Dates in the year that help us connect with nature

Squirrel Appreciation Day is a holiday celebrated on January 21st every year to honour squirrels and their contributions to the environment....

 Last year hundreds of thousands of nature lovers took part in Big Garden Birdwatch across the UK. We'd love you to take part to help us und...

 For the past 10 years, people across the UK have come together every February to show their love for the people, places, and planet, standi...

Imbolc, celebrated on 1st February, marks the midpoint between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox. It is a sacred time to honour the...

Greenpeace and Everyday Plastic are teaming up to run The Big Plastic Count.

In 2022 nearly 250,000 people from schools, households and com...

If you really care about animals, the best way you can help is to stop eating them!

Each year in the UK alone approximately 1,000 million an...

Wild animals and plants, from the highland steppes to the coral reefs, are intrinsic to the intricate web of life on Earth. They sustain ec...

 Will you take part in City Nature Challenge? Join residents in 650+ cities on all 7 continents across the world in an epic, global mission ...

This day explores how we can restore the land and unlock opportunities.

Every minute, the equivalent of four football fields is lost due to l...

Global Action Plan's role is to fuel the Clean Air movement by mobilising and enabling people and organisations to act on air pollution and ...

The summer solstice marks the height of light. It’s the turning point when the days stop lengthening and the slow tilt toward autumn begins....

Walk With Us. Breathe With Us.

This World Rainforest Day, we’re activating one million Planet Walkers to send a global message of human conne...

 July 10 marks Don't Step on a Bee Day worldwide. This yearly reminder helps us protect essential pollinators through everyday actions. Thom...

Bees’ Needs Week is an annual event run by Defra, working with a range of organisations including conservation groups, businesses and charit...

July 14 is Shark Awareness Day, a day created to dispel myths about sharks and to raise awareness about the importance of sharks to the ocea...

The Big Butterfly Count is a nationwide citizen science survey aimed at helping us assess the health of our environment. It was launched in...

This annual event, in celebration of bogs, fens, swamps & marshes is an opportunity to raise awareness of peatlands – the benefits they prov...

National Marine Week is a celebration of UK seas! From 26th July - 10th August 2025 there was a showcase of the 'Secrets of our Seabeds'. 

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Lammas, also known as Lughnasadh, is an ancient festival that has its roots in Celtic and Pagan traditions. The word “Lammas” itself is deri...

Every year, a powerful cosmic event occurs that offers us an extraordinary opportunity to amplify our manifestation abilities. The Lions Gat...

This event celebrates sustainable and cruelty-free alternatives to the milk taken from cows.  This day highlights the importance of shifting...

 “The health of soil, plants, animals and (hu)man is one and indivisible.” What Sir Albert Howard, botanist and co-founder of the Soil Assoc...

The vision behind Secondhand September is to spark a movement—one that encourages individuals, businesses, and communities to choose secondh...

A day to recognise the benefits of this wonderful plant-based food source. Great for health & planet alike

Forty years ago, nations came together under the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and agreed to take appropriate meas...

Our rivers and freshwater habitats are at crisis point and we need urgent action.

The Great UK WaterBlitz is a biannual campaign calling on ...

Twice a year, we run a Big River Watch, and the next one will take place from the 19th to 25th September! Anyone can take part in these week...

The Great British Beach Clean is an annual event organized by the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) that mobilizes communities to clean up b...

Mabon, or the Autumn Equinox, will be celebrated in the UK from September 21 to September 24, 2025. This festival marks the time when day an...

Now in its 22nd year, Recycle Week is Recycle Now’s flagship annual event. A celebration of recycling across the nation, galvanising the pub...

On World Car-Free Day the world is reminded to take a break from driving and explore their planet as pedestrians, bikers, and users of publi...

 This Fairtrade Fortnight took place Monday 22 September – Sunday 5 October 2025. Over those fourteen days we asked each of you to Do it Fai...