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NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN OF AUSTRALIA
A message from NCJWA Environment Chair Ruth Beran
WORLD
ENVIRONMENT DAY
5 JUNE 2004
BACKGROUND
World Environment Day is celebrated around the world
as the day when people take stock of their environment.
The date recognizes the commencement of the United
Nations Conference on the Human Environment, which
was held in Stockholm in 1972.
The general aims adopted for World Environment Day
are:
to raise community awareness of environmental
issues and their importance;
to encourage the community to act responsibly
towards the environment; and
to involve the community in actions which show
concern for the environment, both
for World Environment Day and in the future.
The World Environment Day theme selected for 2004 is
Wanted! Seas and Oceans
Dead or Alive?
The theme asks that we make a choice as to how we
want to treat the Earth’s seas and oceans. It also calls on
each and every one of us to act. Do we want to keep
seas and oceans healthy and alive, or polluted and dead?
World Environment Day is an opportunity for
Australians to show their commitment to the
environment at a personal level: at home, at school, at
work and in their day to day life.
There are many personal actions each one of us can take
every day. They are simple, free and quick. Yet overall
they will make an effective and positive contribution to
the environment.
THINGS I CAN DO
I can buy products that are recycled, recyclable,
reliable, refillable, reusable.
I can make rubbish-free packed lunches for my kids.
I can photocopy on both sides of the paper.
I can buy products in bulk.I can favour items with the
least amount of packaging.
I can refuse plastic bags and always take my own
shopping bag.
I can ask for recycled paper.
I can use mugs and glasses instead of paper cups.
I can buy beverages in recyclable containers.
I can recycle motor oil, tyres, and scrap metal.
I can read labels and research what’s in the products I
buy.
I can compost all my biodegradable and organic
kitchen and garden refuse.
I can create an organic food garden in my backyard.
I can make my home energy efficient.
I can not heat unused rooms.
I can use shutters or curtains on cold winter nights and
hot summer days.
I can wear a sweater instead of using heaters.
I won’t keep the refrigerator too cold.
I can make sure the refrigerator doors are closed.
I can use the clothes line rather than a dryer.
I can turn off electric lights when not needed.
I will not let water run when it is not in use.
I can walk or ride a bicycle.
I will never pour chemicals into the stormwater
system.
I can Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
After walking in the bush or on the beach I will
always take my rubbish home.
I can find out which of my plants is an environmental
weed.
I will never dump my aquarium fish or plants in local
streams.
I will never discard hooks, line or rubbish at sea.
I cen become a member of a “Friends of”/Coast
Action or Landcare group.
I can adopt a street/park/beach/creek or stream and
keep it litter free.
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