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Earth Day Network (EDN), the organizing body for Earth Day worldwide, announced today that the theme of Earth Day 2021 is “Restore Our Earth.” The theme is based on the emerging concept that rejects the idea that our only options to save the planet are to mitigate or adapt to the impacts of climate change and other environmental damage. Scientists, non-governmental organizations, business, and governments worldwide now are looking at natural system processes and emerging green technologies to restore the world’s ecosystems and forests, conserve and rebuild soils, improve farming practices, restore wildlife populations and rid the world’s oceans of plastics. While the world waits for global political and business leaders to take decisive action to reduce carbon emissions, natural processes including reforestation and soil conservation can store massive amounts of carbon while restoring biodiversity, clean water and air and rebalancing ecological systems. Restoration is pragmatic and necessary to reduce climate change. Restoration also brings hope, itself an important ingredient in the age of COVID-19. The impacts of the pandemic have illustrated with painful clarity that the planet faces two crises and they are connected: global environmental degradation and its connection to our health. Deforestation, wildlife trade, air and water pollution, human diets, climate change and other issues have all fed into a breakdown of our natural systems, leading to new and fatal diseases, such as the current pandemic, and a breakdown of the global economy.
Thursday
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April
25 April
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Tuesday
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May
21 May
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Outdoor Classroom Day is a GLOBAL campaign to get children outdoors to play and learn at school, and as part of their everyday lives.
Sunday
26
May
26 May
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National Sorry Day is held on 26 May each year to acknowledge and recognise members of the Stolen Generations.
Monday
27
May
27 May-03 June
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What does ‘reconciliation’ mean? By definition, reconciliation refers to the mending of a damaged relationship. In the context of Australian history, it’s the process of creating a just society that honors and respects the Indigenous population. By nurturing these relationships and working towards a fairer society, the hope is to create a better and more unified Australia for everyone. What is National Reconciliation Week? Every year, National Reconciliation Week is celebrated from the 27th of May to the 3rd of June. It is a time dedicated to building positive, respectful relationships between Australians and celebrating indigenous culture. The overarching aim of this period is to explore how we can best contribute to the reconciliation process. There are two important historical milestones that fall on National Reconciliation Week: the anniversary of the 1967 referendum and the High Court Mabo decision. What was the 1967 referendum about? On the 27th of May, 1967, Australians voted in favour of two changes to the Australian Constitution that discriminated against the Indigenous population. The first change meant that Indigenous Australians would be subject to the same laws as the rest of the population. This meant that Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders could be protected by the same laws as the rest of the population, whereas previously their rights were inconsistent between states. The second change meant that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were included in the census. This was significant because it gave them visibility and access to essential funding and services they were previously deprived of. It’s important to mention that these changes exemplify a positive step towards reconciliation, along the road to equality and justice. National Reconciliation Week is a time dedicated towards bringing Australia closer to that goal of unity, while reflecting on the struggles of the past. What was the High Court Mabo decision? When Captain James Cook and the British landed on Australian soil, they declared the land terra nullius (no one’s land). Such a declaration denied that the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people already had occupation of the land. The declaration also meant that British occupation went ahead without any treaty of payment. However, it was on the 3rd of June 1992 that the High Court of Australia reviewed this decision, deciding that it had been wrong for terra nullius to have been declared. This recognised instead that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are the rightful owners of the land, which was theirs long before the British arrived. This decision was called the Mabo decision, and is one of the key events celebrated by National Reconciliation Week.
Wednesday
05
June
05 June
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World Environment Day 2021 World Environment Day (WED) is an international day of environmental awareness and action. In 2021, it is being held in Colombia, with Biodiversity as the central theme. World Environment Day can be celebrated in many ways, activities such as clean up campaigns are popular and will be prominent this year, also concerts, conventions and parades, tree planting, and lectures.
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29 Feb 2024
For 175 years NSW public schools have prepared the children of today to succeed and build better communities for tomorrow. Across almos...
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22 Feb 2024
The Australian Government has introduced the School Student Broadband Initiative (SSBI) to provide free internet access to eligible fam...
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04 Apr 2024
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29 Feb 2024
For 175 years NSW public schools have prepared the children of today to succeed and build better communities for tomorrow. Across almos...
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