On October 24, the International Day Against Climate Change is commemorated, with the aim of alerting the world population about the harmful and devastating effects of climate change on the entire planet. How does climate change occur? Climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. These shifts may be natural,… Continue reading let´s stop the impact of climate change to save the planet
El Día Mundial de los Animales se conmemora el 4 de octubre. Es una fecha propicia tanto para celebrar la vida animal en cualquiera de sus formas, como para crear conciencia sobre la necesidad de la conservación de las diferentes especies y la prevención de su extinción definitiva.
World Animal Day is commemorated on October 4. It is an ideal date both to celebrate animal life in any of its forms, and to raise awareness about the need for the conservation of the different species and the prevention of their definitive extinction. The sixth great extinction of animals Of the 8,300… Continue reading Animal day: let´s save the species threatened with extinction
World Suicide Prevention Day is commemorated on September 10. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention call suicide a “growing public health problem”. The statistics are worrying. More than 700,000 people kill themselves each year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In 2019, more than 97 thousand people died by suicide in… Continue reading SUICIDE PREVENTION DAY: Eliminate stigma and take care of mental health
“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free”. – Frederick Douglass, American writer and abolitionist. International Literacy Day is celebrated on September 8 to remind the importance of learning how to read and write as a matter of dignity and human rights, and to advance the literacy agenda towards a more literate… Continue reading literacy day: the challenge of narrowing the digital divide
August 30 has been declared the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances by the United Nations General Assembly. Enforced disappearance has frequently been used as a strategy to spread terror within the society. The feeling of insecurity generated by this practice is not limited to the close relatives of the disappeared, but also… Continue reading Enforced disappearances: a serious violation of human rights
Since 1992, the International Society for Animal Rights (ISAR) has promoted the International Homeless Animals’ Day to be celebrated on the third Saturday in August. The main objective is to provide a solution to the problem of overcrowding of domestic animals found on the street. The abandonment of pets Around the world, the… Continue reading homeless animals seek adoption and care
“The biggest problem of human trafficking is the lack of awareness. Every day, you may be crossing paths with a victim, but you can’t identify her because you don’t know how to read the signs”. – Racha Haffar, women rights activist from Tunisia. July 30 was designated by the United Nations General Assembly as… Continue reading trafficking in persons: the trade in human beings
“Productive land is our foundation, because everything we do begins and is sustained by the sustained productivity of our agricultural lands.” – Hugh Hammond Bennett, Soil Conservation Scientist. On July 7, the International Soil Conservation Day is commemorated, with the aim of raising awareness about the fundamental importance of the soil as a resource… Continue reading soil conservation day: let´s take care of the land where life grows on the planet
July 3 has been declared the International Plastic Bag Free Day. The goal is to reduce single-use bags and encourage their responsible consumption. In our daily lives, these objects have become common use, but they are extremely harmful to the environment. Why are plastic bags harmful? Plastic bags take more than 500 years to… Continue reading how can we contribute to a world free of plastic bags?
