Environmental Awareness Calendar 2025

Explore this listing of events, initiatives and campaigns to help you plan how you can take your environmental ambitions to new heights this year.

In a season of goal-setting and aspirations for the New Year, it’s a great time to pause and reflect about the ways that we can individually help to pave a brighter future for our planet.

Which area of your life would you like to practice more mindful, earth-friendly habits? What unique interests, talents and skills do you have to share that could help carry the needle forward in restoring our natural world? Are there topics you would you like to learn more about so that you can better understand how to help? What environmental causes or conservation efforts strike a chord for you and light a fire in your soul?

These are some of the questions that I have been asking myself– and challenge you to consider this new year, as well. Whether you hit the ground running with a local community effort, take part in a national campaign or global movement, or commit to a new environmentally-sustainable habit right in your own home, it feels good to make purposeful time to give some love and healing back to the earth.

Not sure where to start? The following calendar of environmental events, initiatives and additional resources might give you some inspiration as you think about how you can play an active part in 2025.

January

January 26: World Environmental Education Day
January 26: World Clean Energy Day

February

February 2: World Wetlands Day
Feb. 24-28: National Invasive Species Awareness Week

March

March 3: World Wildlife Day
March 15: Digital Cleanup Day
March 18: Global Recycling Day
March 21: International Day of Forests
March 22: World Water Day

April

April 14: National Gardening Day
April 15: World Art Day
April 22: Earth Day (*See below resources for more niche-specific ideas.)
April 25: Arbor Day

May

May 3: Wildfire Community Preparedness Day
May 4-10: International Compost Awareness Week
May 7: Bike & Roll to School Day
May 16: Bike to Work Day
May 20: World Bee Day
May 22: World Biodiversity Day

June

June 1-7: National Gardening Week
June 5: World Environment Day
June 8: World Oceans Day
June 17: UN World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
June 22: World Rainforest Day

July

July 3: International Plastic Bag Free Day

August

August 9: National Garage Sale Day
August 17: National Thrift Shop Day

September

September 20: National Cleanup Day
September 22: World Car Free Day
September 26: World Environmental Health Day
September 28: World Rivers Day
September 29: International Food Loss and Waste Awareness Day

October

October 1: Energy Efficiency Day
October 6: World Habitat Day
October 8: Walk & Roll to School Day
October 12: National Farmers Day

November

November 15: America Recycles Day
November 17: National Take a Hike Day

December

December 4: Wildlife Conservation Day
December 5: International Volunteer Day

Additional Reading, Resources and Campaigns:

There are many ways you can tailor your involvements to your interests, passions, career or hobbies. Environmental sustainability is something that we can apply to all areas of our lives. Think about how you can connect the dots in your life!