WED June 2009

World Environment Day Previous themes

1974 - Only one Earth
1975 - Human Settlements
1976 - Water: Vital Resource for Life
1977 - Ozone Layer Environmental Concern; Lands Loss and Soil Degradation
1978 - Development Without Destruction
1979 - Only One Future for Our Children - Development Without Destruction
1980 - A New Challenge for the New Decade: Development Without Destruction
1981 - Ground Water; Toxic Chemicals in Human Food Chains
1982 - Ten Years After Stockholm (Renewal of Environmental Concerns)
1983 - Managing and Disposing Hazardous Waste: Acid Rain and Energy
1984 - Desertification
1985 - Youth: Population and the Environment
1986 - A Tree for Peace
1987 - Environment and Shelter: More Than A Roof
1988 - When People Put the Environment First, Development Will Last
1989 - Global Warming; Global Warning
1990 - Children and the Environment
1991 - Climate Change. Need for Global Partnership
1992 - Only One Earth, Care and Share
1993 - Poverty and the Environment - Breaking the Vicious Circle
1994 - One Earth One Family
1995 - We the Peoples: United for the Global Environment
1996 - Our Earth, Our Habitat, Our Home
1997 - For Life on Earth
1998 - For Life on Earth - Save Our Seas
1999 - Our Earth - Our Future - Just Save It!
2000 - The Environment Millennium - Time to Act
2001 - Connect with the World Wide Web of Life
2002 - Give Earth a Chance
2003 - Water – Two Billion People are Dying for It!
2004 - Wanted! Seas and Oceans – Dead or Alive?
2005 - Green Cities – Plan for the Planet!
2006 - Deserts and Desertification - Don't Desert Drylands!
2007 - Melting Ice – a Hot Topic?
2008 - Kick The Habit - Towards A Low Carbon Economy