United Nations World Wildlife Day (WWD) is celebrated every year on 3 March to celebrate wild animals and plants. Every year, we recognize the unique roles and contributions of wildlife to people and the planet. The WWD2024 Theme is Connecting People and Planet: Exploring...
Planet vs. Plastics For Earth Day 2024, EARTHDAY.ORG is unwavering in our commitment to end plastics for the sake of human and planetary health, demanding a 60% reduction in the production of ALL plastics by 2040. Find out more on the website https://www.earthday.org/earth-day-2024/
Outdoor Classroom Day is a global movement to make time outdoors part of every child’s day. On two days of action each year, teachers take children outdoors to play and learn. All year round, the Outdoor Classroom Day community campaigns for more time outdoors every...
World Environment Day on 5 June 2023 will focus on land restoration, desertification, and drought resilience. - https://environment.govt.nz/what-you-can-do/campaigns/world-environment-day/
Arbor Day https://teara.govt.nz/en/ephemera/32471/arbor-day https://blog.doc.govt.nz/2020/06/05/arbor-day-millions-of-reasons-to-love-your-gulf/
2024 Action Theme: Catalyzing Action for Our Ocean & Climate https://worldoceanday.org/
Global Wind Day is a worldwide event that occurs annually on 15 June. It is a day for discovering wind energy, its power and the possibilities it holds to reshape our energy systems, decarbonise our economies and boost jobs and growth. - https://globalwindday.org/
The Matariki public holiday will be celebrated on the 28th June 2024 this year. The lunar period is 29th June till 2nd July 2024 "The Matariki public holiday is based on the winter rising of the Matariki cluster in the early morning sky during the...
Take part in this years New Zealand Garden Bird Survey - more information can be found here https://gardenbirdsurvey.nz/
Plastic Free July is a global movement that encourages us to not to use or reduce the amount of plastic that we use for the month of July. www.plasticfreejuly.org or check out Facebook - Plastic Free July Aotearoa 2024 for ideas, giveaways and events.
September is Bee Aware Month, a month dedicated to celebrating Bees.
The theme for 2024 is still to be announced. Details can be found here https://www.doc.govt.nz/news/events/conservation-week/