Baie d'Urfé
To celebrate World Environment Day 2007 Alcan Packaging Baie d'Urfé handed out baby trees (a total of 200) to employees in collaboration with Quebec's Ministry of Natural Resources.
Castlegar
The Kooetnay Region Branch of the United Nations held a rally at Millennium Park in Castlegar, BC on the occasion of World Environment Day 2007. There were speakers from all levels of government, youth and music for entertainment.
For more information, please contact:
Jayme Hadikin
Kootenay Region Branch of the United Nations
773 8th Ave
Castlegar
Canada
Tel: 250 365 0283
E-mail: j_hadikin@yahoo.ca
Kirkland
On June 5th, in conjunction with the United Nation’s World Environment Day, many Alcan Global Pharmaceutical Packaging plants organized special activities and events. The activities ranged from tree planting activity, local area clean-up, informative gathering, and educational sheets to a recycling contest. All initiatives had one thing in common: they focused on meeting with the local communities, raising employees’ awareness and helping the environment.
For more information, please contact:
Carine Monatte / Claude Dumas
Alcan Global Pharmaceutical Packaging
3535 St Charles Blvd Kirkland
Canada
Tel: 1514 630 9420
E-mail: contact.pharmapackaging@alcan.com
Website: www.alcanpackaging.com
Kirkland
To celebrate World Environment Day 2007 Alcan Packaging Kirkand organized a Show off your MUG competition to encourage the switch from disposable to reusable cups and mugs.
Montreal
Montreal, headquarters of the CBD Secretariat, launched a publication
with World Environment Day 2007 presentation on Ice and Snow and video news release in the presence of the diplomatic corps including consular representatives of Argentina, Chile, Germany, Greece, Honduras, Italy, Morocco, Tunisia and the United Kingdom, along with representatives of the Montreal Botanical Gardens, the University of Quebec in Montreal and the Montreal Biodome.
For more information, please contact:
Neil Pratt
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
United Nations Environment Programme
413 Rue Saint-Jacques, Suite 800
Montreal, Quebec
Canada
Tel: 1 514 287 7007
Tel: 1 514 288 2220
Tel: 1 514 463 1424
E-mail: Neil.Pratt@biodiv.org
Website: www.biodiv.org
Ottawa
In the morning of 5 June the launch took place at the Offices of the International Joint Commission. Participants included representatives from the International Development Research Centre, the Canadian Commission for UNESCO, the Defense Science Advisory Board, the Ministry of Public Safety, the Norwegian Embassy, the Department of Foreign Affairs, the Canadian Centre for Antarctic research, the Canadian Polar Commission and the United Nations Association of Canada. In the afternoon the publication was launched at a symposium at Carleton University. Presentations were also made on indigenous knowledge and ice formation and on permafrost research in the Arctic. Partners agreed to disseminate the publication and its messages to educators and policy networks.
For more information, please contact:
Neil Pratt
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
United Nations Environment Programme
413 Rue Saint-Jacques, Suite 800
Montreal, Quebec
Canada
Tel: 1 514 287 7007
Tel: 1 514 288 2220
Tel: 1 514 463 1424
E-mail: Neil.Pratt@biodiv.org
Website: www.biodiv.org
Quebec
To celebrate World Environment Day 2007 Ducks Unlimited organized a presentation called Explore Quebec's Wetlands for the Morrin Centre in Quebec City. The presentation talked about what wetlands are, why they are important to conserve and what costs society is paying to resolve problems caused by wetland loss. The presentation ended with some ideas on how the audience can create or enhance a wetland in their neighbourhood.
For more information, please contact:
Judith Kirby
Ducks Unlimited Canada
710 rue bouvier, bureau 260 Quebec
Canada
Tel: 418 623 1650
Fax: 418 623 0420
E-mail: j_kirby@ducks.ca
Website: www.canardsquebec.ca
Vancouver
The publication was launched at two events: the first took place in collaboration with the University of British Columbia (UBC) at the Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory. The event was attended by some 50 participants including researchers, scientists, students and a representative of the Canadian CBD office. The second was held in the evening at the Telus Whistler Conference Centre in conjunction with the Whistler Municipal Council and was attended by the Mayor of Whistler, council members and the general public.
For more information, please contact:
Neil Pratt
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
United Nations Environment Programme
413 Rue Saint-Jacques, Suite 800
Montreal, Quebec
Canada
Tel: 1 514 287 7007
Tel: 1 514 288 2220
Tel: 1 514 463 1424
E-mail: Neil.Pratt@biodiv.org
Website: www.biodiv.org
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Alaska In keeping with the 2007 World Environment Day theme: Melting Ice - A Hot Topic?, Barrow, Alaska was named the 2007 North American host for World Environment Day. On 5 June, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) brought together around the same table the holders of both community-based and science-based knowledge to explore the impacts of climate change and how arctic communities are adapting to this phenomenon. The Town Hall meeting offered a unique opportunity to various members of the Inupiat community, including an elder, a hunter and a fisherman, to share their observations on how climate change has affected their daily lives. Community members in the audience also shared their own observations. In keeping with the tradition of being a people's event, World Environment Day in Barrow also included a colorful demonstration of native Inupiat dances and the annual Eskimo blanket toss, which marks the beginning of the Nalukataq Spring Festival. (Please see Press Release,Celebrations Report and WED Photo gallery)
For more information, please contact:
Tess Cieux
UNEP - Regional Office for North America
1707 H St. - Suite 300
Washington D.C.
United States of America
Tel: 1 202 974-1309
Cell:1 202 489-7059
Fax: 1 202 785-2096
E-mail: bvd@rona.unep.org
Website: www.rona.unep.org
Asheville
To celebrate World Environment Day 2007 Alcan Packaging Asheville's employees planted 25 American chestnut trees on the land behind the plant in collaboration with the Long Branch Environmental Education Center (LBEEC), a non profit group looking for the protection of endangered plant species in North Carolina (USA).
Bethesda, Maryland
CRISP - Coral Reef Initiatives for the Pacific did an interview (on a national French public radio) to celebrate World Environment Day 2007. Focus was on the activities of CRISP.
For more information, please contact:
Francis Staub
CRISP - Coral Reef Initiatives for the Pacific
4900 Auburn Avenue - suite 201 Bethesda, Maryland
United States of America
E-mail: fstaub@icriforum.org
Website: www.crisponline.info
Bethlehem
To celebrate World Environment Day 2007 Alcan Packaging Bethlehem replaced a dead tree and adjacent dead grass on the site's property in collaboration with the National Arbor Day Foundation.
For more information, please contact:
Richard Grebs
Acan Packaging Bethlehem
2400 Baglyos Circle, Bethlehem, PA 18020 Bethlehem
United States of America
E-mail: contact.pharmapackaging@alcan.com
Website: www.alcanpackaging.com
Commerce
To celebrate World Environment Day 2007 Alcan Packaging Commerce and Alcan Packaging Milwaukee promoted recycling activities. AP Commerce donated particleboards to Habitat for Humanity for the construction of houses.
Denver
The Special Libraries Association (SLA) organized its annual conference in Denver, from 3-7 June 2007, and Al Gore was the guest speaker at the conference. To mark World Environment Day, the Petroleum Energy Resources Division and the Environmental Resources Management Division of SLA hosted a special session on 5 June titled: Energy Issues: Global Climate Change and Renewable Resources. Speakers at that session included Michael Shepard, President of Esource and staff scientists from NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratories).
For more information, please contact:
Marlene Vogelsang
Petroleum and Energy Resources Division
Special Libraries Association
851 Howard St. San Francisco
California
United States of America
Tel: 1 415 973 7206
E-mail: mxv6@pge.com
Website: www.sla.org
Gilford
In celebration of World Environment Day 2007 the entire Gilford Elementary School had various activities to mark the event including sharing Stories in Stone, Native American dancing and drumming, a labyrinth walk, endangered species sculptures, hybrid car demonstration and a school wide drum circle.
For more information, please contact:
Lynn Clarke
Gilford Elementary School
76 Belknap Mountain Road F
Gilford
United Sates of America
Tel: 1 603 526 7146 ext.655
E-mail: lclarke@gilford.k12.nh.us
Marshall
To celebrate World Environment Day 2007 Alcan Packaging Marshall partnered with the CO-OP electrical company to reduce the plant's energy usage.
Miami
To mark World Environment Day 2007 an open family fair was organized. People of all ages came to learn how to protect the environment. There were lot of activities for adults and youngsters, an opportunity to explore environmental issues and to showcase the creative talent of Hispanic people through gastronomic, cultural, commercial, and educational exhibits.
For more information, please contact:
Mildred Real
Common Ground for Conservation
9990 SW 77 Ave Suite 206 Miami
United States of America
Tel: 305 595 9142
E-mail: mreal@cgconservation.org
Website: www.cgconservation.org
Millville
To celebrate World Environment Day 2007 Alcan Packaging Millville Sharp Street and Alcan Packaging Millville Tube Draw hosted outdoor clean-up activities; helped local residents clean-up a local park and baseball field as well as the 27 acres of land that back up to the Maurice River in Millville.
Milwaukee
As part of its growing relationship with UNEP RONA, Discovery World a science center for young people of all ages organized a special event in Milwaukee on occasion of World Environment Day 2007. The main event saw the docking of the sailing school vessel, the Denis Sullivan, at the Milwaukee port. This sailboat, whose aim is to raise awareness of freshwater, brought back to Milwaukee some 20 students from a trip through the Great Lakes and to the Caribbean.
Elisabeth Guilbaud-Cox of UNEP RONA was the keynote speaker at the main event, which included some 500 participants. The UNEP flag was presented to the Chief Executive Officer and founder of Discovery World, Michael J. Cudahy, and the flag will be flown on the Denis Sullivan during future journeys on the Great Lakes.
Guilbaud-Cox used the occasion of World Environment Day to hold meetings with a number of Discovery World representatives, including Executive Director Paul Krajniak, Development Director Steve Atwell, Associate Education Director Kate Morgan, and Educational Officer Todd Brennan. Additional participants included University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s School of Continuing Education Director, Caroline Joyce, and Emerson Electric Company’s Senior Vice President, Frank L. Steeves. Both Ms. Joyce and Mr. Steeves are board members of Discovery World. These discussions resulted in possible collaboration on the following:
Hosting of a future Tunza International Youth Conference
Hosting of the One Planet, Many People exhibit
Use of UNEP audiovisual materials such as films, video news releases (VNRs), and public service announcements (PSAs)
Hosting of a future WED International Day celebrations
Selling of UNEP children’s book series.
For more information, please contact:
Mr. Brennan Van Dyke
UNEP Regional Office for North America (RONA)
1707 H Street, NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20006 United States
Tel: 1 202 785 0465
Fax: 1 202 785-4871 or 785 2096
E-mail: bvd@rona.unep.org
website: http://www.rona.unep.org/
New Jersey
Burlington County Institute of Technology- Medford Campus kicked off a school-wide recycling programme in cooperation with the Township of Medford, and the Burlington County New Jersey Office of Solid Waste Management on 5 June. Teachers and ground staff attended a training workshop given by the County Recycling Staff. Students in the geosciences and remote sensing class were designated Recycling Ambassadors and will be responsible for teaching other students and encouraging full student participation in environmental activities.
For more information, please contact:
John Moore
Burlington County Institute of Technology
10 Hawkins Road Medford, New Jersey
United States of America
Tel: 609 654 0200 ext.500
Fax: 609 654 1081
Email: jmoore@bcit.cc
New Mexico
Concluding on World Environment Day, the Sustainable Operations Summit, produced by CraigMichaels, was developed to bring together key leadership from the United States' largest and most influential organizations to promote various initiatives that benefit the environment.
Since the U.S is the leading consumer of natural resources and emitter of greenhouse gases, it has become imperative for our nation's leading organizations to incorporate green thinking into their daily operations. The Summit brought together senior leadership from the nation's largest corporations, cities and states, universities, school districts and healthcare organizations. The programme addressed critical issues such as green building, renewable energy, environmental management systems and various other initiatives that can help reduce our impact on the environment.
From an exclusive presentation by Al Gore to intimate industry-specific round table discussions, the diverse format of the Summit provided those who attended with the knowledge to enable them to take effective steps in reducing their organization’s environmental footprint. The executive level programme combined with networking activities at the Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort provided a relationship- building environment. This was a discussion driven event and all those invited participated actively. The Sustainable Operations Summit took place in Albuquerque New Mexico and was an invitation-only event therefore ensuring an executive level delegation.
For more information, please contact:
Jennifer Weinberg
CraigMichaels Inc
15 Maiden Lane 5th floor
New York
United States of America
Tel: 1 212 232 2408
Fax: 1 212 232 2401
E-mail: jweinberg@craigmichaelsinc.com
Website: www.craigmichaelsinc.com
New York
To mark its first year and to celebrate World Environment Day, the newly formed Committee On the Environment hosted speakers, activities, discussions, projects and a week-long carbon challenge to raise awareness about global warming and to learn how to reduce carbon emissions in very simple ways.
For more information, please contact:
Margaret Howard
900 Park Avenue, 18E
New York
United States of America
E-mail: mhoward@ecotech-intl.com
New York On the occasion of World Environment Day 2007, the UN Headquarters in New York marked the event through various activities. The event was attended by students from public school 124 in New York City's Chinatown and they were addressed by the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon. Terri and Bindi Irwin read from Tore and the Town on Thin Ice to the elementary school children as part of World Environment Day observance. The students also gave a performance with the title Fishes Feed Us.
New York
Bindi Irwin, daughter of famed conservationist Steve Irwin, and her mother Terri Irwin celebrated World Environment Day 2007 and the launch of the new Discovery Kids Channel series: Bindi: The Jungle Girl at UN headquarters in New York with Deputy Secretary General Dr. Asha-Rose Migiro. Deputy Secretary General and the Irwins read the story of Tore and the Town on Thin Ice to UN schoolchildren to highlight the critical issue of climate change, its impact on the world and what children can do to make a difference for our planet's future. Bindi Irwin's passion for animals and conservation are at the core of her new television series, Bindi: The Jungle Girl. The first episode, Not Many Left, airing on 9 June at 5 pm (ET) on Discovery Kids Channel features some of the world's most amazing creatures whose existence is threatened. Bindi deeply believes in her father's mission to protect wildlife and began filming Bindi: The Jungle Girl to help get more children interested in wildlife conservation. Her goal is for all children around the world to know how all animals need to be respected and protected. She believes every person can play a role in protecting wildlife and the planet we share with them.
For more information please contact:
Patricia Kollappallil
Discovery Kid Channel
Once Discovery Place Silver Spring
New York
United States of America
Tel: 1 240 662 2969
E-mail: Patricia_Kollappallil@discovery.com
Website: kids.discovery.com/
New York
On 1 June, the annual student observance at United Nations Headquarters for World Environment Day 2007, with the climate change-related theme: Melting Ice - A Hot Topic, was held in the Dag Hammarskjold Library Auditorium, from 10 am to 12 noon. The interactive programme featured a statement by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to the United Nations Headquarters audience as well as to secondary school students in Karachi, Pakistan; Vancouver, British Columbia, and Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, linked via video-conference. The guest speaker was Mr. Andrew C. Revkin, New York Times Environment Correspondent and author of The North Pole Was Here: Puzzles and Perils at the Top of the World. .
For more information please contact:
Jim Sniffen
United Nations Environment Programme New York
2 UN Plaza, Room 803
New York City
United States of America
E-mail: info@nyo.unep.org
New York
On 7 June, a briefing for UN-based NGOs was organized by UNEP New York and the United Nation's Department of Public Information on the theme of Melting Ice - A Hot Topic. Ms. Joan Eamer, Head of UNEP's Polar Programme at GRID-Arendal in Norway spoke on the new UNEP report Global Outlook for Ice and Snow (via video hook-up); Prof. Alan Robuck, Climate Scientist from Rutgers University of New Jersey and a lead author of the 3rd IPCC Assessment Report, presented on the IPCC's 4th Assessment Report; and Mr. Alistair Fernie, Counsellor at the United Kingdom's Mission to the United Nations, spoke about the United Kingdom's initiative to broaden the discussion on climate change through its recent consideration in fora such as the Security Council.
For more information please contact:
Jim Sniffen
United Nations Environment Programme New York
2 UN Plaza, Room 803
New York City
United States of America
E-mail: info@nyo.unep.org
New York To celebrate World Environment Day 2007 and raise awareness of the quality and environmental benefits of organic coffee production, leading organic coffee companies under the Organic Coffee Collaboration hosted Media Breakfast in New York City on 5 June. Organic coffee featuring seven leading brands of delicious and environmentally sustainable organic coffees were sampled. The benefits of organic coffee highlighted include:
1. Coffee bushes build biologically diverse forests including native shade trees which attract birds and wildlife and absorb carbon dioxide, a primary cause of global warming
2. Replenishing and maintaining soil fertility and help reduce soil erosion
3. Use natural pest management and composting.
For more information, please contact:
Sandra Marquardt
On the Mark Public Relations
Silver Spring, MD
New York
United States of America
Tel: 1 301 592 0077
E-mail: smarquardt@onthemarkpr.com
Website: www.onthemarkpr.com
Sacramento The Sierra Club Sacramento Group celebrated World Environment Day 2007 by holding the Sacramento River City Run. There was a 5 and 10 km run/walk that will benefit local sustainable living projects. It was held on Sunday 3 June. Other than to celebrate World Environment Day, this Run was a platform to increase awareness of health; our own and the planet’s. In its third year, the River City Run raised $15, 000, which was awarded to 13 local projects.
For more information, please contact:
Kathy Ries
Sierra Club Sacramento Group
441 La Purissima Way Sacramento
United States of America
Tel: 1 916 739 6705
Fax: 1 916 739 6705
E-mail: director@rivercityrun.org
Website: www.rivercityrun.org
Saint Paul
On World Environment Day 2007, a public event was held to launch a Public Space Recycling Project at Mears Park in Saint Paul. This initiative is one of many to make Saint Paul a waste-free city by the year 2020. Public Art Saint Paul, Eureka Recycling, and the City of Saint Paul partnered with other community based organizations to create a sustainable and meaningful public recycling system in Saint Paul.
The project offered a unique opportunity to increase the participation of the community, and incorporate public art into recycling stations. Since there are relatively few large public space recycling programmes, this project will jump-start interest and provide solid research to inspire the expansion of these programmes throughout the nation.
This project stems from recommendations made by the Saint Paul environmental round-table, which is a community-driven process designed to give direction on six environmental issues. Throughout the process Eureka Recycling tapped into the desire and expertise of Saint Paul’s residents to create a cleaner, more livable city. In the final recommendations, which were adopted by the Saint Paul City Council on 19 April 2006, a plan was outlined to make the city waste-free. Part of the plan was to implement public space recycling in Saint Paul, sending a message that Saint Paul values recycling because it is good for the environment.
For more information, please contact:
Lynn Hoffman
Eureka Recycling
2828 Kennedy Street NE
Minneapolis
United States of America
Tel: 1 651 222 7678
E-mail: info@eurekarecycling.org
Website: www.eurekarecycling.org
San Francisco Starting on 15 April and ending on 15 June, the city of San Francisco hosted an art exhibition: Making the Choice - Bringing Forth an Environmental Renaissance. The exhibit is an event of the Natural World Museum (NWM) and was held on the 4th Floor of the Rotunda Gallery in City Hall.
In this exhibit, art serves as the catalyst to stimulate dialogue about topics such as Waste Reduction, Water, Environmental Health, transportation, Urban Design, Urban Nature, and Energy. How does our use of cell phones in San Francisco contribute to the disappearance of endangered mountain gorilla habitat in the Democratic Republic of the Congo? Join us for an exhibit that explores how your daily habits contribute to global environmental issues and learn how you can take personal action in being part of the solution.
San Francisco’s Mayor, Gavin Newsom, invited the Natural World Museum and United Nations Environment Programme to present an exhibit as part of the international Art for the Environment Initiative, that would span from Earth Day through UN World Environment Day, to utilize art as a catalyst to generate environmental awareness, and to inspire people to take action locally to become a part of the environmental solution globally.
The Art for the Environment initiative is designed to utilize the universal language of art as a catalyst to unite people in action and thought and to empower individuals, communities, and leaders to focus on environmental values across social, economic, and political realms.
For more information, please contact:
Mia Hanak
Natural World Museum
P.O. Box 29604
San Francisco, CA 94129 Tel: 1 415 402 0583
E-mail: mia@naturalworldmuseum.org
Website: www.artintoaction.org/
Seattle
To commemorate World Environment Day 2007 free refashioned items were offered to the public in the University District of Seattle. On 5 June Seattle installation was inaugurated as the second stop in a multi-city project that began in Colorado on Earth Day 2007. Dalia Refashionista is heading up these free refashion installations to create awareness in the sustainable fashion industry. Future installations are scheduled for North America and eventually European cities by 2008.
For more information, please contact:
Dalia Refashionista
Dalia Fashions
1010 University Avenue, Seattle
United States of America
Email: daliafashionsfortheworld@hotmail.com
Shelbyville
To celebrate World Environment Day 2007 Alcan Packaging Pharma Center Shelbyville sponsored a Carpool, Bike or Walk to Work Day coupled with a company lunch during which many relevant information and tips were shared.
For more information, please contact:
Todd Austin
Alcan Packaging Pharma Center Shelbyville
6850 Midland Industrial Drive,
KY 40065-9743 Shelbyville
United States of America
E-mail: contact.pharmapackaging@alcan.com
Website: www.alcanpackaging.com
St Petersburg
SPEAK! St. Petersburg celebrated World Environment Day 2007 through a variety of activities on 9 June. There was a discussion at 9:30am on the topic Waves of Change: Youth, Women, and the Seas with Philippe Cousteau, Ed Begley, Paul Boyle, and Dr. Noel Brown. This was an invitation only event.
At 7pm there was a panel discussion by Ed Begley, Jr. (moderator) with Philippe Cousteau, Dr. Noel Brown, Dr. Paul Boyle, and Dr. Frank Muller-Karger. This was followed by a Concert for the Oceans with Kristin Hoffman and Robert Aviles & Insight and finally there was a reception with panelists and musicians following the Ocean Concert.
For more information, please contact:
SPEAK! St. Petersburg
℅ Mahaffey Theater at the Progress Energy Center
400 First Street South
St Petersburg, FL 33704
United States of America
Tel: 1 727.892.5798
Fax: 1 727.892.5897
E-mail: globalhealing@mac.com
Website: globalhealing.net/id/environmentandoceandays.html
Syracuse
To celebrate World Environment Day 2007 Alcan Packaging Syracuse assembled a pit crew that offered free seven point inspections to plant visitors from 10 am to 12 pm on June 15th and 22nd.
Virginia Portovert Magazine is a new, sustainable publication about eco-friendly weddings. The publication raised environmental awareness on 5 June with a campaign for World Environment Day. The campaign linked the word WED with the concept of people taking actions on and after their wedding day to stop global warming.
For more information, please contact:
Meghan Meyers
Portovert Magazine
2465 Centreville Rd, Ste 223
Herndon, VA 20171
Virginia
United States of America
Tel: 1 703 467 0378
E-mail: meghan@portovert.com
Website: www.portovert.com
Volcano, Hawai`i
On the occasion of World Environment Day 2007 Howard Shapiro, executive director of Performing and Fine Artists for World Peace (PFAWP), released a music CD entitled Random Notes: A Songwriter's Journey. Songs on the CD address issues pertaining to the environment, human rights and peace. A part of the profits will help support the artists and the environment programme sponsored by PFAWP and Recycle Hawai’i. A song from the CD Let Our Oceans Live, was also released in support of World Ocean Day on 8 June.
For more information, please contact:
Howard Shapiro
Performing and Fine Artists for World Peace
P.O. Box 1050, Volcano, Hawai`i 96785
United States of America
Tel: 1 808 985 8725
Fax: 1 808 985 8725
E-mail: artpeac@aloha.net
Website: www.artistsandpeace.org
Washington On the occasion of World Environment Day 2007 World Elder Land once again celebrated the event with a variety of activities. The aim of the celebrations was to inspire and assist elder communities to actively participate in issues dealing with the environment. This is a community project that promote simple methods of improving the quality of the environment, and wholesome living to ensure all people enjoy safer and better lives. The participants were asked to create inspirational postcards using materials of their choice. The message on the postcard was The Environment: My Extended Body and it included the participants’ suggestions on what can be done to improve the quality of the environment. All who would like to take part can register by sending an e-mail to World Elder Land and all participants will be acknowledged on the World Elder Land website.
For more information, please contact:
Kathy Ward
World Elder Land (WEL)
116 Spokane
Washington
United States of America
Tel: 1 240 393 5456
E-mail: wel@worldelderland.com
Website: www.kathyjward.com/blog
Washington
The World Bank hosted a week long outreach event for internal staff, to educate them on World Environment Day 2007.
For more information, please contact:
Mimi Diez
World Bank
1818 H Street NW
Washington DC
United States of America
E-mail: mdiez@worldbank.org
Washington
World Environment Day 2007 was celebrated with a conference on the theme Melting Ice - A Hot Topic held in the Grosvenor Auditorium at the National Geographic Society's headquarters on 5 June followed by a reception at The Royal Norwegian Embassy, in cooperation with the National Geographic Society. The conference provided an opportunity to bring together voices of expertise on global warming, and provided presentations on solutions and new technologies for the future. Particular emphasis was placed on emission reduction and carbon capture, as well as renewable energies.
For more information, please contact:
Trude L. Paulsson
Royal Norwegian Embassy
2720 34th St NW Washington, D.C.
United States of America
Tel: 1 202 333 6000
Email: tpa@mfa.no
Website: www.norway.org
Westport
To celebrate World Environment Day 2007 Alcan Packaging Westport organized an in-house recycled art contest. Employees were asked to create an art piece out of clean recyclables at home with their families.
Woodbridge
To celebrate World Environment Day 2007Alcan Packaging Woodbridge planted trees and promoted several environmental projects such as car-pooling and a Smart Commute Day, as well as recycling programs.
Youngsville
To celebrate World Environment Day 2007 Alcan Packaging Youngsville raffled a bicycle and helmet to raise money for the Franklin County Parks and Recreation Department.
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In keeping with the 2007 World Environment Day theme: Melting Ice - A Hot Topic?, Barrow, Alaska was named the 2007 North American host for World Environment Day. On 5 June, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) brought together around the same table the holders of both community-based and science-based knowledge to explore the impacts of climate change and how arctic communities are adapting to this phenomenon. The Town Hall meeting offered a unique opportunity to various members of the Inupiat community, including an elder, a hunter and a fisherman, to share their observations on how climate change has affected their daily lives. Community members in the audience also shared their own observations. In keeping with the tradition of being a people's event, World Environment Day in Barrow also included a colorful demonstration of native Inupiat dances and the annual Eskimo blanket toss, which marks the beginning of the Nalukataq Spring Festival. (Please see 
On the occasion of World Environment Day 2007, the UN Headquarters in New York marked the event through various activities. The event was attended by students from public school 124 in New York City's Chinatown and they were addressed by the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon. Terri and Bindi Irwin read from 
To celebrate World Environment Day 2007 and raise awareness of the quality and environmental benefits of organic coffee production, leading organic coffee companies under the Organic Coffee Collaboration hosted Media Breakfast in New York City on 5 June. Organic coffee featuring seven leading brands of delicious and environmentally sustainable organic coffees were sampled. The benefits of organic coffee highlighted include:
The Sierra Club Sacramento Group celebrated World Environment Day 2007 by holding the Sacramento River City Run. There was a 5 and 10 km run/walk that will benefit local sustainable living projects. It was held on Sunday 3 June. Other than to celebrate World Environment Day, this Run was a platform to increase awareness of health; our own and the planet’s. In its third year, the River City Run raised $15, 000, which was awarded to 13 local projects. 
Starting on 15 April and ending on 15 June, the city of San Francisco hosted an art exhibition: Making the Choice - Bringing Forth an Environmental Renaissance. The exhibit is an event of the Natural World Museum (NWM) and was held on the 4th Floor of the Rotunda Gallery in City Hall.
Portovert Magazine is a new, sustainable publication about eco-friendly weddings. The publication raised environmental awareness on 5 June with a campaign for World Environment Day. The campaign linked the word WED with the concept of people taking actions on and after their wedding day to stop global warming.
On the occasion of World Environment Day 2007 World Elder Land once again celebrated the event with a variety of activities. The aim of the celebrations was to inspire and assist elder communities to actively participate in issues dealing with the environment. This is a community project that promote simple methods of improving the quality of the environment, and wholesome living to ensure all people enjoy safer and better lives. The participants were asked to create inspirational postcards using materials of their choice. The message on the postcard was The Environment: My Extended Body and it included the participants’ suggestions on what can be done to improve the quality of the environment. All who would like to take part can register by sending an e-mail to World Elder Land and all participants will be acknowledged on the World Elder Land website.