Guest blog by Louis Guest from Enva.

World Environmental Education Day, which takes place on 26th January 2024, aims to raise awareness of the challenges that face our world such as pollution, deforestation, and waste disposal, and how we can prevent them from being an even more prevalent issue.

World Environmental Education Day – 26th January 2024 

As the world around us changes, an awareness for our environment has never been more necessary. World Environmental Education Day, which takes place on 26th January 2024, aims to raise awareness of the challenges that face our world such as pollution, deforestation, and waste disposal, and how we can prevent them from being an even more prevalent issue in the future. 

Waste is a key factor to the environment as it contributes to climate change. With waste going to landfill, methane, a greenhouse gas, is released and contributes to the effects of climate change. Likewise with incineration, this creates an excess of CO2, another greenhouse gas that exacerbates climate change. These are factors we need to be aware of so we can reduce the gas being released into the atmosphere by human activity. We can do this by following the waste hierarchy when deciding what to do with our waste.

So, what can you do to get involved in world environmental education day? 

• Take some time to learn about our environment. – the WWF website is well worth a visit; it contains useful information about the biggest challenges facing our environment today.

• Pay close attention to your day-to-day activities and ask yourselves, “could they be undertaken more sustainably?” This could include recycling, carpooling and public transport, or stopping the use of single use plastics by taking a reusable water bottle with you.

As we celebrate World Environmental Education Day here at Enva, we thank you very much for taking the time to read our blog and we hope to keep you informed on future dates in the environmental diary.