WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY - JUNE 5

Today is the world environment day. In creation stories it is seen that God created the Earth and all other living beings before man and woman. The usual understanding is that man and woman are the most important characters, but actually it is the other way round. We usually forget the fact that we need the whole "Oikumine" for our well being. Knowingly or unknowingly we plunder and spoil the Earth beyond redemption. Every inch of the globe is being polluted. Even the seas are contaminated to a large extend. The environmental protection is a matter of grave importance today, perhaps even more important than the eradication of nuclear weapons. This day reminds us of the importance of tendering the Mother Earth with utmost care and sagacity so that we can create a congenial atmosphere for the well being of all creations now alive on Earth.

                                          

                                                       Dr. Abraham Karickam

.

World Environment Day is an annual event that is aimed at being the biggest and most widely celebrated global day for positive environmental action. World Environment Day activities take place all year round and climax on 5 June every year, involving everyone from everywhere. 

The World Environment Day celebration began in 1972 and has grown to become one of the main vehicles through which the United Nations stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and encourages political attention and action.

The theme for this year’s World Environment Day celebrations is Think.Eat.Save. Think.Eat.Save is an anti-food waste and food loss campaign that encourages you to reduce your foodprint. According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), every year 1.3 billion tonnes of food is wasted. This is equivalent to the same amount produced in the whole of sub-Saharan Africa. At the same time, 1 in every 7 people in the world go to bed hungry and more than 20,000 children under the age of 5 die daily from hunger.