World Environment Day is a party proclaimed in 1972 by the UN General Assembly and is celebrated every year on 5 June with the aim of raising awareness and proposing initiatives aimed at the well-being of the planet .
An event that together wants to be a global platform for discussion among the world's major players, but also a popular day, in which each of us can really do something to trigger change in order to positively impact the environment.
The theme of the current 2015 edition is "Seven billion dreams. A planet. Consume in moderation." With this motto-warning, this year, World Environment Day is celebrated primarily at Expo Milano 2015, where there will be international UN celebrations.
In this space arificially and specially recreated to host nations and make their products known, we will also talk about consumption rates, pollution, planetary resources, and the regenerative capacity of the Earth .
The reflection that we want to pursue for the occasion coincides with the challenge of wanting to create opportunities for sustainable economic development for all nations, reducing the negative effects on the environment .
Pollution as a cause of nutritional food impoverishment
Billions of dreams and a page to give them a voice
There are seven billion dreams of a sustainable environment. Dreaming is the first step to make the future we want real . The ambassador and spokesperson of this day invites anyone who wishes to leave their message of sustainable dream, writing on the dream page what they want for the planet.
First and foremost Leonardo di Caprio did it, inviting us to reflect and saying that " the consumption of food goes to the detriment of our health and that of the environment. The degradation of the earth, the decline in soil fertility, a non-use sustainable water, over-exploitation of fisheries and degradation of the marine environment are all things that make the abilities of natural resources to provide us with food . "
Appointments for the environment
A key Italian city will therefore be Milan, where thanks to the collaboration between the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), the Ministry of the Environment, the Protection of the Territory and the Sea, the United Nations EXPO Team and EXPO Milano Spa, together an extensive program of activities involving various partners, including FAO, IFAD, UNESCO World Water Assessment Program, Slow Food, WWF Italy, Cinemambiente, Green Film Network, national delegations and international organizations present at EXPO.
On the sites of the various Italian municipalities, other events can be discovered, such as concerts, events, tree planting, cleaning campaigns organized for the occasion and parties with children. More than 100 countries in the world will participate in the various initiatives.
On the official website of the Day you can still record the activity you want to carry out on that special day for environmental protection, so as to make it known to all.
