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Today Hindus mark the Bhadra Pad Purnima Pratipada Shraddha. Pratipada Shraddha is a ritual for deceased family members who died on Pratipada Tithi, including Shukla and Krishna Paksha Pratipada. Special...
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A devastating 6.8-magnitude earthquake rocked Morocco on Friday, September 8, 2023, shortly after 23:00. Less than 14 hours later, the quake already claimed over 1,000 lives, making it the most lethal ear...
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On September 10, 2023, a powerful storm named Daniel and two dams collapsing caused catastrophic flooding in the eastern Libyan city of Derna and its surrounding villages, including Bayda, Sousse, Shahat,...
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The peak of the Hurricane Season is on September 10. By then, the worst storms of the year have usually passed, averaging three heavy hurricanes hitting the US before this date. It's common for strong s...
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When you think of gardening, two countries come to mind: Japan and England. Both are exquisite gardeners and create some of the most impressive gardens in the world. To that end, the bi-annual Harrogate F...
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The Prairie Day festival is held annually at George Washington Carver National Monument in Diamond, Missouri. It features live examples, food, and crafts typical to prairie life in the United States in th...
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BOUT RECYCLE NOW WEEK IN THE UNITED KINGDOM Recycle Now Week, an annual campaign spearheaded by the national recycling campaign Recycle Now, focuses on raising awareness and encouraging recycling across...
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Factory farms are commercial agricultural operations that raise massive numbers of animals to produce meat and other animal products for sale. Animals are housed indoors with minimal food, water, or space...
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Today is the third quarter of the Moon, meaning it is halfway between the full and new moon.
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Today marks the anniversary of the creation of Greenpeace on September 15, 1971. It is a celebration of enthusiasm for the environment and its creatures. Seventeen activists founded Greenpeace to combat o...
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International Polar Week is an awareness and education campaign sponsored by The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS). The polar regions support a rich array of life in the Arctic and Ant...
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Rock collecting has been a favorite pastime for hundreds of years, and the most fertile hunting ground is in the mountains. Amateur geologists and professional geologists can tell a lot about an area by t...
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Created in 2002, European Mobility Week seeks to improve public health and quality of life through promoting clean mobility and sustainable urban transport. Each year has a different theme, with various m...
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World Ozone Layer Day raises awareness about the condition of the ozone layer. It commemorates the signing of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer on this day in 1987 (resoluti...
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The National Association of Agricultural Educators (NAAE) promotes National Teach Ag Day. Ag stands for Agriculture, which plays a critical role in society and national security by developing a sustaina...
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Big Beachwatch Weekend is the most extensive beach clean-up in the United Kingdom and increases people’s awareness of the need to caretake beachers. Garbage threatens marine life, and marine life becomes...
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International Clean Up the World Weekend occurs on the 3rd weekend of September. Created in 1989 by yachtsman Ian Kiernan of Australia as a way to clean up Sydney Harbor, the event was initially called "...
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NATIONAL CLEAN-UP DAY: A CALL TO ACTION FOR A CLEANER WORLD Established in 2017, National Clean-up Day, championed by 501(c)3 nonprofit Clean Trails, Inc., is the largest single-day cleanup event in the...
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NATIONAL CLEAN-UP DAY: A CALL TO ACTION FOR A CLEANER WORLD Established in 2017, National Clean-up Day, championed by 501(c)3 nonprofit Clean Trails, Inc., is the largest single-day cleanup event in the...
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International Coastal Cleanup Day occurs on a Saturday and is a multi-national effort to clean up the beaches worldwide. Hundreds of thousands of people volunteer to spend the day picking up garbage and...