Pledge to make green switch on World Environment Day

3.17.06pm UTC (GMT +0000) Mon 5th Jun 2006

Environment Agency Promise Pyramid Graphic depicting exponential growth of popular, grass-roots environment-saving action

Today is the United Nations's World Environment Day. To coincide the Liberal Democrats are calling on individuals to promise to do their bit and join the Liberal Democrat 'pledge pyramid', whereby everyone signs up to one of the Environment Agency's pledges, and then encourages all their friends and colleagues to do the same.

Commenting, Liberal Democrat Shadow Environment Secretary, Chris Huhne MP, said "The role of the Government is to set a consistent market-friendly framework, such as the emissions trading scheme and green taxes, that helps to shape activity in a sustainable way. The Liberal Democrats do not want higher taxes, but fairer and greener taxes to change our behaviour and safeguard our planet for our children.

"However, as individuals we should not need to wait for Government carrots and sticks to change the way we live our lives. That is why on World Environment Day the Liberal Democrats are inviting individuals across the country to join our 'Pledge Tree' and make a promise to make a green switch in behaviour.

"Small actions, such as saving water switching off the lights can, when taken together, make a big difference."

http://www.unep.org/wed/2006/english/

To make your promise to carry out any of the ten pledges please visit :- www.environment-agency.gov.uk