Hours

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

www.earthhour.org

Days[edit]
Name

Date

Zero Emissions Day

09-21: September 21

World Wood Day

03-21: March 21

World Wildlife Day

03-03: March 3

World Wetlands Day

02-02: February 2

World Water Monitoring Day

09-18: September 18

World Water Day

03-22: March 22

World Sparrow Day

03-20: March 20

World Soil Day

12-05: December 5

World Sea Turtle Day

06-16: June 16

World Rivers Day

09: every last Sunday in September

World Population Day

07-11: July 11

Name

Date

World Planting Day

03-21: March 21

World Orangutan Day

08-19: August 19

World Oceans Day

06-08: June 8

World Migratory Bird Day

second Saturday in May

World Lion Day

08-10: August 10

World Habitat Day

10: first Monday in October

World Giraffe Day

06-21: June 21

World Environmental Health Day

09-26: September 26 since 2011 (IFEH)

World Environment Day

06-05: June 5

World Elephant Day

08-12: August 12

World Day to Combat Desertification

and Drought

06-17: June 17

World Consumer Rights Day

03-15 : March 15

Name

Date

World Cleanup Day 2018

08: September 8, 2018

World Animal Day

10-04: October 4

Sustainability Day

10: fourth Wednesday of October

Ozone Action Day

at certain times during the summer months

National Honey Bee Day

08-22: August 22

International Tiger Day

07-29: July 29

International Polar Bear Day

02-27: February 27

International Mountain Day

12-11: December 11

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 of Forests

03-21: March 21

International Day of Climate Action

10-24: October 24

International Day of Action for Rivers 03-14: March 14

Name

Date

International Day for the Preservation

of the Ozone Layer

09-16: September 16

International Day for Preventing the

Exploitation of the Environment in
War and Armed Conflict

11-06: November 6

International Day for Natural Disaster

Reduction

10: second Wednesday in October

International Day for Biological

Diversity (World Biodiversity Day)

05-22: May 22

Greenery Day

05-04: May 4 in Japan (previously April 29)

Green Up Day

05: first Saturday of May in Vermont

Global Wind Day

06-15: June 15

European day of parks (Europarc)

05-24: May 24

Endangered Species Day

05-20: May 20

eDay

variable date

Ecological Debt Day (Earth

Overshoot Day)

09-23: September 23 in 2008, but receding

Name

Date

Earth Day

04-22: April 22nd[1]

Day of Remembrance for all Victims

of Chemical Warfare

04-29: April 29

Coral Triangle Day

06-09: June 9

Clean Up the World

09-17 to 09-19: Weekend - September 16-18

Car Free Day

09-22: September 22

World Rhino Day

Bike-to-Work Day

05: Third Friday in May

Arbor Day

04: Last Friday in April (each state also has its

own observation based on best tree planting
time)

America Recycles Day

11-15: November 15

Amazon Day

09-05: September 5

Weeks[edit]
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)

Name

Date

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

Name

Date

National Op Shop Week (Australia)

August 21st - 27th

Years[edit]
Name

Date

International Polar Year

18821883

International Polar Year

19321933

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

20072008

Name

Date

International Polar Year

20072009

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

International Year of pulses

2016

Decades[edit]
Name

Date

International Drinking Water Decade, 1981-1990

1980s

International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction

1990s

Name

Date

United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development

20052014

Water for Life Decade

20052015

United Nations Decade on Biodiversity

20102020

United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight against

Desertification

20102020