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 | Environment This section contains articles about science, nature, medicine, anthropology, health and the human spirit. | |
| | | | | International Animal Rights Day by The Ovi Team December 10th. Sometimes we forget that humans are not the only animals on this planet with rights and ironically the international day for the animal's rights is exactly the same day with the International day for the Human Rights!!! | | | International Civil Aviation Day by The Ovi Team December 7th is the International Civil Aviation Day. On the occasion of its 50th anniversary, ICAO, born on 7 December 1944, established International Civil Aviation Day in 1994 through an Assembly. | | | Great Smog by The Ovi Team The environment had shown all the signs before Kyoto or Copenhagen, now is up to us to make the difference. December 4th, 1952; deadly smog created by the smoke soot and sulphur dioxide from the factories... | |
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| | Bhopal Chemical Accident by The Ovi Team December 3rd, 1984; Thousands of people die from the effects of toxic gases which leaked from Bhopal Union Carbide Factory near the central Indian city of Bhopal. | | | A plea for human and environmental sustainability by Ovi Magazine Guest Without mincing words, there is no doubt that humanity is at a crossroads, the humanness in humans that make humanity is already disfigured and of course... | | | The Flying Scotchman by The Ovi Team November 30th 1934; the steam locomotive Flying Scotsman becomes the first to officially exceed 100mph. | | | Oceanus Procellarum by The Ovi Team November 19th 1969; Apollo program: Apollo 12 astronauts Pete Conrad and Alan Bean land at Oceanus Procellarum (the "Ocean of Storms") and become the third and fourth humans to walk on the Moon. | | | Ave mundus, humanitas te salutant and thanks for all the fish by Thanos Kalamidas November 15th, 2022 marked something historically and environmentally significant, earth population reached 8 billion. Let's see what other numbers peak. 1.2 billion people live in extreme poverty globally; | | | Fastnet Rock by The Ovi Team November 10th 1847; the passenger ship Stephen Whitney is wrecked in thick fog off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 92 of the 110 on board. The disaster results in the construction the Fastnet Rock lighthouse. | | | International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict by The Ovi Team On 6 November 2001, the UN General Assembly declared 6 November of each year as the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict (A/RES/56/4). | | prev | | next | |
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