommended environmental titles. Join the group or subscribe to the RSS feeds.

World Environment Day Survey