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January2014

6Trees properly placed around buildings can reduce air conditioning needs by 30%

13Did you know that trees are the longest living organisms on earth?

20A Birch tree is capable of producing 1,000,000 seeds a year?

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14Dendrochronology is the scientific word for calculating a trees age by counting its rings?

21Did you know, the diameter of Jupiter is 152,800km (88 700 miles).

28I can find God in nature, in animals, in birds and the environment.Pat Buckley

1I am myself and what is around me; and if I do not save it, it shall not save me.Jose Ortega y Gasset

8Strawberry is the only fruit that bears its seeds on the outside.The average strawberry has 200 seeds !

15Let in some light. Why waste electricity in your house, when all you need to do is open the blinds?

22Bananas contain a natural chemical which can make people feel happy!

29Six ten-billionths of the Sun is gold.

2 You need 1-2 litres of water daily to stay healthy.

9Try to eat sustainable and healthy fish like Alaskan salmon

16Did you know Canada has more lakes than any other country

23We consume over 80 trillion aluminum cans every year.

30One tree can absorb as much carbon in a year as a car produces while driving 26,000 miles.

3Butterflies can taste with their feet.

10Did you know frogs can drink and breathe through their skin?

17Sea otters hold each others paws when they sleep so they dont drift apart

24Did you know, each time you see a full moon you always see the same side.

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4Brontology is the study of thunder.

11The earth has more than 80,000 species of edible plants.

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25Did you know gorillas cant swim

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12Start a compost heap. Composting is natures way of recycling & a terrific way to learn about the natural life cycle.

19What kind of tree grows in your hand? A Palm tree.

26Did you know, is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

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February2014

3There are more than 326 million trillion gallons of water on earth.

10There are 1,000,000 ants for every human in the world

17At birth, a panda is smaller than a mouse and weighs about four ounces

24Street trees remove 60% of the air pollution?

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11Q: What did the environmentalist get when he sat down for too long on an iceberg? A: Polaroids!

18A bat can eat up to 1000 insects per hour

25The venom of the king cobra is so deadly that just one gram of it is enough to kill a person 150 times over

5Millions of trees grow every year thanks to squirrels forgetting where they buried their nuts.

12Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba) is one of the oldest living tree species, it dates back to about 250 millionyears ago!

19At least once a week, walk to do your errands instead of driving.

25If all cans in the uK were recycled, we would need 14 million fewer dustbins.

6There are 10 times as many stars in the known universe as there are grains of sand in the world

13recycle every last can, glass bottle, newspaper and whatever else your municipality allows.

20The Sun has a diameter of 1,390,176 km (864,000 miles).

27Q: how do you catch a squirrel?A: Go up a tree and act like a nut.

7Try and leave the world a little better than you found it.robert Baden-Powell

14Did you know, over 500 meteorites hit the earth each year.

21A blue whale weighs as much as three elephants and is as long as three Greyhound buses

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8Did you know 90% of an iceberg sits under water.

15Drink water, but dont waste it. Any leftover water can be used to water plants.

22One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.William Shakespeare

2WORLD WETLANDS DAY

9Only 1% of the worlds water supply is usable, 97% are the oceans and 2% is frozen (for now).

16All hurricanes form over the sea and can last up to 10 days

23Think twice before killing that spider. They are an important part of the food chain because they eat insects.


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March2014

3Termites eat through wood 2 times faster when listening to rock music.

10A snail can sleep for 3 years at a time

17Did you know that parrots dont have vocal chords! They produce sound by pushing air out of their trachea.

24Tigers are excellent swimmers and can swim upto 6.5 kms at a stretch!

4rabbits can see behind them,but have a blind spot in front of their face.

11Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher.William Wordsworth

18Only half of a dolphins brain sleeps at a time. The other half makes sure it comes up for water so it doesnt drown.

25Some moths can fly at speeds of up to 25mph!

5The tears during cutting an onion are caused by sulfuric acid present in them

12Did 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!

1970,000 plant species are utilized for medicine.

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13flamingos are not naturally pink.They get their color from their food-tiny green algae that turn pink during digestion.

20WORLD SPARROW DAY

27When a penguin falls in love, he searches the whole beach for a perfect pebble to present to his mate.

7Ants can lift and carry more than 50 times there own weight.

14INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ACTION FOR RIVERS

21WORLD PLANTING DAY

28Did you know, there are over 225,000 trees in New Yorks Central Park.

1Do you know that Sharks have no bones, their skeleton is made up of cartilage.

8The only known poisonous bird in the bird is the hooded pitohui of New Guinea.

1568 percent of plants are in danger of going extinct.

22WORLD WATER DAY

29Bees have 4 wings and their buzz is the sound made by their wings which beat 11,400 times per month.

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9What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?

16The baobab tree found in Africa can store 1,000 to 120,000 liters of water in its swollen trunk!

23Did you know that the weight of bones in a s body is less than the weight of its feathers?

30Grasshoppers can hop up to twenty times their own body length - thats far longer than a human long jumper can leap.


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April2014

7On average, each person in the uK throws away their own body weight in rubbish every seven weeks.

14reuse scrap paper. Print on two sides, or let your kids color on the back side of used paper.

21The good man is the friend of all living things.Mahatma Gandhi

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8repurpose glass jars as leftover containers and bulk storage, especially in the kitchen.

1April fools DayNot kidding

15During the time it takes you to read this sentence, 50,000 12-ounce aluminum cans are made.

22EARTH DAY

29DAY OF REMEMBERANCE FOR ALL VICTIMS OF CHEMICAL WARFARE

2Take reusable cloth bags to the grocery store so you dont have to use plastic bags

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16It takes 24 trees to make 1 ton of newspaper.

23Collect rainwater, and use it to water your houseplants and garden.

30Did you know, the volume of the earths moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean

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10Try using ceiling fans instead of air conditioning.

17Caffeine serves the function of a pesticide in a coffee plant

24Bamboo plants can grow up to 90 cm in one day.

4Save energy and wear- and-tear on your hardware by shutting down your computer at night.

11every year an area of natural forest the size to Greece disappears.

18The average uK family throws away 6 trees worth of paper in their household bin a year.

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12The trails left by airplanes make up almost half of the greenhouse warming caused by the airline industry.

19The fastest fish is the sailfish.It can swim as fast as car travels on the highway.

26China, The united States and India produce about half of the worlds carbon dioxide emissions.

6recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a TV for three hours.

13Stay away from fish that are caught unsustainably like red snapper

20Houseflies find sugar with their feet, which are 10 million times more sensitive than human tongues

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May2014

5Did you know, there are over 1,600 known species of starfishes.

12In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.Aristotle

19Did you know that the fastest moving snake on land is the Black Mamba!

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6You can tell a horses age by counting its teeth.

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20What did the ocean say to the environmentalists? A: Nothing, it just waved

27Camels have three eyelids.

7What is the smartest renewable energy? A: Brain Power!

14Go meatless for a week. Vegetables and fruits contain more energy than meat.

21Did you know, a bear in hibernation loses up to 25% of its body weight.

28Kangaroos use their tails for balance, so if you lift a kangaroos tail off the ground, it cant hop.

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8Did you know, ferrets sleep between 18 - 20 hours a day.

15The age of a fish can be determined the same way as trees.fish scales also have one growth ring for every year of age .

22WORLD BIODIVERSITY DAY

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2Dragonflies are one of the fastest insects, flying 50 to 60 mph.

9One averaged sized tiger can eat up to 60 pounds of meat at a single time.

16BIKE TO WORK DAY

23Did you know that rats use their tail to control their body temperature because the cant sweat!.

30About 4 million pounds of trash are currently in space orbiting the earth debris from satellites that have gone offline.

3GREEN UP DAY & INTerNATIONAL MIGRATORY BIRD DAY

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17A whale shark has more than 4000 teeth ,but each is less than 1/8 inch long only.

24EUROPARC EUROPEAN DAY OF SPARKS

31The strongest creature in the world is the rhinoceros beetle. It can lift 850 times its own weight.

4GREENERY DAY

11Did you know, clouds fly higher during the day than the night.

18A crocodile cant stick its tounge out.

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June2014

2By buying CfL bulbs, youll save money in the long run, and lighten your impact on the environment.

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9Koala bears almost exclusively eat only eucalyptus leaves and nothing else.

16A chameleons tongue is as long as its body.

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3Wear an extra sweater or use a blanket before you resort to turning on (or up) the heat.

10food scraps and plant clippings decompose to form methane, a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide.

17WORLD DAY TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION AND DROUGHT

24Why was the cat afraid of the tree? A: Because of its bark

4use rotting leaves in your garden instead of peat moss. Its better to leave the peat in bogs, where its helping the environment.

11fleas can jump up to 200 times their height. This is equivalent to a man jumping off the empire State Building in New York.

18 Did you know, each square mile of ocean is estimated to have 46,000 pieces of plastic floating in it.

25African elephants can detect seismic signals with the sensory cells in their feet!

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19The center of the Sun is approximately 15 million C

26use biodegradable soaps and shampoos.

6how do you cut the ocean in half?A: With a SeA SAW!

13Tigers not only have stripes on their fur, they also have them on their skin. No two tigers ever have the same stripes.

20Platypuses can consume their own body weight in food in a 24 hour period.

27hydroelectric Power: renewable energy produced by the force of water, either as it flows or as it falls.

7The bullfrog is the only animal that never sleeps.

14The sailfish is the fastest swimmer, reaching 109 km/h (68 mph).

21It takes 600 litres of water to make one loaf of bread: to grow the wheat and bake the bread.

28The African Lungfish can live out of water for up to four years.

1All oysters are born males but may change from gender to gender.

8WORLD OCEANS DAY

15GLOBAL WIND DAY

22Did you know, New Zealand is home to 4 million people and 70 million sheep.

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July2014

7Did you know, chalk is made from tiny plankton fossils.

14Defrost your freezer. A 4mm coat of ice can double its consumption of electricity.

21renewable energyenergy from renewable resources such as wind power, solar energy or biomass.

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8Always use latex paint instead of oil paint. Oil paint releases harmful chemicals into the air as it dries.

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15Did you know, grasshoppers have white blood

22Did you know, floods are the most common and widespread of all natural disasters

29INTERNATIONAL TIGER DAY

2The amount of wood and paper we throw away each year is enough to heat 50,000,000 homes for 20 years.

9how does Mother earth feel about wind power?A: Shes cool about it

16Did you know, you can smell a skunk 1.6km (1 mile) away

23What did the baby LeD bulb say to his mommy? A: I wuv you WATTS andWATTS!

30Ostriches can run faster than horses, and the male ostriches can roar like a lion.

3Carry your own cup or mug with you to avoid using disposable plastic cups.

10That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees.Marcus Aurelius

17reforestation: The process of planting trees in forest lands to replace those that have been cut down.

24have a shower instead of a bath. Its better for your circulation and for the planet.

31No 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

4Never purchase items made from endangered animals (like tusks or fur).

11WORLD POPULATION DAY

18The average mature oak tree sheds over 700,000 leaves in Autumn

25I can sizzle like bacon, I am made with an egg, I have plenty of backbone. What am I?Ans: A Snake

5Save paper by sending an e-mail instead of a letter.

12fuels produced by plants like sugar cane are a viable solution to petroleum-based fuels.

19Where do fish keep their money?A: In the river bank

26Did you know, chameleons can move their eyes in two directions at the same time.

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13Plastic bags and garbage thrown into the ocean kill as many as 1,000,000 sea creatures every year.

20Americans use 2,500,000 plastic bottles every hour, most of which are thrown away!

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August2014

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11Did you know bottle nosed whales can dive to a depth of 915 metres (3,000 feet) in 2 minutes

18Did you know, when 2 zebras stand side by side they usually face each other in opposite directions to keep an eye out for predators.

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5All about, but cannot be seen. Can be captured, cannot be held. No throat, but can be heard. Who Am I?Ans: Wind

12rainforests are being cut down at the rate of 100 acres per minute.

19Why does a flamingo lift up one leg?Because if he lifted up both legs it would fall down!

26Did you know, giraffes cant cough.

6Did you know rain contains vitamin B12

13Did you know, moths have no stomach.

20Trees are the earths endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.rabindranath Tagore

27An aluminum can may be recycled forever!

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14One tree can filter up to 27 kg of pollutants from the air each year.

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28All known vitamins are found in eggs except vitamin C.

1What has two humps and is found at the North Pole?A: lost camel!

8Did you know, peanuts are one of the ingredients in dynamite.

15The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma.

22An iceberg - travels east as an iceberg, free flowing water when melted, flies up to sky when evaporated, falls back down as rain.

29hand wash your dishes. It saves more than 50 percent of the water used by a dishwasher.

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9Why did the gardener plant a light bulb?

16every day, American businesses generate enough paper to circle the earth 20 times!

23I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.frank Lloyd Wright

30The flower called Scarlet Pimpernel can forecast the weather. When closed, expect rain; if it is open, expect sunny weather.

3On 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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17Turn off the tap when brushing your teeth and save 10,000 litres of water a year!

24In a day, a mature oak tree can draw approximately 190 liters of water.

31Did you know, a woodpeckers tongue can wrap around its head twice.


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September2014

8Did you know that an ostrich has two toes on each foot which gives it greater speed..

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15Do you know a cat can not taste sweetness as it does not have receptors for sweetness !

22CAR FREE DAY

29Global warming is caused by human activities that release high levels of carbon dioxide and other gases into the air.

9Did you know that Peregrine falcon, the fastest bird in the world can fly faster than of 200 miles (320 kms) per hour?

2Follow the Golden Rule for camping & hiking: Take nothing but pictures; leave nothing but footprints.

16INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE OZONE LAYER

23ECOLOGICAL DEBT DAY

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3Did you know, warthogs only live for 15 years.

17The bird with the most feathers is the whistling swan,with up to 25000 feathers!

24Despite the white, fluffy appearance of a polar bears fur, it actually has black skin.

4Dogs 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.

11If Goldfish is kept in dim light ,it looses its color.Similar to humans,it needs sunlight to keep its pigment.

18WORLD WATER MONITORING DAY

25Beavers ever growing teeth must be used all the time to keep to a manageable length or else would eventually grow into their brain.

5Did you know, the average hen lays 228 eggs a year.

12Did you know, it takes 1 alligator to make a pair of shoes and 3 for a pair of boots.

19Do you know that some birds sing so loudly that were unable to hear them! Starlings,sing notes too high for humans to hear.

26WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DAY

6Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.francis Bacon

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27Did you know, Oak trees dont produce acorns until they are 50 years old

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14Did you know, it takes 5 years for an oyster to produce a medium sized pearl

21ZERO EMISSIONS DAY

28WORLD RIVERS DAY


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6WORLD HABITAT DAY

13Giraffes have no vocal cords and their tongues are blue-black in color.

20Love thou the rose, yet leave it on its stem.Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

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7What is a volcano?A mountain with hiccups!JOKe

14Did you know that a group of porcupines is called a prickle?

21Dogs nose prints are as unique as human fingerprints and can be used to identify them.

28Nature uses human imagination to lift her work of creation to even higher levels.Luigi Pirandello

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8INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR NATURAL DISASTER REDUCTION

15On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it.Jules renard

22Save trees by cutting down on junk mail.

29The slowest fish is the seahorse, which moves along at about 0.01 mph.

2Buy products that come in less packaging. Check that the packaging is recyclable.

9My soul can find no staircase to heaven unless it be through earths loveliness.Michelangelo

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23Did you know, bulls can run faster uphill than down

30Did you know, Kiwi birds are blind.

3Whats an insects favourite sport? A: Cricket!

10What bird never goes to the barber?

17Did you know, you have fewer muscles than a caterpillar

24INTERNATIONAL DAY OF CLIMATE ACTION

31Did you know, every year the sun loses 360 million tons

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11A group of whales is called a pod, a gam, or a herd.

18The worlds oldest trees are 4,600 year old Bristlecone pines in the uSA.

254000 square meters of trees can remove about 13 tons of dust and gases every year from the surrounding environment.

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12Mosquitos are more attracted to the color blue than any other color.

19Did you know, honey is the only food that does not spoil.

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3Biosphere : The portion of earth and its atmosphere that can support life

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24Did you know, owls cant move their eyes from side to side

4A single mature tree can release enough oxygen back into the atmosphere to support 2 human beings.

11hummingbirds are the only birds that can fly backwards and their wings can beat at up to 80 times per second.

18What is a sharks favourite game?A: Swallow the leader

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12What happens when you throw a green stone in the red sea? It gets wet!

19Americans 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.

26recycling aluminum takes 95% less energy than making it from virgin materials!

6INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR PREVENTING THE EXPLOITATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN WAR AND ARMED CONFLICT

13Life comes from the earth and life returns to the earth.Zhuangzi

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27A modern glass bottle takes 4000 years or more to decompose.

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14Biomass : fuel made from living and dead plant materials such as wood, leaves and the biodegradable waste.

21CfCs short for chloroflurocarbons, are widely used chemicals which can damage the ozone layer.

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1God cares for trees, against drought, disease, avalanches, tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools.

8Did you know, the lifespan of a squirrel is 9 years.

15AMERICA RECYCLES DAY

22Did you know, lemons contain more sugar than strawberries

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9Did you know Niagara Falls could fill 4,000 bathtubs every second

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23I 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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8Did you know, camels milk doesnt curdle.

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29Did you know an octopus pupil is rectangular.

9emissions, are gases or particles released into the atmosphere that can contribute to global warming or poor air quality.

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23Deforestation : The reduction of trees in a wood or forest due to natural forces or human activity such as burning or logging.

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3dragonflies have 6 legs but cant walk

10I hardly can sleep. I feel that my target now is really to save Mother earth for humanity. And its doable.Imelda Marcos

17cats spend 66% of their life asleep

24a lobsters blood is colorless but when exposed to oxygen it turns blue.

31Did you know, an elephants trunk can hold over 5 litres of water.

4Service is the rent that you pay for room on this earth.Shirley Chisholm

11INTERNATIONAL MOUNTAIN DAY

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5WORLD SOIL DAY

12fossil fuels such as coal, gas, peat and oil are formed in the ground over a long period of time from dead plants and animals

19The worlds tallest tree is a coast redwood in California, measuring more than 360 feet

26Did you know, hippopotamuses have killed more people in Africa than any other animal.

6Its physically impossible for pigs to look up at the sky

13If you violate Natures laws you are your own prosecuting attorney, judge, jury, and hangman.Luther Burbank

20Did you know the Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific.

18The most important thing about Spaceship earth - an instruction book didnt come with it. r. Buckminster fuller

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