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Feature: WED
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Africa - Asia/Pacific
- Europe
- Latin America/Caribbean
- North America
- West Asia
Every year World
Environment Day is celebrated around the world. We invite you, your
country, your city, your town or your village to celebrate this day
with us.To advertise and share the activities you are planning, please
contact
Ms. Elisabeth.Guilbaud-Cox
Message
from Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion
of World Environment Day 2004
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[Russian] [Chinese]
[Arabic]
Message
of Mr. Ruud Lubbers, High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), on the
occasion of World Environment Day 2004
[English]
AFRICA
Bujumbura, Burundi
In Burundi, the Ministry of Environment organized week-long festivities to celebrate
World Environment Day throughout the country. From June 4-11, the people of Burundi were further
sensitized to the need to protect their country’s natural resources, while decision-makers were
urged to take the environment into account when planning for the country’s development and post-war
reconstruction.
The activities held during Environment Week in Burundi covered a variety of topics. In addition to the
theme of WED 2005, the activities, which included a competition between youth environmental clubs,
workshops, clean-up campaigns and the naming of environmental journalist of the year, also addressed
deforestation, wildfires and land degradation.
For
more information, please contact:
Le Ministère de l’Aménagement du territoire,
de l’environnement et du tourisme
B.P. 631 Bujumbura
Burundi
Egyptian
Red Sea
June 5th was celebrated on the Red Sea coast of Egypt from
Hurghada to Wadi El Gemal National Park with underwater, beach and mangrove
clean-ups and events to honor all those who participated in protecting
this valuable resource. Dr. Moustafa Fouda, Director of the Nature Conservation
Sector of the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA), inspired
collective action. Together, the Red Sea Rangers, the USAID-funded Red
Sea Sustainable Development Project and the Academy for Educational
Development, joined forces with the Red Sea Governorate, the Red Sea
Diving & Water sports Association, and HEPCA to sponsor these activities.
More on the events.
For
more information, please contact:
Cheryl Groff
& John McEachern
Hurghada, EGYPT
E-mail: jmceachern@eepp-psu.org
Tripoli,
Lybia
To commemorate the WED this year, the United Nations Information
Centre (UNIC) in Tripoli, Lybia organized a one- week campaign on the
environment for the general public under the title "Cleaning the
Beach". This activity was organized by the International Organization
for Peace, Care and Relief, the Canadian Embassy, Scouts and Guides
and other NGO's. A drawing competition was also organized by the Canadian
Embassy with the support of commercial firms.
On 5 June, the General Authority
for Environment, the Gaddafi Foundation for Relief and a number of NGOs
celebrated WED on the campus of the General Environment Authority in
Tripoli. In addition, a seminar was held and a number of speeches delivered
by higher officials on this occasion.
UNIC also distributed information
materials prepared especially for WED. The Secretary-General's WED message
in Arabic was sent to the major local newspapers. Books, pamphlets and
information materials received from DPI, as well as posters on the environment
and the UN in general, were also distributed.
For
more information, please contact:
Mr. Habiba
Gamoudi,
Information Assistant
UNIC, Tripoli, Lybia
Kisumu,
Kenya
The Kenya Neem Foundation, under the leadership of Ms. Perin
Fitter, (better known as Mama Neem) will be celebrating WED in Kericho
by promoting the use of the neem products and educating the public about
its various uses.
For
more information, please contact:
Ms Perrin
Fitter
P.O. Box 1268
Kisumu, Kenya
Ahoada,
Nigeria
Earth Skin Conservation Foundation (ESCF) Nigeria - an environmental
NGO will, once again, marks WED by advancing environmental activism
at the local level, through advocacy, public education, and coalition
building. Activities planned by ESCF include:
Post Primary
School Essay Competition
Topic: Our Environment and the 21st century
Date: 6 May - 5 June 2004
Public Lecture
Topic: WANTED! SEA AND OCEANS - DEAD OR ALIVE?
Date: 5 June 2004
Official
Launch of Earth Skin Newsletter: Safeguarding the Earth
Date: 5 June 2004
Venue: Information Centre Ahoada Town Ahoada East Local
Government Area Rivers State Nigeria.
For
more information, please contact:
Philip Ndu
Echeya
President (escf) Nigeria
Phone: (+234) 0803-3407740
E-Mail: earthskinfoundation@yahoo.com
Monrovia,
Liberia
The Environment Theme Group of Liberia, under the direction
and guidance of the Environmental Protection Agency and with support
from the UNDP Country Office, will observe World Environment Day in
the Capital, Monrovia. Activities are planned for three days.
3 June
1. Outreach programmes to schools, communities and internally displaced
people's camps for public awareness about importance of oceans and seas.
2. Radio talk show on Radio Veritas
4 June
1. Bicycle race: a contest for young people and former combatants
2. Radio talk show on United Nations Radio in Liberia
5 June
1. World Environment Day Parade
2. Indoor Programme at the Monrovia City Hall Theatre
For
more information, please contact:
Mr. Ben Turtur Donnie
Biodiversity Unit
United Nations Development Programme
Simpson Building, Mamba Point
Monrovia, Liberia
tel: 231 226211
E-Mail: ben.donnie@undp.org,
benturturdonnie@yahoo.com
Ondo
State, Nigeria
The
World Environment Day project is divided into three components:
VOLUNTEERS TRAINING
The goal of this part of the project is to raise environmental awareness
at the community level by sharing knowledge and transferring some of
the skills needed to improve sanitation, prevention and conservation
of the environment.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
/ EDUCATION
The enhancement of environmental protection and conservation in coastal
communities in Ondo State requires advocacy and sustained public education,
which would achieve a change in poor domestic and public waste disposal
practice and environmental pollution. This could be achieved by developing
the capacity of the people in the community via ‘Civic- environmentalism”
to deal with the issue of environmental pollution.
Universe Protectors
proposes to extend its community outreach activities to the following
centers.
(1) AKURE (OJA OBA)
(2) OKITIPUPA WATER FRONT
(3) IGBOKODA WATER FRONT
(4.) IGBEKEBO WATER FRONT
ROUND TABLE ON THE ENVIRONMENT
This final aspect of the project is a public lecture series on areas
of importance in sustainable sea an ocean development in Ondo State.
Papers will be presented by professionals, administrators and stake
holders in the environmental sector. At the end of the lectures a roundtable
discussion will evolve.
Portharcourt,
Rivers State, Nigeria
The Niger Delta Leaders Forum, in conjunction with the Niger
Delta Development Commission (an agency of the federal government of
Nigeria) is organising a National Summit/workshop in Nigeria to discuss
the future environmental impact of Oil exploration on the Niger Delta.
For
more information, please contact:
ORLUKWU . G. JOHNSON
Chairman,
Organising Committee.
Tel. 234-8033092188
Portharcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria
E-mail: gtimeintl@yahoo.com
Accra,
Ghana
Earth
Service, an environmental NGO in Ghana will launch UNEP's Plant
for the Planet campaign on the occasion of World Environment Day.
Some 1,500 people are expected to participate in the event including
children from various schools, representatives of UNDP, FAO, UNIC, UNFPA,
government ministries, corporations and the media as well as a number
of NGOs. Special guests will include the Minister of Environment and
Science and the Minister for Lands and Forestry.
The Campaign will
include the establishment of tree nurseries and tree planting programmes
in selected schools in the capital, Accra.
For
more information, please contact:
Mr. Joshua Awuku-Apaw
Earth Service
Accra,Ghana
E-mail: awukapaw@yahoo.co.uk
Kericho
District, Kenya
On the occasion of WED this year, the National Environment
Management Authority Cereals Board in Kericho District, Kenya are organizing
a wide range of activities as a build-up, during and after the day.
Activities include: tree planting, wetlands conservation, clean-up,
soil conservation, environmental competition among schools and communities,
drama and a programme to promote the development of a culture of environmental
care. Various institutions, private companies, churches, schools, community
based organizations and government departments are expected to participate.
For
more information, please contact:
Mr. O. Z. Ouma
District Environment Officer-Kericho
National Environment Management Authority
Cereals Board
P. O. Box 976
Kericho, Kenya
Ibadan,
Nigeria
A group of young people at the University of Ibadan, Ibadan,
Nigeria plans to raise awareness about WED 2004, by organizing a green
concert on June 5th, as well as a public lecture and clean-ups.
For
more information, please contact:
Bunmi Sodipo
Email: bunmidipo@yahoo.com
Cotonou,
Benin
The Agency of Young Reporters of Environment and Health in
Benin (AYOREB) is organising on the occasion of World Environment Day
a Youth-led March to disseminate information about the need to protect
the environment. This event will be followed by a live Debate/Conference
on the State of the Environment in Benin today and what the youth can
do.
For
more information, please contact:
Djossou Gbemiga Christophe
CEO of Ayoreb
09 P.O. Box 278
Cotonou
Benin
Tel: 00229 69 84 55
Email: gbemiga2@yahoo.co.uk
ayoreb2@yahoo.co.uk
ayoreb@columnist.com
Zaria,
Nigeria
The Campus Action For A Responsive Environment - ABU (CARE-ABU),
a campus-based environment organisation in Ahmadu Bello University,
Zaria, Nigeria, will sensitise the student body and the university community
of the need to protect the environment by organizing World Environment
Day activities. Their celebrations will include the following among
others:
1. Seminars/Lectures On Environmental Issues
2. Exhibitions and Poster Sessions
3. Photo and Essay Competitions and a
4. Mini Tree Planting Campaign
For
more information, please contact:
Agbo, B Jerome (Coordinator, CARE-ABU),
P.O. Box 29 ABU Post Office,
Faculty Of Education,
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 810001,
Kaduna State, Nigeria.
Email: care.abu.zaria@africamail.com
Ifrane,
Morocco
The
Center of Environmental Issues & Regional development, Alakhawayn
University is organizing a workshop entitled Renewable Energies and
Energy Efficiency - Responsibility of all for the sustainable development
of the Middle Atlas.
High human pressure
on the forests of the Middle Atlas and the absence of local and regional
alternative energy strategies, as well as limited environmental awareness
programmes will be reviewed and discussed with the various stakeholders
(forestry department, community representatives, NGOs, local government,
private sector, media representatives, research centers, academic units,
among other). Recommendations for appropriate energy alternatives and
environmental education programmes for the community will be made. A
context of renewable energy projects (painting, renewable energy prototypes
in schools) will be part of the World Environment Day. An exhibition
of books and renewable energy equipment will be shown. In addition,
a tree planting programme and the monitoring of previous environmental
activities will take place in various schools in Ifrane city.
For more information,
please contact:
Pr Bachir Raissouni, Ph.d
Executive Director
AUI Center of Environmental Issues and Regional Development (AUI CEIRD)
Alakhawayn University, B.P 1884 Ifrane 53000 Morocco
Email: B.Raissouni@Alakhawayn.ma
URL: http://www.ceird.ma
Curepipe,
Mauritius
The purpose of this project is to attract people’s attention
and to get people to actively participate in cleaning a fallow land
located on Pope Hennessy Rd in Curepipe in order to regain fertility
for future crop. The project consists of creating a botanical garden,
a retaining wall, a path, educational tours and a parking lane of 180
metres long to promote sustainable social and ecological development.
The botanical garden will act as a springboard to a large network of
eco-citizens, in an effort to promote eco tourism and and eco-philosophy
and to foster sustainable behavior in the community.
For more information,
please contact:
Jean Michel Laurent
1 Daruty de Grand pre.
Curepipe Rd
Mauritius
Email: j_michel_laurent@hotmail.com
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ASIA
and PACIFIC
UNEP
Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok
For
WED 2004, the UNEP Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific has organized
an Asia-Pacific regional arts competition on the WED theme seas and
oceans, as well as a WED event in Bangkok, focusing on the work of the
Thai Youth Environment Network and the establishment of a sub-regional
youth environment network. On 5 June activities in Bangkok focussed
on the announcement of the regional painting competition winners. Press
release.
Winning
entries.
For
more information, please contact:
Tim Higham
Regional Information Officer
UNEP, Bangkok
Email:
higham@un.org.
URL: www.roap.unep.org
Bhubaneswar,
India
The
Orissa Environmental Society observed WED with great enthusiasm. On
the occasion, a seminar was organized in which about 150 scientists,
educators, administrators, planners and nature-lovers participated.
The event revolved around the aptly chosen theme Wanted! Seas and Oceans:
Dead or Alive, and the speakers discussed in detail the diverse aspects
of the theme. The programmes were as follows:
A. Inaugural Session: The speakers focused on:
- Pollution of seas and oceans
- Impacts of climate change on them
- Impacts of over-exploitation of their resources
B. Technical Session: The speakers presented research
findings on :
- Status of marsh crocodiles of the state of Orissa
- Status of sharks in the marine waters of Orissa
For
more information, please contact:
Dr. JK Panigrahi, Secretary,
Orissa Environmental Society,
Bhubaneswar - 751 015, India.
Email: jk_panigrahi@sancharnet.in
Chennai,
India
On the occasion of World Environment Day,
M.C.T.M Chidambaram Chettyar Matricukation Higher Secondary School worked towards the International school award
Project under the aegis of the British Council. They were linked with a school in Doncaster, United Kingdom.
They also established a link with a school in Poland. All the children celebrated WED on 25 June 2004.
Some of the activities undertaken included a slogan competition, distribution of paper bags to both children
and parents, the planting of saplings on the school premises. The students collectively took an oath to protect
nature, and wore a badge which was exclusively prepared for the occasion. The best slogans were awarded prizes
and the prizes were sent to the link schools as well.
For
more information, please contact:
Ms. Shanti Krishnamurthy
M.CT.M Chidambaram Chettyar Matricukation Higher Secondary School
179, Luz Church Road
Mylapore
India
Tel: 91-044-24995847
E-mail: krish@absolutum.com
Website: www.mctmschools.com
Penang,
Malaysia
In
conjunction with World Environment Day this year, the WorldFish Center
headquarters in 
Penang,
Malaysia organized an awareness program for our staff. WED posters were
placed in strategic locations within the office complex. Various articles
about this year's theme,'Wanted: Seas and Oceans - Dead or Alive?' were
also circulated.
A special staff gathering was organized on June 4, 2004
to mark the occasion of World Environment Day. Staff members were treated
to a short video clip on the state of the oceans. This led to discussions
on ways staff could contribute to the environment.
Activities planned for the near future include a one-day
cleanup of the neighbouring mangrove swamp and an International Coastal
Cleanup to be led by the WorldFish Center with the participation of
the local community and various organizations in the vicinity.
For
more information, please contact:
Marco Noordeloos
WorldFish Center
Jalan Batu Maung, Batu Maung
11960 Bayan Lepas
Penang
Malaysia
Email:m.noordeloos@cgiar.org
URL: www.worldfishcenter.org
Anuradhapura,
Sri Lanka
On
the occasion of World Environment Day I have organised a painting competition
for school children in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Some 3000-4000 school children
participated. The theme of the competition is "Amar Sobuz Bangla"
(this is in Bengali) which means My Green Country.
Government officials and
the media were invited in order to stress the importance of the occasion
and also to pass on the message of a Healthy Environment to the people
of Bangladesh.
The paintings will be exhibited
in an exhibition hall, which will be open to the public.
For
more information, please contact:
Masud Ali
Email: masudali@rediffmail.com
Malaya,
Malaysia
On
29 May 2004, the Environmental Education Program Rimba Ilmu of University
Malaya, Malaysia is launching at the Rimba Ilmu Botanic Garden Building
the second Children's Art Show to coincide with World Environment Day.
The Art Show is
jointly organized by the University of Malaya, the Malaysian Nature
Society and the Impact Art Programme in support of WED - 5 June.
An exhibition of
50 paintings on nature by a group of children will take place. A silent
auction of the paintings will be held, and 60 per cent of the funds
raised will be donated to Rimba Ilmu Botanic Garden.
The Art Show will
be open from 29 May to 6 June 2004
10.00am to 4.00pm (weekday) {close for lunch 12.30pm to 1.30pm}
10.00am to 1.pm (weekend)
For
more information, please contact:
I.S. Shanmugaraj
Senior Education Officer
Email: zahid@um.edu.my
URL: http://www.um.edu.my
Anuradhapura,
Sri Lanka
A
unique feature of this year’s World Environment Day celebrations
in Sri Lanka is that a comprehensive programme has been organized in
Anuradhapura on the theme of “Protecting Biodiversity and Culture”
by the Sri Lanka Nature Forum (SLNF), i.e. the network of member organizations
benefiting from the UNDP’s GEF-Small Grants Program.
Anuradhapura
has been selected by SLNF as the location for this year’s celebrations
for the reason that conservation of environment is inherently tied to
the conservation of heritage. This city, perhaps more than any other,
symbolizes a way of life that took as its foundational principle the
notion of sustainable livelihoods. The architects of the Anuradhapura
civilization knew that right livelihood included a concerted effort
to protect ecosystems and maintain the delicate balance of environmental
cycles. Celebrating Heritage and Sustainable Livelihoods in Anuradhapura.
Detailed programme.
For
more information, please contact:
Shireen Samarasuriya
GEF/SGP National Coordinator Sri Lanka
Email: shireen.samarasuriya@undp.org
Macquarie
Island, Tasmania
Michele
Thums and her fellow expeditioners of the Australian Antarctic Program
are planning a marine debris clean-up day on Macquarie Island in the
sub-Antarctic. Macquarie Island is a Nature Reserve under the administration
of the Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service, Australia. It is also a
World Heritage Area and has an Australian Antarctic Base located at
its Northern Tip. She is one of 18 expeditioners who live and work there
for a year. The expeditioners range from trades people to meteorological
observers to scientists like Michele.
The
island is half way between Australia and Antarctica and given its position
in the southern ocean, collects a lot of marine debris, much of which
is fishing related and dangerous to wildlife. The participants are proposing
to clean up the west coast of the island as this is where the prevailing
wind comes from and where the bulk of the debris is located.
For
more information, please contact:
Michele Thums
Antarctic Wildlife Research Unit
School of Zoology
University of Tasmania
Hobart, Tasmania 7001
Australia
Email: michel_thu@macca.aad.gov.au
Aitken
Hill, Australia
Aitken
Hill, Australia's only purpose built conference and events venue is
set on 170 acres of rolling countryside just 25 minutes from Melbourne's
city centre.
Years ago the area
surrounding Aitken Hill's property was cleared for farming and as part
of their commitment to nurturing the environment, they have set up a
five year regeneration programme (currently in its third year) to ensure
that suitable Australian native flora is replanted on our site.
This year, Aitken
Hill will be planting 500 trees and shrubs on 5 June to help promote
World Environment Day 2004. The WED logo and a short description about
the day on the centre's messaging screens, which are located within
the building and accommodation rooms, will help create awareness amongst
the hundreds of people that pass through our building weekly.
Aitken Hill is committed
to making a conscious effort to sustain our environment, not only for
Australia, but also for the world at large.
For more information,
please contact:
Cynthia Adams
Promotions Coordinator
Aitken Hill, Australia's Leading Conference and Event Venue
Email: promotions@aitkenhill.com
URL: http://www.aitkenhill.com.au
Karachi,
Pakistan
This
year, on the occasion of WED, the Society for Environment of Pakistan
(SEP), a newly established non-profit organization, is organizing in
collaboration with the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) and the Government
of Sindh, a seminar based on the WED theme Wanted! Seas and Oceans:
Dead or Alive? - Friday 4 June 2004 at the Arts Council in Karachi.
For more information,
please contact:
Shabbir Ibne Adil
Chairman
Society for Environment of Pakistan (SEP)
Karachi
Pakistan
Email: shabbir@environmenttv.org
Balikpapan,
Indonesia
To
commemorate World Environment Day this year, the Save the Balikpapan
Bay Foundation, a local coastal NGO in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan,
Indonesia is conducting a public awareness campaign entitled "Save
The Bay Now!". The campaign includes activities such as beach hiking,
beach clean-up and the planting of mangrove trees, as well as children
competitions (e.g. sand castle, coloring, poetry reading, essay writing
and singing), a fair and bazaar, and interactive dialogues. The dialogue
will be undertaken in partnership with a local FM radio station and
a newspaper to discuss various local issues related to the WED theme,
such as coastal-sound city planning, beach reclamation, oil spill and
pollution, and mangrove conversion for mariculture, to name a few. See
the brochure for more
information.
For more information,
please contact:
Mr. M. Putrawidjaja (Ciput)
Yayasan Selamatkan Teluk Balikpapan
Jl. RE. Martadinata No. 2, RT 26,
Mekar Sari, Balikpapan 76122
INDONESIA
Email: savethebaynow@balikpapanbay.or.id
Southern
Province, Sri Lanka.
Sri
Lanka is recognized as one of the Biodiversity hotspots in the world.
Rainforest Rescue International (RRI) is dedicated to promoting the
conservation of tropical rainforest in a manner that will lead to longlasting
social, economic and environmental benefits to the people in
and around the rainforests of southern Sri Lanka.
This year, RRI will
launch an awareness programme for 10 selected schools in Galle and Matara
districts, to commemorate this special day. The initiative is part of
a national programme coordinated by the Ministry of Environment and
Natural Recourses and the participation of the relevant Municipal Councils
of the two districts, which are the main coastal towns in the country.
The main event organized
by RRI will ake place at the Town Hall Galle on 5 June from 9.00 a.m.
to 12.30 pm followed by a tree planting excercise, the showing of a
rare 30 minute film on " Biodiversity of the Sea" and a poster
competition.
A beach cleaning
programme will be organized in collaboration with the Municipal Council
of Matara, the University of Ruhuna and several environmental organizations.
At 7.00 p.m., a film on "Biodiversity on Sea" will be screened
at the main bus station, Matara which, it is hoped, will
attract more than 1,000 participants.
The aim of the WED
events is to enhance environmental knowledge of urban communities; empower
people to become active agents to challenging attitudes towards the
various environmental issues in the country.
For more information,
please contact:
Robin Lock
Executive Director
Rainforest Rescue International (RRI)
Future Initiative Centre for Sustainable Development (FICSD)
P.O.Box 119
Galle
Sri Lanka
Email: robinrri@sltnet.lk
Email: robinlock@bigfoot.com
URL: www.rain4est.org
Rajshahi,
Bangladesh
The
University of Rajshahi in Bangladesh will, once again, commemorate World
Environment Day. The Dean of the Biological Science Faculty has formed
an organizing committee comprising both students and teachers. They
will discuss the current issues of local, national and global environment
especially about the Bay of Bengal, the sea of crucial importance. The
agricultural chemicals and pesticide residues are carried to the sea
by the network of 300 or so rivers and are accumulating; the ground
water contamination with arsenic and associated impacts, effects of
global warming on our sea and the coastal area, over exploitation of
marine and inland aquatic resources will be discussed.
There will be an open discussion encouraging the students to participate.
In addition, a poster and photo exhibition will be arranged.
For more information,
please contact:
Prof. M.I.Zuberi
University of Rajshahi
Bangladesh
Email: zuberimi@hotmail.com
Osaka, Japan
The
UNEP International Environmental Technology Centre (IETC) located in
Osaka is preparing a photo exhibition entitled "Sea, Oceans and
Watershed Links" for World Environment Day and as one of the events
for celebrating the IETC 10-year anniversary, which will be held from
June 5 to June 12 at the IETC & ILEC center foyer.
The
Nippon TV has also expressed it's interest in hosting the exhibition
in it's special program titled "ECO-Weekend" on June 4-6.
The venue will be the Nippon TV 's event hall at Shiodome in Tokyo where
the Nippon TV just moved last year.
For more information,
please contact:
Junko Ochi
Senior Liaison Officer
UNEP/DTIE/International Technology Centre(IETC)
Email: junko.ochi@unep.or.jp
URL: http://www.unep.or.jp
Clean
Up the World activities in Cambodia
Ministry
of Environment : Meeting and discussions to take place, along with tree
planting to celebrate this global event.
For more information,
please contact:
Nop Nimol
Email: moelab@bigpond.com.kh
Clean
Up the World activities in India
East
Coast Research and Development : Beach clean up at Thoothukudi to celebrate
World Environment Day. 300 volunteers expected i
For more information,
please contact:
Pushpa Victoria
Email: yazhini@sancharnet.in
Set-Win
Society : Clean Up Campaign to remove garbage from five target villages
will take place in the first week of June.
For more information,
please contact:
Selvam Pudumai Vedamuthu
Email: set-1@eth.net
Clean
Up the World activities in Nepal
Nepal
Australia Community Resource Management and Livelihoods : Tree Planting
Day. Mobilising local schools and communities to plant trees and grasses
on roadsides and erosion sites in Kabhre and Sindhu districts of Nepal.
For more information,
please contact:
Ruth Osborne
Email: ruth@nacrmlp.wlink.com.np
Clean Up
the World activities in Pakistan
Human Resource Social
Welfare Society International : Will celebrate WED with an Environmental
Award Ceremony in Peshawar. The Ceremony will be the culmination of
a 3 month campaign which commenced with Earth Day celebrations in April.
Organisers estimate 1 million people will participate during the 3 month
period.
For more information,
please contact:
Muhammed Idrees Khan
Email: info_hrsws@yahoo.com
Women Awareness
& Development Organisation Pakistan : Working in conjunction with
Human Resource Social Welfare Society International
For more information,
please contact:
Zakia Noreen Khattak Zakia
Phone: 092 303 6902322
Email: info_wado@yahoo.com
Sabawon : World
Environment Day Walk. This Clean Up event will utilise waste bins placed
in the streets of Hyderabad and Peshawar.
For more information,
please contact:
Mohammad Tasiq
Phone: 092 303 6902322
Email:mohammed.tasiq@sabawon.org
Queensland,
Australia
Hannaford’s
Events, an Australian based company that owns an exciting new theater
event product called Flames Of The Forest (FOTF) – Theatre of
light and shadow, which was pioneered with Conservation Volunteers Australia
(CVA) and launched last year. Through this special event guests can
experience a theatre/dining and cultural event set in the rainforests
of tropical north Queensland Australia.
For World Environment Day, FOTF will be launching an Australian first
- the 000 (One person, One tree, One world) concept - regeneration project
where every participant discovers they have generated the planting of
one tree on Australian soil as they are entertained in the stunning
surroundings of the rainforest during the FOTF evening.
For more information,
please contact:
Nick Hannaford
Hannaford's Events Pty Ltd.,
Trading as Hannaford's Events and Flames of the Forest
Tel Sydney - 02 93562909
Tel Queensland - 07 40982755
Email: nick@hannafords.com.au
URL:http://www.hannafords.com.au
URL: http://www.flamesoftheforest.com.au
Kingscote,
Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
As an Island community, residents of Kangaroo Island in South
Australia have a close connection to the sea and a strong desire to
see the marine environment of their island protected.
In keeping with
this year's World Environment Day (WED) theme, Kingscote Area School
has undertaken a study of the marine environment with the participation
of the whole school. The results, outlined in a brochure, will be launched
on WED.
In addition to this
will be the unveiling of a very large artwork created by students (with
the aid of a local artist) from beach litter collected from around the
island. Other material regarding the marine environment will also be
available at the exhibit. The school will join with other island community
groups with a similar focus on the integrity of the marine environment
to make the day a great celebration of commitment to this cause.
The event will be
held on the Queenscliffe Lawns, Dauncey Street, Kingscote from 9:30
through to 4 pm.
For
more information, please contact:
Phyl Bartram or Scott Johnston
Telephone 61 8 85532074
Kingscote Area School, 5 Centenary Ave,
Kingscote
South Australia 5223
Email: sjohnsto@kingscotas.sa.edu.au
Srinagar,
Kashmir, India
In an effort to develop capacity building among the school
children, this year Valley Commonwealth Public School is planning to
observe World Environment Day by inviting the almost 20 schools to participate
in the week-long events, which will include a painting competition,
clean-up drives, and eco-demonstrations, to name a few.
For
more information, please contact:
Ms Rifat manzoor
Coordinator
Out Reach Research Programme
Valley Commonwealth Public School
Rampora Chattabal
Srinagar, Kashmir 190010
INDIA
Email: sabeena_77@yahoo.com
Dhaka,
Bangladesh
Bangladesh is launching UNEP’s Plant for the Planet Campaign
on World Environment Day, 5 June 2004. STEP (Striving Towards Environmental
Protection) - a local NGO - will organize the event, which has been
officially endorsed by the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MOEF),
and will be funded by various partners. The Honourable Minister of MOEF
will be present on this occasion.
Four rural and four
urban schools have been chosen to participate. Rural schools have more
space, therefore, there is a huge opportunity to expand this programme
by starting nurseries and involving the community in planting trees.
On the other hand, urban schools are starved for space. The urban children
hardly get a chance to plant trees. This programme will give them an
opportunity to plant trees, learn more about local species and fruits,
nurture the plants over a long period of time and also raise awareness
about environmental issues inside the schools and outside.
In addition to planting
trees, there will be thematic programme, poster and painting competitions
in each school on World Environment Day.
For
more information, please contact:
Afifa Raihana
House 98, Road 25, Block
Banani,
Dhaka - 1213
Bangladesh
Email: step@agni.com
St.
Kilda, Victoria, Australia
On
the occasion of World Environment Day 2004, Coastcare in conjunction
with Quiksilver Boardriders Club, will be hosting an environmental rehabilitation
and education day at the world famous Bells Beach known for its surfing.
Everyone is invited to come along and join in the revegetation of indigenous
plants around the Winkipop area and come on an environmental interpretative
tour.
If
you can’t make it down on Saturday to Bells, why not come to a
similar event at St Kilda. There will be habitat re-establishment for
St Kilda’s fairy penguin population, indigenous plantings at West
Beach, interpretative walks, food and family entertainment. There will
also be cameras and TVs so you can see what is actually under the pier
and to find out what the destructive Northern Pacific Seastar is doing
to the bay.
For
more information, please contact:
Matthew Redd or Siân Jones
Tel. 0403 792 773
Email: smjo@deakin.edu.au
URL : www.earthcarestkilda.org.au
Alice
Springs, Australia
Ever imagined Central Australia covered in a vast inland
ocean with all sorts of sea creatures swimming around? Evidence of these
seashore relatives still exist here today. This World Environment Day
(WED) find out what you can do to look after our precious oceans and
waterways from right here in the heart of Australia.
The Alice Springs
Desert Park is organizing from 1.30 to 3.00pm on WED a special event
under the WED theme: Wanted! Seas and Oceans - Dead or Alive?. This
activity will be of the Northern Territory Parks and Wildlife Commission
(NTPWC) Junior Ranger Programme. Young people between the ages of 9
and 14 need to be enrolled in the programme, which is free. They can
do this by contacting the Ranger on (08) 89518247. This number can also
be used to book for the activity as attendance numbers need to be confirmed.
For
more information, please contact:
Kylie Green
Park Guide , Alice Springs Desert Park
PO Box 2130
Alice Springs
Northern Territory 0871
Australia
Email: ASDPGuides.PWCNT@PLMBAY.PWCNT.NT.GOV.AU
Western
Australia
This year on World Environment Day (WED), the United Nations
Association in Western Australia (UNAA-WA) is planning a Photographic
Exhibition of Marine and Coastal Environments, in conjunction with Millennium
Kids, the Conservation and Land Management Department, the Australian
Nature Conservancy, the Marine and Coastal Community Network, and the
South Fremantle Primary School.
The exhibition will run for two weeks in the State Library, and will
feature videos, photographs, and other visual information on the condition
of Australia's ocean coastline, which covers 12,000 kilometres. In particular,
it will show the condition of the marine conservation areas, and restoration
and rehabilitation projects.
For
more information, please contact:
Caroline Pembroke
Event Convenor
Event co-ordinated by Environment Sub-committe of the UNAA-WA.
Email: lwl@iinet.net.au
Gold
Coast, Australia
Gecko - Gold Coast and Hinterland Environment Council are once
again hosting the regional World Environment Day 'do!' community festival,
to celebrate our precious Planet Earth. The 'do!' will showcase environmental
products and solutions, and will feature fantastic music and live performances,
childrens' activities, market stalls, gourmet food, an art gallery and
government and industry representation.
The 'do!' is a free,
family celebration, and is held on the banks of the beautiful Currumbin
Estuary on the Gold Coast. It is a wondrous and wonderful celebration
of community, environment and culture, and is a focal point in our remembering
that 'what we do changes the world!'
For
more information, please contact:
Dominic Farnworth
Event Convenor
Email: bewilderness@austarnet.com.au
Uijongbu,
Republic of Korea
This
year the United States Army, United States Forces Korea (USFK), Better
Opportunities for Single and Unaccompanied Service Members (BOSS) Program,
Camp Red Cloud, Area 1 will plant a tree in celebration of World Environment
Day.
For more information,
please contact:
Wayne Whetzel
SPC, USA
Executive Assistant
CRC BOSS President
Email:wayne.whetzel@us.army.mil
Nelson
Bay , Australia
On 5 - 6 June, the Nelson Bay Town Management in Australia
will be celebrating its second annual Festival of The Whales to coincide
with World Environment Day and the this year's theme Seas and Oceans
- Dead or Alive? The festival marks the commencement of the annual whale
migration along Australia's East Coast and is also a celebration of
the local marine environment here in Port Stephens - one of Australia's
premier dolphin and whale watch centres.
For
more information, please contact:
David Cromarty
Email: nbtm@nelsonbay.com
Sydney,
Australia
The
Bondi Pavilion Community & Cultural Centre and the Marine Discovery
Centre Bondi Beach are planning events at Bondi Beach in Sydney and
at a number of University Campuses around Australia.
For
more information, please contact:
Will Jones
Executive Director
Marine Discovery Centre Bondi Beach Inc.
Bondi Pavilion, Queen Elizabeth Drive
Bondi Beach NSW 2026 AUSTRALIA
Email: marinediscovery@bigpond.com
URL: www.marinediscovery.org.au
Bangkok,Thailand
For WED 2004, the UNEP Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
is planning an Asia-Pacific regional arts competition on the WED theme
seas and oceans, as well as a WED event in Bangkok, focussing on the
work of the Thai Youth Environment Network and the establishment of
a sub-regional youth environment network. A number of other events throughout
the region will also take place.
For
more information, please contact:
Tim Higham
Information Officer
Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
BANGKOK
Tel. + 66 2288 2127
Email: higham@un.org
URL: www.roap.unep.org
Kolkata,
India
This
year, the Swami Vivekananda Cultural Foundation will again commemorate
World Environment Day by organising an awareness camp for people from
all walks of life and by putting together an exhibition of posters and
essays produced by students.
For
more information, please contact:
Manjit Dada
ceo
Swami Vivekananda Cultural Foundation
Email: manjitdada@hotmail.com
URL: www.svcf.faithweb.com
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EUROPE
Athens,
Greece
On 5 June, the Athens Environmental Foundation (AEF), in partnership
with the Athens 2004 Organizing Committee (ATHOC) and UNEP, is undertaking
with Jean-Michel Cousteau a special event in Piraeus, Greece on the
occasion of World Environment Day. Activities will include:
A beach clean up at several beaches around Athens, including Piraeus
- the Port of Athens, as well as an underwater clean up with hundreds
of divers in several spots in Greece, including Piraeus. Five vessels
will be present, three will remove large debris from the sea bed, including
cars and refrigerators. In addition, municipal trucks will haul the
debris for recycling and/or disposal. The other two vessels will do
a demonstration of oil spill containment.
Prior to this event, a ship with two divers will go on site and survey
what is underground, map it and give it to Mr. Cousteau and his team
who will be leading this expedition.
Participating in the event will be ATHOC, IOC and Government officials,
as well as thousands of citizens and local and international media (the
BBC is taping the event). The Executive Director of UNEP, Mr. Klaus
Toepfer will be connected live via satellite from Barcelona where the
main international celebrations will be taking place.
In the same location,
the city will organize a reception around the Olympic Pool where synchronized
swimmers of the Greek team will do an exhibition, which will be shown
to a larger audience outside on a giant screen.
AEF
Executive Director Tony Diamantidis (left) with Olympic Environmental
Ambassador and AEF Board member Jean-Michel Cousteau, who will be visiting
Athens for the third time before the 2004 Olympic Games in June 2004,
to support environmental awareness in Greece and globally.
For
more information, please contact:
In Europe
Dr. Elvira Bazaca
EU Director
Athens Environmental
Foundation
Email: elbazaca@otenet.gr
URL: http://www.athensenvironmental.org/
Gland,
Switzerland
The
three environmental organizations based in Gland, Switzerland - IUCN,
Ramsar and WWF - joined forces to host a well-attended open house
on World Environment Day, helping to put Gland on the map in Switzerland
as a true world centre for conservation and sustainable development.
Between 800 and 1000 people passed through the doors of IUCN Headquarters,
where adults and children were both entertained and educated by an extensive
marine exhibition and a multitude of imaginative children's games in
line with the day's UNEP-declared theme of "Wanted! Seas and Oceans
- Dead or Alive?". A film was presented on IUCN's Marine Programme
and water-themed improvisation was staged. There were expert-guided
tours on the hour through IUCN's natural garden. The day ended with
over 130 prizes being given out in a Tombola draw that included thousands
donated by local commerce and IUCN suppliers. Local and regional press,
radio and TV gave excellent coverage to the event. "Our World Environment
Day open house has grown every year in both scope and vision and the
public has responded accordingly," says Achim Steiner, IUCN Director
General. "It is our chance to give something back to the community
and region that so generously hosts our headquarters."
More.
For
more information, please contact:
Mark Wagner
Global Communications Officer
Chargé de communications
IUCN - The World Conservation Union
Rue Mauverney 28
1196 Gland
Switzerland
Email: mark.wagner@iucn.org
URL: http://iucn.org
World Environment Day special web site: http://www.iucn.org/wed2004/welcome.htm
Brussels,
Belgium
UNEP's Brussels office has created a "special
edition" of UNEP Brussels newsletter on the occasion of WED.
For
more information, please contact:
Sylvie Motard
Liaison Officer
UNEP Liaison Office in Brussels
14 Rue Montoyer
B-1000 Brussels
tel: + 32 2 213 30 50/52
fax: + 32 2 213 30 51
Email: s.motard@unep.be
Hamburg,
Germany
As a contribution for WED, the United World Philharmonic Youth
Orchestra will launch on its web site a 7 minutes video-clip. The orchestra
will play the 2nd mouvement "Jeux de Vagues" of Claude Debussy's
"La mer" synchronized with images focusing on "Seas and
Oceans".
For more information,
please contact:
Rüdiger Schramm,
Executive Producer
The United World Philharmonic Youth Orchestra
Email: producer@artist-network.org
URL: http://www.unyouthorchestra.org/start.htm
Patras,
Greece
On 5 June, WED 2004, Ms Roula Angelakis – Malakis, journalist,
Global 500 Laureate 1990 of UNEP, with her environmental Group, will
start a 6 months’ journalistic campaign for the “World’s
seas and oceans”. People must know all about the crisis the marine
environment of our planet is facing and the urgent need to act now –
all sectors of society - all over the world - to save it.
For
more information, please contact:
Ms Roula Angelakis – Malakis
Journalist
Global 500 Laureate 1990 of UNEP
50 Heroon Polytechniou Ave.
264 41 Patras, Greece
Tel. 1 : +30 2610 426 988
Tel. 2 : +30 2610 431 057
Email: nikism@tee.gr
Norway
The children’s environmental organisation Inky’s
Ecodetectives, now a partner of UNEP, will either directly or indirectly
participate in the following activities to highlight WED 2004:
-
In the two riverbank towns of Hamar and Gjøvik, separated by
Norway’s larges lake Mjøsa, the 5th of June will have joint
opening activities, connecting the two towns in their quest to clean
up their lake. At the same time, this is the starting point of an international
Week, financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Most notably guests
from both Israel and Palestine will attend, and clean water will be
the focus.
- A WED newspaper supplement will be published on the 3June. The paper
will also highlight the Millennium Development Goals.
- In the capital, Oslo, a Green Week will start on 5 June and a number
of different activities for people of all ages will take place.
- In the city of Bergen, Inky’s Ecodetectives will name Bergen
a Green Childrens’ City, and a variety show for schoolchildren
will take place in the main town square on 4 June.
- In Trondheim, named a Green Children’s City on WED 2003, there
will also be a Green Week leading up to 5 June.
- In the arctic town of Tromsø the 5th of June will be celebrated
under the midnight sun with a carnival and a storytelling festival.
For more information,
please contact:
Mr. Andrew Kroglund
Director
Inky's Environmental Detectives
Nedre gate 8, 0551 Oslo, Norway
Phone: 00-47-22044630/00-47-95139725
Email: andrew@blekkulf.no
URL: www.blekkulf.no
Finland
To
celebrate WED Lassila & Tikanoja has produced a 32-page recycling
guide for Finnish consumers. It offers useful information about recycling
waste in the home. The guide can be downloaded from the web at www.lassila-tikanoja.fi.
Together with WWF, Lassila & Tikanoja has created a web quiz about
environmental issues mainly about recycling. On the occasion of WED,
Lassila & Tikanoja has also produced a song called Blues and greens.
Lassila & Tikanoja
specializes in environmental management and property and plant maintenance
all over Finland. Lassila & Tikanoja is the market leader in environmental
product trade in Finland. The company has over 6,200 employees.
For more information,
please contact:
Marika Kokkonen
Communication Manager, Lassila & Tikanoja
Email: marika.kokkonen@lassila-tikanoja.fi
URL:
www.lassila-tikanoja.fi
Torino,
Italy
The
Province of Torino, according with the global commitment for energetic
sustainability and with the aim to promote and stimulate one of the
main issue of its environmental agenda - the use of renewable sources
and the energy efficiency - invites its community to join the World
Environment Day 2004 with initiatives that can supply a contribution
to the reflection on the local topic of this year “From Turin
to Kyoto: the way to the energy sustainability”.
The chosen theme for this year represents a consistent outcome of the
efforts made by this Administration, proud of its Province Energetic
Programme, a strategic document containing policies and actions to answer
locally to the objectives indicated in the international agreements
and aiming to supply citizens with useful information for a rationale
use of energy.
See
the detailed programme for more information
about the hundreds of activities organised all around the territory
of the Province of Torino.
For more information,
please contact:
Enrico Camurati
Envision S.r.L.
Via Livorno, 60
10144 Torino - Italy
tel. +39-011-225760
Email: enrico@envision.it
URL: www.provincia.torino.it/ambiente/eventi/gma_04/index
(for more information in Italian)
United
Kingdom
British Nuclear Fuels (BNF) provides nuclear products and services
in 16 countries and employs around 23,000 people world-wide. Being safe
and environmentally responsible is at the heart of our business and
this year's theme for World Environment Day is closely linked to our
commitment to protect the sea by using best practicable means to progressively
reduce radiaocitve discharges to the North-east Atlantic. This is one
of the eight key environmental sustainability principles we use to guide
us towards corporate sustainability.
BNF has, however,
chosen to use world environment day to focus its attention on environmental
responsibility more generally. With this in mind they have organised
environmental displays and talks at its UK sites involving both internal
and external speakers and exhibitors. These efforts will help promote
BNF's environmental enhancement plans and cover a range of topics from
resource usage to biodiversity.
A key component
of all of these activities is to encourage employees to make a personal
commitment to improve the environment at work and at home,and is linked
to the Environment Agency's national 'Make a Pledge' campaign. Detailed
programme.
For more information,
please contact:
Mr. Andrew Craze
Corporate EH&S Manager
Tel: +44 (0)1925 835088
Email: andrew.craze@bnfl.com
URL: www.bnf.com
Lausanne,
Switzerland
The
Summit Foundation will celebrate WED 2004 with a press conference at
the Jardin botanique the Lausanne (Thursday 3 June 2004).
Invitation for the press.
For
more information:
Tel: 00.41.21.626.05.55.
Email: info@summit-foundation.org
URL: http://www.summit-foundation.org/new/f/index.php
Eco-
schools
Eco-schools, an international programme for environmental
education for sustainability, is promoting WED on its web site.
For
more information:
URL: http://www.eco-schools.org
Brussels,
Belgium
The World Customs Organization - WCO has created a special
web page on the occasion of WED. For more information, please see the
link below.
For
more information:
URL: http://www.wcoomd.org/ie/en/en.html
Surrey,
UK
Stocksigns,
a Surrey-based sign company, which manufactures bespoke and standard
signage intends to participate in World Environment Day by organising
a number of activities for staff to take part in on Friday 11 June in
order to increase environmental efforts within the company and also
to raise money for a local charity, Wildlife Aid, which is involved
in the rescue and rehabilitation of sick and injured British wildlife.
A brief list of what is planned for the day includes:
- Encourage staff car sharing scheme
-
Promotion of a new recycling scheme (to incorporate domestic recycling,
plastic and aerosols)
-
Construction of bird tables at the back of our factory
-
Books and clothes swap
-
Cake stall
-
Staff donations to ‘dress down’
For more information,
please contact:
Ms. Katie Rees
Stocksigns
43 Ormside Way,
Redhill, Surrey,
RH1 2LG
United Kingdom
Email: Krees@stocksigns.co.uk
URL:
http://www.stocksigns.co.uk
London,
UK
The
Environment Agency has created a web site to encourage individuals and
businesses to get involved in WED 2004, taking part in and setting up
activities that both help to improve our quality of life and raise money
to tackle environmental causes.
The web site provides
all you need on how to get involved in environment day 2004 and do your
bit, from
organising a big event... to simply turning the tap off!
For more information,
please contact:
K atie Ridge
Email: katie.ridge@environment-agency.gov.uk
URL:
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk
Tashkent,
Uzbekistan
The International ECOSAN fund of ecology and health in Tashkent,
Uzbekistan is organizing, on 1 to 10 June 2004, a 10-day festival of
sanitary, hygiene and ecological culture to commemorate World Environment
Day.
ECOSAN's initiative
is supported by the Government of Uzbekistan and is in line with its
programme of large-scale activities, which will be held in the Republic.
All sectors of society will participate in the events, including ECOSAN
activists, representatives of governmental and non-governmental organizations,
educational establishments and the general public.
Activities will
include thematic exhibitions, flower exhibit, painting competitions,
presentations on ecology and health, as well as meetings and film showings
on the environment at recreation camps and city and rural parks. A series
of TV and radio programmes on environmental protection and sustainable
development will also be organized. On 5 June, the popular morning radio
programme Assalom, Uzbekiston! will devote its entire programme to the
environment, while the Yoshlar radio station which broadcasts to the
entire territory of Uzbekistan and neighboring countries will organize
an ecological radio-marathon.
The educational
institutions in the Republic will hold meetings for students and faculty
on the theme Youth and the Environment with the participation of leading
scientists and ecologists from the Tashkent ECOSAN club.
With the support
of the Oliy Majlis committee on environment and nature protection and
the Committee on the issues of science, education, culture and sport,
a conference on legislation, culture and environment will be held. The
roundtable discussion on the environment and sustainable development
in the activities of political parties shall be organized jointly with
public and political parties of the Republic. A seminar on the environment
theme in the work of poets and writers shall be also organized in conjunction
with the Union of writers of Uzbekistan.
One of the more
memorable cultural events of the 10-day event will be the ecological
festival organized by the International ECOSAN fund, the Khokimiyat
of Tashkent city, the Ministry of culture and the Uztele-radio company
on the summer stage of the Turkiston palace on 4 June. The programme
includes seeing the exhibition devoted to The World Environment Day,
the ceremony of rewarding the winners of the Days of ecology and health
in the following nominations the best rayon (city), the best enterprise
(organization) and the best well-organized mahalla and the concert of
the artists of stage and masters of art of Uzbekistan. More than 5000
people are expected to take part in the festival: residents and guests
of the capital, representatives of labor collectives, educational institutions,
the diplomatic corps, international organizations and journalists.
The ecological subbotnik
(voluntary free work), under the mottoTo mothers and children of the
Aral Sea area, as well as the actions on cleaning and bringing to order
cities, rayons, the territories of enterprises and organizations and
living quarters shall be organized on 5 June 2004. As is the tradition,
more than 6 million people shall participate in it: members of labor
collectives shall work at their working quarters. The earnings from
the subbotnik shall be sent to the social support of women and children
of the Aral Sea zone where tens of millions of people are subject to
the impact of the consequences of the ecological catastrophe the desiccation
of the sea.
In the course of
the festival numerous charitable actions will take place. One such initiatives
will be sending the ECOSAN trains and trucks of health with the humanitarian
cargo to the ecologically disastrous regions and the economically disadvantage.
During the days
of the festival a control over the observance of ecological requirements
to the sanitary condition of territories of cities and populated areas,
country and city recreation camps for schoolchildren, waste sites, hospitals,
children’s institutions, auto- and railway stations and airports,
farmers’ markets, trading centers, particularly, selling consumers
goods shall be carried out by taking specific measures for the removal
of such problems.
For more information,
please contact:
Zaytuna Fayzullaeva
Head of a sector of ECOSAN
International Fund of Ecology and Health "ECOSAN"
Shahrisabz street, 1
700000 Tashkent
Republic of Uzbekistan
Email: ecosan@uzpak.uz
URL: www.ecosan.uz
London,
UK
Future
Forests invites people to make a pledge to reduce their carbon dioxide
emissions and so help protect the climate by:
- purchasing a World Environment Day pack comprising a tree dedicated
to the purchases plus a pack of organic wild flower seeds;
- linking to a page detailing what it is that Future Forests' linked
businesses are doing.
To enable business
to celebrate world environment day, Future Forests have created a package
which includes:
- 100 trees dedicated in a beautiful forest in Scotland
- 100 tonnes CO2 saved through by helping villagers in Sri Lanka and
India to swap fossil fuels for solar
For more information,
please contact:
Bethan Riach
20 Flaxman Terrace
London, UK
Email:enquiries@futureforests.com
URL: www.futureforests.com
Ferrara,
Italy
The Museo Storia Naturale in Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
is organizing, on WED this year, a two-day event on the Adriatic Sea
Coast to explain to the general public the functioning and the management
problem of the seas by using examples from the sea closest to the region,
namely Northern Adriatic Sea.
Furthermore
two conferences will be held in the afternoon of 12 june 2004 about:
- "Monitoring and healthness of the Northern Adriatic Sea",
Dr. Carla Rita Ferrari, Battello Oceanografico "Daphne" -
ARPA Emilia-Romagna, Italy
- The Project "Scubadivers for the Enrvironment: results
of the first two years of the project in the Mediterranean Sea",
Prof. Marco Gottardo, Marine Science Group, University of Bologna,
Italy.
For more information,
please contact:
Dr. Carla
Corazza
Resp. Stazione di Ecologia, webmaster
Museo Civico di Storia Naturale
via De Pisis, 24
I-44100 Ferrara
Email: c.corazza@comune.fe.it,
stazecol@comune.fe.it
URL: http://www.comune.fe.it/storianaturale
(for more information in Italian)
London,
United Kingdom
The Roche Nursery School in London will hold a recycling week
at school beginning the week of 7 June. This effort will involve both
children and parents to encourage protection of the environment and
what we can all do to help!
For more information,
please contact:
Jacquie MacColl
Deputy Manager
The Roche Nursery School
11, Frogmore
London SW18 1HW
United Kingdom
Email:Abijam15@aol.com
Bilbao,
Spain
For the third consecutive year, IHOBE - the public society
of environmental management of the Basque Government Environmental Department
- is to organize Basque Green Week (Aste Berdea) during 31 May to 6
June to coincide with World Environment Day. For the first time, since
this event has been organized, more than 51 municipalities will participate
in Basque Green week. More than 200 green activities have been proposed
during Aste Berdea, including expositions, films, conferences, visits
to factories, theaters, competitions (photos, flowers, painting..),
ecological agriculture exhibits, and more. The programme is as follows:
May 31st.
Conference on The Management of Business: Sustainability in
practice - in collaboration with the Basque Business Association
for Sustainability (IZAITE). Expected number of people: 100
Workshops:
A - Environmental sustainability of consumption
B - Environmental good practices in the University
C - Environmental sustainability in buildings
D - Natura 2000 network in the Basque Country
E - New challenges in the soil management with the next Basque Soil
Pollution Law
F - Environment and communication
June 1st.
Basque Government meeting in the Unesco Biosphere of Urdaibai about
Sustainable Development. At this meeting all the basque ministers and
the president will analyze the Basque Environmental Sustainability Report
2004 which assesses the overall progress of the objectives and goals
of the Basque Environmental Sustainability Strategy 2002/2020.
Workshops:
G - The Strategic Environmental Impact of plans and programmes
H - The role of NGOs in sustainable development
June 2nd
Conference. Basque industry and Directive IPPC. Expected
people: 250
June 3th
Conference. Local Agenda 21 in Basque municipalities. Expected
people: 250
June 4th
Conference. Agenda 21 for schools. Education for sustainability.
Expected people: 150
Conference. Ecodesign and Environmental product innovation.
Expected people: 200
June 5th
Betizu Green Party. The first green party for a club of 50.000
children. We are working with environmental criteria for these kind
of parties (use of public transport, use of recyclable materials, etc)
In addition, IHOBE
is organising 3 environmental competitions (competitions
are organized every two years):
1. Environmental photos (2 categories - one for children
of up to 12 years and another for young people between the ages of 12
and 17)
2. Environmental education practices
(2 categories of schools, children and youth)
3. Environmental good practices in the local
development (2 categories for town halls and NGOs)
For more information,
please contact:
Alexander Boto
Zuzendariorde Teknikoa / Subdirector Técnico
Gobierno Vasco - Departamento de Ordenación del Territorio y
Medio Ambiente
Ibañez de Bilbao, 28-8ª 48009 Bilbao, Bizkaia
Email: alexander.boto@ihobe.net
URL:http://www.ihobe.net
Zurich,
Switzerland
On the occasion of World Environment Day (WED) on 5 June 2004,
Zurich - the largest City and economic center of Switzerland - goes
public for its environment: cleaner air, less noise, «lighter»
traffic and transport, saving energy, protection of city-animals, tree
and plant life, better hygiene in food handling in restaurants ? are
some of the issues, which will be addressed.
At several city
squares and other central spots, information stalls, inter-active events
and measuring equipment will bring these issues closer to the approximately.
1 million inhabitants of the Greater Zurich Area. Excursions to bat-colonies
and other highlights of Zurich's astonishingly rich «city wildlife»
will be a highlight for families.
These first WED
events in Zurich are the result of a real inter-departemental and inter-disciplinary
project. Five of the City's government departments and about a dozen
environment-specialist teams are involved. The entire project is directed
and coordinated by Umwelt-und Gesundheitsschutz (Environment and Health
Protection) Zürich UGZ.
The aims of the
Project are: to demonstrate in attractive ways, how important elements
of the City's notoriously high quality of living are upheld and developed,
and to show the inhabitants the active part they can and should take!
The weekend of WED
2004 will be environmentally-speaking a very active one in Switzerland's
main City, both on the streets and in the media!
For more information,
please contact:
Ms. Vera Baré
Project manager at Umwelt- und Gesundheitsschutz Zürich
Phone ++41 1 216 43 70
Email: vera.bare@gud.stzh.ch
URL: www.umwelttage.ch (for further
information in german).
Derby,
United Kingdom
The Diocese of Derby is organising a major Appeal for Tools
this summer as part of a campaign to encourage recycling and reuse to
provide practical help to people in Africa and Derbyshire. The Appeal
is being launched on World Environment Day - Saturday, 5 June 2004 -
at The Silk Mill, Derby's Museum of Industry and History, which is a
UN World Heritage Site. The Appeal is part of the Diocese's programme
to translate the principles of sustainable development into thoughtful
action. The Diocese is working with the Derby City Council, the Derbyshire
County Council and Rolls Royce on this endeavour.
For more information,
please contact:
Louise Doble
C/o Council for Social Responsibility
Diocese of Derby
Church House
Full Street
Derby DE1 3DR
United Kingdom
Email: doble@fish.co.uk
URL: http://www.derby.anglican.org
Milton
Keynes, England
The Lions Club of Bletchley, Milton Keynes, England has been
involved in the planning and coordinating of the Bletchley Carnival
for several years. This year's carnival will coincide with World Environment
Day.
The Club plans to
commemorate WED by distributing prizes to young people who demonstrate
knowledge about the Earth's seas and oceans, as well as posters and
other promotional materials that can educate participants about the
environment in general. In addition, designated club members will take
responsibility for encouraging interested persons to volunteer with
a local environment group and will provide contact information.
For more information,
please contact:
Vendrice Garvin
2 Lucas Place
Woughton on the Green
Milton Keynes MK6 3BZ
England, United Kingdom
Email: Vendrice@aol.com
Crewe,
Cheshire, England
Climb, the National Information and Advice Centre for Metabolic
Diseases in the U.K is celebrating World Environment Day by holding
a poster competition for all the young people involved with its Young
Persons Service. Climb works to empower young people and encourage
their involvement in a magazine called ‘Cool News’ and a
pen friend scheme. Its mission is ‘to ensure the best possible
quality of life for children, young people and families affected by
metabolic disease and alleviate their suffering with the ultimate aim
of prevention and cure’.
For more information,
please contact:
Philippa Meehan
Children and Young Adults Adviser
England, United Kingdom
Email: philippa@climb.org.uk
Geneva,
Switzerland
On 4 June 2004, a roundtable to be held in the International
Environment House (IEH), Geneva. The subject will be linked to the WED
theme seas and oceans. Mr. Phillip Roch, the Director of the Swiss Agency
for Environment, Forests and Landscape is expected to participate, as
well as other participants.
The inauguration
of the Annex to the IEH, which has recently been expanded to host international
environmental NGOs. The inauguration of this building will take place
immediately after the roundtable and is expected to attract some local
attention.
A workshop on Sustainable
Consumption will be organised during the Universal Forum of Cultures
- Barcelona 2004, either in June or September. The Forum, with its process
of multi-agent dialogue and purpose of contributing to the articulation
of a culture based on peace, diversity and sustainability, offers a
unique opportunity for a debate on sustainable consumption. UNEP will
work with partners to raise awareness sustainable consumption and support
the development of multi-stakeholder partnerships.
For more information,
please contact:
Michael Williams
Information Officer
Regional Office for Europe
Geneva
Switzerland
Email: michael.williams@unep.ch
Cambridge,
United Kingdom
This
year, the World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC) is holding a schools
and sixth form painting competition using the WED theme. Prizes include
3 bicicycles, which will be awarded by the Mayor of Cambridge
and and the Director of WCMC, Mark Collins - followed by an exhibition
at the Cambridge Guildhall - then mobile exhibitions at different venues.
For more information,
please contact:
Will Rogowski
Head of Marketing & Communications
United Nations Environment Programme
World Conservation Monitoring Centre
219 Huntingdon Road
Cambridge CB3 0DL
United Kingdom
Email: will.rogowski@unep-wcmc.org
URL: www.unep-wcmc.org
London,
United Kingdom
London
Sustainability Weeks 2004 is being held from 5 -19 June to coincide
with World Environment Day. The aim of this event is to encourage community
groups, bsuinesses, local authorities and government to work together
to create a cleaner, greener and healthier London.
Friday
4 June - 10-2.30 pm - Museum of London
London Sustainability Weeks 2004 Launch followed by Sustainable London?
The Role of Communities. A Community-based London Response to ‘Taking
it On – Developing A UK Sustainable Development Strategy Together’.
Invitation.
Saturday
5 June - Waterloo
Millenium Green
London Green Map Launch - Presenting the London of the Future. Invitation
For more information,
please contact:
Tim Webb.
5 Blackstock Rd
Finsbury Park
London N4 2JF
Email: info@london21.org
URL: londonsustainabilityweeks.org
Tewkesbury,
United Kingdom
The Cheltenham Centre for Change in Tewkesbury, United Kingdom
is organizing an art competition for children between the ages of 8
and 16 to produce images and /or sculptures from scrap materials based
on the WED seas and oceans theme.
For more information,
please contact:
Andy Hayes
Centre Organiser
Tewkesbury
United Kingdom
T el. 01242 570111
Cheltenham Centre for Change Ltd.
Email: ccc@honeyend.com
United Kingdom
Every year Epson Telford Limited has an "Environment Month",
which now falls in June to coincide with World Environment Day (WED).
During the month, Epson uses various competitions and promotions to
reinforce the Company's commitment to the environment and to raise the
profile of local, regional and global environmental issues. Environment
Month allows Epson to "up the ante" with its employees and
the local community. This year
(2004), plans are already in place to hold a poetry competition with
local schools using the WED slogan Wanted! - Seas and Oceans - Dead
or Alive? The prize-winning school will receive an Epson Printer and
the winning
pupils (1st, 2nd and 3rd) will also receive prizes. In-house, an Environmental
Quiz is planned (also with a prize) - using the WED theme.
Epson
Telford Limited already holds ISO 14001, is a Zero Emission site and
has an on-going and substantial Environmental Policy.
For more information,
please contact:
Fiona Hunter
Environmental Co-Ordinator
Tel : +44 (0)1952 284399
Email: fiona.hunter@epson-telford-ltd.co.uk
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