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Years - Decades - See also - External links
January[edit | edit source]
Jan 01, 2025 (Wed) — Public Domain Day, Jan 1 annually. An observance of when copyrights expire and works enter into the public domain. This legal transition of copyright works into the public domain usually happens every year on January 1 based on the individual copyright laws of each country, web.law.duke.edu
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February[edit | edit source]
- Feb 02, 2025 (Sun) — World Wetlands Day, Feb 2, annually, worldwetlandsday.org
- February 15 - 23, 2025 (Sat - Sun) — Real Bread Week, annual, international celebration of additive-free bread and the people behind its rise, sustainweb.org
- Feb 20, 2025 (Thu) — World Day of Social Justice, Feb 20 each year, un.org
March[edit | edit source]
- March, 2025 — Water Action Month, March each year, endwaterpoverty.org
- Mar 01, 2025 (Sat) — World Seagrass Day, Mar 1, annually. Raising awareness about seagrass and its important functions in the marine ecosystem.
- Mar 03, 2025 (Mon) — World Wildlife Day, Mar 3, annually, un.org
- Mar 1 - 7, 2025 (Sat - Fri) — Open Data Day, opendataday.org
- Mar 08, 2025 (Sat) — International Women's Day, March 8 every year, unwomen.org
- Mar 20 - 30, 2024 (Wed - Sat) — Pesticide Action Week, semaine-sans-pesticides.fr
- Mar 14, 2024 (Thu) — International Day of Action for Rivers, internationalrivers.org
- Mar 18, 2024 (Mon) — Global Recycling Day, globalrecyclingday.com
- Mar 20, 2025 (Thu) — International Day of Happiness, every March 20, dayofhappiness.net
- Mar 20, 2025 (Thu) — World Rewilding Day, March 20, annually, rewildingeurope.com
- Mar 21, 2025 (Fri) — International Day of Forests, March 21 each year, fao.org
- Mar 21, 2025 (Fri) — International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, annually on 21 March, un.org
- Mar 22, 2025 (Sat) — World Water Day, March 22, annually, un.org
- Mar 22, 2025 (Sat) — Earth Hour, 8.30 p.m. local time, earthhour.org
April[edit | edit source]
- Apr 07, 2025 (Mon) — World Health Day, each April 7, who.int
- Mid April, 2024 — Global Day of Action on Military Spending, ipb.org
- Apr 18, 2025 (Fri) — International Day for Monuments and Sites, April 18 each year, icomos.org
- Apr 22, 2025 (Tue) — Earth Day, April 22, annually, earthday.org
- Apr 28, 2024 (Sun) — Pay it Forward Day, payitforwardday.com
May[edit | edit source]
- May 2 - 4, 2025 (Fri - Sun) — Jane's Walk, first weekend of May every year, janeswalk.org
- May 04, 2025 (Sun) — International dawn chorus day, first Sunday of May, wildlifetrusts.org
- May 4 - 10, 2025 (Sun - Sat) — International Compost Awareness Week, compostfoundation.org
- May 5 - 11, 2025 (Mon - Sun) — Screen-Free Week, can be celebrated at any time of the year! Though traditionally has taken place the first week of May, screenfree.org
- May 11 and Oct 12, 2024 — World Migratory Bird Day, worldmigratorybirdday.org
- May 20, 2025 (Tue) — World Bee Day, May 20 each year, fao.org
- May 22, 2025 (Thu) — International Day for Biological Diversity, May 22 every year, cbd.int
- May 23, 2024 (Thu) — Outdoor Classroom Day, celebrating and inspiring outdoor learning and play, outdoorclassroomday.com
June[edit | edit source]
- Jun 03, 2025 (Tue) — World Bicycle Day, The bicycle is a "symbol of sustainable transport and conveys a positive message to foster sustainable consumption and production, and has a positive impact on climate." (United Nations), June 3 each year, un.org
- Jun 05, 2025 (Thu) — World Environment Day, June 5, annually, worldenvironmentday.global
- Jun 08, 2025 (Sun) — World Oceans Day, June 8 each year, worldoceanday.org
- Jun 12, 2025 (Thu) — World Day Against Child Labour, every year on June 12, ilo.org
- Jun 17, 2025 (Tue) — World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, each June 17, un.org
- Jun 21 and all of June — World Localization Day, worldlocalizationday.org
- Jun 22, 2025 (Sun) — World Rainforest Day, June 22 is World Rainforest Day, worldrainforestday.org
July[edit | edit source]
- July 2025 — Plastic Free July, plasticfreejuly.org
- Jul 05, 2025 (Sat) — CoopsDay, 1st Saturday of July, coopsday.coop
- Jul 18, 2025 (Fri) — Mandela Day, global celebration 18 July annually, to honour the life and legacy of Nelson Mandela. A call to action for individuals, communities, and organisations to take time to reflect on Mandela's values and principles and to make a positive impact in their own communities, mandeladay.com
August[edit | edit source]
- Aug 09, 2025 (Sat) — International Day of the World's Indigenous People, observed on 9 August each year to raise awareness and protect the rights of the world's indigenous population, un.org
- Aug 12, 2025 (Tue) — International Youth Day, awareness day designated by the United Nations taking place on Aug 12 each year, un.org
September[edit | edit source]
- Sep 15, 2025 (Mon) — Free Money Day, Global invitation for people to explore, in a liberating and fun way, what it might be like if our relationship to money was a little different. Sep 15, annually, freemoneyday.org
- Sep 21, 2025 (Sun) — International Day of Peace, Globally shared date, Sep 21 each year for all humanity to commit to Peace above all differences and to contribute to building a Culture of Peace, internationaldayofpeace.org
- Sep 23, 2023 (Sat) — European Day of Sustainable Communities, celebration of local communities taking action for an inclusive, regenerative and zero-carbon Europe, organised and spported by ECOLISE, the European Network for Community-Led Initiatives on Climate Change and Sustainability., communitiesforfuture.org
October[edit | edit source]
- Oct 01, 2025 (Wed) — World Vegetarian Day, Oct 1 each year, bringing awareness to the ethical, environmental, health, and humanitarian benefits of a vegetarian lifestyle, worldvegetarianday.navs-online.org
- Oct 02, 2025 (Thu) — International Day of Non-Violence, observed each year on 2 October, the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, un.org
- Oct 07, 2025 (Tue) — World Day for Decent Work, October 7 is the World Day for Decent Work, ituc-csi.org
- Oct 10, 2025 (Fri) — World Mental Health Day, Oct 10, annually, wmhdofficial.com
- Oct 10, 2025 (Fri) — World Homeless Day, Oct 10 each year, drawing attention to homeless people’s needs locally and provide opportunities for the community to get involved in responding to homelessness, worldhomelessday.org
- Oct 13, 2025 (Mon) — International Day for Disaster Reduction, Oct 13, annually, promoting a global culture of natural disaster reduction, including prevention, mitigation, and preparedness, un.org
- Oct 12, 2024 (Sat) — World Migratory Bird Day, worldmigratorybirdday.org
- Oct 16, 2025 (Thu) — World Food Day, celebrated every year around the world on 16 October, often with a focus on food security, fao.org
- Oct 17, 2025 (Fri) — International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, Oct 17 each year, honouring victims of poverty, hunger, violence and fear, with participation by the poorest of people an important aspect of the observance of the Day, un.org
- Oct 18, 2025 (Sat) — International Repair Day, "Repair for Everyone", openrepair.org
November[edit | edit source]
- Nov 6 - 9, 2024 — Global Donut Days, doughnuteconomics.org
- Nov 07, 2024 (Thu) — Outdoor Classroom Day, celebrating and inspiring outdoor learning and play, outdoorclassroomday.com
- Nov 13, 2024 (Wed) — World Kindness Day, Nov 13, annually, highlighting good deeds in the community focusing on the positive power and the common thread of kindness for good which binds us, randomactsofkindness.org
- Nov 16, 2024 (Sat) — International Day for Tolerance, Nov 16 each year, fostering respect, acceptance and appreciation of the rich diversity of our world's cultures, our forms of expression and ways of being human, unesco.org
- Nov 17, 2024 (Sun) — World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, third Sunday in November each year, worlddayofremembrance.org
- Nov 19, 2024 (Tue) — International Men's Day, Nov 19, annually
- Nov 29 & 30, 2024 — Buy Nothing Day, en.wikipedia.org
December[edit | edit source]
- Dec 05, 2024 (Thu) — World Soil Day, un.org
- Dec 09, 2024 (Mon) — International Anti-Corruption Day, Dec 9 each year, unodc.org
- Dec 11, 2024 (Wed) — International Mountain Day, Dec 11, annually, fao.org
Years[edit | edit source]
Decades[edit | edit source]
- 2021-2030, UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration
- 2021-2030, Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021-2030
- 2020's
- Decade of the Cargo Bike, Jos Sluijsmans and Tom Parr, organisers of the International Cargo Bike Festival believe this is the decade the cargo bike will hit the mainstream. "The potential impact is enormous, so join us, and together let's make it happen"
Past events[edit | edit source]
lapsed or no longer updated
- May 15 - 21, 2023 (Mon - Sun) — UN Global Road Safety Week
- Sep 22, 2024 (Sun) — World Carfree Day, worldcarfree.net "link page last updated 28 July 2014"
- Sep 15 & 17, 2023 (Fri & Sun) — Global climate strike Friday, fightfossilfuels.net
- World Population Day, no relevant link found 13:17, 20 June 2024 (UTC)
- Jan 31 Street Children‘s Day, 2020: Fri
- Feb 12 WinterBikeToWorkDay, 2021: Fri
- Jun 03, 2023 (Sat) — Global Degrowth Day
- Jun 8 - 12 Open Source Circular Economy Days, 2015 -2018
- Jun 21 - 27 Global Sharing Week, 2021, Mon - Sun
- Aug 6 Hiroshima Day, 2018, Mon
- Sep 21 The Meal, 2019, Sat
- Oct 17 - 24 Pop Up Tomorrow, 2019, Thu-Thu
- Nov 23 - Dec 3, 2018 Fri-Mon, MAKE SMTHNG Week
See also[edit | edit source]
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