BANNERS: World MARITIME Day | September (#WorldMaritimeDay)

International shipping transports more than 80 per cent of global trade to peoples and communities all over the world. Shipping is the most efficient and cost-effective method of international transportation for most goods; it provides a dependable, low-cost means of transporting goods globally, facilitating commerce and helping to create prosperity among nations and peoples.

The United Nations (UN), via the International Maritime Organization (IMO), created World Maritime Day to celebrate the international maritime industry’s contribution towards the world’s economy, especially in shipping. The event’s date varies by year and country but it is always on the last week of September. #WorldMaritimeDay

World Maritime Day is celebrated in many countries worldwide, including Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Many maritime organizations and unions hold special events and activities to celebrate this day.

Happy World Maritime Day!

Source(s): un.org | timeanddate

BANNERS: World SCHOOL MILK Day #WorldSchoolMilkDay

Celebrated on the last Wednesday of September, World School Milk Day (WSMD) is a fun-filled day of activities that highlight the health benefits of school milk programs. Since its inception in September 2000, the event has grown to become an annual celebration in more than 40 countries around the world.  #WorldSchoolMilkDay

World School Milk Day is a fun and engaging way to teach students about the importance of drinking milk as part of a healthy, balanced diet.

Source(s): dairyfarmers

BANNERS: LOVE NOTE Day | September (#LoveNoteDay)

Today is the day to send a loving or thoughtful note to someone you love - whether it be family, friend or that special someone. Slip it under their pillow, into their pocket or under their door, and get ready for a great reaction! #LoveNoteDay

Love Note Day is the perfect time to give people that you love the recognition they deserve!

Happy Love Note Day!

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BANNERS: National ONE-HIT WONDER Day | September 25

Today is the day to praise all those artists and their one-hit wonders by replaying and remembering their songs!

A one-hit wonder is any entity that achieves mainstream popularity and success for a very short period of time, often for only one piece of work, and becomes known among the general public solely for that momentary success. The term is most commonly used in regard to music performers with only one top-40 hit single that overshadows their other work. Sometimes, artists dubbed "one-hit wonders" in a particular country have had great success in others.

What's your favourite one-hit wonders? More than likely you have more than one!

Source(s): wikipedia | daysoftheyear

BANNERS: World CARFREE Day | September 22

World Car Free Day, which is celebrated on September 22, encourages motorists to give up their cars for a day. Organized events are held in some cities and countries. According to The Washington Post, the event "promotes improvement of mass transit, cycling and walking, and the development of communities where jobs are closer to home and where shopping is within walking distance". Studies showed that for short trips in cities, one can reach more quickly using a bicycle rather than using a car.

The events, which vary by location, give motorists and commuterists an idea of their locality with fewer cars. While projects along these lines had taken place from time to time on an ad hoc basis starting with the 1973 oil crisis, it was only in October 1994 that a structured call for such projects was issued in a keynote speech by Eric Britton at the International Ciudades Accessibles (Accessible Cities) Conference held in Toledo (Spain).

Within two years the first Days were organized in Reykjavík (Iceland), Bath (United Kingdom) and La Rochelle (France), and the informal World Car Free Days Consortium was organized in 1995 to support Car-Free Days worldwide. The first national campaign was inaugurated in Britain by the Environmental Transport Association in 1997, the French followed suit in 1998 as In town, without my car! and was established as a Europe-wide initiative by the European Commission in 2000.

Source(s): wikipedia