Sustainability Calendar — What’s Happening in September 2021
Helping you to plan climate and sustainability action in September
Welcome to my monthly overview of the Sustainability Calendar. The full year-long calendar is here. Scroll down for the full list of events this month.
Everything happening in September 2021
All month: Organic September in the UK
Wednesday, 1 September: Japan Dolphins Day, to raise awareness of and protest against the Taiji dolphin hunt
Saturday, 4 September (first Saturday of September): International Vulture Awareness Day
Sunday, 5 September: Amazon Day (International), to drive awareness of the threats to the Amazon biome
Tuesday, 7 September: International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies
Thursday, 16 September: International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
Friday, 17 September (third Friday in September): PARK(ing) Day (International), an activism day in which street parking spaces are converted into tiny parks, aimed at highlighting the ways streets are used.
Friday, 17 to Sunday, 26 September: The Great British Beach Clean¹
Saturday, 18 September:
- (third Saturday in September) World CleanUp Day, an international day of litter picking
- (third Saturday in September) International Red Panda Day
- World Water Monitoring Day¹, to raise awareness about water pollution
Sunday, 19 to Saturday, 25 September (Third week in September): National Indoor Plant Week in the US.
Monday, 20 to Saturday, 26 September: Recycle Week in the UK
Tuesday, 21 September: Zero Emissions Day (international)
Wednesday, 22 September:
Thursday, 23 September to Saturday, 23 October: Seed Gathering Season (UK)
Friday, 24 September: FSC Friday (Forest Stewardship Council)
Sunday, 26 September:
- World Environmental Health Day¹
- World Cassowary Day
- (Fourth Sunday in September) World Rivers Day
The full 12-month calendar is here. I need your help to make this the best resource it can be. If you know of an event that’s missing, let me know.
Previous monthly write-ups:
- No update for August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
Footnotes
¹ Where links to more information are not provided, I have been unable to find an official website. If you know of one, please let me know.
