{"id":27018,"date":"2017-06-05T13:53:08","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T13:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/?p=27018"},"modified":"2017-06-05T22:18:13","modified_gmt":"2017-06-05T22:18:13","slug":"world-environment-day-media-advisory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2017\/06\/world-environment-day-media-advisory\/","title":{"rendered":"World Environment Day (Media Advisory)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>When<\/strong>: Monday, 5 June, 13:15 &#8211; 13:35 am<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Where:\u00a0 <\/strong>At the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Visitors\u2019 Plaza, or the Secretariat Lobby, if it rains.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What:<\/strong> Opening of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Green Fair<\/p>\n<p><strong>Artists and exhibitors join the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Green Fair to promote sustainable lifestyles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Marking World Environment Day, 5 June, the second edition of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Green Fair will be held at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Headquarters in New York. More than 1,200 visitors and 30 exhibitors convened last year for the first edition of this event, aimed at promoting sustainable lifestyles. Canada is the host country of this year\u2019s World Environment Day, under the theme \u201cConnecting People to Nature.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Speakers:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ambassador Marc-Andr\u00e9 Blanchard<\/strong>, Permanent Representative of Canada to the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Elliott Harris<\/strong>, Assistant Secretary-General and Director of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Environment New York Office.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Angela Haseltine Pozzi<\/strong> \u2013 Lead Artist and Executive Director of Washed Ashore.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wyland<\/strong> \u2013 Marine life artist.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information <\/strong>and to arrange interviews, please contact: Alejandro Laguna, Information Officer of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Environment New York Office. Email: <a href=\"mailto:laguna@un.org\">laguna@un.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>When<\/strong>: Monday, 5 June, 14:45 &#8211; 15:00<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Where:\u00a0 <\/strong>Conference Room 4<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What:<\/strong> Special World Environment Day Event at the Ocean Conference<\/p>\n<p><strong>World Environment Day celebration at the Ocean Conference with new Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Environment Goodwill Ambassador Adrian Grenier<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Canada, the host of the 2017 World Environment Day, and Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Environment will hold a special event at the Ocean Conference with actor Adrian Grenier, newly appointed Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Environment Goodwill Ambassador.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Speakers:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ambassador Marc-Andr\u00e9 Blanchard<\/strong>, Permanent Representative of Canada to the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Elliott Harris<\/strong>, Assistant Secretary-General and Director of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Environment New York Office.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Adrian Grenier<\/strong> \u2013 Actor, film maker, social advocate, co-founder of the Lonely Whale Foundation and Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Environment Goodwill Ambassador.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information <\/strong>and to arrange interviews, please contact: Alejandro Laguna, Information Officer of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Environment New York Office. 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