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It’s World Environment Day. What are you doing to save the planet?

Amanda Peterka — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:01:07 +0000

Even though there are some of us who like to celebrate the environment every day, Friday is the official United Nations day to don your green gear and plant a few trees. “World Environment Day,” as it’s known, has been celebrated every June 5th since 1972, when it was first established by the UN as a way to promote environmental awareness. Every year a different country plays host of the party; this year is Mexico.

Twitter For Trees

mcmilker — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:16:05 +0000

Today is UN World Environment Day and they are running a unique campaign on Twitter. I always like to see non profits use social media effectively and this is a great campaign being driven by the always active green group on Twitter. We previewed this campaign in the middle of May and now the day is here to help them reach their goal of 10,000 followers.

‘Kick the Habit’, the Slogan to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint

Eva Pratesi — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:54:26 +0000

“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!