WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL DAY (WED) is the United Nations flagship
environmental event, celebrated each year on 5th June.
The United Nations General Assembly established the World
Environmental Day in 1972 to mark the opening of the Stockholm
Conference on the Human Environment.
Purpose: To focus worldwide attention onto the importance
of the environment and stimulate political attention and
action.
In line with the World Environmental Day celebration every
year, the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP),
through its Regional Office for Africa (ROA), teams up
with the Kenya Organization for Environmental Education
(KOEE) to organize an essay /Art competition for school
in Kenya
The themes chosen over the years give light to current
experiences and situations in Kenya and the world as a
whole.
The 2008 theme of Different tribes-One People, One Country,
One Environment; shed light to the recent post election
violence crisis experienced in Kenya. Young artists and
writers were expected to express their thoughts and views
on the impact of the crisis to our environment, as well
as on climate change as a result of the increasing carbon
emission, focusing on the overall theme of CO2-Kick the
Habit towards low carbon economy
