World Environment Day: 10 Free Vectors and Illustrations to Download

World environment day is celebrated each year on the 5th of June. It was initiated in 1974 by United Nations and since then it is celebrated every year to create awareness about the effects of human doings on our environment. This year world environment days’ official slogan is “Only One Earth”. Anyone around the globe can celebrate this day. Everyone is encouraged to take part in saving this only planet we have.

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The human mind knows no boundaries. But our planet does. We have been so dependent on big cars, luxury houses, electronic devices, and even plastic products. We ignore the fact that every man-made thing comes with its side effects on Nature, so does this lifestyle of ours have its vast negative effects on Nature?

Every year world environment day is celebrated with different kinds of activities. These activities are curated by different organizations, and NGOs, on different community levels and by individuals on their own. The purpose of these activities is somehow restoring the environment on some level. Political leaders, actors, sportsmen, and various kinds of influencers are also asked to take a part in such celebrations to create a huge impact. On world environment day, activities are organized on a national as well as international level which include, tree plantation, garbage recycling, parades, street rallies, etc.

The impact caused by humans on the environment has become a hot topic around the world. While someone finds the solution, we need to do our part individually. To play our part successfully, we need to be aware of the factors that contributed to bringing our environment to such a dangerous position.

Biodiversity:

Biodiversity is the biological variety and variability of life on Earth. Biodiversity is a measure of variation at the genetic, species, and ecosystem levels. Terrestrial biodiversity is usually greater near the equator, which is the result of the warm climate and high primary productivity. It is one of the most complex phenomena of nature. All living things play their part to maintain the ecosystem of this planet. Even the smallest microorganisms have important duties to maintain the ecosystem of the world.

Since everything else is deteriorating in our ecosystem, biodiversity is also in a dangerous situation. Billions of species that could not manage to resist, go extinct from our planet. We can though slow down the process of biodiversity by reducing our meat consumption. We should as well make some sustainable life choices to help our ecosystem run smoothly.

Deforestation:

Deforestation means cutting and destroying trees. Deforestation can occur because of natural accidents and deliberate human actions. Nowadays, deforestation is happening almost everywhere but is mainly happening in Amazon rainforests.

The loss of trees on high levels causes climate change, flooding, fewer crops, and increased greenhouse gases. All of these things together destroy the environment.

Deforestation happens because of a lot of reasons. The top reasons are development materials in high demand and cattle ranching. Deforestation is happening for thousands of years but it is becoming extensive since human beings hit this technology era.

Deforestation affects the habitat of various animals, water in the atmosphere, increased greenhouse gases, soil erosion, flooding, and destruction of homelands.

What You can do to Slow Down Deforestation?

We can help our environment by planting a tree that can last long. We should plant a tree whenever and where ever we can. Avoid papers as much as you can in your homes and offices. Buy recycled products. Last but not the least, you can raise awareness about deforestation and its effect on the environment in your circle.

Air Pollution:

A lot of the environment is destructed because of poor air quality. Air pollution is caused by chemicals or those particles in the air that can harm human beings, animals, and plants. Poor air quality is mainly caused by solid and liquid particles and certain gases that are suspended in the air. Other causes of air pollution include car and truck exhaust, transportation, factories, dust, pollen, mold spores, agricultural activities, open burning of garbage waste, microbial decaying processes, volcanoes, and wildfires.

Large cities are mostly caused and affected by air pollution. especially big cities in poor countries tend to be more affected by air pollution than cities in developed countries. But this is not some rule, as Los Angeles, California, is nicknamed Smog City. Smog will result in our deteriorating health in long run.

How to Reduce Air Pollution?

You can help in reducing air pollution by using clean energy and bringing reusable energy into your life as much as you can. If using non-renewable is necessary and your last option, try to minimize its consumption.

Global Warming:

From all of the issues our environment is going through, global warming is the scariest. This is because, its results are so dangerous, long-lasting, and irreversible. Continuously increasing the temperature of the earth, is causing a lot of negative effects on the environment, weather patterns, and especially on human beings and various species of animals all around the globe.

Global warming is also the reason for the sudden increase in wildfires that eventually cause more global warming and air pollution. such long-lasting wildfires also cause crops loss on a high level and destroy wildlife habitat. Biodiversity is a result of global warming as well.

Water Pollution:

This kind of pollution happened because of the release of different polluting substances in the surface groundwater on high levels. According to a discreet guess, people throw 2 million tons of waste material into the lakes, rivers, and oceans every single day. Besides this, pesticides and various other chemicals are also added to waterways often that will eventually mix up with main water resources and drinking water which affect human beings. Some of these chemicals are hard to exclude from this drinking water even through advanced water purification processes. All these things affect the environment and our ecosystem. Water pollution is also hazardous for water species and they are vanishing rapidly.

Here are Some Proven Ways That Could Help Reduce Water Pollution:

Discard toxic chemicals properly, buy things consciously while keeping water pollution in your mind, avoid throwing fats and grease into the drain while washing, try to use phosphate-free dish soap, discard medical wastes properly, report the people who pollute water on big scales, eat organic food as much as you can, take part in environmental campaigns and charities, and help clean the beaches when you have some free time on your hands.

Other causes of environmental pollution that need to be controlled are noise pollution, light pollution, human impact on the cloud forest, controlled burning, and smog.

How to Live in Harmony with Nature?

Once you learn which actions cause damage to our environment, our ecosystem, and eventually to our planet, the next step is to take some action about how we can make things a little better. Here is a list of a few things which you can practice on the individual level.

Shift to a greener lifestyle:

Grow a tree where ever and whenever you can. Trees are so beneficial for us and our environment. They give us food and oxygen and both are important for our survival. Trees also help us to purify the air. So, add greenery to the planet to make it feel fresh and lively.

Reduce, reuse, and recycle:

This is a very important step. First thing first, always tries to reduce your pollution and consumption. As recycling has its negative side effects so a reduction in amount is always better. If you can’t reduce a product, try to always buy things that are reusable i.e. instead of buying disposable products, buy reusable products. This way you will create less waste material like once in a while and not on daily basis. Lastly, go for recycling stuff.

Volunteer:

On world environment day and throughout the year, there is no limitation of age to participate in environment-friendly activities but people of young age especially plays a huge part to save the earth in its original form as gifted by Nature. They run clean-up campaigns, art exhibitions, beach clean-ups, motivating people for tree planting, film festivals, community events, essay writing, poster competitions, best environment day slogans, and a lot more. Many awareness campaigns are also conducted at schools, colleges, and other educational institutions to motivate students to participate in environment-friendly activities.

Educate:

Once, you know our environment is endangered because of ourselves, this is your responsibility to spread the news further. Try to educate people about small things that can impact on a larger scale the environment. Help people around you to take care of the only planet we have to survive for a longer time.

Conserve water:

Water is so necessary for our survival. Sadly, we often waste so much water without even giving it a second thought. We should conserve water as much as we can.

Shop wisely:

whenever you shop, shop consciously. Be mindful while shopping. Do not shop for stuff that you will throw away after using once or twice. Avoid shopping one-time-use plastic items. Instead buy durable stuff which will last long. Better to buy stuff in some other biodegradable material than plastic. Also, buy a reusable bag that you can wash again and use again instead of buying plastic bags with each product.

Last but not the least, if you want to buy things in plastic wrapping, buy one big-sized pack instead of 10 small packages. Like this, you will cause less plastic pollution.

Use Bicycle:

You should try to bike more and drive less. This will be good for your health and also for our planet’s health.

How to Use World Environment Day Vectors?

In this section, we will put some light on how you can use the world environment day vectors effectively.

Use to Create Awareness:

Mainly youngsters use social media. You can spread awareness through your social media account on this important day. You can design your own social media post designs according to your taste and your favorite slogans from our world environment day vector resources. You can also use the most relevant hashtags for vast engagement.

Use in Branding:

Every national day has its importance. We live in a capitalist society where everything sells. So, if you own a business related to eco-friendly products, you need to start working on sale promotion ideas at least a month ago with our world environment day vectors. Two weeks ahead of the event you have to start promoting your environment day graphics on your social media and the media if that is in your range. Don’t forget to use relevant hashtags for even better coverage.

Use in Time:

Important thing is, such days are timely. You have to plan to design your resources at least a month before the event. In that case, you will get satisfactory results by the time you have used that design. But if for any reason you forget to plan your design, you can visit hundreds of our ready-to-use world environment day vectors. You can also get inspiration from various designs and create something new by mixing and matching other designers’ resources.

10 Free Vectors and Illustrations to Download:

World environment day is not very far. So, we bring a selection of world environment day vectors, that you can use to celebrate the day. Our premium vectors collection helps your digital world look better. You can use THESE resources in your classrooms or workplace and community meetings to spread awareness.

You can click on the pictures to download the resources.

1. There is no planet B. Help save the Earth. Reduce, reuse and recycle. Earth and your future will thank you later.

2. Our planet’s alarm is going off, and it is time to wake up and take action!”- Leonardo DiCaprio

3. Let’s Nurture Nature so that we can have a better future.

4. If you can’t reuse it, refuse it. Don’t abuse with one-time use.

5. Stephen King once said, “Sooner or later, everything old is new again.” This is accurate for general life. We hope it also is true for our environment.

6. Every day is Environment day, so save your day by saving your environment.

7. Earth is our mother. Despite our desire to harm our mother, she will love us forever. We should spread awareness and return this love.

8. The sky, The mountain, The tree, The animal, Give us delight in and for themselves. Everything has its part to play hence everything is equally important. Like every other thing in our ecosystem, biodiversity is also in danger situation on our planet. So many species that could not manage to resist, go extinct from our planet. We can though try to slow down the process of biodiversity by reducing our meat consumption. because of human meat consumption, companies do hunting and fishing which is hazardous for biodiversity. We should as well make some sustainable life choices to help our ecosystem run smoothly.

9. While we are panicking about COVID 19 Mother Earth is Healing. due to the COVID-19 pandemic, people were at home, not going anywhere. All flights were stopped. So, we observe a clear change in atmosphere. the cities which were covered with smog before the pandemic are now be seen with clear sky. All of this happened because air pollution got reduced a lot. This is how our environment tried to heal itself forcefully.

10. We need to spread awareness about saving our environment as a little effort towards saving the environment is better than no effort.

Last words on what you can do to save the planet

By now, we know everyone has to play their part to save the environment. This is necessary so that our coming generations could get to live on the planet as we do. Some small, easy steps that everyone can take are, to try to save energy in every possible way.

1. Turn off lights, and other appliances when you are not using them.
2. Avoid buying stuff that are not recyclable. If necessary, go for stuff that is reusable.
3. Use reusable bags for shopping instead of buying one plastic bag with each item you buy.
4. Instead of using own vehicle, use public transport, i.e. bus, train etc.