January
31 January – International Zebra Day
February
2 February – World Ostrich Day; World Wetland Day
14 February – World Bonobo Day
15 February – World Hippopotamus Day
25 February – World Sustainable Energy Day
27 February – International Polar Bear Day
28 February – National Science Day
World Pangolin Day – Third Saturday of February
First Week of February in U.S. – National Green Week
March
3 March – World Wildlife Day;
14 March – International Day of the Action for Rivers
15 March – Buzzards Day
16 March – National Panda Day
18 March – Global Recycling Day
19 March – Taxonomist Appreciation Day
20 March – World Sparrow Day; World Frog Day
21 March – International Day of Forests or, World Forestry Day; World Planting Day; World Wood Day
22 March – World Water Day; International Seal Day
23 March – World Bear Day; World Meterological Day
Solar Appreciation Day – Second Friday of March
Manatee Appreciation Day – Last Wednesday in March
April
7 April – International Beaver Day
8 April – Zoo Lovers Day
10 April – Arbor Day
17 April – Bat Appreciation Day
18 April – World Heritage Day
21 April – World Fish Migration Day
22 April – Earth Day
24 April – Laboratory Animals Day
27 April – World Tapir Day; International Hyena Day
29 April – Day of Remembrance for All Victims of Chemical Warfare
April 18 to April 22 – Green Office Week
Week of New Moon in April – National Dark Sky Week
May
2 May – World Tuna Day
3 May – International Leopard Day; Wild Koala Day; International Energy Day (International Sun Day)
4 May – Greenery Day (in Japan)
8 May – World Donkey Day
20 May – World Bee Day
22 May – International Day for Biological Diversity
23 May – World Turtle Day
24 May – European Day of Parks
27 May – World Otter Day
31 May – World No Tobacco Day; World Parrot Day
Green Up Day – First Saturday in Vermont
World Migratory Birds Day – Second Saturday of May in the U.S. and Canada; Second Saturday of October in Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean
Endangered Species Day – Third Friday of May
Bike-to-Work Day – Third Friday of May
June
5 June – World Environment Day
8 June – World Oceans Day
9 June – Coral Triangle Day
12 June – World Cougar Day/ World Puma Day
15 June – Global Wind Day
16 June – World Sea Turtle Day
17 June – World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought; World Crocodile Day
21 June – World Giraffe Day; International Climate Change Day
22 June – World Camel Day; World Rainforest Day
26 June – International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
June 1 to June 8 – World Oceans Week
Second Week of June – Bike Week
June 20 to June 26 – Recycle Week
Third Week of June – National Pollinator Week
June 22 to June 28 – Mosquito Awareness Week
July
11 July – World Population Day
14 July – Shark Awareness Day; World Chimpanzee Day; World Orca Day
26 July – International Mangrove Day
28 July – World Nature Conservation Day
29 July – International Tiger Day
31 July – World Ranger Day/ International Ranger Federation
July 1 to July 7 – Vanmahotsava (World Plantation Week); National Clean Beaches Week
August
1 August – World Breast Feeding Day
4 August – International Clouded Leopard Day
6 August – Hiroshima Day
10 August – World Lion Day
12 August – World Elephant Day; World HirolaDay
13 August – International Wolf Day
15 August – National Honey Bee Day
19 August – World Orangutan Day
20 August – Malaria Day (Mosquito Day)
26 August – World African Wild Dog Day
30 August – International Whale Shark Day
First Week of August – Breast Feeding Week
August 16 to August 22 – Keep Australia Beautiful Week 2021
September
1 September – Japan Dolphin Day
5 September – Amazon Rainforest Day
16 September – International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
18 September – World Water Monitoring Day
21 September – Zero Emissions Day
22 September – Car free Day; World Rhino Day
23 September – Ecological Debt Day (Earth Overshoot Day)
24 September – World Gorilla Day
26 September – World Environmental Health Day; World Cassowary Day
International Vulture Awareness Day – First Saturday of September
World Cleanup Day – Third Saturday in September
National Cleanup Day – Third Saturday in September
International Red Panda Day – Third Saturday in September
World Rivers Day – Last Sunday of September
First Week of September – Zero Waste Week
September 16 to September 22 – European Mobility Week; Science Literacy Week
October
2 October – World Farm Animals Day; World Vegetarian Day
3 October – World Nature Day
4 October – World Animal Day
13 October – International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
14 October – International E-Waste Day
16 October – World Food Day
18 October – World Okapi Day
20 October – International Sloth Day
21 October – National Reptile Awareness Day
22 October – International Wombat Day
23 October – International Snow Leopard Day
24 October — Freshwater Dolphin Day; International Gibbon Day; International Day of Climate Action
World Habitat Day – First Monday of October
Energy Efficiency Day – First Wednesday in October
Sustainability Day – Fourth Wednesday of October
World Lemur Day – Last Friday of October
World Migratory Birds Day – Second Saturday of October in Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean; Second Saturday of May in the U.S. and Canada
First Week of October- World Wildlife Week
November
1 November – World Vegan Day
6 November – International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
15 November – America Recycles Day
21 November – World Fisheries Day
29 November – International Jaguar Day
National Bison Day – First Saturday in November
November 20 to November 28 – European Week for Waste Reduction 2021
December
2 December – World Pollution Prevention Day
3 December – World Conservation Day
4 December – International Cheetah Day
5 December – World Soil Day
11 Decembe – International Mountain Day
14 December – Monkey Day; National Energy Conservation Day
23 December – National Farmer’s Day or, KisanDivas
Iconic Environmental Years
International Polar Year: 1882-1883
International Polar Year: 1932-1933
World Population Year: 1974
International Year of the Child: 1979
International Year of the Ocean: 1998
International Year of Mountains: 2002
International Year of Ecotourism: 2002
International Year of Freshwater: 2003
International Year of Deserts and Desertification: 2006
International Year of the Dolphin: 2007 – 2008
International Polar Year: 2007 – 2009
International Year of Planet Earth: 2008
International Year of Sanitation: 2008
International Year of Natural Fibres: 2009
Year of the Gorilla: 2009
International Year of Biodiversity: 2010
International Year of Forests: 2011
International Year of Soils: 2015
International Year of Pulses: 2016
International Year of the Sustainable Tourism for All: 2017
International Year of the Indigenous Languages: 2019
Special Environmental Decades
International Drinking Water Decade: 1981 – 1990
International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction: 1991 – 2000
United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development: 2005 – 2014
Water for Life Decade: 2005 – 2015
United Nations Decade on Biodiversity: 2011 – 2020
United Nations Decade for the Deserts and the Fight against Desertification: 2010 – 2020
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