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All month: Disability Pride Month, National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, Plastic Free July
July 1: Canada Day
July 3: International Plastic Bag Free Day
July 4: Independence Day
July 5: New Moon
July 6: International Free Hugs Day
July 12: Malala Day
July 16: Waylon’s (and Elephant’s) birthday!
July 18: Nelson Mandela Day
July 21: Full Buck Moon
July 24: International Self-Care Day
July 25: World Drowning Prevention Day
July 26: Start of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games
July 28: World Nature Conservation Day, National Parents’ Day
July 30: International Day of Friendship
Notable birthdays: Dalai Lama, Frida Kahlo (July 6), E.B. White (July 11), Henry David Thoreau, Pablo Neruda (July 12), Pema Chödrön (July 14), Nelson Mandela, Elizabeth Gilbert, Hunter S. Thompson (July 18), Ernest Hemingway, Robin Williams (July 21), Beatrix Potter (July 28), Emily Brontë (July 30)
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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