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World Environment Day 2022

                                                               World Environment Day 2022: History, Theme and Significance
The World Environment Day is observed every year on 5th June. World Environment Day is celebrated across the world to raise an awareness and describe the importance of Mother nature. World Environment Day was established in 1972 by UN general assembly at the time of stockholm conference. This was the world's first conference to make an environment protection, a major issue. World environment first celebrated in the year 1974.
 World Environment Day 2022
The World Environment Day is observed every year on 5th June. World Environment Day is celebrated across the world to raise an awareness and describe the importance of Mother nature.

                                                                      World Environment Day 2022 History

World Environment Day was established in 1972 by the UN General Assembly at the time of Stockholm Conference. This was the world's first conference to make an environment protection, a major issue. World Environment Day was first celebrated in the year 1974. This day has created a platform to raise an awareness that the world is facing the problem such as air pollution, plastic pollution, global warming and sea level increasing day by day.

                                                                      World Environment Day 2022 Theme

In the year 2022, Sweden is the host of world environment day. Being the host, this year Sweden is going to celebrate the World Environment Day. The theme of World Environment Day this year is ' Only One Earth'. All official events will be organized in Sweden. The idea of the theme of ' Only One Earth' is to focus on the world's togetherness in the direction of creating the atmosphere conducive for peace, harmony, prosperity and health by saving the nature and life. The policy of the theme is to create and adopt a lifestyle which should be pollution free and full of green land. The moto is still the same as it was 50 years ago to protect the mother nature. This planet is our only home and we need to save it for upcoming generations.


                                                                          World Environment Day Significance


It is the high time that suitable initiatives must be taken on an urgent basis. As we all have been facing pandemic for the last two years, it has highlighted the significance of safe, clean and sustainable environment like never before. Now, it is alarming for all of us to take care of the mother earth and its resources. The global warming is a a very big threat giving us challenges to secure a healthy life and nature's protection. India has already taken many steps in the direction of spreading awareness and taking corrective measures for protecting the earth from global warming.
It is our first and foremost responsibility to look after the usage of every resource. The environment has become extremely polluted and full of toxins which has harmful impact on our health. The World Environment Day inspires us to do something about it and improve the environment we cannot live without and take appropriate steps and protect the environment without which the life on the earth is impossible at all.

Small initiatives by people can make a big impact. These initiatives are as follows: -

1. Stop using plastic on day-today basis.
2. One should plant a tree in a year.
3. Take an initiative to keep your society clean and maintain hygiene.
4. Do not throw garbage in river and sea.
5. Be mindful using the things and recycle them.
6. Try to reuse the things.
7. Drive less and ride a bicycle more.
8. Save water as much as u can.
9. Exploitation of resources to the minimum level.
10. Do not let acids and chemicals go into the rivers.
11. The forest area must be increased by reducing the use of wood and tree.