Eco Happenings

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June

1 National Trails Day, World Reef Day
5 Solomon Memorial Day, World Environment Day
8 World Ocean Day
9 Coral Triangle Day
11 International Lynx Day
12 National Cougar Day
15 Global Wind Day
16 World Sea Turtle Day
17 World Croc Day
17 World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
21 Summer Solstice 21 World Giraffe Day
22 World Camel Day, World Rainforest Day
5-11 World Oceans Week
20-26 Recycle Week
22-28 Mosquito Awareness Week
Second week in June Bike Week
Third week in June National Pollinator Week

August

4 International Clouded Leopard Day
10 World Lion Day
11 Mountain Day
12 International Wolf Day, International Youth Day, World Elephant Day, World Hirola Day
15 National Honey Bee Day
19 World Orangutan Day
26 World African Wild Dog Day
30 International Whale Shark Day
Last full week of August Keep Australia Beautiful Week
August 21-27 National Op Shop Week (Australia)

September

1 International Primate Day, Japan Dolphin Day
4 National Wildlife Day
5 Amazon Rainforest Day
7 International Day of Clean Air for blue skies
16 International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
17 World Manta Day, World Cleanup Day, National Cleanup Day
18 World Water Monitoring Day
21 International Day of Peace, Zero Emissions Day
22 Fall (Autumnal) Day 22 International Tamarin Day, Car Free Day, World Rhino Day
23 Ecological Debt Day (Earth Overshoot Day)
24 World Gorilla Day
26 World Cassowary Day
26 World Environmental Health Day, National Public Lands Day
27 National Crush Day
August 23-September 1 World Water Week in Stockholm
First Saturday of September International Vulture Awareness Day
First week of September Zero Waste Week
Last Sunday in September World Rivers Day
September 16-22 Science Literacy Week (Canada)
September 16-22 European Mobility Week
Third Saturday of September International Red Panda Day
Third Weekend in September Clean Up the World Weekend, PARK(ing) Day

October

1 World Vegetarian Day
2 World Farm Animals Day
4 World Animal Day, World Habitat Day
8 Hydrogen Fuel Cell Day
13 International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
14 International E-Waste Day
17 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, International Sawfish Day
18 World Okapi Day
20 International Sloth Day
21 National Reptile Awareness Day
22 International Wombat Day
23 International Snow Leopard Day
24 Freshwater Dolphin Day, International Day of Climate Action, International Gibbon Day
29 World Lemur Day
First Wednesday in October Energy Efficiency Day
Third Thursday in October International ShakeOut Day - October's Third Thursday
First week in October Junk Mail Awareness Week
Last week in October National Herbal Medicine Week
Fourth Wednesday of October Sustainability Day!