International Day of Forests is on March 21. Take a look at some reasons why forests are important to us and the planet we live in.
March 21 is International Day of Forests. Each year, various events celebrate and raise awareness of the importance of all types of forests, and trees outside forests, for the benefit of current and future generations. This year’s theme is ‘Forests and Sustainable Cities’.
Let’s take a look at a few reasons why forests should matter to us and we should take care of them more.
While the Winter Paralympic Games is on, let’s look at the history behind the Paralympic Movement and how it helped in social inclusion.
Sport for athletes with an impairment has existed for more than 100 years, and the first sport clubs for the deaf were already in existence in 1888 in Berlin. It was only after World War II however, that it was widely introduced. The purpose of it at that time was to assist the large number of war veterans and civilians who had been injured during wartime.
In 1944, at the request of the British Government, Dr. Ludwig Guttmann opened a spinal injuries centre at the Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Great Britain, and in time, rehabilitation sport evolved to recreational sport and then to competitive sport. There are twenty-two sports on the Summer Paralympic program and five sports on the Winter Paralympics program. Within some of the sports are several events.
A 2010 study by the University of British Columbia (UBC) on the Olympic Games Impact (OGI), showed that the 2010 Paralympic and Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada triggered additional accessibility of buildings, sidewalks and public spaces. 23 percent of employers said the Games had increased their willingness to hire people with disabilities.
Chief Executive Officer for the International Paralympic Committee, Xavier Gonzalez, said about the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China, that “In China, the (Paralympic) Games were really a transformation tool for changing attitudes across the board in China towards people with disability, to building accessibility facilities in the city, to changing laws to allow people with a disability to be part of society.”
Let’s hope India becomes more accessible too!
Source: Wikipedia | Wikimedia Commons | Paralympic.org
Did you know that ice cream flavours are ‘retired’, which means they are no longer produced by their manufacturers? Let’s take a look…
Every ice cream enthusiast has a favourite flavour or two. Sometimes, exotic flavours meet their end because of non-availability of resources or changing tastes. Let’s take a look at some of the flavours from popular ice cream manufacturers that were ‘retired’.
Baskin Robbins decided to retired five of its flavours at one go. They said that over the decades, though they had retired some of their iconic flavours into their ‘Deep Freeze’ — like Miami Ice from the 1980’s and Beatlenut in the 1960’s – never before had five flavours been retired at one time. Here they are!
Ben & Jerry’s have a “Flavour Graveyard”! They say that ice cream flavours, like everything else, have a beginning and an end. They pay tribute to their dearly de-pinted (not departed)! Here are three of our favourite names…
Source : Wikipedia | Ben & Jerry’s Homemade, Inc. | Baskin Robbins
You could say that it’s easier to draw inanimate objects as compared to living beings. The tough part is that there is always a reference and the need for symmetry…
Here are a few inanimate objects that you can practise with. From small size to large size, these have varying levels of detail. You can download the drawing sheet here. Move the slider from right to left or bottom to top to view the complete image.
The ball continues up and down the spiral. Will it ever reach the end? Watch this video to learn how to make your own spiral illusion!
Using just two hourglasses, how will you measure 15 minutes? Try this quiz now.
How aware are you of developments in countries around the world? Take a look at this interactive map and find out!
Catch up on the latest international news by clicking on the hotspots!
Patagonia is a sparsely populated region located at the southern end of South America, shared by Argentina and Chile…
Patagonia is a sparsely populated region located at the southern end of South America, shared by Argentina and Chile. The Patagonian region comprises the southern section of the Andes mountains as well as the deserts, pampas and grasslands east of this southern portion of the Andes. Patagonia has two coasts: western facing the Pacific Ocean and eastern facing the Atlantic Ocean. Click on the hotspots to learn more…
Argentine Patagonia is for the most part a region of steppe-like plains, and covered with an enormous bed of shingle almost bare of vegetation. In the hollows of the plains are ponds or lakes of fresh and brackish water. Towards Chilean territory the shingle gives place to porphyry, granite, and basalt lavas, animal life becomes more abundant and vegetation more luxuriant, consisting principally of southern beech and conifers.
Source : Wikipedia
Which is the most expensive sports franchise? What is curling? Find out some interesting sports facts!
Learn more about the world of sports with these interactive cards.
Click on ‘Turn’ to read more about each fact. Click on the arrow to move to the next fact.
Watch this video story on how kangaroos got their pouches, based on an Australian folktale.
