List of environmental dates

This is a list of environmental dates. These dates are designated for creating awareness of environmental issues.

Hours 1
Days 2
Weeks 3
Years 4
Decades 5
See also 6
References 7
External links 8

Hours

Earth Hour - 8:30pm (local time), March 28

www.earthhour.org

Days

Name	Date
World Wetlands Day	02-02: February 2
International Polar Bear Day	02-27: February 27
World Wildlife Day	03-03: March 3
International Day of Action for Rivers	03-14: March 14
World Consumer Rights Day	03-15 : March 15
World Sparrow Day	03-20: March 20
International Day of Forests	03-21: March 21
World Planting Day	03-21: March 21
World Wood Day	03-21: March 21
World Water Day	03-22: March 22
Earth Day	04-22: April 22nd^[1]
Arbor Day	04: Last Friday in April (each state also has its own observation based on best tree planting time)
Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare	04-29: April 29
Green Up Day	05: first Saturday of May in Vermont
Greenery Day	05-04: May 4 in Japan (previously April 29)
World Migratory Bird Day	second Saturday in May
International Migratory Bird Day	second Saturday in May (in the U.S. and Canada) and second Saturday in October (in Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean)
International Day for Biological Diversity (World Biodiversity Day)	05-22: May 22
European day of parks (Europarc)	05-24: May 24
Bike-to-Work Day	05: Third Friday in May
World Environment Day	06-05: June 5
World Oceans Day	06-08: June 8
Global Wind Day	06-15: June 15
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought	06-17: June 17
World Population Day	07-11: July 11
International Tiger Day	07-29: July 29
World Elephant Day	08-12: August 12
National Honey Bee Day	08-22: August 22
International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer	09-16: September 16
Clean Up the World	09-17 to 09-19: Weekend - September 16-18
World Water Monitoring Day	09-18: September 18
Zero Emissions Day	09-21: September 21
Car Free Day	09-22: September 22
Ecological Debt Day (Earth Overshoot Day)	09-23: September 23 in 2008, but receding
World Environmental Health Day	09-26: September 26 since 2011 (IFEH)
World Rivers Day	09: every last Sunday in September
World Habitat Day	10: first Monday in October
International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction	10: second Wednesday in October
Sustainability Day	10: fourth Wednesday of October
International Day of Climate Action	10-24: October 24
International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict	11-06: November 6
America Recycles Day	11-15: November 15
World Soil Day	12-05: December 5
International Mountain Day	12-11: December 11
Ozone Action Day	at certain times during the summer months
eDay	variable date

Weeks

Name	Date
Green Office Week
Keep Australia Beautiful Week	Last full week of August
National Green Week	02: (first week in February every year in the United States)
National Wildlife Week
National Dark-Sky Week	04: (week of new moon in April)
Bike to Work Week Victoria
National Pollinator Week	Third week in June
National Clean Beaches 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	06: 20 to 26 June 2011
Green Office Week
European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR)	11: 9 days, last complete week in November
No Car Day	09: China, week of September 22
World Water Week in Stockholm	08 or 09: each year in August or September

Years

Name	Date
International Polar Year	1882–1883
International Polar Year	1932–1933
International Polar Year	2007-2008
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
Year of the Gorilla	2009
International Year of Biodiversity	2010
International Year of Forests	2011
International Year of Soils	2015

Decades

Name	Date
International Drinking Water Decade, 1981-1990
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	2010-2020

References

^ "Earth Day Network | Earth Day 2015". Earthday.org. 2015-04-22. Retrieved 2015-05-16.

External links

News & Events - UN Days, Weeks and Years
Zero Emissions Day
- World Plantation Day, Great Kashmir
- Save your water
- EDU Green

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List of environmental dates