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Years - Decades - See also - External links
January[edit | edit source]
- Jan 01, 2024 (Mon) — Public Domain Day
February[edit | edit source]
- Feb 02, 2024 (Fri) — World Wetlands Day
- February 17 - 25, 2024 (Sat - Sun) — Real Bread Week
- Feb 20, 2024 (Tue) — World Day of Social Justice
March[edit | edit source]
- March, 2024 — Water Action Month
- Mar 01, 2024 (Fri) — World Seagrass Day
- Mar 03, 2024 (Sun) — World Wildlife Day
- 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 02, 2024 (Wed) — International Day of Non-Violence
- Oct 07, 2024 (Mon) — World Day for Decent Work
- Oct 10, 2024 (Thu) — World Mental Health Day
- Oct 10, 2024 (Thu) — World Homeless Day
- Oct 13, 2024 (Sun) — International Day for Disaster Reduction
- Oct 14, 2023 (Sat) — World Migratory Bird Day, worldmigratorybirdday.org
- Oct 16, 2024 (Wed) — World Food Day
- Oct 17, 2024 (Thu) — International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
- Oct 19, 2024 (Sat) — International Repair Day, "Repair for Everyone", openrepair.org
November[edit | edit source]
- Nov 07, 2024 (Thu) — Outdoor Classroom Day
- Nov 13, 2024 (Wed) — World Kindness Day
- Nov 13, 2023 (Mon) — Global Donut Day, doughnuteconomics.org
- Nov 16, 2024 (Sat) — International Day for Tolerance
- Nov 19, 2024 (Tue) — International Men's Day
- Nov 19, 2023 (Sun) — World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, worlddayofremembrance.org
December[edit | edit source]
- Dec 05, 2024 (Thu) — World Soil Day, un.org
- Dec 09, 2024 (Mon) — International Anti-Corruption Day
- Dec 11, 2024 (Wed) — International Mountain Day
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