Wednesday 18 May 2016

List of environmental dates

List of environmental dates
  
Contents

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

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
World Cleanup Day 2018     08: September 8, 2018
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     2016 date, April 18-22
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

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