2024 ENVIRONMENTAL CALENDAR
| January | |
| 5-Jan | National Bird Day |
| 25-Jan | Australia Day PUBLIC HOLIDAY |
| 26-Jan | International Day of Clean Energy |
February | |
| 2-Feb | World Wetlands Day |
| 11-Feb | International Day of Women and Girls in Science |
| 18-Feb | World Whale Day |
| 27-Feb | World NGO Day: |
| 27-Feb | Business Clean Up Day |
March | |
| 1-Mar | World Seagrass Day |
| 1-Mar | Schools Clean Up Day |
| 2-10 Mar | SeaWeek |
| 2-10 Mar | Parks Week |
| 3-Mar | World Wildlife Day |
| 3-Mar | Clean Up Australia Day |
| 6-Mar | Energy Efficiency Day |
| 8-Mar | International Womans Day |
| 18-Mar | Global Recycling Day |
| 22-Mar | National Ride2School Day |
| 14-Mar | International Day of Action for Rivers |
| 18-24 March | Harmony Week (Not WA) |
| 18Mar – 1 Apr | Sustainable Seafood Week |
| 21-Mar | International Day of Forests |
| 22-Mar | World Water Day |
| 23-Mar | World Meteorological Day |
| 23-Mar | Earth Hour |
| 30-Mar | Zero Waste Day |
| 31-Mar | Easter |
April | |
| 4-18 Apr | |
| 18 Apr to 19 May | Australian Heritage Festival |
| 18-Apr | (World Heritage Day) International Day for Monuments and Sites |
| 22-Apr | World Earth Day |
| 22-Apr | International Mother Earth Day |
| 25-Apr | ANZAC Day |
| 25-Apr | World Penguin Day |
May | |
| 3-5 May | National Tidy Towns Awards Weekend |
| 2-11 May | International Composting Awareness Week |
| 11-May | World Migratory Bird Day ( 11 May & 12 Oct 2024) 2nd Sat |
| 11 May | Hairy Nosed Wombat Day |
| 12-May | International Day of Plant Health |
| 19-25 May | National Archaeology Week |
| 20-May | World Bee Day |
| 20-26 May | National Volunteer Week |
| 22-May | International Day for Biological Diversity |
| 23-May | World Turtle Day |
| 26-May | National Sorry Day |
| 27 May to 3 June | National Reconciliation Week |
| 31-May | World Parrot Day |
June | |
| 5-Jun | World Environment Day |
| 8-Jun | World Oceans Day |
| 15-Jun | Global Wind Day |
| 16-Jun | World Turtle Day |
| 16 to 22 June | Refugee Week |
| 17-Jun | World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought |
| 22-Jun | World Rainforest Day |
July | |
| 1-31 July | Plastic Free July |
| 7-14 July | NAIDOC week |
| 11-Jul | World Population Day |
| 12-Jul | International Day of Combating Sand and Dust Storms |
| 14-Jul | Shark Awareness Day |
| 26-Jul | World Mangrove Day (International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem) |
| 26-Jul | Schools Tree Day |
| 31-Jul | National Tree Day |
| 28-Jul | World Ranger Day |
August | |
| 4-Aug | National Aboriginal and Islander Children’s Day |
| 9-Aug | International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples |
| 5-11 Aug | Keep Australia Beautiful Week |
| 5-11 Aug | LandCare Week |
| 10-18 Aug | National Science Week |
| 17-23 Aug | Book Week |
| 19-Aug | World Humanitarian Day |
| 25-29 Aug | World Water Week |
September | |
| September | History Week (NSW) – From Friday 6 Sep 2024 |
| 1-30 Sep | National Biodiversity Month |
| 1-Sep | National Wattle Day |
| 6-Sep | National Walk to Work Day |
| 7-Sep | National Threatened Species Day |
| 7-Sep | International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies |
| 11-Sep | National Bilby Day (Charleville Bilby Festival) https://savethebilbyfund.org.au/national-bilby-day/ |
| 16-Sep | International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer |
| 16-22 Sep | National Organic Week |
| 20-Sep | |
| 21-Sep | Zero Emissions Day |
| 22-Sep | World Car Free Day |
| 26-Sep | World Maritime Day |
| 29-Sep | International Day of Awareness on Food Loss and Waste Reduction |
| 29-Sep | World Rivers Day |
| 28-Sep | AFL GRAND FINAL WEEKEND |
October | |
| 1-6 Oct | Australian Wildlife week 2024 |
| 1-31 Oct | History Month – October – VICTORIA |
| 4-Oct | World Animal Day |
| 7-Oct | World Habitat Day |
| 12-Oct | World Migratory Bird Day ( 11 May & 12 Oct 2024) 2nd Sat |
| 13-Oct | International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction |
| 8-10 Oct | Global Nature Positive Summit – Hosted in Sydney 8-10 Oct |
| 16-Oct | World Food Day |
| 16-Oct | National Ride to Work Day |
| 14-20 Oct | Aussie Backyard Bird Count |
| 17-Oct | International Day for the Eradication of Poverty : 2023 THEME: – https://www.un.org/en/observances/day-for-eradicating-poverty |
| 22-Oct | Wombat Day: |
| 24-Oct | United Nations Day |
| 21-27 Oct | National Water Week |
| 31-Oct | Halloween |
November | |
| 5-Nov | World Tsunami Awareness Day |
| 5-Nov | World Science Day for Peace and Development |
| 9-17 Nov | Pollinator Week – TEST & count |
| 11-17 Nov | National Recycling Week |
| 18-24 Nov | Contain Your Waste Challenge – KAB |
| 21-Nov | |
| 26-Nov | World Sustainable Transport Day |
December | |
| 5-Dec | World Soil Day |
| 5-Dec | International Volunteer Day |
| 2-8 Dec | Coastcare Week – LANDCARE AUSTRALIA |
| 11-Dec | International Mountain Day |
| 18-Dec | International Migrants Day |
| 24-Dec | Xmas Eve |
| 25-Dec | Xmas Day |
| 26-Dec | Boxing Day |
| 31-Dec | New Years Eve |
