About World Thinking Day 2012

[Charlene Domschot]

About World Thinking Day 2012
The poorest people in the world are the ones who will most feel the effects of environmental degradation and climate change. Ensuring environmental sustainability is a critical foundation for ending this poverty. Girls and young women of all ages around the world are also differently and disproportionately affected by the consequences of environmental degradation and climate change.

The World Thinking Day theme for 2012 is Millennium Development Goal 7: “we can save our planet” and the aim is to raise awareness of the environment and the impacts our lifestyles and choices have on it, so together we can, as one Movement, speak out and take action to save our planet.

Environmental sustainability is the seventh of eight areas of focus made by 189 world leaders at the United Nations Millennium Summit in 2000. It is part of the WAGGGS Global Action Theme; which encourages girls and young women to make a personal commitment to change the world around them by linking to an important agenda: the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals. http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/

There are many ways you can get involved with World Thinking Day 2012:
Download the activity pack! There are activities for all ages which will help you learn that “we can save our planet”
Learn about Girl Guiding/Girl Scouting in other countries as you celebrate World Thinking Day 2012. http://www.wagggsworld.org/en/world
Donate to the Juliette Low World Friendship fund...a portion of that donation will go to the WAGGGS World Thinking Day Fund and help other girls and young women around the world!
Find fun and interesting ways for those outside of the Movement to join in on World Thinking Day.
Speak out about environmental issues by logging your activities in our action counter and read about how you can influence decision-makers to listen to your demands on the environment. http://www.worldthinkingday.org/en/activities10/map