Green Options » anti-pollution mask http://greenoptions.com/tag/anti-pollution-mask Posts tagged 'anti-pollution mask' Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:54:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en ‘Kick the Habit’, the Slogan to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint http://ecoworldly.com/2008/06/05/kick-the-habit-the-slogan-to-reduce-your-carbon-footprint/ http://ecoworldly.com/2008/06/05/kick-the-habit-the-slogan-to-reduce-your-carbon-footprint/#comments Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:54:26 +0000 Eva Pratesi http://ecoworldly.com/2008/06/05/kick-the-habit-the-slogan-to-reduce-your-carbon-footprint/ traffico.jpg
“Our world is in the grip of a dangerous carbon habit,” UN secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon Ban said in a statement to mark the celebration of World Environment Day today. “Kick the Habit” (the ‘carbon’ habit) is the international slogan for the event that promotes a movement towards a low carbon economy. World Environment Day, conceived in 1972, is the United Nations’ principal day to mark global green issues and aims to give a human face to environmental problems and solutions.

Not only humans but also art works seem to participate at this global fight against pollution and carbon consumption. It was early this morning in Rome when joggers and dog walkers alerted the police because around 150 statues across the city were wearing anti-pollution masks over their mouths!

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