Sustainable Holidays

January

  • 1 – Green New Year’s Resolution
  • 5 – International Bird Day
  • 9 – National Electricity Day
  • 20 – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day

February

  • 2 – World Wetlands Day
  • 20 – World Day of Social Justice
  • 21 – International Mother Language Day
  • 27 - International Polar Bear Day
  • Black History Month
  • Recyclemania

March

  • 3 – World Wildlife Day
  • 8 – International Women’s Day
  • 14 – International Day of Action for Rivers
  • 15 – World Consumer Rights Day
  • 18 – Global Recycling Day
  • 20 – International Day of Happiness
  • 20 – Meatout Day
  • 21 – International Day of Forests
  • 21 – United Nations: International Day of Elimination of Racial Discrimination
  • 22 – World Water Day
  • 23 – World Meteorological Day
  • Last Saturday of March – Earth Hour
  • Women’s History Month

April

  • 1 – Fossil Fools Day
  • 2 – World Autism Awareness Day
  • 3 – World Aquatic Animal Day
  • 7 – World Health Day
  • 18 – World Heritage Day
  • 19-27 – National Park Week
  • 20-26 – Dark Sky Week
  • 22 – Earth Day
  • Last Friday – National Arbor day
  • Diversity Month
  • Varies: Day of Silence
  • Second Week: National Environmental Education Week
  • Last Week: Air Quality Awareness Week

May

  • Week Starting First Sunday – Drinking Water Week
  • Week Starting First Monday – Screen-Free Week
  • Week Starting Second Friday – National Groundwater Awareness Week
  • Third Friday – Bike to Work Day
  • 17 – International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia
  • 20 – World Bee Day
  • 21 – Endangered Species Day
  • 22 – International Day for Biological Diversity
  • 23 – World Turtle Day
  • National Bike Month
  • Mental Health Awareness Month
  • Jewish American Heritage Month
  • Asian American and Pacific Islanders Month
  • Second Saturday – International Migratory Birds Day

June

  • 5 – World Environment Day
  • 7 – World Food Safety Day
  • 8 – World Ocean’s Day
  • 12 – World Day Against Child Labor
  • 15 – Global Wind Day
  • 17 – World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
  • 19 – Juneteenth
  • 20 – World Refugee Day
  • 22 – World Rainforest Day
  • LGBTQ+ Pride Month

July

  • 1-7 – National Clean Beaches Week
  • 11 – World Population Day
  • 28 – World Nature Conservation Day

August

  • 8 – United Nations: International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
  • 12 – International Youth Day
  • 19 – World Humanitarian Day
  • 20 – Ecological Debt Day
  • 21 – National Honey Bee Day
  • 26 – Women’s Equality Day

September

  • 4 – National Wildlife Day
  • 5- International Day of Charity
  • 7 – International Day of Clean Air
  • 10 – World Suicide Prevention Day
  • 16 – International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
  • 19 – National Cleanup Day
  • 20 – United Nations: HeForShe
  • 21 – Zero Emissions Day
  • 21 – International Day of Peace
  • 22 – World Car-Free Day
  • National Hispanic Heritage Month
  • National Recovery Month
  • Third Saturday – International Coastal Cleanup Day

October

  • First Monday – World Habitat Day
  • 1 - World Vegetarian Day
  • 2 – International Day of Non-Violence
  • 4 – World Animal Day
  • 6 – Energy Efficiency Day
  • 10 – People with Disabilities: World Mental Health Day
  • 11 – indigenous Peoples’ Day
  • 11 – National Coming Out Day
  • 16 – World Food Day
  • 17 – International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
  • 20 – Texas A&M Campus Sustainability Day Event
  • 21 – LCBTQ+ Spirit Day
  • 22 – World Planting Day
  • 24 – International Day of Climate Action
  • Global Diversity Awareness Month
  • National Disability Employment Awareness month
  • Breast Cancer Awareness Month
  • First Week – Junk Mail Awareness Week
  • LGBT History Month
  • Vegetarian Awareness Month
  • National Disability Employment Awareness Month
  • Week of the 20th – Ally Week

November

  • 1 – World Vegan Day
  • 6 – International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
  • 15- National Recycling Day
  • 16 – United Nations: International Day for Tolerance
  • 17 – National Hiking Day
  • 20 – LGBTQ+ Transgender Day of Remembrance
  • Native American Heritage Month
  • Movember
  • Day After Thanksgiving – Buy Nothing Day

December

  • 1 – World AIDS Day
  • 2 – International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
  • 3 – United Nations: International Day of Persons with Disabilities
  • 5 – International Volunteer Day
  • 4 - Wildlife Conservation Day
  • 10 – United Nations: International Human Rights Day
  • 20 – International Human Solidarity Day