Calendar of environmental events
2010
January
- National Bird Day - 5th
February
- World Wetlands Day - 2nd
March
- Sea Week - 1st to 7th
- Clean Up Australia Day - 7th
- Ground Water Awareness Week - 7th to 13th
- World Water Day - 22nd
- World Meteorological Day - 23rd
April
- World Heritage Day - 18th
- Earth Day - 22nd
May
- World Migratory Bird Day - 8th to 9th
- National Volunteer Week - 11th to 17th
- International Day for Biological Diversity - 22nd
- World Turtle Day - 23rd
June
- World Environment Day - 5th
- World Ocean Day - 8th
- Global Wind Day - 15th
- World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought - 17th
July
- NAIDOC Week - 4th to 11th
- World Population Day - 11th
- Schools Tree Day - 30th
August
- National Tree Day - 1st
- International Day for World Indigenous People - 9th
- Keep Australia Beautiful Week - 23rd to 29th
September
- Biodiversity month - all month
- National Wattle Day - 1st
- National Landcare Week - 6th to 12th
- National Threatened Species Day - 7th
- Sustainable House Day - 12th
- National Bilby Day - 12th
- International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer - 16th
- World Water Monitoring Day - 18th
- World Car-Free Day - 22nd
October
- International Walk to School Month - all month
- Walk To Work Day - 1st
- World Animal Day - 4th
- World Habitat Day - 5th
- Ride to work day - 13th
- World Food Day - 16th
- International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - 17th
- National Water Week - 17th to 23rd
- National Bird Day - 29th
November
- International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict - 6th
- National Recycling Week - 8th to 14th
December
- International Day of People with Disability - 3rd
- International Volunteer Day - 5th
- Coastcare Week - 6th to 12th
- Human Rights Day - 10th
- International Mountain Day - 11th
For more information on these and other events call toll free 1800 803 772
