World Environment Day is the United Nations Day for encouraging worldwide awareness and action. This year's theme for the 45th World Environment Day is Beat Air Pollution - a call for action to combat the global crisis for access to fresh air for all.
Air pollution is a key environmental issue facing the Earth. For World Environment Day this year people are invited to consider how lifestyles and the environment can be improved by beating air pollution.
Last year's theme of World Environment Day was Beat Plastic Pollution, another crisis worthy of global attention and this year, the focus is concentrated on air pollution with the following in mind:
- 7 million people per year die prematurely as a result of air pollution (UN Environment Report)
- 4 billion people die in the Asia Pacific region
- 3 trillion trees live on Earth, but rapid deforestation increases daily
- Capital cities of countries such as India, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and others are the most severely polluted
- Nine out of ten people worldwide are exposed to differing levels of air pollutants that exceed safe levels set by WHO.
"Air pollution is a global emergency affecting everyone" according to Joyce Msuya, UN Environment Acting Executive Director and Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations “Often you can’t even see it, but air pollution is everywhere. We can't stop breathing, but we can do something about the quality of our air."
Be inspired into action to beat air pollution by streaming one of these great documentaries from our environmental collection.
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An Australian community come together to explore & demonstrate a simpler way to live in response to global crises. They build tiny houses, plant veggie gardens, practise simple living & discover the associated challenges.
Award-winning director Damon Gameau explores what the future would look like by the year 2040 if we embraced the best solutions currently available to improve our planet & shifted them to the mainstream.
An insight into the wonderful world of Artist as Family: Meg, Patrick, and their youngest son, Woody. Living on an urban 1/4-acre section in a small Australian town, their property is designed using permaculture principles.
What if telling a story that gives hope by pointing out solutions was the best way to solve the ecological, economic and social crises that shake our world?
Few things on Earth are as miraculous and vital as seeds. Worshipped and treasured since the dawn of humankind. "Seed: The Untold Story" follows passionate seed keepers protecting our 12,000 year-old food legacy.
