World #HandHygiene Day 2025

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World Hand Hygiene Day campaign objectives: To recognize that people of all levels should work together to influence the culture/climate through clean hands knowledge and behaviour, to meet the common goal of safety and quality in the health care organization.

Hand hygiene, hand washing or handwashing is the act of cleaning one’s hands with soap or handwash and water to remove viruses/bacteria/microorganisms, dirt, grease, or other harmful and unwanted substances stuck to the hands. Drying of the washed hands is part of the process as wet and moist hands are more easily recontaminated. If soap and water are unavailable, hand sanitizer that is at least 60% (v/v) alcohol in water can be used instead, unless hands are visibly excessively dirty or greasy. Hand hygiene is central to preventing the spread of infectious diseases in home and everyday life settings. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends washing hands for at least 20 seconds before and after certain activities. These include the five critical times during the day where washing hands with soap is important to reduce fecal-oral transmission of disease: after using the toilet (for urination, defecation, menstrual hygiene), after cleaning a child’s bottom (changing nappies), before feeding a child, before eating and before/after preparing food or handling raw meat, fish, or poultry. When both hand washing and using hand sanitizer are not available, hands can be cleaned with uncontaminated ash and clean water, although the benefits and harms are uncertain for reducing the spread of viral or bacterial infections. However, frequent hand washing can lead to skin damage due to drying of the skin. Moisturizing lotion is often recommended to keep the hands from drying out; dry skin can lead to skin damage which can increase the risk for the transmission of infection.

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World Hand Hygiene Day

World Hand Hygiene Day 2025

Permaculture Festival of WILD Ideas 2025

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The International Permaculture Festival of Wild Ideas is an initiative of the Permaculture Education Institute – all about myceliating ideas, sparking imaginings, deepening understandings, opening new conversations, meeting amazing people, finding new friends & collaborators, and exploring permaculture thinking, design, education and practice to rewild our lives and the planet.

Over 35 contributors gathering with ideas, books, music, art, poetry, film… In 2024 over 2500 participated across six continents. We invite you to join us for this wonderful experience and get your free complimentary festival pass.

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Permaculture Festival of WILD Ideas

Permaculture Day / Permacultuur Dag 2025

Bevrijdingsdag NL 2025

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Op 5 mei wordt Bevrijdingsdag in Nederland gevierd, de dag waarop het Duitse leger in Nederland capituleerde.

Op 5 mei 1945 bespraken de Canadese generaal Charles Foulkes en de Duitse opperbevelhebber Johannes Blaskowitz in het bijzijn van Prins Bernhard (commandant van de Binnenlandse Strijdkrachten) in Hotel De Wereld in Wageningen de capitulatie van de Duitse troepen in Nederland. Blaskowitz vroeg 24 uur bedenktijd. Een dag later (op 6 mei 1945 dus) werden de uitgewerkte voorwaarden van de capitulatie getekend in de naast het hotel gelegen aula van de Landbouwhogeschool. Na de bevrijding in 1945 werd bepaald dat Bevrijdingsdag om de vijf jaren gevierd zou worden.

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2020-05-05, Lief dagboek

Free Software Foundation (FSF) turns forty

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The Free Software Foundation (FSF) turns forty on October 4, 2025 and will end its thirties on a high note, FSF wishes it was celebrating the achievement of software freedom for all computer users, but we’re not there yet.

Until the mission becomes reality and FSF can retire, instead, it is celebrating forty years of activism, and all that FSF has achieved. Since the founding in 1985, FSF laid out many stepping stones on the road to software freedom, and is eager to continue building the road ahead. We will celebrate our fortieth in the spirit of bringing the international free software community together, discussing what we can do next to make the world freer, and celebrating how far we’ve come. We’re aiming for a libre planet! Sounds familiar? Instead of hosting one LibrePlanet conference in 2025, we’re planning a jam-packed anniversary year, filled with several new and exciting activities! We’ll begin the anniversary year with an unprecedented memorabilia auction, starting as a silent auction on March 17, and culminating in a virtual live auction on March 23. By moving out of the FSF office, we got to sort through all the fun and historically important memorabilia and selected the best ones. This is your chance to get your very own personal souvenir of the FSF, from original GNU art to a famous katana and the very same VT220 that was standing on the FSF’s front desk, and which people used to display ASCII art or to play free software games.

Let’s claim the month of May as libre planet (or libre local) month! We’re inviting free software supporters like you anywhere in the world, to organize an in-person community meetup in your area to bring people together. We’re setting up a small fund for these local gatherings, can send stickers, flyers, ideas and tips, and you can invite an FSF staff member to give a talk or workshop during your event and of course, we’ll help promote it. Need help picking a date? Consider the first weekend of the month, when LibrePlanet 2024: Cultivating Community was held. Then, on the actual birthday of the FSF on October 4, 2025, there will be a big celebration in Boston, MA, and the entire free software community is invited. We’re also planning on having the associate member meeting then. These are just some of the big ticket items we have worked out, but there is more! Keep an eye out on the FSF’s pages, we’ll be posting exact information on everything upcoming. In the meantime, naturally, there are a few ways you can get involved in the spirit of LibrePlanet and join us in celebrating forty years of advocating for software freedom.

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Forty years of commitment to software freedom

2025-05-04, Lief dagboek

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Zondag; Wat eten we vandaag?; Vroege Vogels; Wings for Life World Run; Star Wars Day; Dag van de Brandweer; 4 mei inclusief.

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Agenda:

Vroege Vogels Radio | 4 mei 2025 (Radio 1 NPO)
Wings for Life World Run 2025
#MayThe4thBeWithYou Star Wars Day 2025
Firefighters’ Day / Dag van de Brandweer 2025
‘4 mei inclusief’: Een dodenherdenking met ruimte voor Palestijnse slachtoffers 2025

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In de geschiedenis

Firefighters’ Day / Dag van de Brandweer 2025

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International Firefighters’ Day (IFFD) is observed each year on 4th May.

On this date you are invited to remember the past firefighters who have died while serving our community or dedicated their lives to protecting the safety of us all. At the same time, we can show our support and appreciation to the firefighters world wide who continue to protect us so well throughout the year. By proudly wearing and displaying blue and red ribbons pinned together or by participating in a memorial or recognition event, we can show our gratitude to firefighters everywhere. The IFFD ribbons are linked to colours symbolic of the main elements firefighters work with – red for fire and blue for water. These colours also are internationally recognised as representing emergency service. Firefighters dedicate their lives to the protection of life and property. Sometimes that dedication is in the form of countless hours volunteered over many years, in others it is many selfless years working in the industry. In all cases it risks the ultimate sacrifice of a firefighter’s life. International Firefighters’ Day is a time where the world’s community can recognise and honour the sacrifices that firefighters make to ensure that their communities and environment are as safe as possible. It is also a day in which current and past firefighters can be thanked for their contributions.

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Firefighters’ Day

Amphibian Week 2025

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Amphibian Week was started in 2020 by the Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (PARC) and partners to increase awareness about amphibians and to celebrate all things amphibian, it is celebrated annually the first full week of May.

2025 theme will be Amphibians: Masters of Two Worlds.

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Amphibian Week 2025

Amphibians serve an important role in ecosystems and are often used as a marker for the overall health of an environment

#MayThe4thBeWithYou Star Wars Day 2025

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Star Wars Day is an informal commemorative day observed annually on May 4 to celebrate George Lucas‘ Star Wars media franchise.

Observance of the day spread quickly through media and grassroots celebrations since the franchise began in 1977. The date originated from the pun “May the Fourth be with you”, a variant of the popular Star Wars catchphrase “May the Force be with you“. Even though the holiday was not created or declared by Lucasfilm, many Star Wars fans across the world have chosen to celebrate the holiday. It has since been embraced by Lucasfilm and parent company Disney as an annual celebration of Star Wars.

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Star Wars Day

May the Fourth Be With You: zo vier je Star Wars-dag in stijl