Generate Awareness to Save Our Nature, Our Most Precious Asset
World Environment Day (WED) is celebrated on
the 5th of June every year. This is United Nations’ main methodology for
raising awareness and action for the protection of our environment. It was
first held in 1974, under the slogan “Only One Earth” and it became a flagship
campaign for raising awareness on emerging issues from the environment to
marine pollution, human overpopulation, and global warming, to sustainable
consumption and wildlife crime. For nearly five decades, World Environment Day
developed as a platform to raise awareness on the problems facing our
environment such as air pollution, plastic pollution, illegal wildlife trade,
sustainable consumption, sea-level increase, and food security, supporting
action, and leading changes for the environment. Every year it changes its
theme, some of which are Beat the Air Pollution- 2019 and Beat the Plastic
Pollution -2018. Now, the theme for World Environment Day 2021 is “Reimagine.
Recreate. Restore” and its focal point is ecosystem restoration which emphasizes
bringing back plants and animals from the brink of extinction, from the peaks
of mountains to the depths of the sea. Ecosystem restoration means preventing,
halting, and reversing this damage – to go from exploiting nature to healing
it. Ecosystem restoration means assisting in the recovery of ecosystems that
have been degraded or destroyed, as well as conserving the ecosystems that are
still intact.
Currently, millions of plants and animals are
in danger and may disappear to the next generation. Most of these are due to
human activities. Humans are also gradually becoming aggressive and abusive to
the place where they live in. Activities such as deforestation, burning of
fossil fuels, improper waste disposal and overconsumption of natural resources
causes the destruction of nature and even the future of our next generation.
Due to the modernization of our life today, it has caused great and rapid
destruction to our beloved nature. Although our lives have become more
comfortable than before, we can’t accept the fact that our environment is
facing negative consequences. We as people living only here on Earth will never
allow it to be slowly destroying. We must now fundamentally rethink our
relationship with the living world, with natural ecosystems and their
biodiversity and work towards its restoration. Now this World Environment Day
2021 calls for each one of us to take action, rethink our environmental impact
and make smart changes to our lifestyle if we want to continue calling Earth
our home.
This year, we cannot take to the beaches,
forests and streets. We must stay at home, keep our distance and mark World
Environment Day virtually. This is because we all stand in solidarity with
those suffering from the global pandemic. We need to protect the sick, the poor
and the vulnerable from the worst ravages of this disease. Even though we are
in the midst of pandemic, we can pay tribute to this year’s World Environment
Day for making this event happen, and to the many thousands of advocates honoring
this day with their own virtual events during these difficult times. On World
Environment Day, you can participate in thousands of such activities. Ordinary
individual can still take part in this special day by pledging to live an
environmentally sustainable lifestyle.
Every action counts on World Environment Day, no matter how small. It’s about participating and taking the initiative to making the world greener. The best way to start with ecosystem restoration is to look inside yourself. Change your behavior and start making environmentally friendly choices. Buy sustainable products that support the environment instead of harm it. Using alternate energy sources, planting trees in your backyard, using recycled materials to make new products and also the most important thing to do is to avoid the overconsumption of natural resources and be responsible in using them are just simple things yet they are very impactful in a way of protecting and restoring our environment.
We are responsible that our nature is threatened
with extinction. Therefore every little action we take to protect and preserve
our environment is of the utmost importance and this is exactly what you have
achieved today. We can’t turn back the clock, but we can definitely change the
world for the better. Our actions throughout the world with a more prudent care
for the environment can save our world from drowning and make it as a better
place to live in. Think green, plant more, and use eco-friendly materials. Be a
good stewards of the world because I believe that the place where we live in is
not just only a mere environment, but it is a very beautiful paradise that will
never be forgotten.
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World Environment Day 2021
Reimagine, Recreate and Restore
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