National Events Calendar

This page lists a number of national and international events related to the Environment.

Date	Event	Details
January	Big Garden Birdwatch	Big Garden Birdwatch
January	Farmhouse Breakfast Week	Farmhouse Breakfast Week
February	World Wetlands Day	World Wetlands Day
February	International Day for Bio-diversity	International Day for Bio-diversity
February	National Honey Week	National Honey Week http://www.honeyassociation.com/honeywe.htm
February	National NestboxWeek	National NestboxWeek http://www.bto.org/notices/nnbw2005.htm
March	Fair Trade Fortnight	Fair Trade Fortnight http://www.faitrade.org.uk/
March	Walk to Work Week	Walk to Work Week
March	National School Grounds Week	National School Grounds Week
March	National Science Week	National Science Week http://www.the-ba.net/the-ba/Events/NationalScienceWeek
March	International Day of Action against Dams	International Day of Action against Dams
March	World Earth Day	World Earth Day
March	World Day for Water	www.wno.ch
March	World Meteorological Day	http://www.wmo.ch/index-en.html
April	Real Nappy Week	This is a week designed to encourage parents to switch from environmentally harmful disposable nappies to environmentally friendly real nappies.http://www.wen.org.uk/rnw/index.htm
April	International Compost Awareness Week	http://www.compost.org.uk/
May	Walk in the Woods	http://www.treecouncil.org.uk/
May	National Summer Walk to School Week
May	National Vegetarian Week	http://www.vegsoc.org/nvw/index.html
May	Be Nice to Nettles Week	http://www.nettles.org.uk/
May	European Day of Parks	http://www.europarc.org/
May	International Walk To School Day	http://www.iwalktoschool.org/
June	National Volunteer Week	http://www.volunteersweek.org.uk/
June	Green Transport week	ETA Green Transport Week...is a week of national events designed to encourage us to cut our dependency on the car. Based in June hundreds of local councils, environmental and transport organisations, schools, business and individuals participate in these campaigns, together working towards an environmentally sustainable transport system. http://www.eta.co.uk/ http://www.eta.co.uk/news/newsview.asp?n=193
June	World Oceans Day (BMLSS)
June	National Organic Gardening Weekend
June	World Day to combat Desertification and Drought
May / June	National Bike Week	Bike week incorporates the Bike2Work promotion which will run for the whole week (rather than on a single day as in previous years). The target is for 1,500 local events to attract 200,000 participants. New event organisers will be warmly welcomed! All registered events will be promoted on a new website (www.bikeweek.org.uk) and with co-ordinated PR. Of the 20 million bikes in the UK only 6 million are used regularly Nick Harvey, Bike Week Co-ordinator Phone 01243 543888 Email nick@bikeweek.org.uk http://www.bikeweek.org.uk/ http://www.ctc.org.uk/
June	National Glass Week	National Glass week aims to remind consumers of the benefits of glass packaging, promote glass recycling, provide a media event promoting glass recycling.
August	European Bat Night
September	International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
September	Clean up the World Campaign (UNEP)
September	Car Free Day	Transport companies in participating towns offered low fares, integrated ticketing or even free fares & many initiatives to cut traffic were launched. If your council is interested in taking part next year visit http://www.eta.co.uk/ ETA National Car Free Day...formerly part of Green Transport Week, Car Free Day has been so successful both in Britain, and across the rest of Europe, that it is now a Europe-wide day of campaigns held in September. Its aims are to promote viable alternatives to the car and to raise awareness by closing roads for that day.
October	National Autumn Walk to School Week
September	Organic Week
October	World Food Day
October	National Apple Day	Apple day is organised by common ground and is designed to celebrate the 6000 varities of apple that used to be grown in the UK. Apple Day is a way of celebrating and demonstrating that variety and richness matter to a locality and that it is possible to affect change in your place.
November	Buy Nothing Day	20% of the worlds population use 80% of its resources.