Tips for World Environment Day 2009

Today is World Environment Day – for the last twenty-seven years, 5th June has been the day the United Nations dedicates to increasing worldwide awareness of the environment and stimulating political action.

The theme for this year’s event is ‘Your Planet Needs You- Unite to Combat Climate Change’ and reflects the importance of the climate convention meeting in Copenhagen later in this year.

This year’s World Environment Day host is Mexico, a country that is to plant 250m trees in support of the UN’s Billion Tree Campaign. The aim is for 7 billion trees to be planted by the end of the year – one for every person on the planet. Three billion are already planted. Five billion are pledged.

Green Transport Week 2009

Councils, schools, local groups and companies will next week help celebrate Green Transport Week 2009 (13-21 Jun3 2009). The aim of Green Transport Week is to raise awareness of the impact travel has on the environment, to make people stop and think about the way they travel on every journey and to send a message to the government that the people of Britain care about green issues.

There will be a number of fun and exciting events going on up and down the country that highlight greener ways to travel.

Car free day 2009

Motorists in over twenty British towns and cities will on Monday 22nd September leave their cars at home in favour of bicycles, trains and buses as part of Car Free Day, a now global event that was first organised in Britain by the Environmental Transport Association (ETA).

The event now involves almost 2000 towns and cities in 38 countries around the world.

What is the ETA?

The ETA was established in 1990 as an ethical provider of green, reliable travel services. Twenty seven years on, we continue to offer home insurance, cycle insurance, travel insurance and breakdown cover  while putting concern for the environment at the heart of all we do.