World Environment Day Resources

World Environment Day is a United Nations event that reminds us to take action to conserve and protect our natural environment.

World Environment Day celebrates its 20th anniversary on 5th of June 2020.

Churches often celebrate World Environment Day on one of the closest Sundays, for example, Sunday 7th of June 2020. 

This year, Uniting Earth is encouraging churches to remember the devastating bushfires earlier this year, to pray for those impacted by the fires and to take action climate change, the impacts of which made these fires so unprecedented.

To help you celebrate in worship, here are some resources: 

* Trigger warning: powerful bushfire images*

Additional Resources:

Text version of the World Environment Day 2020 Bushfire Prayer

PPT Slide on how you can help communities impacted by the bushfires

Text for your Pew Sheet or Newsletter

A Bushfire story from Batemans Bay

World Environment Day Guide (PDF)

Also, check out our awesome new resources on Connecting Kids with Nature