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Happy St. Patrick’s Day! 🇮🇪☘️

Happy Lunar New Year! 🎉🐴

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The Topsfield Fair! 🎃🌿

The Jane Goodall Institute has learned this morning, Wednesday, October 1, 2025, that Dr. Jane Goodall DBE, UN Messenger of Peace and Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute has passed away due to natural causes. She was in California as part of her speaking tour in the United States.

Dr. Goodall’s discoveries as an ethologist revolutionized science, and she was a tireless advocate for the protection and restoration of our natural world.

Reimagine Flower Show 💐🌺🌼🌷🌸

Denmark has announced plans to eliminate its 25% value-added tax on books—the highest book VAT in the world—as part of a bold effort to address a growing “reading crisis.”

Culture Minister Jakob Engel‑Schmidt unveiled the proposal, which is part of the upcoming national budget, aimed at making literature more affordable and increasing reading levels, especially among children.

The policy is expected to cost the government approximately 330 million kroner (~£38 million) annually. While Denmark’s Nordic neighbors apply VAT exemptions or reduced rates to books—0% in Norway, 6% in Sweden, and 14% in Finland—the high Danish rate has hindered accessibility.

To complement the tax reform, the government also plans stronger collaboration between schools and public libraries. However, the minister cautions that if prices don’t fall after VAT abolition, he will reconsider the measure’s effectiveness.

Source: The Guardian

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Spectrum Leadership Institute and ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition This past year, I was honored to be one of the 2024-2025 American Library Association (ALA) Spectrum Scholars ! The ALA Spectrum Program p...

Come join us for a livestream watch party of "The Stories, Science, and History of Birds with Smithsonian Biologist Jay Falk"! 🦅🐦🕊

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Endicott Community Greenhouse

Long beans 🌱

The veggies are coming! 🍅🥔🌶️🌱

Happy 90th Birthday His Holiness the Dalai Lama! 🙏❤️✨

Tibet House US joins the global celebration of the , beginning on His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday, July 6th, 2025. We’re offering our warmest wishes and deepest gratitude to His Holiness on this milestone birthday. May His Holiness be blessed with great health and long life, and may His teachings and efforts for the well-being of all sentient beings continue to positively impact our world. 🌏