Celebrating Diversity – April 7

Mahavira Jayanti (Jain) – This day celebrates the birthday of Lord Mahavira who was the 24th leader of the Jain religion and born around 599 B.C.
Source: www.multiculturalcalendars.com
Part of a posting series on multicultural events for 2009.

New City Hall – Bottled Water Free

As part of the City’s Zero Waste Philosophy and to promote the quality of municipal water, the new City Hall opened officially today as our first ”bottled water free” facility – as promised.
What does this mean?  It means bottled water will not be made available in the facility.  Drinking fountains encourage visitors and employees to refill water bottles [...]