{"id":15750,"date":"2022-11-01T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/sustainability\/?p=15750"},"modified":"2022-11-15T17:07:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T17:07:00","slug":"welcome-to-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/sustainability\/welcome-to-november\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to November"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Oh, how I wish November had such a clear-cut theme as October<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But it doesn\u2019t, so:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Happy November everybody! I hope you had a wonderful Spooky Season and did things like attending a Halloween party, eating way too many sweets that you did not <\/em>give out to trick-or-treaters, visiting a pumpkin patch, or scary maze walk, or that Thorpe Park Spooky Night that everyone talks about going to each year and then never actually going to. I, personally, decorated ginger bread men (spookily) and watched the Academy Award-nominated Monster House<\/em> with my friends, and then threw a party for the sake of throwing a party, while wearing a skeleton t-shirt that apparently \u201cdoesn\u2019t count as a costume, Bethany\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But all that\u2019s behind us now. We\u2019re into November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ah, November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deriving from the Latin word for \u201cnine\u201d, as the Romans only had a ten-month calendar and November was the ninth on the list. Although, when I was young, I was told that it came at the end of the year because the months all got together to discuss whatever it is months talk about at their annual meetings, and November was in such a stroppy mood that the rest of the months placed him at the end as a punishment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I digress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This month has two events running that you might know about. One is Movember<\/a>: a global campaign to raise awareness for men\u2019s health, from suicide prevention to prostate cancer. There\u2019s still time to pledge to growing a moustache, traversing 60km or hosting a men\u2019s event this month \u2013 so do get involved if you can!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The other theme is that November is World Vegan Month. Now, we\u2019re probably going to spend more time on this in January \u2013 lovingly rebranded as Veganuary by someone who surely was unaware that there was already a Vegan-dedicated month \u2013 but World Vegan Month is hosted by The Vegan Society<\/a>, who will be using the month to focus on their animal campaign, Future Normal.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019re interested, other national days coming up are Stress Awareness Day (4\/11) (go treat yourself! Have a spa day!), Guy Fawkes Day\/Bonfire Night (5\/11) (go burn something legally and safely with your friends!), World Toilet Day (19\/11) (hilariously named but actually a super interesting and serious topic about the 3.6 billion people currently living with safe and hygienic toilet access<\/a>) and National Anti-Bullying Week (15\/11 \u2013 21\/11) (in which we do not bully, which is something we should be doing during the other 51 weeks of the year, too).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for what\u2019s happening on campus this month:<\/p>\n\n\n\n