World Earth & Environment Day

World’s Earth and Environment day

The word’ environment’ is derived from an old French word “environ “meaning encircle. As we are encircled by people, animals plants and physical objects which are part of our environment.

According to Stockholm declaration in June 1972, “ man is both a creator and a moulder of his environment .World environment day was stablish in 1972 by united nations at Stockholm conference on the human environment. Afterwards the worlds environment day is celebrated on 5 June of every year.

Earth day:- Earth day is an annual event April 22 demonstrate support for environmental protection. The theme of 2022 is our planet.

There are 3 major components of our earth planet.

Hydrosphere:- Our planet earth is full of water .it covers approximately three fourth of the earth’s surface.

Atmosphere: – It is a thin layer of gases separating earth from the outer space. The lower atmosphere

Is a mixture of molecules of three important gases. Oxygen(O₂) , nitrogen(N₂) and carbon di- oxide(CO₂).

Lithosphere- The solid component of earth is called lithosphere. It consists of different layers like crust, mantle, outer core and inner core.

But unfortunately, naturally and anthropogenically our earth and environment get polluted as well as deteriorated.

Any substance present in the environment in harmful concentration which adversely alerts the environment by damaging the growth rate of a species and by interfering in food chains is called environmental pollutant and its process is called environmental pollution.

There are many type of pollution.

• Atmospheric or air pollution
• Water pollution
• Land and soil pollution
• Noise pollution
• Radioactive pollution

Sources of pollution: –

Natural sources

1. Volcanic eruptions
2. forest fire

• dust storms

1. Bacteria, spores, pollens etc.

Man-made or anthropogenic sources: –

1. Industrialization
2. Over population

• Deforestation: destruction of natural habitat

1. Constructions of building
2. Nuclear explosions

There are some laws to protect environment: –

The Water (prevention &control of pollution) act, 1974

The Air (prevention &control of pollution) act, 1981

Wildlife protection act, 1972

The forest conservation act, 1980

The environment protection act,1986

There are some ways by them we can protect our mother earth and environment

1. Live by the mantra- (3R, s) Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle.
2. Keep our surroundings clean.
3. Plant more trees.
4. Conserve water and water bodies.
5. Educate people about the significance of conserving nature.
6. Shop wisely.
7. Cycle more and drive fewer cars on the road.
8. Use LED lights.