INTERNATIONAL MOUNTAIN DAY

2020 Theme: Mountain biodiversity

December 11, “International Mountain Day”, was designated by the United Nations General Assembly in 2003. The General Assembly “encouraged the international community to organize events at all levels on that day to highlight the importance of sustainable mountain development.”

International Mountain Day is “observed every year with a different theme relevant to sustainable mountain development. FAO is the U.N. organization mandated to lead observance of International Mountain Day.

The theme for International Mountain Day 2010 was “Mountain minorities and indigenous peoples.” It aims to raise awareness about indigenous peoples and minorities who live in mountain environments and the relevance of their cultural heritage, traditions and customs.”

On International Mountain Day 2018, Josué Lorca, president of Venezuela’s National Parks Institute, traveled to the mountains of the Sierra Nevada de Mérida, to announce measures intended to lengthen the life of Venezuela’s last remaining glacier.

https://youtu.be/zX0WEl66Kio

More information at:

https://www.un.org/en/observances/mountain-day

Happy International Mountain Day…

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POSITIVE VIVES # 12

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DON’T JUDGE

We must think several times before pointing out fingers at others.

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RITUALS OF THE LAZY FOLKS

GITA WISDOM # 45

विधिहीनमसृष्टान्नं मन्त्रहीनमदक्षिणम्‌।
श्रद्धाविरहितं यज्ञं तामसं परिचक्षते॥

Men possessed of lazy approaches to life carry out religious practices not sanctified by the scriptures with indifference and bereft of the prescribed steps of charity. (17.13)

शास्त्रविधि से हीन, अन्नदान से रहित, बिना मन्त्रों के, बिना दक्षिणा के और बिना श्रद्धा के किए जाने वाले यज्ञ को तामस यज्ञ कहते हैं ॥13॥

Men possessed of lazy approaches to life carry out religious practices not sanctified by the scriptures with indifference and bereft of the prescribed steps of charity. (17.13)

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LEAVE A TRACE

rothpoetry's avatarRoth Poetry

Coming, going, the waterbirds don’t leave a trace ~ Dogen

Time pounds our lives like the ocean pounds the shore.

Do you not know how short and fragile life can be?

Some think wealth or power will produce a lasting legacy.

How foolish…

When all becomes bones and dust and empty coffins pilfered.

Strive to live the legacy you desire, not bound by time or life’s travail.

Such a life carries on generation to generation, spirit to spirit

Like grains of sand glistening on the beach, brought back again and again.

That lasting legacy is Love..

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Photo: Dwight L. Roth

Today at d’Verse, Linda asked us to write a spiritual/mystical poem using a line from a list of several she gave us. She said we could also use the line as a Epigraph at the beginning of the poem. I chose the line…

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SILENCE AND SMILE

Keep smiling!

NOBLE THOUGHTS # 40

Have a great day of peace and nice memories …

FLOWERS ~ 10

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HUMAN RIGHTS DAY

Human Rights Day is celebrated annually across the world on 10 December every year.

The date was chosen to honor the United Nations General Assembly’s adoption and proclamation, on 10 December 1948, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the first global enunciation of human rights and one of the first major achievements of the new United Nations. The formal establishment of Human Rights Day occurred at the 317th Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on 4 December 1950, when the General Assembly declared resolution 423(V), inviting all member states and any other interested organizations to celebrate the day as they saw fit.

The day is normally marked both by high-level political conferences and meetings and by cultural events and exhibitions dealing with human rights issues. Besides, it is traditionally on 10 December that the five-yearly United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights and Nobel Peace Prize are awarded. Many governmental and non-governmental organizations active in the human rights field also schedule special events to commemorate the day, as do many civil and social-cause organisations.

Source: Wiki

Happy Human Rights Day!

THOUGHT FOR TODAY ~ 19

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BEING A GOOD PERSON

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RITUALS OF THE ARROGANT FOLKS

GITA WISDOM # 44

अभिसन्धाय तु फलं दम्भार्थमपि चैव यत्‌।
इज्यते भरतश्रेष्ठ तं यज्ञं विद्धि राजसम्‌॥

The arrogant and greedy folks perform rituals to impress others and to get earthly benefits. (17.12)

परन्तु हे अर्जुन! केवल दम्भाचरण के लिए अथवा फल को भी दृष्टि में रखकर जो यज्ञ किया जाता है, उस यज्ञ को तू राजस जान ॥12॥

The arrogant and greedy folks perform rituals to impress others and to get earthly benefits. (17.12)

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LEARNING BIRDS # 03

Mountain Hawk-Eagle

mountain hawk-eagle or hodgsons hawk-eagle at Sattal, Uttarakhand

The mountain hawk-eagle (Nisaetus nipalensis) or Hodgson’s hawk-eagle, is a large bird of prey native to Asia. The latter name is in reference to the naturalist, Brian Houghton Hodgson, who described the species after collecting one himself in the Himalayas. A less widely recognized common English name is the feather-toed eagle.

Like all eagles, it is in the family Accipitridae. Its feathered tarsus marks this species as a member of the subfamily Aquilinae. It is a confirmed breeding species in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, from India, Nepal (hence the epithet nipalensis) through Bangladesh to Thailand, Taiwan and Japan, although its distribution could be wider still as breeding species. Like other Asian hawk-eagles, this species was earlier treated under the genera of Spizaetus but genetic studies have shown this group to be paraphyletic, resulting in the Old World members being placed in Nisaetus (Hodgson, 1836) and separated from the New World species.

As is typical of hawk-eagles, the mountain hawk-eagle is a forest dwelling opportunistic predator who readily varies its prey selection between birds, mammals and reptiles along with other vertebrates. Although classified currently as a least-concern species due its persistence over a rather wide distribution, this species is often quite rare and scarce and seems to be decreasing, especially in response to large-scale habitat degradation and deforestation.

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REFLECTIONS OF US

Annika Perry's avatarAnnika Perry

Summer slips into autumn almost unnoticed; the body hugging warmth acquiesces to an insipid invasive damp that clings to our lungs.

One minute the green of July and August, then with the next blink there is the hint of the golden copper of October. However, leaves fail to create the usual heart-tugging, breathtaking display. Rather there is an inhaled gasp of surprise. Already? When? When did the trees hearken to winter? When did the leaves scatter and clutter the paths, the lawns?

A life lived indoors … hospital, home, caring, worrying. Fears threaten to crumble the mind, spirit, soul. A battle of chaos and peace ensues.

Some flowers grace us with their presence; their resilience reminding us to remain likewise unyielding. Yes, do bend with the circumstances but do not break.

Outside the storm wreaks its path across the country; its disturbing dissonance a reflection of us all. Swirling of…

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LAW OF ATTRACTION

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