World Environment Day


World Environment Day, commemorated each year on 5 June is one of the principal vehicles through which the United Nations stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and action

World Environment Day 2003

The World Environment Day theme selected for 2003 is Water - Two Billion People are Dying for It! The theme calls on each of us to help safeguard the most precious source of life on our planet ? water. This theme has been chosen to support the United Nations International Year of Freshwater , 2003 and World Water Day (22 March). You will note that the logo of the International Year of Freshwater has been incorporated in the World Environment Day logo to highlight this important United Nations Year.

Broadly, the agenda is to give a human face to environmental issues; empower people to become active agents of sustainable and equitable development; promote an understanding that communities are pivotal to changing attitudes towards environmental issues; and advocate partnership which will ensure all nations and peoples enjoy a safer and more prosperous future. World Environment Day is a people's event with colourful activities such as street rallies, bicycle parades, green concerts, essays and poster competitions in schools, tree planting, as well as recycling and clean-up campaigns

Cyber Caravan Schedule

The IT Coach of the National Computer Board participated in the World Environment Day 2003 by creating awareness on the theme of the event.  A Website on the theme “Water-Two billion People are Dying for it” has been developed in this context to sensitize children of primary schools as well as the general public on the issues facing the world today.

Special programmes were presented to the following primary school on this occasion.