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PEACE IS GREEN–EVERY ACT MATTERS
CELEBRATE WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY
WORLD’S LONGEST & LARGEST ENVIRONMENT ONLINE EVENT
4-5  June 2021 |  06:30 am UTC | 12:00 pm IST | 24 Hours
To celebrate World Environment Day, Act Now, together with Environment Online, Treebuddy.Earth, Brookfield International School, Glamanand, and Envirate, brings to you, 2nd edition of our web symposium “PEACE IS GREEN-EVERY ACT MATTERS”, world’s longest and largest environment online event, non-stop for 24 hours on 4-5 June 2021. The Web Symposium brings together individuals and organizations, the thinkers and the doers, from around the world, and, may reach more a million participants in over 100 countries!

We invite you to share your climate actions, and let us learn from you. CONTRIBUTE YOUR ACT, EVERY ACT MATTERS!

Let’s get active, not anxious. Let’s reimagine, recreate, restore. Let’s be bold, not timid.
Join Us in #GenerationRestoration
THEMES
All themes are open in all sessions for conversation, due to availability of guests from different timezones.

Session 1: 12:00–15:00 IST | 06:30-09:30 UTC (4 June '21)
OPENING AND COMMON THEME TO ALL SESSIONS
EVERY ACT MATTERS-When it comes to restoring the natural world, each one of us can make a difference!

Session 2: 15:00–18:00 IST | 09:30-12:30 UTC (4 June '21)
FIGHTING FIRE WITH FIRE-Can forest restoration reduce the threat of fires?

Session 3: 18:00–21:00 IST | 12:30-15:30 UTC (4 June '21)
BLUE ECONOMY-Our marine and coastal ecosystems are extremely valuable for sustainable life on earth.

Session 4: 21:00–00:00 IST | 15:30-18:30 UTC (4 June '21)
EVERY DROP MATTERS-Healthy lakes and rivers make a healthy life on planet!

Session 5: 00:00–03:00 IST | 18:30-21:30 UTC (4-5 June '21)
FARMLANDS FEED US-However, their overuse is greater threat to wildlife than climate change.

Session 6: 03:00–06:00 IST | 21:30-00:30 UTC (4-5 June '21)
GRASSLAND AND WETLANDS HOLD KEY TO OUR FUTURE-Act Now to prevent, stop, and reverse degradation of grasslands and wetlands.

Session 7: 06:0009:00 IST | 00:30-03:30 UTC (5 June '21)
OUR CITIES ARE ECOLOGICAL DESERTS-We cannot turn back time. But we can green our cities.

Session 8: 09:00–12:00 IST | 03:30-06:30 UTC (5 June '21)
MOUNTAINS AND CLIMATE CHANGE-A global concern that cannot be ignored.

MUST-READ RESOURCES
1. Ecosystem Restoration Play Book
2. A beginner’s guide to ecosystem restoration
3. When it Comes To Restoring The Natural World, Each One Of Us Can Make a Difference
4. Can forest restoration reduce the threat of megafires?
5. Lakes and Reservoirs
6. The Potential of the Blue Economy
7. Our global food system is the primary driver of biodiversity loss
8. Mountains and Climate Change - A Global Concern
9. Wetlands for Our Future: Act Now to Prevent, Stop, and Reverse Wetland Loss
ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS
All participants will receive an International Certificate.
Select few entries will be featured during the event.  (Check with your national coordinator if there are any special awards in your country)

STEP 1- Choose and carry out ONE or MORE activity given below:
1. Film Making (1-3 minutes   long) - Theme: Every Act Matters, Act Now! (Feature your climate action)  (Format:   MP4, MOV, AVI)
2. Digital Photography Theme: Our Ecosystem  (Format: JPG, JPEG, PNG)
3. Music and Song (1-3 min, writing, singing, solo, synchronized )-Theme: Let’s   Restore Our Ecosystems, Let’s reimagine, recreate, restore.  (Format: MP3)
4. Poster- Theme: The   Earth Will Live, We May Not, Act Now!
5. Dance (1-3 minutes, solo,   group, synchronized)-Theme: Any,   original or recreation related to environment
6. Fancy Dress (for age 6 and   below)-Theme: Any,   related to environment
7. Slogan Making-Theme: Any   original composition, related to environment

STEP 2- Complete the following steps to receive your International Certificate.
Under-age children, not legally entitled for social media accounts, can use their parent’s ID.
1. Register for the event:  https://bit.ly/33vKQty
2. Carry out ANY TWO/THREE of the following:
                Click and LIKE: https://www.facebook.com/actnoworgin/
                Click and FOLLOW: https://www.instagram.com/actnoworgin/
                Click and FOLLOW: https://twitter.com/actnoworgin
                Click and SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/actnoworgin
3. Tag and post your entry on YOUR Facebook/Instagram/Twitter
           Use the following hash and tags:
           #actnoworgin #enoprogramme #peaceisgreen2021
           #bfis #glamanand  #generationrestoration #UNEP #treebuddy
           @actnoworgin

STEP 3- FINALLY email your entries : peaceisgreen@actnow.org.in
(1) All activities given here must be carried out under Covid Protocols applicable to your country and region. (2) All entries must be original. All entries will become the property of Act Now and Act Now will have the right to republish, repurpose, reuse in any manner with or without credit.
GLIMPSES FROM PEACE IS GREEN 2020
SHAPING PEACE TOGETHER
Tarja Halonen, President of Finland, 2000-2012
Pekka Haavisto, Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs
Mathis Wackernagel, President, Global Footprint Network
Aishwarya Vinu Nair, Miss Teen Earth 2019, performance for the event
Ritva Koukku Ronde's, Finnish Ambassador to India
Nellys Pimentel's Miss Earth 2019 Message
HOSTS/CO-HOSTS
LANGUAGE HELPERS
(These volunteers will be available for you before and during the event)
GUESTS OF HONOR
Organizer
: Act Now
Co-organizers
: Environment Online, Treebuddy.Earth, Brookfield Intl. School, Glamanand, and Envirate
Event Title
: PEACE IS GREEN - EVERY ACT MATTERS
Starts
: 4 June 2021, 12:00 IST | 06:30 UTC
Ends
: 5 June 2021 12:00 IST | 06:30 UTC
Venue
: Zoom
Live on FB
: https://www.facebook.com/actnoworgin
Event Page
: http://actnow.org.in/peace-is-green-2021.html
Find Us on  Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Youtube, LinkedIn     #actnoworgin   @actnoworgin
ACT NOW
PEACE IS GREEN-EVERY ACT MATTERS



There has never been a more urgent need to revive damaged ecosystems than now.

Ecosystems support all life on Earth. The healthier our ecosystems are, the healthier the planet - and its people. The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration aims to prevent, halt and reverse the degradation of ecosystems on every continent and in every ocean. It can help to end poverty, combat climate change and prevent a mass extinction. It will only succeed if everyone plays a part.

We cannot turn back time.
But we can grow trees, green our cities, rewild our gardens, change our diets and clean up rivers and coasts.
We are the generation that can make peace with nature.

This is our moment.

Let’s get active, not anxious. Let’s be bold, not timid.

Act Now - Every Act Matters
Join #GenerationRestoration
#decadeonrestoration #actnoworgin
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