Why Do Polar Bears Have Long Noses? Before turning to a life of writing and exploration, Dr. James Raffan started his academic career studying polar bear vision. And since those heady days in the 1970s, when he worked in a Read More …
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Don’t Step on a Bee Day
From Sustainable Learning: July 10th unites the nation for National Don’t Step on a Bee Day! This year we’re calling for your help to protect our precious bees.The recent press surrounding the ‘Bee Crisis’ has been hard to ignore. Not Read More …
Plastic Bag Free Day
From Zero Waste Europe: Plastic Bag Free Day is a global initiative that aims to eliminate the use of single-use plastic bags in the world. This work centred around Plastic Bag Free Day, on the 3rd of July each year. Read More …
Plastic Free July
From the Plastic Free July website: Plastic Free July® is a global movement that helps millions of people be part of the solution to plastic pollution – so we can have cleaner streets, oceans, and beautiful communities. Will you be part Read More …
Clean Beaches Week
From Plastic Pollution Coalition: This is the Earth Day for Beaches. Founded in 2003, National Clean Beaches Week is held annually from July 1-7. Each year, billions of people visit oceans, gulfs and inland beaches. During Clean Beaches Week, the Read More …
Earth Day
Taken from Earthday.org website: In the decades leading up to the first Earth Day, Americans were consuming vast amounts of leaded gas through massive and inefficient automobiles. Industry belched out smoke and sludge with little fear of the consequences from Read More …