Author: Lisa Mungovan

Mr Trash Wheel is a solar and hydro powered contraption, that’s removed trash from the harbor in Baltimore Maryland, for 10 years. As the googly-eyed waterwheel spins around, it gathers trash and deposits it into dumpsters. It’s been joined by Gwynnda the Good Wheel of the West, Professor Trash Wheel, and Captain Trash Wheel.

Today is Pigs In A Blanket Day! Pretend you’re a little piglet and snuggle up in a blanket, while you eat bite-sized sausages wrapped in dough. It’s also Bucket List Day. Make a list of all the things you want to try in your life, and check them off in the years to come.

About 1/3 of the food produced around the world, is wasted every year. Visit grocery stores that sell ugly fruits and vegetables, or even give food away. Community refrigerators and food banks feed people with donated food. Food can be turned into fuel or fertilizer. On Stop Food Waste Day, eat all your leftovers!

Today we’re celebrating, International Guide Dog Day. Guide dogs are dogs that are trained to lead blind and visually impaired humans. They help people around obstacles. Dogs are color blind, and can’t read street signs, so they still need to be assisted by their human. Never pet or distract a guide dog. They’re working!

Did you know it’s Scream Day? Have a screaming contest with your family, to see who’s the loudest. Find a place that echoes, to hear yourself scream back. Look at photos from the Screamotron3000, created by photographer Billy Hunt. In New Jersey, texting the Scream Truck, will bring an ice cream truck to you!

You’ll never guess what today is. Seriously, you’ll never guess. It’s International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day! Too wacky? Do an experiment, for World Laboratory Day. Too much work? Go see a movie, for Movie Theater Day. Don’t worry if the movie got bad reviews, because it’s also Take A Chance Day!

You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can’t pick your friend’s nose. Except maybe it’s ok just for today, since it’s International Nose Picking Day, haha! Yuck! Always remember, the mucous in your nose traps bacteria, before it gets in your lungs, so don’t eat your bacteria-filled boogers.

Today is English Language Day. Celebrate by making sure you know the difference between Y-O-U-R and Y-O-U-apostrophe-R-E! You can also use old English words, like thee and thou. Dost thou know that it’s Talk Like Shakespeare Day as well? Wherefore art thou Romeo? He’s probably reading by candlelight, because it’s also World Book Night!

Going out to eat, doesn’t have to be expensive. Just have a picnic outside! Pack a lunch and eat in the park, your yard, or your porch, for Picnic Day. Your living room floor works too. It’s also Asparagus Day, and Cherry Cheesecake Day, so be sure to pack those foods, along with sandwiches!

Today is World Table Tennis Day. It’s a lot easier to fit a ping-pong table in your house, than a tennis court. Table tennis began as a parlour game in Victorian England, and became an Olympic Sport in 19 88. If you don’t have a ping-pong table in your house, use your dining room table instead!