environment day

Human beings and the environment go hand in hand. The environment around us directly impacts our health and lifestyle and our varied actions - the fuel we use, the forests we cut down, the plastic matter



The United Nations established the World Environment Day in 1972 to mark the opening of the Stockholm Conference on Human Environment. Since then, June 5 has been celebrated as the 'World Environment Day'



Is 'environment' just a fancy word, a fashion statement? Or is it increasingly determining the choices we have and shall continue to have in today's shrinking planet?

The tradition of caring for the natural environment does not have a long history in mainstream society of almost any modern nation. It is only the second half of the twentieth century that people woke up to the fact the development came at a cost, it could not be as fast as humans could produce or consume resources without exacting a negetive price.

Today the movement to protect our natural environment is gaining ground. But is it fast enough? That's an answer we can answer in the negative only to our detriment.