Global calendar of ecology and the environment
What purpose does it have to declare and institutionalize a specific day as World Car-free Day (September 22)?
And as the International Day against Climate Change (october 24) or International Recycling Day (may 17)?
Let’s see an example.
The World Cleanup Day was originated in Estonia the year 2008 as a result of an unusual iniciative. In that first ocasion, 50.000 voluntaries collected in a single day 10.000 tonnes of illegal waste.
Currently, ten years later, the promoters of the World Cleanup Day have managed to involve milions of people in aproximately 150 countries and, for the first time, it has been carried out in a coordinated way around the world.
The purpose?
To raise the voice and draw attention, inform, alert, raise awareness and mobilize the world’s population in the search for solutions to environmental problems that require a global involvement.
Which is your day?
Global calendar of ecology and the environment
JANUARY
- 26 World Day of Environmental Education
- 28 World Day for the reduction of CO2 emissions
FEBRUARY
- 02 World Wetlands Day
- 03 International Straw Free Day
- 14 World Energy Day, for a rational and sustainable use
MARCH
- 03 World Wildlife Day
- 05 World Energy Efficiency Day
- 20-28 International Week WITHOUT Pesticides
- 21 World Forest Day
- 22 World Water Day
APRIL
- 19 World Bicycle Day
- 22 World Earth Day
- 24 World Day for Laboratory Animals
MAY
- Second weekend, World Migratory Birds Day
- 15 World Climate Change Day
- 17 International Recycling Day
- 20 World Bee Day
- 21 European Natura 2000 Day
- 22 International Day for Biological Diversity
JUNE
- 05 World Environment Day
- 08 World Oceans Day
- 17 World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
- 24 International Day Against Electromagnetic Pollution
- 26 International Day for the Conservation of Tropical Forests
JULY
- 03 International Plastic Bag Free Day
- 17 Day of the Environment Defensor
AUGUST
- 29 International Day Against Nuclear Assays
SEPTEMBER
- 06 Global Day of Action against Incineration
- 15 World Cleanup Day
- 16 International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
- Third saturday, International Coastal CleanUp Day
- 21 International Day Against Monoculture Tree Plantations
- 22 World Car-free Day
- 22 The Global Frackdown
OCTOBER
- First monday, World Habitat Day
- First weekend, World Migratory Bird Day
- 04 World Animal Day
- 21 World Energy Saving Day
- 24 International Day against Climate Change
NOVEMBER
- 23 World Day for the Defense of the Autocratic Tree
- Last friday, International Day of protest against Consumerism (Buy Nothing Day)
DECEMBER
- 03 No Pesticides Use Day
- 10 Human Rights Day
- 15 Day of the creation of the United Nations Program for the Environment
For more information:
https://www.ecologistasenaccion.org
https://www.efeverde.com/noticias/15-septiembre-dia-mundial-limpieza-naturaleza/