Archive for the 'Events' Category
World Blog Action Day
This unique initiative is supported by the United Nations Environment Programme: “UNEP welcomes the simple yet powerful concept of Blog Action Day and calls on bloggers around world to participate”. European Union’s Commissioner for Environment, Stavros Dimas held a special live internet chat on the same day and took questions and viewpoints of a broad range of people. Companies like Google, Yahoo, AOL, Opera, eBay etc. participated as well. Denizens of the blogosphere have also played a crucial role in coordinating efforts to persuade the online community to write on environment for a given day.
Indeed this unique day demonstrates power of an idea and the speed at which something can spread across the globe by using technology. The approach is to reach out to as many people as possible and focus discussion on a particular topic like environment. It is an initiative of Collis Ta’eed, his wife Cyan and a blogger Leo Babauta. “The world doesn’t change in huge leaps, it changes in small increments. We hope that Blog Action Day will be one more drop in the tide of change”, Ta’eed wrote on his blog.
The reality is that the impact was actually significant. There were some 20,603 Blogs that participated, 23,327 Blog Posts were made and some 14, 631, 038 RSS readers. Interestingly RSS readers are perhaps only 50% of the readers of a blog.
It is indeed thrilling to see so many people coming together to support the cause of environment. People have been posting diverse articles from debates on issues like climate change, air pollution to simple tips that individuals can take at their own end to reduce their environmental impact on the planet. The idea has led to unite blog community around the world and hence widened the reach of audience to create awareness on environment and environmental issues.
Clean Up The World Campaign
The third weekend of September is dedicated to inspire action across the globe to clean, fix and conserve environment. In conjunction with the United Nations Environment Programme, it brings together 35 million volunteers in about 120 countries who participate in a range of activities aimed at cleaning up their local environment.
World Ozone Day
World Ozone day is celebrated each year on 16th September and is also known as the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer. It was designated by the United Nations General Assembly on in 1995 to commemorate the signing of the Montreal Protocol on substances depleting the ozone layer which was signed in 1987 for furthering cooperation in dealing with this environmental threat. It was in 1985 at the Vienna Convention that countries came together to protect the ozone layer from various ozone depleting substances like chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), halons, methyl bromide and methyl chloroform etc. Hence, this day draws focussed attention and action towards this aggravating environmental problem. It reiterates our commitment towards restoring the ozone hole through progressive reduction of ozone depleting substances for a healthy environment.
