Summer approaches, which means more time in the sun. National Skin Cancer Action Week in Australia is a joint initiative of the Cancer Council Australia and the Australasian College of Dermatologists. Its primary message: a tan is not healthy. Two-thirds of Australians are diagnosed with skin cancer by age 70, and more than 2,000 die from it annually. National Skin Cancer Action Week is an opportunity to learn about safe sun practices and make the most of your time in the sun without endangering your life.

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Nov

Youth Appreciation Week: November 17-23

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Since 1956, International Optimist Clubs have hosted Youth Appreciation Week to demonstrate a commitment to young people. Youth Appreciation Week can be held anytime during the year, but the most common dates are the third week of November.

High Schools typically select students to represent them at the annual local chapter's Optimists Dinner. It recognizes the accomplishments of the youth in the home, school, place of worship, and community.

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Adoption Day, Ntl.: November 23

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National Adoption Day is a collective effort to raise awareness of the more than 124,000+ children in foster care waiting to find permanent, loving families. A coalition of national partners, the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute, The Alliance for Children’s Rights, and the Children’s Action Network, all sponsor National Adoption Day. This annual, one-day event has made the dreams of thousands of children come true by working with policymakers, practitioners, and advocates to finalize adoptions and create and celebrate adoptive families. Communities across the county observe the Saturday before Thanksgiving.

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Nov

Aura Awareness Day, Intl.: November 23

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The human energy body, or aura, surrounds every person and changes according to our health, mood, and character. Auras can be seen and felt. International Aura Day is about discovering your aura and learning how to energize your aura through visualization and meditation.

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Nov

Cashew Day, Ntl.: November 23

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National Cashew Day celebrates the sweet nut native to Brazil. Still, it could quickly become a tour-de-force with human rights advocates as in 2011, Human Rights Watch published a blistering report on the plight of cashew laborers in Vietnam. Based upon reporting as late as October 2022, the crisis continues. The largest supplier of cashews in the world is Vietnam. The country has been scrutinized for using forced labor to harvest cashew crops, disguising the operation as drug treatment facilities and the workers as patients. According to Human Rights Watch, cashew "production occurs in so-called drug 'treatment' centers. Daily, Forty thousand drug users are detained in Vietnam, and forced labor is their main "treatment." People trying to recover from drug abuse are used as forced labor to harvest cashew crops. Human Rights Watch talked to men and women who previously interned inside these drug "treatment" centers, some when they were children. They report grueling work, being shocked with electrical batons, beaten by staff, and held for months in locked punishment rooms. A month's work might net them between 75 cents and $7.50 after deductions for food, lodging, and management fees. After being forced to process cashews, many return home battered, in poor health, and indebted, leaving the centers owing officials additional expenses for their "treatment." The cashew continues to be a favorite nut for its sweet flavor. Human rights advocates ask that on National Cashew Day, consumers find out where their cashews are coming from and help bring awareness to the human cost of this delicious nut.

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Nov

Cranberry Day (Eat a): November 23

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Eat a Cranberry Day raises awareness of the anti-oxidant power of cranberries on or near Thanksgiving. Cranberry Sauce is a key staple in the American holiday feast. The humble cranberry is one of only three commercially produced fruits native to North America. The first notation of their use was in 1550, relating to how native Americans used them in medicine. The other two fruits native to North America that are commercially grown are the blueberry and Concord grapes.

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Nov

Family Volunteer Day, Intl.: November 23

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International Family Volunteer Day is held annually on the Saturday before Thanksgiving in the United States. Its purpose is to encourage family volunteerism through shared interests. It’s a chance to lead your children toward a life of philanthropy and caring for others. Volunteering can be as simple as assisting with road clean-up, helping out at a homeless shelter, reading to the blind and elderly, or spending a day at your local kennel taking care of abandoned pets. How your family chooses to pass this day is up to you.

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Nov

Fibonacci Day, Intl.: November 23

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International Fibonacci Day honors one of the most influential mathematicians, Leonardo Bigollo. Bigollo, also known as Leonardo Bonacci, Leonardo of Pisa, and Leonardo Fibonacci, was born in Pisa, Italy, in 1170AD.

When the Fibonacci sequence is written in the mm/dd format as 11/23 or 1-1-2-3, you get November 23. Fibonacci sequence of numbers (1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233) is simple. The last two numbers add together to create the next, a sequence illustrated through the Fibonacci curve, also known as the Golden Spiral. It is considered the representation of perfection. Fibonacci, translates to "Son of Bonacci."

Due to Bigollo's 1202 publication "Liber Abaci," most societies use the Hindu and Arabic number symbols rather than the Indic numerals used in many parts of the Middle East.

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Nov

Labor Thanksgiving (JP): November 23

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Labor Thanksgiving in Japan celebrates the nation's products and services and the people behind them. It's a day to thank each other for their work and celebrate the nation's ingenuity. Annually on the 23rd of November.

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Nov

Moon—Third Quarter: November 23

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Today is the third quarter of the moon, meaning it is halfway between the full moon and the new moon.

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Nov

COP29 (AZ): November 11-22

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ABOUT COP29

With 197 Parties, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has near universal membership and is the parent treaty of the 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement. The main aim of the Paris Agreement is to keep a global average temperature rise this century well below 2 degrees Celsius and to drive efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. The UNFCCC is also the parent treaty of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol.

The ultimate objective of all agreements under the UNFCCC is to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that will prevent dangerous human interference with the climate system in a time frame that allows ecosystems to adapt naturally and enables sustainable development.

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Nov

European Week of Waste Reduction: November 16-24 (est)

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Reduce waste, reuse products, and recycle material—these are the main focuses of European Week for Waste Reduction. It is an international initiative promoting the implementation of awareness-raising actions about sustainable resources and waste management during a single week. It encourages a wide range of audiences (public authorities, private companies, schools, civil society, and citizens) to get involved and carry out the waste reduction mission. Its ultimate goal is to reduce the over 2.5 billion tonnes of waste generated each year by the countries of the European Union.

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Nov

Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week, Ntl.: November 17-23

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National Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week is sponsored by the National Coalition for the Homeless and the National Student Campaign Against Hunger & Homelessness. It occurs before the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States each year.

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Nov

Sneaker Week Campaign, Ntl.: November 16-24

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International Sneaker Week Campaign occurs during the second week of November as part of National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week. Employees are encouraged to wear sneakers to work in exchange for a $5 donation to the Back on My Feet Organization. Companies can schedule this campaign anytime as a week or a single-day affair.

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Nov

Antibiotic Awareness Week, World: November 18-24

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World Antibiotic Awareness Week (WAAW) aims to increase awareness of global antibiotic resistance and to encourage best practices among the general public, health workers, and policy-makers to avoid the further emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance. This event first ran in 2015.

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