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World Environment Day | World Environment Day Activities

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World Environment Day is a day that reminds us about our Environment. It is celebrated every year on June 5. World Environment Day was started and introduced by the United Nations (UN) to arouse worldwide awareness and concern for ‘Our Environment’. 

According to UN, the agenda of the day is to:

  • Give a human face to environmental issues;
  • Empower people to become active agents of sustainable and equitable development;
  • Promote an understanding that communities are pivotal to changing attitudes towards environmental issues and 
  • Advocate partnership which will ensure all nations and peoples enjoy a safer and more prosperous future.

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Today, World Environment Day is celebrated almost everywhere including in India. Schools and colleges also celebrate this day by organizing various activities and contests for children like:

  • Street rallies/parades
  • Essay writing/poster making competitions
  • Tree plantation
  • Collage work
  • Paper re-cycling
  • Clean-up campaigns and much more.


Some schools also organize seminars and workshops wherein they invite experts from various fields who educate children on topics like how to keep their environment clean, why it is important to care for the environment, what can they do for their environment. Similarly, preschools also organize activities like ‘Nature Walk’, ‘Plant-a-tree’ etc. for children on World Environment Day.

Here are things that you can do on World Environment Day:

  • Adopt ‘green’ way of life
  • Organize awareness campaigns
  • Plan Clean-up campaigns
  • Conduct Competitions (drawing, painting, essay writing, poster making, poetry etc)
  • Have conferences or seminars on environmental issues
  • Also have debate competition and quiz.
  • Distribute leaflets, brochures and posters in the society or wherever possible.
  • Organize excursions to nature sites or go for a nature walk
  • Plan exhibitions in your school/college etc.
  • Plant a tree
  • Organize puppet show for children with an environmental message
  • Save paper and most importantly
  • Keep your neighborhood clean……

So let’s take an oath today to protect our earth, our environment from climatic changes and other disasters.

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