By giving his mate some prime nesting materials, we think this gentlemanly Atlantic puffin makes a fine mascot for Giving Tuesday, which is recognized today. The event was established in 2012 to encourage acts of generosity during the holidays, when consumerism seems to be the focus for so many. Giving Tuesday was started by a small nonprofit on the East Coast and with the help of social media campaigns, it"s grown into a global movement, perhaps observed even here at the Skomer Island nature reserve in Wales. In 2018, Giving Tuesday participants in the US raised $400 million. Of course, you don"t have to give money to participate. Organizers urge folks to volunteer or take a cue from our homepage puffins, and simply show kindness to one another. Now that"s something we can all get behind (seabirds included).
It’s Giving Tuesday
Today in History
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Veterans Day
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Reflections on Memorial Day
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Seventeen arches at sunset
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League of Nations, 100 years later
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The confluence of the Arve and Rhône Rivers
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Seven Magic Mountains art installation, Jean Dry Lake, Nevada
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Indigenous Peoples Day
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A yearly sign that spring has sprung
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Black History Month
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Okefenokee Swamp
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Land of the midnight sun
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Wildebeests in Maasai Mara, Kenya
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Celebrating Helsinki’s birthday at the Kiasma Museum
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Under Parisian skies
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Cannes, France, in the spotlight
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Anybody out there?
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Stop and see the flowers
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A seabird gets schooled
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American bison
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Happy Arbor Day!
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Manhattan
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Midnight sun
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A bridge too Fawr
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Killer whales in Spildra, Norway
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Old Town in Prague, Czech Republic
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Tolkien Reading Day
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Celebrating Panama s independence