World Environment Day 2020: Environment is the most important aspect to survive on this planet. Humans tend to forget that without a balanced environment, life cannot be sustainable. And with climate change upon us, with sea levels on the rise and increasing numbers of earthquakes, floods, and droughts, we cannot stress on this enough.
The increase in contamination and pollution of these precious resources, and even more importantly, the exploitation of protected forest areas as they are roped in for various business ventures needs to stop immediately if we are to hope for human survival.
World Environment Day is celebrated every year to spread awareness and to make people understand that they have a role to play in preventing the loss of biodiversity and preserving nature for our future.
Robert Swan once said, "The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it."
And we need to listen closely.
World Environment Day 2020: Date
World Environment Day 2020 is observed on June 5 every year. The day was first observed in 1974 in the city of Spokane in the USA to raise awareness about the importance of protecting the environment.
World Environment Day is an occasion to think about how we are a part of nature and how intimately and unequivocally we depend on it for survival. Every year, there is a specific theme for the World Environment Day.
World Environment Day 2020: Theme
The theme for World Environment Day 2020 is biodiversity -- a concern that is both urgent and existential.
According to the United Nation organization, the theme was selected due to the "Recent events, from bushfires in Brazil, the United States, and Australia to locust infestations across East Africa - and now, a global disease pandemic - demonstrate the interdependence of humans and the webs of life, in which they exist."
World Environment Day is hosted by a different country. And this year, the host is Columbia.
World Environment Day 2020: History
The first major conference on environmental issues was held in the year 1972 from June 5-16 in Stockholm (Sweden). Later that year, on December 15, the General Assembly adopted a resolution designating June 5 as World Environment Day. In 1974, the first World Environment Day was celebrated.
Since then, World Environment Day is celebrated every year on June 5, engaging governments, businesses, celebrities and citizens to focus their efforts on a pressing environmental issue.
"Men argue. Nature acts." -Voltaire
Every year, on this day, people usually people go out to the field to plant saplings and other various events are organised. But this year, as people are confined to the four walls of their homes due to Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, the World Environment Day celebration would be different.
Amidst the lockdown, instead of going out, people can promote the day and raise awareness through online activities. Here are some inspiring quotes and messages you can send to family and friends on this World Environment Day.
You can even share these quotes on social media platforms like Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram and Twitter and raise awareness to stop the loss of specials and degradation of the natural world.
World Environment Day 2020: Quotes and wishes
"We shall never understand the natural environment until we see it as a living organism. Today you can murder land for private profit. You can leave the corpse for all to see and nobody calls the cops." -Paul Brooks
"There must be a reason why some people can afford to live well. They must have worked for it. I only feel angry when I see waste. When I see people throwing away things we could use." - Mother Teresa
Mother Nature has always been kind to us and now it is time to return all the favours. Warm wishes on World Environment Day 2019 to you!
"Birds are indicators of the environment. If they are in trouble, we know we'll soon be in trouble". -Roger Tory Peterson
"There's so much pollution in the air now that if it weren't for our lungs there'd be no place to put it all." -Robert Orben
This World Environment Day make a promise to save the environment and the world. Happy World Environment Day 2020 to you!
"Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed." -Mahatma Gandhi
"Environment is no one's property to destroy; it's everyone's responsibility to protect." -Mohith Agadi
Your small effort counts, make the world a cleaner and healthier place Happy World Environment Day 2020!
"We cannot despair of humanity, since we ourselves are human beings." -Albert Einstein
"In all things of nature, there is something of the marvellous." -Aristotle
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With the emergence of coronavirus, it has become very clear that when we destroy biodiversity, we destroy the system that supports human life.
Biodiversity is the foundation that all living things on the Earth are connected to, and changing or removing even one element of this web can drastically affect the entire life system and can produce severe negative consequences -- this is already happening but are you ready to do your bit to slow down the process as much as you can?
It's time for us to wake up and do our bit for nature.
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