Summer themes! Sunscreen! Vaccination! Indigenous children! Black Lives Matter! Reading! Rest! Family! Climate crisis! Recipes!
All month: National Hemp Month
July 1: Canada Day
July 3: International Free Hugs Day
July 4: Independence Day
July 10: New Moon
July 12: Malala Day
July 16: Waylon Lewis’ & Redford’s birthday! Elephant’s 19th birthday!
July 18: Nelson Mandela Day
July 24: Full Buck Moon
July 25: Parents’ Day (United States)
July 28: World Nature Conservation Day
July 29: International Tiger Day
July 30: International Day of Friendship
Notable birthdays:
Dalai Lama, Frida Kahlo (July 6), E.B. White (July 11), Henry David Thoreau (July 12), Pema Chödrön (July 14), Nelson Mandela (July 18) Ernest Hemingway & Robin Williams (July 21), Beatrix Potter (July 28), J.K. Rowling (July 31)
Any other holidays or birthdays or death-days or anniversaries of great events—go for it! And as always we would love to see more articles about genuine spirituality, eco-responsibility, permaculture, mindful parenting, of-benefit politics, anything timely/newsie that is a gateway to mindfulness, yoga with integrity, and equal rights beyond aggression
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