This year...........

2011 (MMXI) is a common year starting on Saturday in the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. It is the 2011th year of the Common Era or the Anno Domini designation; the 11th year of the 3rd millennium and of the 21st century.

The United Nations has designated
2011 the International Year of Forests

Bluebells in an English wood                                     
                                            

                               Face in the forest

Rainforest

Wikipedia has loads more interesting, mad and/or strange facts about the coming year :~))