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Making your life greener - one bite at a time.

This can include street rallies, bicycle parades, green concerts, essay and poster competitions in schools, tree planting, recycling efforts, clean-up campaigns, local Eco community events and much more.

World Environment Day was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1972 to mark the opening of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment.  Another resolution, adopted by the General Assembly the same day, led to the creation of UNEP.

Every 5th of June is a day used by the United Nations to stimulate worldwide awareness of environmental issues. The World Environment Day slogan for 2008 is Kick the Habit! Towards a Low Carbon Economy. The theme will also include the role of forest conservation and sustainable forestry in achieving domestic and global climate change goals.

SMALL FOOTPRINTS - BIG STEPS

Reduce your ecological footprint on the earth.

World Environment Day is observed annually in more than 100 countries, and is one of the most popular days on the United Nations calendar.

What can I do for World Environment Day?

“Kick the Habit” (the ‘carbon’ habit).

There are many ways to kick the carbon habit for World Environment Day.

Cycle, walk or bus to work and leave the car at home.

Cut rubbish and waste by at least half.

Use less electricity and less water.

Say no to fast food and supermarkets and yes to organic and local produce.

Take up Gardening...

Good for you: Get fit, save money and grow something new from seed. Growing your own fruit, vegetables and plants in the garden is proven to help reduce stress. Digging deep is good exercise and therapeutic at the same time. Get composting. It minimises landfill waste and recycles it back into the earth.

Good for the environment: The garden is the one place where you can make a small but real difference. No pesticides, no wasteful packaging and no food miles.

Living sustainably means living smarter. Join with ecobiters and share how you reduce your impact on the environment and save money.

Change the habits of a consumer to those of a conserver.

Inspiration leads to motivation, and motivation results in action!

Every step makes a difference! Together we can really help the environment — the more of us that step up, the bigger the difference we’ll all make.

A million people making one small change is better than a hundred people making a hundred changes to their lifestyle.