World Environment Day (WED), an initiative of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), is coming up on June 5. WED “is one of the principal vehicles through which the United Nations stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and action.” The UNEP is having activities this year in Mexico City to bring awareness to World Environment Day, but we can do things right here in our own community to celebrate it.
For one thing, the UNEP also publishes daily “Do Something” tips. Today’s tip is “Don't go anywhere without your cloth bag so you can just say no to plastic whenever you shop.”
To take it a step further, Let’s Not Motor Day is a drive by MINI car company in honor of World Environment Day, inviting all of us to pledge to leave the car in the garage on June 5. Will you pledge not to drive on this day? Instead you could walk, bike, rollerblade, skateboard, or take public transit, to name a few! Let us know if you’ll be leaving the car at home by emailing honset@william.jewell.edu.
It’s real, guys. So let’s talk about it.
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