Fighting inequality for a resilient future United Nations – International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR) encourages every citizen and government to take part in building more disaster-resilient communities and nations, while celebrating how people and communities around the world are reducing their exposure to natural
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Experience Solar in Your Community! American Solar Energy Society – Empowering thousands of people and organizations around the country to showcase the benefits of the renewable energy and sustainability features on their properties, the National Solar Tour (NST) is an annual event organized by the American
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Together we can change the way the world works and end animal cruelty and suffering World Animal Protection – World Animal Day, sometimes referred to as World Animal Welfare Day or World Animal Protection Day is an annual event celebrating animal rights and welfare across the
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Join the movement for a clean planet! World Cleanup Day – Held over the course of a 24-hour period, World Cleanup Day aims to raise awareness of the mismanaged waste crisis by mobilizing all spheres of society to participate in cleanup actions. Aimed at combating the
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A Force of Nature NASA – Stronger hurricanes are becoming more common in a warmer climate and researchers suggest that the most damaging U.S. hurricanes are three times more frequent than 100 years ago, and that the proportion of major hurricanes (Category 3 or above) in
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“Bee engaged” in pollinator-friendly agricultural production National Honey Board – World Bee Day 2023 calls for global action to support pollinator-friendly agricultural production and highlights the importance of protecting bees and other pollinators, particularly through evidence-based agricultural production practices. Why do honey bees deserve their own
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Showing Gratitude for the Gardeners of the Rain Forest Natural Habitat Adventures – For a mammal that shares approximately 97% of our DNA, “person of the forest” in the Malay language aptly describes the Orangutan. International Orangutan Day spreads awareness about the threat of their extinction,
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There are more than 350 million indigenous people living in 90 countries British Council – Indigenous people are the first people to live in a particular place – the original population that first created a community on that land before other people came to live in,
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The beautiful, awe-inspiring tiger is one of our planet’s most iconic animals World Wildlife Fund – International Tiger Day is celebrated every year on July 29th as a way to raise awareness about this magnificent big cat, but wild tiger numbers have dropped by more than
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Mangroves are rare, spectacular and prolific ecosystems on the boundary between land and sea UNESCO – Adopted by the General Conference of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2015 and celebrated every year on July 26, the International Day for the Conservation of
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