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Stand Up For Green Earth
Human beings cannot just take from the environment and give nothing back. We have to accept that we are not only responsible for damaging the earth from the hole in the ozone layer to garbage that is choking the sea but for saving it, We also have to save our future generations.It is not just the responsibility of governments and leaders to make sure we don’t harm the environment, but of corporations and communities and individuals. Every one of us can make a difference.
In 2008, the ‘Art of Living’ and ‘International Association for Human Values’ have chosen the seventh Millennium Development Goal ensuring environmental sustainability as their cause for the Stand Up and Take Action challenge.
The campaign, called ‘Stand Up & Take Action: Mission Green Earth’ will focus on addressing the issue of sustainable environments and encourage action by commitment to a sustainable lifestyle by intelligent management of water, energy and waste in personal, official and public lives.
The ‘Mission Green Earth’ international campaign will also be conducting a giant tree plantation drive around the world. The challenge targets 100 million people standing up between October 17, 18 & 19 and 70 million trees planted up to mid-July 2009.
In the UAE, the campaign is carried out in a realistic and efficient manner, especially taking into consideration the region’s particular environmental and climatic conditions and constraints.
Activities proposed as part of the UAE campaign this year include:
Stand Up sessions organized all across the UAE
Distribution of seeds to interested participants.
Tree plantations organized by local municipalities, government and corporate organizations and institutions.
Media awareness campaign, advocating the need to address sustainable living and landscaping.
School activities on the theme of sustainable environment/landscaping.
Green Forum on Sustainable Landscaping aimed to foster a debate and generate solutions among decision-makers. It will involve the business community, real-estate companies, government officials as well as environmentalists.
There closing ceremony will be on October 19th, with prominent dignitaries and media attending during which the final tally of people who stood up in the UAE will be officially announced.
Email: info@missiongreenearth.ae.
Website: http://www.missiongreenearth.ae
