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

day that United Nations Conference on the Human Environment began.

World Environment Day (WED) is an initiative of the United Nations

Environment Programme to raise awareness about environmental issues.

Each year, World Environment Day is celebrated on June 5, and focuses on a

specific theme. This years theme is sustainable lifestyles, and the slogan

is Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care. Which will be

hosted by Italy.

Saudi Arabia will host it in 2016 with the theme Our Earth, Our care.

The topic is a particularly powerful one, because theres room for everyone to

take a moment to question how we live and how it impacts the planet. The

theme asks everyone to evaluate our consumer habits: how we shop, eat and

travel.

The UN Environment Programme says creating more sustainable lifestyles is

crucial:

By 2050, if current consumption and production patterns remain the same

and with a rising population expected to reach 9.6 billion, we will need three

planets to sustain our way of life. Living well within planetary boundaries is the

most promising strategy for ensuring a healthy future.

Each year, the UN Environmental Programme runs several campaigns to get

the word out about the World Environment Day theme. Environmental

organizations, schools and groups of all kinds typically organize events

leading up to and taking place on June 5.

Every Action Counts WED is the opportunity for everyone to realize the

responsibility to care for the Earth and to become agents of change.

"Although individual decisions may seem small in the face of global threats

and trends, when billions of people join forces in common purpose, we can

make a tremendous difference." UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon

Media and celebrities have encouraged World Environment Day Celebrations

by endorsing and taking part in it. United Nations Environment Programme

(UNEP) goodwill ambassadors including supermodel Gisele Bndchen are

sending an SOS to the world to take action for World Environment Day 2014

by joining one of their teams to combat climate change.

Their call to action, Message in the Bottle, asks individuals around the world to

join one of the celebrities teams and make a difference by pledging to take

action in support of World Environment Day, which culminates globally on 5

June 2014.

In Nepal Republic all the Students from Grade 1 to A level are compulsory to

attend the afforestation programmes on their respective locality with the

supervision of SOS Villages and Nepal Government. Many Arts and drawing

competitions are held on environmental day and Nepal Government declares

the Scholorship for 15 Students from every cities who have major contribution

for the environment mainly selected from Madhesi, an backward Community

in Nepal. In 2012, Project Earth, an Online Eco Platform teamed up with

Rio+20 and Launched ' World Environment Day Global School Contest 2012 '

to promote awareness among today's youth. Every country had a winner.

Project GreenOman,The winner from Oman, was an Eco organization

founded by Hridith Sudev and is a full-fledged kid's Eco Organization now.