12 month calendar: Eco awareness days
Our annual guide to the national and international days and dates in the wildlife and environmental calendar for the next six months. Including Earth Day, Biodiversity Day and Endangered Species Day and many more. This calendar is a compilation of UK, US and International awareness days. Be sure to click on the links for more information and add the related hashtags to your own posts.
JANUARY
All January: Veganuary
7 January to 14 February: RSPB Big Schools Birdwatch
26 to 28 January: RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch
FEBRUARY
2 February: World Wetlands Day
2 February: National Hedgehog Day
16 February: World Whale Day
27 February: International Polar Bear Day
MARCH
3 March: World Wildlife Day
10 March: Compost Week
16 March: National Panda Day
18 March: Global Recycling Day
21 March: Great British Spring Clean
21 March: Day of Forests
22 March: Earth Hour
22 March: World Water Day
23 March: World Meteorological Day
APRIL
3 April: Jane Goodall’s Birthday
22 April: Earth Day
25 April: World Penguin Day
30 April: Stop Food Waste Day
MAY
8 May: Sir David Attenborough’s birthday
12 to 16 May: Water saving week
16 May: Endangered species day
19 to 23 May: Walk to school week
20th May: World bee day
22 May: International day for biodiversity
23 May: World turtle day
19 May to 1 June: Children’s gardening week
JUNE
5 June: World Environment Day
8 June: World Oceans Day
16 June: World Sea Turtle Day
20 June: Clean Air Day
21 June: World Giraffe Day
22 June: World Rainforest Day
23 to 29 June: National Insect Week
JULY
All July: Plastic FREE July
3 July: International Plastic Bag Free Day
11 July: World Population Day
12 July: National Simplicity Day
15 July: Arctic Sea Ice Day
27 July to 11 August: National Marine Week
28 July: World Conservation Day
29 July: International Tiger Day
31 July: World Rangers Day
AUGUST
All August: Water quality month
10 August: World lion day
12 August: World elephant day
18 August: Never give up day
19 August: International Orangutan day
SEPTEMBER
All September: Organic September
1 September: World Primate Day
2 to 6 September: Zero Waste Week
16 September: Ozone Day
20 to 29 September: Great British Beach Clean
21 September: Zero Emissions Day
22 September: World Rhino Day
23 to 27 September: Bike To School Week
24 September: World Rivers Day
OCTOBER
All October: Unblocktober
1 October: World Vegetarian Day
2 October: World Habitat Day
4 October: World Animal Day
16 October: World Food Day
NOVEMBER
1 November: World Vegan Day
13 November: World Kindness Day
23 November: Steve Irwin Day
19 November: World Toilet Day
23 Nov to 1 Dec: National Tree Week
DECEMBER
4 December: International Cheetah Day
5 December: World Soil Day
11 December: International Mountain Day