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Asia Celebrates the Environment and Oceans


PEOPLE everywhere celebrated World Environment Day (WED) on June 5 and World Oceans Day (WOD) on June 8. These are just a few of the activities that happened around the region - hopefully they will inspire you to work toward a cleaner, greener environment (and bluer ocean!).

In Azerbaijan (a country straddling Eastern Europe and Western Asia), thousands of people took part in a tree planting event in the capital city of Baku to celebrate WED. The president of Azerbaijan even declared 2010 the Year of the Environment for Green Earth.

The United Nations launched a new website, www.greeningtheblue.org, to commemorate WED 2010. This website raises awareness of the importance of sustainability and is a fine example of an organisation "talking the talk and walking the walk" - get tips to take action to "greening the blue".

Several schools in Adelaide, Australia celebrated WED with an energising walk through Belair National Park, the second oldest national park in the country.

In Hong Kong, Ecovision Asia organised a series of events to commemorate WOD, including a coastal clean-up, school visits, a screening of the award-winning documentary, Sharkwater, and an invitation for guests to sign pledges against shark finning.

For WOD, members of the Boy Scouts and the Leido Outdoor Club in Calapan City, Philippines gathered to clean the coastal area of protected mangroves.

To celebrate WOD, a group of scuba divers and some of Thailand's most famous underwater photographers helped return baby clownfish to their home reefs.



Street Artists


THE art exhibition "Where The Streets Have No Name" was put together by Salaam Baalak Trust (SBT), a non-profit organisation that works to shelter and educate street children in New Delhi and Mumbai, India. Established Indian artists teamed up with 60 street kids to create some of the beautiful pieces of art that make up the exhibition. All the money from the sale of the artworks will go to SBT's fund to take care of the children back in India. The exhibition's first stop was in the Singapore gallery Indigo Blue Art. It will head to South Africa and Hong Kong before heading to the UK. Visit www.salaambaalaktrust.com for more information.

 
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