Today is World Vegetarian Day so I just had to write about why you should be a veggie! Don’t worry if you haven’t managed to have a meat-free day today, why not try another day this week? World Vegetarian Week runs from the 1st – 7th October 2020. Related: 4 ways that we rely on…
Special Days
World Suicide Prevention Day
Today is World Suicide Prevention Day…but this shouldn’t be something that is only talked about today or September, we should always talk about it. I was unsure whether or not to write/upload this post because I don’t want to get any information wrong, but it’s much worse to not talk about it. I’m not going…
10 totally awesome Amazon animals
Today is Amazon Rainforest Day so I’ve decided to share some of the amazing animals that live there. Related: 5 ways to help reduce deforestation Amazon river dolphin Known as ‘pink river dolphin’ Brain capacity is 40% bigger than ours Classed as vulnerable by WWF Dams, water and food is contaminated by mines which is…
8 ways to help coral reefs
This is the second post for coral reefs awareness week! If you’ve not read the first one, check it out here. Buy sustainable seafood Did you know that over half of the world’s fisheries are overfished? Sustainable fishing is: Good fishing management that doesn’t have negative impacts on the environment Stable fish populations NOT overfishing…
4 ways that we rely on coral reefs
Hello, this week is coral reefs awareness week! I’ve already done a post on the Coral Triangle so I was wondering what to do for this post. So, I’ve decided to talk about ways in which WE as HUMANS rely on them because I think a lot of people don’t think about that because we…
5 ways to help reduce deforestation
Hi, welcome back to my blog! I was having a bit of trouble coming up with what to write about World Rainforest Day. In other ‘world days’ I’ve done facts about whatever we’re celebrating, facts about the actual day…but then I thought about how I want to make a difference and to do that I…
World Sea Turtle Day
Happy World Sea Turtle Day! In this post I’m listing the different types of sea turtle and their journey. Picture credit: WWF Instagram Related: 8 ways to help coral reefs A turtle’s journey Sea turtles make massive journeys, migrating thousands of miles long across the world to breed/feed They mate in the sea and then…
The Coral Triangle
I had never heard of the Coral Triangle until I saw that today is Coral Triangle Day so I knew I had to find out more info since I love coral reefs. Here is what I found: What is it? It’s a marine region located in the Pacific Ocean (Southeast Asia) It has a vast…
5 devastating facts about our oceans
Happy World Oceans Day! Some of the information I found was from here and here. It is estimated that by 2050, there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish This fact massively shocked me! We NEED to get better at not littering and recycle more, however, I recently read that recycling is NOT…
6 cool facts about World Environment Day
Happy World Environment Day! This years theme is biodiversity, it was chosen due to recent events such as the bushfires in Australia, the global pandemic and the millions of species that are in danger. WED was established in 1972 by the United Nations General Assembly, the first WED was held in 1973 but the first…