World Population Day was established by the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme in 1989 as a way to focus attention on the urgency and importance of population issues. It was an outgrowth of the interest generated by the Day of Five Billion, which was observed on 11 July 1987.
Each year UNFPA selects [...]

This 4th of July, get out your red, white, blue… and green. While you’re celebrating your country and your freedom, support its sustainability and independence by being eco-conscious and reducing your dependence onenvironmentally-impactful activities. Lady Liberty herself would probably be grimacing a bit, if she could, at the wafting smoke of over 60 million barbecues [...]

The Fourth of July is right around the corner! Summer’s hottest holiday will no doubt call for backyard barbecuing, fireworks and maybe even a dip in the pool.
Here’s how to throw a little green into your mix of red, white and blue.
1. Ditch the disposable party ware
They’re popular and easy. Disposable plates, cups and utensils [...]

All across America–from St. Petersburg, Florida to Cannon Beach, Oregon, from Santa Cruz, California to Coney Island, New York–tens of thousands of people yesterday came together at ocean beaches and inland waterways to form a human barrier against offshore oil drilling in a nationwide protest called Hands Across the Sand.
But what started as a U.S. protest [...]

Spooky stories, campfire songs, stargazing, s’mores — is there a reason not to love camping? (Well, except for the poison ivy and long road trip to get there.) With The Great American Backyard Campout tomorrow, Saturday, June 26th, you don’t have to drive anywhere or do deep-woods hiking to enjoy these pleasures; the idea is to [...]

Hundreds of millions of girls and boys throughout the world are engaged in work that deprives them of adequate education, health, leisure and basic freedoms, violating their rights. Of these children, more than half are exposed to the worst forms of child labour such as work in hazardous environments, slavery, or other forms of forced [...]

As a result of a United Nations General Assembly resolution passed in December 2008, World Oceans Day is now officially recognized by the UN as June 8th each year.
The concept for a “World Ocean Day” was first proposed in 1992 by the Government of Canada at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, and it [...]

Over 80% of our households have a clothes dryer drawing huge amounts of precious energy!
If every household participated for even one day hanging their clothes to dry it would save us a huge amount of energy and a huge dollar savings.
More importantly that translates into less pollutants and thus less health consequences associated with coal [...]

Many Species. One Planet. One Future.
World Environment Day (WED) 2010 is aimed to be the biggest, most widely celebrated, global day for positive, environmental action.
This is the day the United Nations chooses to focus people’s attention on the issue of the environment. The environment is getting more coverage in the main stream, but surely we [...]

Ricoh Australia is throwing its support behind World Environment Day by holding an Eco Action Day on Thursday June 3.
Ricoh will be joined by staff and players from Hawthorn Football Club to help promote environmental awareness and the importance of sustainability.
Teams will compete throughout the day on 12 bicycles at Hawks headquarters at Waverley Park, [...]