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I am myself and what is

around me; and if I do
not save it, it shall not
save me.
Jose Ortega y Gasset

You need 1-2 litres

of water daily to stay
healthy.

Butterflies can taste

with their feet.

Brontology is the study

of thunder.

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Trees properly placed

around buildings can
reduce air conditioning
needs by 30%

Did you know that trees

are the longest living
organisms on earth?

A Birch tree is capable

of producing 1,000,000
seeds a year?

Dendrochronology is
the scientific word for
calculating a trees age
by counting its rings?

Did you know, the

diameter of Jupiter is
152,800km (88 700
miles).

I can find God in nature,

in animals, in birds and
the environment.
Pat Buckley

Strawberry is the only

fruit that bears its seeds
on the outside.The
average strawberry
has 200 seeds !

Let in some light. Why

waste electricity in your
house, when all you
need to do is open the
blinds?

Bananas contain a
natural chemical which
can make people feel
happy!

Six ten-billionths of the

Sun is gold.

Try to eat sustainable

and healthy fish like
Alaskan salmon

Did you know Canada

has more lakes than
any other country

We consume over 80
trillion aluminum cans
every year.

One tree can absorb as

much carbon in a year
as a car produces while
driving 26,000 miles.

Did you know frogs

can drink and breathe
through their skin?

Sea otters hold each

others paws when they
sleep so they dont drift
apart

Did you know, each

time you see a full
moon you always see
the same side.

The earth has more

than 80,000 species of
edible plants.

Did you know gorillas

cant swim

Start a compost heap.

Composting is natures
way of recycling & a
terrific way to learn
about the natural life
cycle.

What kind of
tree grows in
your hand?
A Palm tree.

Did you know, is the

only planet that rotates
clockwise.

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There are more than

326 million trillion
gallons of water on
Earth.

There are 1,000,000

ants for every human in
the world

At birth, a panda is
smaller than a mouse
and weighs about four
ounces

Street trees remove

60% of the air
pollution?

Q: What did the

environmentalist get
when he sat down for
too long on an iceberg?
A: Polaroids!

A bat can eat up to

1000 insects per hour

The venom of the king

cobra is so deadly that
just one gram of it is
enough to kill a person
150 times over

Millions of trees grow

every year thanks to
squirrels forgetting
where they buried
their nuts.

Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba)

is one of the oldest
living tree species, it
dates back to about 250
million
years ago!

At least once a week,

walk to do your errands
instead of driving.

If all cans in the UK

were recycled, we
would need 14 million
fewer dustbins.

There are 10 times

as many stars in the
known universe as
there are grains of sand
in the world

Recycle every last can,

glass bottle, newspaper
and whatever else your
municipality allows.

The Sun has a diameter

of 1,390,176 km
(864,000 miles).

Q: How do you catch a

squirrel?
A: Go up a tree and act
like a nut.

Try and leave the world

a little better than you
found it.
Robert Baden-Powell

Did you know, over 500

meteorites hit the Earth
each year.

A blue whale weighs

as much as three
elephants and is
as long as three
Greyhound buses

Did you know 90% of

an iceberg sits under
water.

Drink water, but dont

waste it. Any leftover
water can be used to
water plants.

One touch of nature

makes the whole
world kin.
William Shakespeare

Only 1% of the worlds

water supply is usable,
97% are the oceans and
2% is frozen (for now).

All hurricanes form over

the sea and can last up
to 10 days

Think twice before

killing that spider. They
are an important part of
the food chain because
they eat insects.

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Do you know that

Sharks have no bones,
their skeleton is made
up of cartilage.

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Termites eat through

wood 2 times faster
when listening to rock
music.

A snail can sleep for 3

years at a time

Did you know that

parrots dont have vocal
chords! They produce
sound by pushing air
out of their trachea.

Tigers are excellent

swimmers and can
swim upto 6.5 kms at a
stretch!

Rabbits can see behind

them,but have a blind
spot in front of their
face.

Come forth into the

light of things, let
nature be your teacher.
William Wordsworth

Only half of a dolphins

brain sleeps at a time.
The other half makes
sure it comes up for
water so it doesnt
drown.

Some moths can fly at

speeds of up to 25mph!

The tears during cutting

an onion are caused by
sulfuric acid present in
them

Did you know that there

is only one species in
insects which can turn
its head and the name
of that species is the
praying mantis!

70,000 plant species

are utilized for
medicine.

Flamingos are not

naturally pink.They get
their color from their
food-tiny green algae
that turn pink during
digestion.

WORLD SPARROW
DAY

When a penguin falls

in love, he searches
the whole beach for
a perfect pebble to
present to his mate.

Ants can lift and carry

more than 50 times
there own weight.

INTERNATIONAL
DAY OF ACTION FOR
RIVERS

WORLD PLANTING
DAY

Did you know, there are

over 225,000 trees in
New Yorks Central Park.

The only known

poisonous bird in the
bird is the hooded
pitohui of New Guinea.

68 percent of plants
are in danger of going
extinct.

WORLD WATER DAY

Bees have 4 wings and

their buzz is the sound
made by their wings
which beat 11,400
times per month.

What can run but never

walks, has a mouth but
never talks, has a head
but never weeps, has a
bed but never sleeps?

The baobab tree found

in Africa can store 1,000
to 120,000 liters of
water in its swollen
trunk!

Did you know that the

weight of bones in a s
body is less than the
weight of its feathers?

Grasshoppers can hop

up to twenty times
their own body length
- thats far longer than
a human long jumper
can leap.

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April Fools Day

Not kidding

On average, each
person in the UK throws
away their own body
weight in rubbish every
seven weeks.

Reuse scrap paper. Print

on two sides, or let your
kids color on the back
side of used paper.

The good man is the

friend of all living
things.
Mahatma Gandhi

Repurpose glass jars as

leftover containers and
bulk storage, especially
in the kitchen.

During the time it

takes you to read this
sentence, 50,000
12-ounce aluminum
cans are made.

EARTH DAY

DAY OF
REMEMBERANCE
FOR ALL VICTIMS OF
CHEMICAL WARFARE

Take reusable cloth

bags to the grocery
store so you dont have
to use plastic bags

It takes 24 trees
to make 1 ton of
newspaper.

Collect rainwater,
and use it to water
your houseplants and
garden.

Did you know, the

volume of the Earths
moon is the same as
the volume of the
Pacific Ocean

Try using ceiling

fans instead of air
conditioning.

Caffeine serves the

function of a pesticide
in a coffee plant

Bamboo plants can

grow up to 90 cm in
one day.

Save energy and

wear- and-tear on your
hardware by shutting
down your computer at
night.

Every year an area of

natural forest the size to
Greece disappears.

The average UK family

throws away 6 trees
worth of paper in their
household bin a year.

ARBOR DAY

Recycling one
aluminum can saves
enough energy to run a
TV for three hours.

The trails left by

airplanes make up
almost half of the
greenhouse warming
caused by the airline
industry.

The fastest fish is the

sailfish.It can swim as
fast as car travels on the
highway.

China, The United

States and India
produce about half
of the worlds carbon
dioxide emissions.

Stay away from

fish that are caught
unsustainably like red
snapper

Houseflies find sugar

with their feet, which
are 10 million times
more sensitive than
human tongues

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Dragonflies are one

of the fastest insects,
flying 50 to 60 mph.

GREEN UP DAY &

INTERNATIONAL
MIGRATORY BIRD DAY

GREENERY DAY

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Did you know, there

are over 1,600 known
species of starfishes.

In all things of nature

there is something of
the marvelous.
Aristotle

Did you know that the

fastest moving snake
on land is the Black
Mamba!

You can tell a horses

age by counting its
teeth.

What did the

ocean say to the
environmentalists? A:
Nothing, it just waved

Camels have three

eyelids.

What is the smartest

renewable energy? A:
Brain Power!

Go meatless for a week.

Vegetables and fruits
contain more energy
than meat.

Did you know, a bear in

hibernation loses up to
25% of its body weight.

Kangaroos use their

tails for balance, so if
you lift a kangaroos tail
off the ground, it cant
hop.

Did you know, ferrets

sleep between 18 - 20
hours a day.

The age of a fish can be

determined the same
way as trees.Fish scales
also have one growth
ring for every year of
age .

WORLD
BIODIVERSITY
DAY

One averaged sized

tiger can eat up to 60
pounds of meat at a
single time.

BIKE TO WORK DAY

Did you know that rats

use their tail to control
their body temperature
because the cant
sweat!.

About 4 million pounds

of trash are currently in
space orbiting the earth
debris from satellites
that have gone offline.

A whale shark has more

than 4000 teeth ,but
each is less than 1/8
inch long only.

EUROPARC
EUROPEAN DAY OF
SPARKS

The strongest creature

in the world is the
rhinoceros beetle. It can
lift 850 times its own
weight.

Did you know, clouds

fly higher during the
day than the night.

A crocodile cant stick its

tounge out.

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All oysters are born

males but may change
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By buying CFL bulbs,

youll save money
in the long run, and
lighten your impact on
the environment.

Koala bears almost

exclusively eat only
eucalyptus leaves and
nothing else.

A chameleons tongue
is as long as its body.

Wear an extra sweater

or use a blanket before
you resort to turning on
(or up) the heat.

Food scraps and plant

clippings decompose
to form methane, a
greenhouse gas 20
times more potent than
carbon dioxide.

WORLD DAY
TO COMBAT
DESERTIFICATION
AND DROUGHT

Why was the cat afraid

of the tree?
A: Because of its bark

Use rotting leaves in

your garden instead of
peat moss. Its better to
leave the peat in bogs,
where its helping the
environment.

Fleas can jump up to

200 times their height.
This is equivalent to a
man jumping off the
Empire State Building
in New York.

Did you know, each

square mile of ocean
is estimated to have
46,000 pieces of plastic
floating in it.

African elephants can

detect seismic signals
with the sensory cells in
their feet!

WORLD
ENVIRONMENT
DAY

The center of the Sun

is approximately 15
million C

Use biodegradable
soaps and shampoos.

How do you cut the

ocean in half?
A: With a SEA SAW!

Tigers not only have

stripes on their fur, they
also have them on their
skin. No two tigers ever
have the same stripes.

Platypuses can
consume their own
body weight in food in
a 24 hour period.

Hydroelectric Power:
Renewable energy
produced by the force
of water, either as it
flows or as it falls.

The bullfrog is the

only animal that never
sleeps.

The sailfish is the fastest

swimmer, reaching 109
km/h (68 mph).

It takes 600 litres of

water to make one loaf
of bread: to grow the
wheat and bake the
bread.

The African Lungfish

can live out of water for
up to four years.

WORLD OCEANS DAY

GLOBAL WIND DAY

Did you know, New

Zealand is home to 4
million people and 70
million sheep.

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Did you know, chalk

is made from tiny
plankton fossils.

Defrost your freezer.

A 4mm coat of ice can
double its consumption
of electricity.

Renewable energy
Energy from renewable
resources such as wind
power, solar energy or
biomass.

Always use latex paint

instead of oil paint. Oil
paint releases harmful
chemicals into the air as
it dries.

Did you know,

grasshoppers have
white blood

Did you know, floods

are the most common
and widespread of all
natural disasters

INTERNATIONAL
TIGER DAY

The amount of wood

and paper we throw
away each year is
enough to heat
50,000,000 homes for
20 years.

How does Mother Earth

feel about wind power?
A: Shes cool about it

Did you know, you can

smell a skunk 1.6km (1
mile) away

What did the baby

LED bulb say to his
mommy? A: I wuv you
WATTS and
WATTS!

Ostriches can run faster

than horses, and the
male ostriches can roar
like a lion.

Carry your own cup or

mug with you to avoid
using disposable plastic
cups.

That which is not good

for the bee-hive cannot
be good for the bees.
Marcus Aurelius

Reforestation: The
process of planting
trees in forest lands to
replace those that have
been cut down.

Have a shower instead

of a bath. Its better for
your circulation and for
the planet.

No legs have I to dance

No lungs have I to
breathe,No life have I to
live or dieAnd yet I do
all three.Who am I?
Ans: Fire

Never purchase items

made from endangered
animals (like tusks or
fur).

WORLD POPULATION
DAY

The average mature

oak tree sheds over
700,000 leaves in
Autumn

I can sizzle like bacon,

I am made with an
egg, I have plenty of
backbone. What am I?
Ans: A Snake

Save paper by sending

an e-mail instead of a
letter.

Fuels produced by
plants like sugar cane
are a viable solution to
petroleum-based fuels.

Where do fish keep

their money?
A: In the river bank

Did you know,

chameleons can move
their eyes in two
directions at the same
time.

Plastic bags and

garbage thrown into
the ocean kill as many
as 1,000,000 sea
creatures every year.

Americans use
2,500,000 plastic
bottles every hour, most
of which are thrown
away!

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What has two humps

and is found at the
North Pole?
A: lost camel!

On average, more than

100,000 wildfires clear
4 million to 5 million
acres of land in the U.S.
every year.

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Did you know bottle

nosed whales can
dive to a depth of 915
metres (3,000 feet) in
2 minutes

Did you know, when

2 zebras stand side by
side they usually face
each other in opposite
directions to keep an
eye out for predators.

All about, but cannot be

seen. Can be captured,
cannot be held. No
throat, but can be
heard. Who Am I?
Ans: Wind

Rainforests are being

cut down at the rate of
100 acres per minute.

Why does a flamingo

lift up one leg?
Because if he lifted up
both legs it would fall
down!

Did you know, giraffes

cant cough.

Did you know rain

contains vitamin B12

Did you know, moths

have no stomach.

Trees are the earths

endless effort to speak
to the listening heaven.
Rabindranath Tagore

An aluminum can may

be recycled forever!

One tree can filter up

to 27 kg of pollutants
from the air each year.

All known vitamins are

found in eggs except
vitamin C.

Did you know,

peanuts are one of
the ingredients in
dynamite.

The liquid inside young

coconuts can be used
as substitute for blood
plasma.

An iceberg - travels
East as an iceberg, free
flowing water when
melted, flies up to sky
when evaporated, falls
back down as rain.

Hand wash your dishes.

It saves more than 50
percent of the water
used by a dishwasher.

Why did the gardener

plant a light bulb?

Every day, American

businesses generate
enough paper to circle
the earth 20 times!

I believe in God, only I

spell it Nature.
Frank Lloyd Wright

The flower called Scarlet

Pimpernel can forecast
the weather. When
closed, expect rain; if it
is open, expect sunny
weather.

Turn off the tap when

brushing your teeth
and save 10,000 litres
of water a year!

In a day, a mature
oak tree can draw
approximately 190
liters of water.

Did you know, a

woodpeckers tongue
can wrap around its
head twice.

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Did you know that an

ostrich has two toes on
each foot which gives it
greater speed..

Do you know a cat can

not taste sweetness as it
does not have receptors
for sweetness !

CAR FREE DAY

Global warming is
caused by human
activities that release
high levels of carbon
dioxide and other gases
into the air.

Follow the Golden Rule

for camping & hiking:
Take nothing but
pictures; leave nothing
but footprints.

Did you know that

Peregrine Falcon, the
fastest bird in the world
can fly faster than of
200 miles (320 kms)
per hour?

INTERNATIONAL
DAY FOR THE
PRESERVATION OF
THE OZONE LAYER

ECOLOGICAL DEBT
DAY

Did you know, warthogs

only live for 15 years.

The bird with the most

feathers is the whistling
swan,with up to 25000
feathers!

Despite the white, fluffy

appearance of a polar
bears fur, it actually has
black skin.

Dogs have a wet nose to

collect more of the tiny
droplets of smelling
chemicals in the air.That
is why dogs are used as
detectives by police.

If Goldfish is kept in
dim light ,it looses
its color.Similar to
humans,it needs
sunlight to keep its
pigment.

WORLD WATER
MONITORING DAY

Beavers ever growing

teeth must be used all
the time to keep to a
manageable length or
else would eventually
grow into their brain.

Did you know, the

average hen lays 228
eggs a year.

Did you know, it takes 1

alligator to make a pair
of shoes and 3 for a pair
of boots.

Do you know that some

birds sing so loudly that
were unable to hear
them! Starlings,sing
notes too high for
humans to hear.

WORLD
ENVIRONMENTAL
HEALTH DAY

Nature, to be
commanded, must be
obeyed.
Francis Bacon

Did you know, Oak trees

dont produce acorns
until they are 50 years
old

Did you know, it takes

5 years for an oyster
to produce a medium
sized pearl

ZERO EMISSIONS DAY

WORLD RIVERS DAY

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Buy products that come

in less packaging.
Check that the
packaging is recyclable.

Whats an insects
favourite sport? A:
Cricket!

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WORLD HABITAT DAY

Giraffes have no vocal

cords and their tongues
are blue-black in color.

Love thou the rose, yet

leave it on its stem.
Edward G. BulwerLytton

What is a volcano?
A mountain with
hiccups!
JOKE

Did you know that a

group of porcupines is
called a prickle?

Dogs nose prints are

as unique as human
fingerprints and can be
used to identify them.

Nature uses human

imagination to lift her
work of creation to even
higher levels.
Luigi Pirandello

INTERNATIONAL
DAY FOR NATURAL
DISASTER REDUCTION

On earth there is no
heaven, but there are
pieces of it.
Jules Renard

Save trees by cutting

down on junk mail.

The slowest fish is the

seahorse, which moves
along at about 0.01
mph.

My soul can find no

staircase to Heaven
unless it be through
Earths loveliness.
Michelangelo

Did you know, bulls can

run faster uphill than
down

Did you know, Kiwi

birds are blind.

What bird never goes to

the barber?

Did you know, you have

fewer muscles than a
caterpillar

INTERNATIONAL DAY
OF CLIMATE ACTION

Did you know, every

year the sun loses 360
million tons

A group of whales is
called a pod, a gam, or
a herd.

The worlds oldest trees

are 4,600 year old
Bristlecone pines in
the USA.

4000 square meters

of trees can remove
about 13 tons of dust
and gases every year
from the surrounding
environment.

Mosquitos are more

attracted to the color
blue than any other
color.

Did you know, honey is

the only food that does
not spoil.

Did you know, the

cheetah is the only cat
that cant retract its
claws

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God cares for trees,

against drought,
disease, avalanches,
tempests and floods.
But he cannot save
them from fools.

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Biosphere : The
portion of Earth and its
atmosphere that can
support life

Did you know, owls

cant move their eyes
from side to side

A single mature tree

can release enough
oxygen back into the
atmosphere to support
2 human beings.

Hummingbirds are the

only birds that can fly
backwards and their
wings can beat at up to
80 times per second.

What is a sharks
favourite game?
A: Swallow the leader

What happens when

you throw a green
stone in the red sea? It
gets wet!

Americans use 100

million tin or steel cans
a day. Thats enough to
make a steel pipe from
Los Angeles to New York
and back again.

Recycling aluminum
takes 95% less energy
than making it from
virgin materials!

INTERNATIONAL DAY
FOR PREVENTING THE
EXPLOITATION OF
THE ENVIRONMENT
IN WAR AND ARMED
CONFLICT

Life comes from the

earth and life returns to
the earth.
Zhuangzi

A modern glass bottle

takes 4000 years or
more to decompose.

Biomass : fuel made

from living and dead
plant materials such as
wood, leaves and the
biodegradable waste.

CFCs short for

chloroflurocarbons, are
widely used chemicals
which can damage the
ozone layer.

Did you know, the

lifespan of a squirrel is
9 years.

AMERICA
RECYCLES
DAY

Did you know, lemons

contain more sugar
than strawberries

Did you know Niagara

Falls could fill 4,000
bathtubs every second

I have no country to
fight for; my country is
the earth, and I am a
citizen of the world.
Eugene V. Debs

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Did you know, camels

milk doesnt curdle.

sponges hold more cold

water than hot

Did you know an

octopus pupil is
rectangular.

Emissions, are gases or

particles released into
the atmosphere that
can contribute to global
warming or poor air
quality.

Deforestation : The
reduction of trees in a
wood or forest due to
natural forces or human
activity such as burning
or logging.

dragonflies have 6 legs

but cant walk

I hardly can sleep. I feel

that my target now is
really to save Mother
Earth for humanity. And
its doable.
Imelda Marcos

cats spend 66% of their

life asleep

a lobsters blood is
colorless but when
exposed to oxygen it
turns blue.

Did you know, an

elephants trunk can
hold over 5 litres of
water.

Service is the rent that

you pay for room on
this earth.
Shirley Chisholm

INTERNATIONAL
MOUNTAIN DAY

The most important

thing about Spaceship
Earth - an instruction
book didnt come
with it.
R. Buckminster Fuller

WORLD SOIL DAY

Fossil fuels such as coal,

gas, peat and oil are
formed in the ground
over a long period of
time from dead plants
and animals

The worlds tallest tree

is a coast redwood in
California, measuring
more than 360 feet

Did you know,

hippopotamuses have
killed more people in
Africa than any other
animal.

Its physically
impossible for pigs to
look up at the sky

If you violate Natures

laws you are your own
prosecuting attorney,
judge, jury, and
hangman.
Luther Burbank

Did you know the

Atlantic Ocean is saltier
than the Pacific.

Did you know African

Grey Parrots have
vocabularies of over
200 words.

Did you know a jellyfish

is 95% water

December
2014