O World environment day is celebrated on the day June 5th. It was created on the occasion of the Stockholm Conference, organized by the United Nations (UN) in 1972.
What is World Environment Day?
It is a very important day to encourage changes in attitudes and globally raise awareness about the environment.
It is celebrated on June 5th, around the world, through individual and collective initiatives in defense of the environment, in order to cause positive impacts on the planet.
Any attitude serves as a celebration: planting a tree, carrying out a campaign to clean up forests or beaches, promoting recycling campaigns, reusing objects by creating new ones, bringing people together to rethink their attitudes, among many others stuff.
Environment Day at School and Society
There are schools and institutions that promote the Environment Week, where they hold workshops on recycling and reusing materials, science experiments, debates and presentations.
O Environment it is a cross-cutting theme that can and should be included in all subjects and educational levels.
It's a great time to talk to children about responsible consumption attitudes, avoiding waste and maintaining healthy habits, remembering tips on how to save water, promoting a campaign to collect used oil or materials recyclable.
Associations of residents or collectives of people can take advantage of the day to improve the quality of life in the neighborhood, through awareness campaigns to prevent diseases such as dengue, properly take care of garbage, among many others.
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Why is there World Environment Day?
June 5th marks the date of the United Nations Conference on the Environment, in Stockholm, Sweden's capital, in 1972, which became known as the Stockholm Conference.
This event was the first to bring together representatives of governments and non-governmental institutions from more than 100 countries to discuss important environmental issues such as acid rain, air pollution and resource conservation natural.
It was in the 1970s that interest in environmental issues began to grow and the concept of Sustainable Development emerged with great force.
It's just a day to rethink attitudes and create new habits that should be part of the daily life of all people, because if having a healthy environment is our right, taking care of the planet is also the duty of all.
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