World Environment Day 2008- Kick The Habit - Towards A Low Carbon Economy

India celebrated it by increasing the price of petrol, diesel, and cooking gas yesterday, a move that is supposed to help the environment by reducing the amount of petrol, etc. people buy.... :-)
Check out Fuel price hike unlikely to bail out oil companies in the Economic Times

While driving to work heard the RJ's on Meow radio station talking about "World Environment Day" today while i was stuck in traffic at Motibagh.... yes.. everyone else on radio was talking about it too....

Meow had someone called arundhati who is associated with PETA to come and talk to them on the occasion. In all what she said there were two that really struck me.....

1. Eating vegetarian food will help in reducing carbon emission......
couldn't figure out why...... being a huge fan for non-veg food... i was saddened...... decided to read more about it when i got to office.
found a in link in a new feed "Ahead of Environment Day activists of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals wear biohazard suits to create awareness about ill effects of meat consumption" but still can't figure out the "how" and "why" of the situation.

just saying this is not enough......

"Our PETA activists are wearing biohazard suits that tells
how meat is toxic for human beings and for the environment.
So on the occasion of World Environment Day we want to spread
the message that if people will continue eating meat and meat
products entire earth will get destroyed. Meat is toxic for
the entire universe and will make survival of human beings
difficult on earth," said Nikunj Sharma,
campaign coordinator, PETA.

Source: http://rtv.rtrlondon.co.uk/2008-06-04/2838cfea.html

Anyone know why... plz enlighten me....


2. PETA had done a giant sand sculpture of a polar bear crushed beneath a larger-than-life shoe and a sign that read, "Your carbon footprints have leather shoes." You can catch the full story on the peta blog and in kalingatimes




One of the RJ's also said that some of the 5 star hotels in India have started working with children (either under privileged or handicapped... could hear it clearly...) These children re-use the flowers from hotel and make mottled paper.... (paper with flower petals embedded in them).....
I found it a fabulous idea.......


I liked what Anupama Ramakrishnan had to say in her article "Stand up! for green earth" in Deccan Herald

An interesting article "The Recycling Race" on rediff.com by Shoba Narayan on how we Indians have recycling in our culture... ;-)

Involving children and making them aware at even nursery school level is such a bright idea....

Mobile Games on Climate Change have been Launched..... new media... huh.... :-)

Twelve Steps to Help You Kick the CO2 Habit... read them here.

Various themes since 1974 have been:

• 2008 - Kick The Habit - Towards A Low Carbon Economy
• 2007 - Melting Ice – a Hot Topic?
• 2006 - Deserts and Desertification - Don't Desert Drylands!
• 2005 - Green Cities – Plan for the Planet!
• 2004 - Wanted! Seas and Oceans – Dead or Alive?
• 2003 - Water – Two Billion People are Dying for It!
• 2002 - Give Earth a Chance
• 2001 - Connect with the World Wide Web of Life
• 2000 - The Environment Millennium - Time to Act
• 1999 - Our Earth - Our Future - Just Save It!
• 1998 - For Life on Earth - Save Our Seas
• 1997 - For Life on Earth
• 1996 - Our Earth, Our Habitat, Our Home
• 1995 - We the Peoples: United for the Global Environment
• 1994 - One Earth One Family
• 1993 - Poverty and the Environment - Breaking the Vicious Circle
• 1992 - Only One Earth, Care and Share
• 1991 - Climate Change. Need for Global Partnership
• 1990 - Children and the Environment
• 1989 - Global Warming; Global Warning
• 1988 - When People Put the Environment First, Development Will Last
• 1987 - Environment and Shelter: More Than A Roof
• 1986 - A Tree for Peace
• 1985 - Youth: Population and the Environment
• 1984 - Desertification
• 1983 - Managing and Disposing Hazardous Waste: Acid Rain and Energy
• 1982 - Ten Years After Stockholm (Renewal of Environmental Concerns)
• 1981 - Ground Water; Toxic Chemicals in Human Food Chains
• 1980 - A New Challenge for the New Decade: Development Without Destruction
• 1979 - Only One Future for Our Children - Development Without Destruction
• 1978 - Development Without Destruction
• 1977 - Ozone Layer Environmental Concern; Lands Loss and Soil Degradation
• 1976 - Water: Vital Resource for Life
• 1975 - Human Settlements
• 1974 - Only one Earth

Get more info on wikipedia about World Environment Day.

I hope I stay GREEN.......