Calendar of environmental events
2009
January
- National Bird Day - 5th
February
- World Wetlands Day - 2nd
March
- Clean Up Australia Day - 1st
- Sea Week - 1st to 7th
- Ground Water Awareness Week - 8th to 14th
- Sun-Earth Day - 20th
- World Water Day - 22nd
- World Meteorological Day - 23rd
April
- World Heritage Day - 18th
- Earth Day - 22nd
- Arbor Day - 24th
May
- International Dawn Chorus Day - 3rd
- International Composting Awareness Week - 3rd to 9th
- National Volunteer Week - 11th to 17th
- Walk Safely to School Day - 15th
- International Day for Biological Diversity - 22nd
- World Turtle Day - 23rd
June
- Start of National Oceans Month - 1st
- World Environment Day - 5th
- World Ocean Day - 8th
- World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought - 17th
July
- NAIDOC Week - 5th to 12th
- World Population Day - 11th
- National Schools Tree Day - 31st
August
- National Tree Day - 2nd
- International Day for World Indigenous People - 9th
- Keep Australia Beautiful Week - 24th to 30th
September
- Biodiversity month - all month
- Wattle Day - 1st
- National Landcare Week - 7th to 13th
- Sustainable House Day - 12th to 13th
- National Bilby Day - 13th
- International Day for preserving the Ozone Layer - 16th
- World Water Monitoring Day - 18th
- National Neighborhood Day - 20th
- World Car-Free Day - 22nd
October
- Start of Energy Awareness Month - all month
- Internatoinal walk to school month - all month
- World Walk To Work Day - 2nd
- World Animal Day - 4th
- World Habitat Day - 5th
- National Ride to work day - 14th
- World Food Day - 16th
- International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - 17th
- National Water Week - 18th to 25th
November
- National Recycling week - 9th to 15th
- Steve Irwin Day - 15th
- World Fisheries Day - 21st
December
- Coast care week - 7th to 13th
- International Volunteer Day - 5th
- International Day of People with Disability - 3rd
- Human Rights Day - 10th
- International Mountain Day - 11th
For more information on these and other events call toll free 1800 803 772