List of environmental dates
This is a list of environmental dates. These dates are designated for creating awareness of environmental issues.
Hours
- Earth Hour - 8:30pm (local time), 28 March 2020[1]
Days
National Electricity Day | January 9 |
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International Zebra Day[2][3][4] | 01-31: January 31 |
World Aquatic Animal Day[5] | 04-03: April 3 |
World Ostrich Day | 02-02: February 2 |
World Wetlands Day | 02-02: February 2 |
World Pangolin Day[6][7] | Third Saturday of February |
World Bonobo Day[8][9][10] | 02-14: February 14 |
World Hippopotamus Day[11][12][13] | 02-15: February 15 |
International Polar Bear Day | 02-27: February 27 |
World Wildlife Day | 03-03: March 3 |
Solar Appreciation Day[14][15][16] | Second Friday of March |
International Day of Action for Rivers[17] | 03-14: March 14 |
World Consumer Rights Day | 03-15: March 15 |
Buzzards Day[18][19] | 03-15: March 15 |
National Panda Day[20][21][22] | 03-16: March 16 |
Global Recycling Day[23] | 03-18: March 18th |
Taxonomist Appreciation Day[24] | 03-19 : March 19 |
World Sparrow Day | 03-20: March 20 |
World Frog Day[25][26][27] | 03-20: March 20 |
International Day of Forests | 03-21: March 21 |
World Planting Day[28][29][30] | 03-21: March 21 |
World Wood Day | 03-21: March 21 |
World Water Day | 03-22: March 22 |
International Seal Day[31] | 03-22: March 22 |
World Bear Day[32] | March 23: 03-23 |
World Meteorological Day | 03-23: March 23 |
Manatee Appreciation Day[33][34][35] | 03: Last Wednesday in March |
International Beaver Day[36][37] | 04-07: April 7 |
Zoo Lovers Day[38][39] | 04-08: April 8 |
Arbor Day | 04-10: April 10 |
Bat Appreciation Day[40][41] | 04-17: April 17 |
World Fish Migration Day | April 21, 2018 |
Earth Day | 04-22: April 22[42] |
World Tapir Day[43][44][45] | 04-27: April 27 |
International Hyena Day[46] | 04-27: April 27 |
Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare | 04-29: April 29 |
Green Up Day | 05: First Saturday of May in Vermont |
World Tuna Day[47][48][49] | 05-02: May 2 |
International Leopard Day[50] | 05-03: May 3 |
Wild Koala Day[51][52] | 05-03: May 3 |
Greenery Day | 05-04: May 4 in Japan (previously April 29) |
World Donkey Day[53] | 05-08: May 8 |
World Migratory Bird Day[54] | Second Saturday of May. Second Saturday of May in the U.S. and Canada; Second Saturday of October in Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean. |
Endangered Species Day[55] | 05: Third Friday of May |
World Bee Day | 05-20: May 20 |
International Day for Biological Diversity (World Biodiversity Day) | 05-22: May 22 |
World Turtle Day | 05-23: May 23 |
European Day of Parks - Europarc Federation[56] | 05-24: May 24 |
Bike-to-Work Day | 05: Third Friday of May |
World Otter Day[57] | 05-27: May 27 |
World No Tobacco Day | 05-31:May 31 |
World Parrot Day[58][59][60] | 05-31: May 31 since 2004 |
World Environment Day | 06-05: June 5 |
World Oceans Day | 06-08: June 8 |
Coral Triangle Day | 06-09: June 9 |
National Cougar Day[61] | 06-12: June 12 |
Global Wind Day | 06-15: June 15 |
World Sea Turtle Day[62] | 06-16: June 16 |
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought | 06-17: June 17 |
World Croc Day[63] | 06-17: June 17 |
World Giraffe Day[64][65][66] | 06-21: June 21 |
International Climate Change Day | 06-21: June 21 |
World Camel Day[67][68][69] | 06-22: June 22 |
World Rainforest Day[70][71][72] | 06-22: June 22 |
World Population Day | 07-11: July 11 |
Shark Awareness Day[73][74][75][76] | 07-14: July 14 |
World Chimpanzee Day[77][78][79] | 07-14: July 14 |
World Orca Day[80] | 07-14: July 14 |
World Nature Conservation Day[81] | 07-28: July 28 |
International Tiger Day | 07-29: July 29 |
World Ranger Day - International Ranger Federation | July 31: 07-31 |
International Clouded Leopard Day[82][83] | 08-04: August 4 |
World Lion Day[84] | 08-10: August 10 |
World Elephant Day | 08-12: August 12 |
World Hirola Day[85] | 08-12: August 12 |
International Wolf Day[86][87] | 08-13: August 13 |
World Orangutan Day[88] | 08-19: August 19 |
National Honey Bee Day | 08-15: August 15 |
World African Wild Dog Day[89] | 08-26: August 26 |
International Whale Shark Day[90][91] | 08-30: August 30 |
Japan Dolphin Day[92][93] | 09-01: September 1 |
Amazon Rainforest Day[94] | 09-05: September 5 |
International Vulture Awareness Day[95][96][97] | 09: First Saturday of September |
International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer | 09-16: September 16 |
World Water Monitoring Day | 09-18: September 18 |
PARK(ing) Day[98][99][100] | 09: September 20, 2019, Third Friday in September |
World Cleanup Day[101] | 09: September 21, 2019, Third Saturday in September |
National Cleanup Day[102] | 09: September 21, 2019, Third Saturday in September |
International Red Panda Day[103] | 09: Third Saturday of September |
Zero Emissions Day[104] | 09-21: September 21 |
Car Free Day | 09-22: September 22 |
World Rhino Day[105] | 09-22: September 22 |
Ecological Debt Day (Earth Overshoot Day) | 09-23: September 23 in 2008, but receding |
World Gorilla Day[106][107][108] | 09-24: September 24 |
World Environmental Health Day[109] | 09-26: September 26 since 2011 (IFEH)[110] |
World Cassowary Day[111][112] | 09-26: September 26 |
World Rivers Day[113] | 09: Last Sunday of September |
World Farm Animals Day[114] | 10-02: October 2 |
World Habitat Day | 10: First Monday of October |
World Animal Day | 10-04: October 4 |
Energy Efficiency Day[115] | 10: First Wednesday in October |
International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction | 10-13: October 13 |
International E-Waste Day[116][117][118] | 10-14: October 14 |
Sustainability Day[119] | 10: Fourth Wednesday of October |
World Okapi Day[120][121] | 10-18: October 18 |
International Sloth Day[122][123][124] | 10-20: October 20 |
National Reptile Awareness Day[125][126] | 10-21: October 21 |
International Wombat Day[127] | 10-22: October 22 |
International Snow Leopard Day[128][129] | 10-23: October 23 |
Freshwater Dolphin Day[130] | 10-24: October 24 |
International Gibbon Day[131][132][133] | 10-24: October 24 |
International Day of Climate Action | 10-24: October 24 |
World Lemur Day[134][135] | 10: Last Friday of October |
World Vegan Day | 11-01: November 1 |
International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict | 11-06: November 6 |
National Bison Day | 11: First Saturday in November |
America Recycles Day | 11-15: November 15 |
World Fisheries Day[136] | 11-21: November 21 |
International Jaguar Day[137][138] | 11-29: November 29 |
International Cheetah Day[139][140] | 12-04: December 4 |
World Soil Day[141] | 12-05: December 5 |
International Mountain Day | 12-11: December 11 |
Monkey Day | 12-14: December 14 |
Ozone Action Day | Variable date depending weather conditions |
eDay - Electronic Waste Day | Variable date, in New Zealand |
Weeks
Name | Date |
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Great Backyard Bird Count 2019 date, February 15-18 | |
Green Office Week | 2016 date, April 18-22 |
Keep Australia Beautiful Week[142] | Last full week of August |
National Green Week | 02 (first week in February every year in the United States) |
National Wildlife Week[143] | |
National Dark-Sky Week | 04 (week of new moon in April) |
Bike to Work Week Victoria | |
National Pollinator Week[144] | third week in June |
Mosquito Awareness Week | June 22th to June 28th[145] |
National Clean Beaches Week, Van Mohatsav Saptah(Forest Festival Week) | 07-01 to 07-07: July 1 to 7 |
Conservation Week | |
European Mobility Week | 09-16 to 09-22: September 16 to 22 |
Bike Week | 06: second week in June |
Recycle Week[146] | 06: 20 to 26 June 2011 |
Zero Waste Week | first week of September |
Green Office Week | |
European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR) | 11: 9 days, last complete week in November |
Science Literacy Week (Canada)[147] | 16-22: September |
No Car Day | 09: China, week of September 22 |
World Water Week in Stockholm | 08 or 09: each year in August or September |
National Op Shop Week (Australia) | August 21st - 27th |
World Oceans Week[148] | 01-08: June |
Years
Name | Date |
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International Polar Year | 1882–1883 |
International Polar Year | 1932–1933 |
International Year of the Child | 1979 |
World Population Year | 1974 |
International Year of the Ocean (IYO) | 1998 |
International Year of Mountains (IYM) | 2002 |
International Year of Ecotourism (IYE) | 2002 |
International Year of Freshwater (IYF) | 2003 |
International Year of Deserts and Desertification | 2006 |
International Year of the Dolphin | 2007–2008 |
International Polar Year | 2007–2009 |
International Year of Planet Earth | 2008 |
International Year of Sanitation | 2008 |
International Year of Natural Fibres 2009 | 2009 |
Year of the Gorilla[149] | 2009 |
International Year of Biodiversity | 2010 |
International Year of Forests | 2011 |
International Year of Soils | 2015 |
International Year of Pulses | 2016 |
International Year of Sustainable tourism for all | 2017 |
International Year of Indigenous languages | 2019 |
Decades
Name | Date |
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International Drinking Water Decade, 1981-1990 | 1980s |
International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction | 1990s |
United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development | 2005-2014 |
Water for Life Decade | 2005-2015 |
United Nations Decade on Biodiversity | 2011-2020 |
United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification | 2010-2020
See also
References
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