Environmental Awareness Days Calendar

A kid-friendly guide to environmental awareness, celebration, and action days. This calendar supports environmental education and sustainability learning, with special days focused on animals and ecosystems.

Explore each month to find fun activities, stories, and ways you can take action for wildlife and for the planet.

January environmental dates

All month: Birbfest
05: National Bird Day
26: Environmental Education Day, Day of Clean Energy
28: Rattlesnake Appreciation Day
31: International Zebra Day

February environmental dates

01: Axolotl Day
02: Marmot Day, World Ostrich Day, World Wetlands Day
07: Reverse the Red Day
11: International Day of Women and Girls in Science
14: World Bonobo Day
15: World Hippo Day, World Whale Day
21: World Pangolin Day
27: International Polar Bear Day

March environmental dates

01: World Seagrass Day
03: World Wildlife Day
14: International Day of Action for Rivers, Save a Spider Day
15: Buzzards Day, Digital Cleanup Day
16: National Panda Day
18: Global Recycling Day, World Serval Day
20: World Frog Day, World Rewilding Day, World Sparrow Day

21: International Day of Forests
22: International Seal Day, World Water Day
23: World Bear Day
25: Manatee Appreciation Day
28: Earth Hour (8:30-9:30 PM)
30: International Day of Zero Waste

April environmental dates

03: World Aquatic Animal Day
04: World Rat Day
07: International Beaver Day
08: Draw a Bird Day
10: Narwhal Day
13: Plant Appreciation Day
17: Bat Appreciation Day

21: World Curlew Day
22: Earth Day
23: International Pallas’s Cat Day
24: Arbor Day
27: International Hyena Day, World Tapir Day
28: Save the Frogs Day

May environmental dates

02: World Tuna Day
03: International Leopard Day, Wild Koala Day
03-09: Amphibian Week
09: International Chameleon Day, World Binturong Day, World Migratory Bird Day (Canada, US)
16: Endangered Species Day
20: World Bee Day

22: International Day for Biological Diversity
23: World Turtle Day
24-30: Black Birders Week
27: World Otter Day
29: Learn about Composting Day
31: World Parrot Day

June environmental dates

01: World Reef Day
02: World Peatlands Day
05: World Environment Day
08: World Oceans Day
08-16: Wild Turtle Week (08-12), Sea Turtle Week (08-16)
11: International Lynx Day

12: National Cougar Day
16: Sea Turtle Day
17: World Crocodile Day
20: Horseshoe Crab Day
21: World Giraffe Day
22: World Rainforest Day, World Camel Day

July environmental dates

03: World Seabird Day
14: Shark and Ray Awareness Day, World Chimp Day, World Orca Day
16: World Snake Day
18-26: National Moth Week
23: World Whale and Dolphin Day
26: International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem
28: World Nature Conservation Day
29: International Tiger Day

August environmental dates

01: Marine Protected Areas Day
04: International Clouded Leopard Day, International Owl Awareness Day
08: International Cat Day
10: World Lion Day
12: World Elephant Day, World Hirola Day

13: International Armadillo Day, International Wolf Day
14: World Lizard Day
19: World Orangutan Day
26: World Painted Dog Day
30: International Whale Shark Day

September environmental dates

01: World Beach Day, International Primate Day
05: International Vulture Awareness Day
07: International Manatee Day, Threatened Species Day (Australia)
15: International Colugo Day
16: Plover Appreciation Day
17: World Manta day
18: World Bamboo Day, World Water Monitoring Day

20: World Cleanup Day
21: International Red Panda Day
22: Car Free Day, World Rhino Day
24: World Gorilla Day
26: World Cassowary Day
27: World Rivers Day
29: International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste

October environmental dates

All month: Bat Appreciation Month, Lost Species Month, Squirrel Awareness Month
01: International Raccoon Appreciation Day
04: World Animal Day
06: National Badger Day (UK)
08: World Octopus Day
10: World Migratory Bird Day (Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean)
14: International E-waste Day
17: International Sawfish Day

18: World Okapi Day
20: International Sloth Day
21: World Earthworm Day, Reptile Awareness DAy
22: International Wombat Day
23: International Snow Leopard Day
24: Freshwater Dolphin Day, International Day of Climate Action, International Gibbon Day
30: World Lemur Day

November environmental dates

01: World Ecology Day
03: World Basking Shark Day
07: National Bison Day (US)
15: America Recycles Day
19: World Anteater Day
20: World Sustainable Toy Day
21: World Fisheries Day
29: International Jaguar Day