World Environment Day, nature shocking photos
World Environment Day is observed on June 5.Reuters

Yet another World Environment Day is here with people across the globe planting saplings, cleaning the surroundings and water bodies and all other activities on a mission to "save our planet Earth." Ironically, the enthusiam lasts just for a day. The theme for this year's environment day, observed on June 5, is "Connecting People to Nature – in the city and on the land, from the poles to the equator."

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Celebrities and politicians all over the world have been posting and sharing photos and messages on the importance of preserving our mother nature for the future generations. But the bigger question is "why do people preach this important lesson just on June 5  but return to routine of littering their surroundings from the very next day?"

American television presenter Bill Nye had once said, "Climate change is happening, humans are causing it, and I think this is perhaps the most serious environmental issue facing us." 

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Meanwhile, on the occasion of the World Environment Day, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweets: "#WorldEnviromentDay is the right time to reaffirm our commitment to protecting our environment and nurturing a better planet. This year's theme of 'Connecting People to Nature' is nothing but getting connected with ourselves. #WithNature [sic],"

Here are some of quotes by famous personalities to be shared on World Environment Day 2017:

We won't have a society if we destroy the environment. — Margaret Mead, American cultural anthropologist

Let's work together for a safe Earth

The only way forward, if we are going to improve the quality of the environment, is to get everybody involved. — Richard Rogers, British architect

It's time to act to save our home

If we're destroying our trees and destroying our environment and hurting animals and hurting one another and all that stuff, there's got to be a very powerful energy to fight that. I think we need more love in the world. We need more kindness, more compassion, more joy, more laughter. I definitely want to contribute to that. — Ellen DeGeneres, American comedian

Raise your voice to save planet Earth

What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another. 

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed – Mahatma Gandhi, father of the nation (India).

Connect with nature and save the planet

People blame their environment. There is only one person to blame – and only one – themselves". – Robert Collier, American author

Litter makes the planet bitter

The most important thing about global warming is this. Whether humans are responsible for the bulk of climate change is going to be left to the scientists, but it's all of our responsibility to leave this planet in better shape for the future generations than we found it. — Mike Huckabee, former Governor of Arkansas

Clean city is always a green city

Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land. — Aldo Leopold, American author.

Your selfish attitude towards nature will affect your next generation

Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man. — Stewart Udall, American politician

Save earth, save ourselves

If you can't be in awe of Mother Nature, there's something wrong with you. — Alex Trebek, Canadian-American television personality.

Keep your world clean and green

Check out these latest shocking images that depict the worsening condition of the planet:

World Environment Day, nature shocking photos
Garbage thrown at Fundao beach, on the banks of the Guanabara Bay, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Reuters
World Environment Day, nature shocking photos
Buildings nearly invisible on a heavy smog day in China.Reuters
World Environment Day, nature shocking photos
A woman crosses a polluted water canal at a slum on the World Environment Day in Mumbai, India.Reuters
World Environment Day, nature shocking photos
Buildings and construction sites are seen submerged in fog in China.Reuters
World Environment Day, nature shocking photos
A volunteer collects garbage as he cleans a beach in Mumbai, India.Reuters
World Environment Day, nature shocking photos
Scavengers collect recyclable materials at a garbage dump site on the occasion of Earth Day, in Guwahati, India.Reuters

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