GET THE FACTS:
- World Environment Day
Created by a UN resolution on December 15, 1972, the
General Assembly designated June 1st-5th as World
Environment Day to deepen public awareness of the need
to preserve and enhance the environment. That date also
recalls the opening day of the United Nations Conference
on the Human Environment (Stockholm, 1972), which led to
the establishment of the United Nations Environment
Program (UNEP). This year also marks the 60th
anniversary of the United Nations.
- World Population Day
This year will mark the fourteenth annual
World Population Day. Celebrated by people around the
world, World Population Day was officially acknowledged
in 1989 by the United Nations Population Fund’s
Governing Council as a day to promote population-related
issues. Since then, World Population Day is observed
around the world, often to highlight important issues
like reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, and population
growth.
- International Day for the Preservation of the
Ozone Layer
In 1994, the UN General Assembly proclaimed
September 16th the International Day for the
Preservation of the Ozone Layer. The ozone layer, a
fragile shield of gas, protects the Earth from the
harmful portion of the rays of the sun, thus, helping
preserve life on the planet.
- National Pollution Prevention Week
This week became a national event in 1996. Each year,
observers are encouraged to learn how to incorporate
activities that reduce, reuse and recycle waste into
their daily routines. Today, most states across the
country celebrate the week by promoting activities at
home, work, school, businesses, agencies, organizations,
and within local communities that will foster a
prosperous and sustainable future.
- World Habitat Day
Every year, since 1985, when it was designated by the UN
General Assembly, World Habitat Day has been celebrated
on the first Monday in October. This day has been set
aside by the UN for the world to reflect on the state of
human settlements and the basic right to adequate
shelter and to remind the world of its collective
responsibility for the future of the human habitat.
- National Rainforest Week
Traditionally, the third week in October has been
designated National Rainforest Week. The goal of this
week is to educate people of every age about global
concerns over depleting rainforests. The rainforests are
one of the world's largest natural resources. Home to
millions of different plants and animals, rainforests
cover about 7 percent of the world's surface and
generate much of the oxygen needed for organisms to
live. Sadly, these forests and the plants and animals
within them are currently being destroyed at a rapid
rate.
- International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
In 2001, the General Assembly decided to maintain the
observance of the International Day for Natural Disaster
Reduction on the second Wednesday of October, as a
vehicle to promote a global culture of natural disaster
reduction, including disaster prevention, mitigation and
preparedness.
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2005
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
- 3-4th
National Council for Science and the Environment
–“Conference on Science,
Policy and the Environment:
Forecasting Environmental Changes.”Washington, DC
- Keynote by Gus
Speth, Dean of the Yale
School of Forestry and
Environmental
Studies and Earth Legacy Declaration
signatory:
"Some Say by Fire: Forecasting, Climate Change, and
What We Can Do
as Americans"
- Earth Legacy
Campaign poster
presentation
- 8th
Center for Strategic and International
Studies Global Strategy Institute, Global
Water
Futures. Earth Legacy presentation
- 17-21st
AAAS annual meeting, "The Nexus:
Where
Science Meets Society"
- 19-20th
Global Civil Society Forum, Nairobi,
Kenya
- 21-25th
23rd UNEP Governing Council meeting,
Nairobi,
Kenya
MARCH
APRIL
MAY
- 20th
"Earth Plus and Minus 40: What will be
our
planetary legacy?" Reunion workshop
at Wesleyan
University, Earth Legacy
presentation
JUNE
1-5th
UNEP's World Environment Day-"Green
Cities: Plan for the Planet", San Francisco. Earth
Legacy Campaign event
JULY
11th
World Population Day
SEPTEMBER
16th
International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone
Layer
19-23rd
"One Ocean":
Oceans 2005 Marine Technology Society/Institute of
Electronics and Electric Engineers Conference,
Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington D.C.
20th
National Pollution Prevention Week
OCTOBER
Energy Awareness Month
4th
World Habitat Day
10th
National Rainforest Week
13th
International Day for Natural
Disaster Reduction
17th
National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week
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