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Years - Decades - See also - External links

January[edit | edit source]

  • Event 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

February[edit | edit source]

  • Event Feb 02, 2025 (Sun) — World Wetlands Day, Feb 2, annually, worldwetlandsday.org
  • Event February 15 - 23, 2025 (Sat - Sun) — Real Bread Week, annual, international celebration of additive-free bread and the people behind its rise, sustainweb.org
  • Event Feb 20, 2025 (Thu) — World Day of Social Justice, Feb 20 each year, un.org

March[edit | edit source]

  • Event March, 2025 — Water Action Month, March each year, endwaterpoverty.org
  • Event Mar 01, 2025 (Sat)World Seagrass Day, Mar 1, annually. Raising awareness about seagrass and its important functions in the marine ecosystem.
  • Event Mar 03, 2025 (Mon) — World Wildlife Day, Mar 3, annually, un.org
  • Event Mar 2 - 8, 2024 (Sat - Fri) — Open Data Day, opendataday.org
  • Event Mar 08, 2025 (Sat) — International Women's Day, March 8 every year, unwomen.org
  • Event Mar 20 - 30, 2024 (Wed - Sat) — Pesticide Action Week, semaine-sans-pesticides.fr
  • Event Mar 14, 2024 (Thu) — International Day of Action for Rivers, internationalrivers.org
  • Event Mar 18, 2024 (Mon) — Global Recycling Day, globalrecyclingday.com
  • Event Mar 20, 2025 (Thu) — International Day of Happiness, every March 20, dayofhappiness.net
  • Event Mar 20, 2025 (Thu) — World Rewilding Day, March 20, annually, rewildingeurope.com
  • Event Mar 21, 2024 (Thu) — International Day of Forests, fao.org
  • Event Mar 21, 2025 (Fri) — International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, annually on 21 March, un.org
  • Event Mar 22, 2025 (Sat) — World Water Day, March 22, annually, un.org
  • Event Mar 22, 2025 (Sat)Earth Hour, 8.30 p.m. local time, earthhour.org

April[edit | edit source]

  • Event Apr 07, 2025 (Mon) — World Health Day, each April 7, who.int
  • Event Mid April, 2024 — Global Day of Action on Military Spending, ipb.org
  • Event Apr 18, 2025 (Fri) — International Day for Monuments and Sites, April 18 each year, icomos.org
  • Event Apr 22, 2025 (Tue) — Earth Day, April 22, annually, earthday.org
  • Event Apr 28, 2023 (Fri) — Pay it Forward Day, payitforwardday.com

May[edit | edit source]

June[edit | edit source]

  • Event 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
  • Event Jun 05, 2025 (Thu)World Environment Day, June 5, annually, worldenvironmentday.global
  • Event Jun 08, 2025 (Sun) — World Oceans Day, June 8 each year, worldoceanday.org
  • Event Jun 12, 2025 (Thu) — World Day Against Child Labour, every year on June 12, ilo.org
  • Event Jun 17, 2025 (Tue) — World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, each June 17, un.org
  • Event Jun 21 and all of June — World Localization Day, worldlocalizationday.org
  • Event Jun 22, 2024 (Sat) — World Rainforest Day, worldrainforestday.org

July[edit | edit source]

  • Event July 2024 — Plastic Free July, plasticfreejuly.org
  • Event Jul 06, 2024 (Sat) — CoopsDay, coopsday.coop
  • Event 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]

  • Event 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
  • Event 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]

  • Event 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
  • Event 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
  • Event 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]

  • Event 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
  • Event Oct 02, 2024 (Wed) — International Day of Non-Violence, observed each year on 2 October, the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, un.org
  • Event Oct 07, 2024 (Mon) — World Day for Decent Work, ituc-csi.org
  • Event Oct 10, 2024 (Thu) — World Mental Health Day, Oct 10, annually, wmhdofficial.com
  • Event 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
  • Event 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
  • Event Oct 12, 2024 (Sat) — World Migratory Bird Day, worldmigratorybirdday.org
  • Event 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
  • Event 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
  • Event Oct 19, 2024 (Sat) — International Repair Day, "Repair for Everyone", openrepair.org

November[edit | edit source]

  • Event Nov 6 - 9, 2024 — Global Donut Days, doughnuteconomics.org
  • Event Nov 07, 2024 (Thu) — Outdoor Classroom Day, celebrating and inspiring outdoor learning and play, outdoorclassroomday.com
  • Event 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
  • Event 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
  • Event Nov 19, 2024 (Tue)International Men's Day, Nov 19, annually
  • Event Nov 19, 2023 (Sun) — World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, third Sunday in November each year, worlddayofremembrance.org

December[edit | edit source]

  • Event Dec 05, 2024 (Thu) — World Soil Day, un.org
  • Event Dec 09, 2024 (Mon) — International Anti-Corruption Day, Dec 9 each year, unodc.org
  • Event Dec 11, 2024 (Wed) — International Mountain Day, Dec 11, annually, fao.org

Years[edit | edit source]

Decades[edit | edit source]

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2020 Decade of Change
Authors: Greenpeace UK
Date: 2019-12-19
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

  • Event May 15 - 21, 2023 (Mon - Sun) — UN Global Road Safety Week
  • Event Sep 22, 2024 (Sun)World Carfree Day, worldcarfree.net "link page last updated 28 July 2014"
  • Event 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)
  • Event 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
  • Event 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

  • International observance W, List of environmental dates W
  • Upcoming events on Shareable
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Created December 18, 2013 by Phil Green
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