SlogansEnvironment and pollution slogans
World Environment Day is on 5 June and Earth Day on 22 April. These slogans work for both, and for any day a class is asked to make posters on pollution.
English
There is no second Earth. Look after the first.
Clean air is everyone's right and everyone's job.
The Earth is not ours to waste. It is ours to pass on.
Walk more. Smoke less. Breathe better.
Pollution has no borders. Neither should care.
Less honking, more hearing.
Small changes, repeated by millions, are big changes.
Share a ride. Spare the air.
Nature does not need us. We need nature.
Your street is part of the planet. Start there.
Carry your wrapper home. The planet is not your dustbin.
Walk when you can. The air will thank you.
The earth has no spare. Handle with care.
Small habits, clean planet.
Nature needs no holiday. It needs a break from us.
Be the neighbour the earth deserves.
हिन्दी
धरती माँ का रखो ध्यान, तभी बचेगा हर इंसान।
प्रदूषण घटाओ, जीवन बढ़ाओ।
साफ़ हवा, सबका हक़।
धुआँ कम, साँसें ज़्यादा।
शोर नहीं, शांति चाहिए।
पर्यावरण बचाना है, यह संदेश फैलाना है।
आज नहीं सँभले तो कल पछताएँगे।
साइकिल चलाओ, सेहत और हवा दोनों बचाओ।
धरती एक ही है, इसे सँभालकर रखिए।
छोटी छोटी आदतें बदलो, धरती की सूरत बदलो।
धुआँ घटाओ, साँसें बढ़ाओ।
धरती माँ का क़र्ज़ चुकाओ, इसे हरा भरा बनाओ।
कचरा कम, जीवन में दम।
In common use (not written by us)
Be part of the solution, not the pollution.
Reduce what you buy. Reuse what you have. Recycle what is left.
प्रकृति की रक्षा, अपनी सुरक्षा।
Nothing matches. Try a shorter word, or choose All.
Choosing a slogan for the day
Environment is a wide subject, and a slogan that tries to cover all of it says nothing. Before choosing, decide what the poster or rally is about this year: air, noise, waste, plastic, trees or water. If it is one of the last three, the pages for plastic, trees and water have sharper lines. The slogans on this page are for the wider message: one earth, shared by all, with nowhere else to go.
Write your own
Good environment slogans bring a huge idea down to the size of a hand. Not "stop pollution", but "walk to the shop". Not "protect nature", but "carry your wrapper home". Write the big idea, then ask: what can one student do about it before the evening? That answer is your slogan.
- English pairs: earth and worth, green and seen, pollute and dilute, care and share, reuse and refuse.
- Hindi pairs: धरती and भरती, प्रदूषण and भूषण, हवा and दवा, स्वच्छ and स्वस्थ, बचाओ and निभाओ.
Poster idea
Divide the chart down the middle. On one side draw the scene as it is: smoke, litter, a dry tree. On the other side draw the same scene put right. Write the slogan across the join, so that it belongs to both halves. Judges like a poster that shows a choice.
What to avoid
- Frightening young children with the end of the world. Hope moves people more than fear does.
- Scientific claims and figures you have not read in a textbook or an official source.
- Using glitter, thermocol and plastic sheets on a poster about pollution.
Using these slogans
- Pick one problem per poster: smoke, noise, litter or waste. One clear message is remembered.