WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY REMIND US SOMETHING

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 WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY REMIND US SOMETHING

•   It was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1972^[1] on the day that United Nations Conference on the Human Environment began.^[2] The first World Environment Day was celebrated in 1973. Since then it is hosted every year by a different city with a different theme. World Environment Day falls in spring in the Northern Hemisphere and fall (rainy season) in the Southern Hemisphere, and midsummer in the Tropical regions.
  "Stockholm was without a doubt the landmark event in the growth of international environmentalism", writes John McCormick in the book 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."
  
   

• In Nepal Republic all the Students from Grade 1 to A level are compulsory to attend the afforestation programmes on their respective locality with the supervision of SOS Villages and Nepal Government. Many Arts and drawing competitions are held on environmental day and Nepal Government declares the Scholorship for 15 Students from every cities who have major contribu tion for the environment mainly selected from Madhesi, an backward Community in Nepal. In 2012, Project Earth, an Online Eco Platform teamed up with Rio+20 and Launched ' World Environment Day Global School Contest 2012 ' to promote awareness among today's youth. Every country had a winner. Project GreenOman,The winner from Oman, was an Eco organization founded by Hridith Sudev and is a full fledged kid's Eco Organization now.

• "Earth Anthem" by poet-diplomat Abhay K was launched in June 2013 on the occasion of the World Environment Day by Kapil Sibal and Shashi Tharoor, Union Ministers of India at a function organized by the Indian Council of Cultural Relations in New Delhi.^[8] It is in eight languages including all official languages of the United Nations viz. Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish.^[9] The other two languages are Hindi and Nepali.
  

  
  

• Host cities

  World Environment Day celebrations have been hosted in the following cities:^[22]
  

  Year	Theme	Host city
  1974	Only one Earth during Expo '74	Spokane, United States
  1975	Human Settlements
  1976	Water: Vital Resource for Life
  1977	Ozone Layer Environmental Concern; Lands Loss and Soil Degradation
  1978	Development Without Destruction
  1979	Only One Future for Our Children – Development Without Destruction
  1980	A New Challenge for the New Decade: Development Without Destruction
  1981	Ground Water; Toxic Chemicals in Human Food Chains
  1982	Ten Years After Stockholm (Renewal of Environmental Concerns)
  1983	Managing and Disposing Hazardous Waste: Acid Rain and Energy
  1984	Desertification
  1985	Youth: Population and the Environment
  1986	A Tree for Peace
  1987	Environment and Shelter: More Than A Roof	Nairobi, Kenya
  1988	When People Put the Environment First, Development Will Last	Bangkok, Thailand
  1989	Global Warming; Global Warning	Brussels, Belgium
  1990	Children and the Environment	Mexico City, Mexico
  1991	Climate Change. Need for Global Partnership	Stockholm, Sweden
  1992	Only One Earth, Care and Share	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  1993	Poverty and the Environment – Breaking the Vicious Circle	Beijing, People's Republic of China
  1994	One Earth One Family	London, United Kingdom
  1995	We the Peoples: United for the Global Environment	Pretoria, South Africa
  1996	Our Earth, Our Habitat, Our Home	Istanbul, Turkey
  1997	For Life on Earth	Seoul, Republic of Korea
  1998	For Life on Earth – Save Our Seas	Moscow, Russian Federation
  1999	Our Earth – Our Future – Just Save It!	Tokyo, Japan
  2000	The Environment Millennium – Time to Act	Adelaide, Australia
  2001	Connect with the World Wide Web of Life	Torino, Italy and Havana, Cuba
  2002	Give Earth a Chance	Shenzhen, People's Republic of China
  2003	Water – Two Billion People are Dying for It!	Beirut, Lebanon
  2004	Wanted! Seas and Oceans – Dead or Alive?	Barcelona, Spain
  2005	Green Cities – Plan for the Planet!	San Francisco, United States
  2006	Deserts and Desertification – Don't Desert Drylands!	Algiers, Algeria
  2007	Melting Ice – a Hot Topic?	Tromsø, Norway
  2008	Kick The Habit – Towards A Low Carbon Economy	Wellington, New Zealand
  2009	Your Planet Needs You – UNite to Combat Climate Change	Mexico City, Mexico
  2010	Many Species. One Planet. One Future	Kigali, Rwanda
  2011	Forests: Nature at your Service	New Delhi, India
  2012	Green Economy: Does it include you?	Brazil
  2013	Think.Eat.Save. Reduce Your Foodprint	Mongolia
  2014	Raise your voice, not the sea level	Barbados

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