» MESSAGE OF THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) ENVIRONMENT, FOREST & CLIMATE CHANGE SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR on the occasion of the World Environment Day 5th June 2015 
 

WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY 2015

JUNE 5, 2015

SIKKIM State is celebrating the World Environment Day on 5th of June 2015. The State-level major event is being  hosted by the Department of Forests, Environment & Widllife Management, Government of Sikkim at Sir Tashi Namgyal S. Secondary School at development Area, Gangtok. The department will also be organizing district level programmes at various locations throughout the state. The event highlights include ceremonial platations, cleanliness drives, rally of students, Chief Minister's Green School Rolling Trophy and State level Green Schools Award.

The UNEP theme for this year is "Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care"

The well-being of humanity, the environment, and the functioning of the economy, ultimately depend upon the responsible management of the planet’s natural resources. Evidence is building that people are consuming far more natural resources than what the planet can sustainably provide.

Many of the Earth’s ecosystems are nearing critical tipping points of depletion or irreversible change, pushed by high population growth and economic development. By 2050, if current consumption and production patterns remain the same and with a rising population expected to reach 9.6 billion, we will need three planets to sustain our ways of living and consumption.

The WED theme this year is therefore "Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care." Living within planetary boundaries is the most promising strategy for ensuring a healthy future. Human prosperity need not cost the earth. Living sustainably is about doing more and better with less. It is about knowing that rising rates of natural resource use and the environmental impacts that occur are not a necessary by-product of economic growth.

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