World Environment Day 2008

Today, 5th June, is the UNEP's World Environment Day. WED is one of the principal vehicles through which the United Nations stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and action. For this year, there is a slogan for the day: Kick the Habit! Towards a Low Carbon Economy. Off course, in order to conserve the environment of our earth, we have to start changing our habit, our life style that creates emission of Carbon Dioxide, that increases the green house effect to slowly but effectively destroy our naked ozone. What are our habit that erodes our natural environment?

In our modern lifestyle, we use much of the energy in basically, everywhere! Our car, air-con, plastic bags, computers, TV, wooden furniture, smoking, everything! All these things either emit harmful gas to our environment or destroying our environment. I did posted an article regarding the use of plastic bag, which is one of the most environmental unfriendly element. If we insist not to change our habit, our ozone layer will be thinning until a stage where our Artic ice berg will melt and most part of our world will be underwater (I remember one of the movie last year screening about this but can't remember the name, Day After Tomorrow or what). Not only that, the change of climate because of CO2 emission and excessive forest logging will also lead to all those 'modern' deadly decease such ar SARS, HD1N etc which will destroy our life, one day.

So, let's celebrate today by stopping all the environmental unfriendly activities, just for 1 day.

LET'S PUT HANDS TOGETHER TO CONSERVE OUR ENVIRONMENT!