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FREE 6 MONTH CALENDAR - ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS DAYS (July to December 2024)

Here’s your six monthly guide to the upcoming environmental awareness days. It includes any of the days related to nature, animals, climate or eco awareness that are celebrated worldwide in the US or in the UK.

Whether you’re a teacher looking for ideas, planning an event for a youth group or just planning your own Instagram feed, there are plenty of opportunities to get involved. Many of the events help to raise awareness or even raise money for an important cause.

Be sure to click on the links for more information and add the related hashtags to your own posts.

If you think that there are any missing, please do get in touch.

JULY 2024 - Plastic Free July

International Plastic Bag Free Day image by Christopher Vega on Unsplash

3 July:
International Plastic Bag Free Day

A global initiative that aims to eliminate the use of single-use plastic bags in the world

#BreakFreeFromPlastic
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World Population Day image by Jez Timms on Unsplash

11 July:
World Population Day

Organised by the United Nations

#WorldPopulationDay
Click here for more info

National Simplicity Day image by Sarah Dorweiler on Unsplash

12 July:
National Simplicity Day

To honour the birthday of Henry David Thoreau, who was born in 1817

#NationalSimplicityDay
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Arctic Sea Ice Day image by Annie Spratt on Unsplash

15 July:
Arctic Sea Ice Day

Organised by the Polar Bears International

#ArcticSeaIceDay
Click here for more info

National Marine Week image by Frank Mckenna on Unsplash

27 July to 11 August:
National Marine Week

The Wildlife Trusts’ nationwide celebration of all things marine

#NationalMarineWeek
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World Conservation Day image by Jeremy Zero on Unsplash

28 July:
World Conservation Day

Organised by the WWF

#WorldNatureConservationDay
#NatureConservationDay

Click here for more info

World Tiger Day image by Sander Wehkamp on Unsplash

29 July:
International Tiger Day

Organised by the WWF

#WorldTigerDay
Click here for more info

World Rangers Day image by Brian Mann on Unsplash

31 July:
World Rangers Day

Organised by the International Ranger Federation

#WorldRangerDay
Click here for more info

AUGUST 2024

Cycle To Work Day image by Gabriella Clare Marino on Unsplash

1 August:
Cycle To Work Day

The UK’s biggest cycle commuting event

#CycleToWorkDay
Click here for more info

World Lion Day image by Jean Wimmerlin on Unsplash

10 August:
World Lion Day

Founded by Big Cat Rescue, the world’s largest sanctuary dedicated to big cats

#WorldLionDay
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World Elephant Day image by elcarito on Unsplash

12 August:
World Elephant Day

Organised by a collection of charities

#WorldElephantDay
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International Orangutan Day image by Dawn Armfield on Unsplash

19 August:
International Orangutan Day

Organised by a collection of charities

#OrangutanDay
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SEPTEMBER 2024 - Organic September

World Primate Day image by Porco Rosso on Unsplash

1 September:
International Primate Day

Organised by a collection of charities

#WorldPrimateDay
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Zero Waste Week image by Wolfgang Rottmann on Unsplash

2 to 6 September:
Zero Waste Week

Organised by Zero Waste Week

#ZeroWasteWeek
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World Ozone Day image by Jason Blackeye on Unsplash

16 September:
World Ozone Day

Organised by the United Nations

#WorldOzoneDay
Click here for more info

Great British Beach Clean image by Brian Yurasits on Unsplash

20 to 29 September:
Great British Beach Clean

Organised by the Marine Conservation Society

#GreatBritishBeachClean
Click here for more info

Zero Emissions Day image by Alexander Popov on Unsplash

21 September:
Zero Emissions Day

Organised by a collection of charities

#ZeroEmissionsDay #zeday
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World Rhino Day image by Marcus Löfvenberg on Unsplash

22 September:
World Rhino Day

Organised by the WWF

#WorldRhinoDay
Click here for more info

Bike To School Week image by Danny Nee Udm on Unsplash

23 to 27 September:
Bike To School Week

To celebrate cycling to school and the huge benefits it brings

#BikeToSchoolWeek
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World Rivers Day image by Jon Flobrant on Unsplash

28 September:
World Rivers Day

Organised by the United Nations

#WorldRiversDay
Click here for more info

OCTOBER 2024 - Walk to School Month

Turtle and discarded PPE mask image taken from Unblocktober website

October:
Unblocktober

A month to save our sewers and seas

@unblocktober
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World Vegetarian Day image by Anna Pelzer on Unsplash

1 October:
World Vegetarian Day

Organised by the United Nations

#WorldVegetarianDay
Click here for more info

World Animal Day image by Ian Mcgrory on Unsplash

4 October:
World Animal Day

Organised by a collection of charities

#WorldAnimalDay
Click here for more info

World Habitat Day image by Louis Reed on Unsplash

7 October:
World Habitat Day

Organised by the United Nations

#WorldHabitatDay
Click here for more info

World Food Day image by Jakub Kapusnak on Unsplash

International Snow Leopard Day image by Helena Lopes on Unsplash

16 October:
World Food Day

Organised by the United Nations

#WorldFoodDay
Click here for more info

23 October:
International Snow Leopard Day

Organised by the Snow Leopard Conservancy

#SnowLeopardConservancy
Click here for more info

NOVEMBER 2024

World Vegan Day image by Deryn Macey on Unsplash

1 November:
World Vegan Day

Organised by the Vegan Society

#WorldVeganDay
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World Kindness Day image by Dee Copper and Wild on Unspash

13 November:
World Kindness Day

An international day started in 1998

#WorldKindnessDay
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Steve Irwin Day image by Deryn Macey on Unsplash

15 November:
Steve Irwin Day

A day for remembering the Crocodile Hunter, Steve Irwin

##SteveIrwinDay
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World Toilet Day image by Simon Arthur on Unsplash

19 November:
World Toilet Day

A UN event that raises awareness of the billions of people living without access to safe sanitation

#WorldToiletDay
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National Tree Week image by Matt Artz on Unspash

23 Nov to 1 Dec:
National Tree Week

Organised by the Tree Council

#NationalTreeWeek
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International Jaguar Day image by Geran De Klerk on Unsplash

29 November:
International Jaguar Day

Organised by the Wildlife Conservation Society

#InternationalJaguarDay
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DECEMBER 2024

International Cheetah Day image by Maurits Bausenhart on Unsplash

4 December:
International Cheetah Day

Raising awareness of cheetah conservation

#SaveTheCheetah
#IntlCheetahDay
Click here for more info

World Soil Day image by Neonbrand on Unsplash

5 December:
World Soil Day

Organised by the United Nations

#WorldSoilDay
Click here for more info

International Mountain Day image by Mads Schmidt Rasmussen Xfngap on Unsplash

11 December:
International Mountain Day

Organised by the United Nations

#InternationalMountainDay
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