Calendar of Environmental, Community and Cultural Dates

January

• 5th – World Bird Day
• 16th – World Future Energy Summit

February

• 2nd – World Wetlands Day
• 11th – International Day of Women and Girls in Science
• 28th – Business Clean-Up Day (2019)

March

• 1st – School Clean-Up Day (2019)
• 3rd – Clean Up Australia Day
• 3rd – World Wildlife Day
• 20th – World Frog Day
• 21st – International Day of Forests
• 22nd – World Water Day
• 23rd – World Meteorogical Day
• 24th – Earth Hour (2019)

April

• 17th – International Bat Appreciation Day
• 18th – World Heritage Day
• 22nd – Earth Day (2019)

May

• 3rd – Wild Koala Day
• 3rd-11th – World Parks Week (2019)
• 5th-11th – International Composting Awareness Week (2019)
• 11th – World Migratory Bird Day (2019)
• 16th – World Fish Migration Day
• 22nd – World Biodiversity Day (International Day for Biological Diversity)
• 23th – World Turtle Day

June

• 5th – World Environment Day
• 8th – World Oceans Day
• 17th – World Crocodile Day
• 17th – World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
• 21st – World Giraffe Day

July

• 16th – World Snake Day
• 26th – Schools Tree Day (2019)
• 28th – National Tree Day (2019)
• 31st – World Ranger Day

August

• 11th-19th – National Science Week (2019)
• 14th – World Lizard Day
• 15-25th – Keep Australia Beautiful Week (2019)

September

• 1st – National Wattle Day
• 1st-9th – Sea Week
• 7th – National Threatened Species Day
• 9th – National Bilby Day
• 22nd – World Rhino Day
• 22nd – World Car Free Day
• 27th – World Maritime Day

October

• 1st – World Habitat Day
• 4th – National Walk to Work Day
• 4-10th – World Space Week
• 12th – World Migratory Bird Day (2019)
• 16th – World Food Day
• 21st – Reptile Appreciation Day
• 21st-27th – National Bird Week (2019)
• 21st-27th – Aussie Backyard Bird Count (2019)
• 22nd – Wombat Day
• 25th - World Teacher Day (Australia, 2019)

November

• 8th-17th - Frog ID Week
• 10th-17th – Pollinator Week (2019)
• 11th-17th – National Recycling Week (2019)
• 21st – World Fisheries Day

December

• 5th – World Soil Day
• 11th – International Mountain Day

January

• 26th – Australia Day

February

• 13th – National Apology Day

March

• 8th – International Women’s Day
• 21st – Harmony Day
• 21st – National Close the Gap Day (Indigenous Australians)

April

May

• 20th-26th – National Volunteer Week (2019)
• 26th – National Sorry Day
• 27th-3rd June – National Reconciliation Week (2019)
• 30th – World MS Day

June

• 3rd – Mabo Day
• 17th-23rd – Refugee Week (2019)
• 20th – World Refugee Day

July

• 7th-14th – NAIDOC Week (2019)
• 11th – World Population Day

August

• 4th – National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day
• 9th – International Day for World Indigenous Peoples
• 12th – International Youth Day
• 19th – World Humanitarian Day

September

• 17th – Australian Citizenship Day

October

• 1st-31st - Victorian Seniors Festival
• 2nd - Victorian Seniors Festival Celebration Day (2019)
• 19th-26th – Children’s Week (2019)

November

• 11th – Rememberance Day

December

• 3rd – International Day of People with Disability
• 5th – International Volunteer Day