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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, en.wikipedia.org
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 2 - 8, 2024 (Sat - Fri) — Open Data Day
Mar 08, 2024 (Fri) — International Women's Day
Mar 20 - 30, 2024 (Wed - Sat) — Pesticide Action Week
Mar 14, 2024 (Thu) — International Day of Action for Rivers, internationalrivers.org
Mar 18, 2024 (Mon) — Global Recycling Day, globalrecyclingday.com
Mar 20, 2024 (Wed) — International Day of Happiness
Mar 20, 2024 (Wed) — World Rewilding Day
Mar 21, 2024 (Thu) — International Day of Forests, fao.org
Mar 21, 2024 (Thu) — International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Mar 22, 2024 (Fri) — World Water Day
Mar 23, 2024, (Sat), 8.30 p.m. local time — Earth Hour!
April[edit | edit source]
Apr 07, 2024 (Sun) — World Health Day
Mid April, 2024 — Global Day of Action on Military Spending
Apr 18, 2024 (Thu) — International Day for Monuments and Sites
Apr 22, 2024 (Mon) — Earth Day
Apr 28, 2023 (Fri) — Pay it Forward Day
May[edit | edit source]
May 6 - 12, 2024 (Mon - Sun) — Screen-Free Week
May 3 - 5, 2024 (Fri - Sun) — Jane's Walk, How to Lead a Jane's Walk, Video
May 05, 2024 (Sun) — International dawn chorus day
May 5 - 11, 2024 (Sun - Sat) — International Compost Awareness Week
May 11 and Oct 12, 2024 — World Migratory Bird Day, worldmigratorybirdday.org
May 15 - 21, 2023 (Mon - Sun) — UN Global Road Safety Week
May 20, 2023 (Sat) — World Bee Day, fao.org
May 22, 2024 (Wed) — International Day for Biological Diversity
May 23, 2024 (Thu) — Outdoor Classroom Day
June[edit | edit source]
Jun 03, 2024 (Mon) — 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), un.org
Jun 05, 2024 (Wed) — World Environment Day
Jun 08, 2024 (Sat) — World Oceans Day
Jun 12, 2024 (Wed) — World Day Against Child Labour
Jun 17, 2024 (Mon) — World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
Jun 21 and all of June — World Localization Day, worldlocalizationday.org
Jun 22, 2024 (Sat) — World Rainforest Day, worldrainforestday.org
July[edit | edit source]
July 2024 — Plastic Free July, plasticfreejuly.org
Jul 06, 2024 (Sat) — CoopsDay, coopsday.coop
Jul 18, 2024 (Thu) — 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, 2024 (Fri) — 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, 2024 (Mon) — 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, 2024 (Sun) — 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, 2024 (Sat) — 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, 2024 (Tue) — 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, 2024 (Wed) — International Day of Non-Violence, observed each year on 2 October, the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, un.org
Oct 07, 2024 (Mon) — World Day for Decent Work, ituc-csi.org
Oct 10, 2024 (Thu) — World Mental Health Day, Oct 10, annually, wmhdofficial.com
Oct 10, 2024 (Thu) — 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, 2024 (Sun) — 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, 2024 (Wed) — World Food Day, celebrated every year around the world on 16 October, often with a focus on food security, fao.org
Oct 17, 2024 (Thu) — 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 19, 2024 (Sat) — International Repair Day, "Repair for Everyone", openrepair.org
November[edit | edit source]
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 13, 2023 (Mon) — Global Donut Day, doughnuteconomics.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 19, 2024 (Tue) — International Men's Day, Nov 19, annually
Nov 19, 2023 (Sun) — World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, third Sunday in November each year, worlddayofremembrance.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
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)
Nov 24, 2023 (Fri) — Buy Nothing Day no secure link found 13:14, 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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External links