EARTH DAY and World Environment Day (WED)

are days that stimulates awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and public action.

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The first World Environment Day was on 1973.

It was the day that United Nations Conference on the Human Environment began. The United Nations Conference on the Human Environment was from 5-16 June 1972.

It was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1972.

5 June

World Environment Day is hosted every year by a different city with a different theme and is commemorated with an international exposition on the week that 5 June is on.

World Environment Day is in summer in the Northern Hemisphere and winter in the Southern Hemisphere.

“Stockholm was without doubt the landmark event in the growth of international environmentalism,” writes John McCormick in the book Reclaiming Paradise.

“It was the first occasion on which the political, social and economic problems of the global environment were discussed at an intergovernmental forum with a view to actually taking corrective action.”

World Environment Day is similar to Earth Day.

Pittsburgh…

has been selected as the North American host city by the

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to join:

World Environment Day 2010,

“Many Species. One Planet. One Future.”

Highlighting the theme

“Biodiversity — Ecosystems

Management and the Green Economy,”

Pittsburgh-area government officials, businessindexes, organizations and individuals will schedule a series of World Environment Day events, as well as events taking place during the six weeks that

“bridge the gap”

between

Earth Day on April 22 and World Environment Day on June 5.

Pittsburg Starting early….

April 8, 2010

WORKSHOP

6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m

The Health and the Environment Workshop is designed to heighten awareness and encourage action around the issue of carcinogens and toxins that we come into contact with daily in our environment through the products we use and the food we eat. The workshop also focuses on the consequences of these toxins on our health and how we can avoid exposure. The program provides the public with practical solutions such as safe alternatives and healthy lifestyle choices. In an effort to reduce one’s exposure to toxins and to reduce the amount of toxins in our environment, all workshop participants will receive a non-toxic green cleaning kit.

If you are interested in attending the workshop please contact Sarah Alessio at 412-488-7490 ext 236 or [email protected].

You can also register online by going to the Environmental Health page at www.prc.org. COST: $20 per person

UNITED NATIONS has chosen Pittsburg as HOST CITY 2010.