- Some dates for your school to consider marking
- Each year the UN sets a theme
- for more information on Green Dates visitwww.environment.nsw.gov.au/sustainableschools/teach/greendates.htm
Month Key Ecological Dates
Month Key Liturgical Dates (for Ecological conversion)
January
January
26th
Australia Day
February February 2 World Wetlands Day Theme‘Wetlands are lifelines’ 6 Ash Wednesday March March 2 Clean Up Australia Day (Schools Day Feb 29th) 16-22 Easter Week 2-8 Sea Week 1-9th Sydney Harbour Week 22 World Day for Water 17 St Patrick Feast Day Last Saturday 8pm Earth Hour 21 Harmony Day April April 22 Earth Day
5-12 Youth Week
25 Anzac Day
May
May
12-18 National Volunteer Week 24 Mary Help of Christians Patroness Australia 2 Walk Safely to School Day
22nd International Day for Biological Diversity 26 National Sorry Day Reconciliation Week June
June
5th World Environment Day Kick the Habit 2008 14 Whale Day 17 Combat Desertification Day 20 World Refugee Day July
July
27 National Tree Day Schools Tree Day 25th 14 Kateri Tekakwitha (Patroness of Ecology) 1st – 8th Wildlife Awareness Week 11th World Population Day 6-13 NAIDOC National Aboriginal Islander Day Observance Committee August
August
16-24 National Science Week 8 Blessed Mary MacKillop 25-31 Keep Australia Beautiful Week 15 Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary September September 7th Threatened Species Day Biodiversity Month 30 Social Justice Sunday 16th World Ozone Day 27 Feast St Vincent de Paul 13-14 Sustainable House Day 1-7 Landcare Week October October 6 World Habitat Day 4 Feast St Francis of Assisi Patron Saint of Ecology 5 Walk to Work Day 5 World Teachers Day 2nd week of month National Weedbusters Week 16 World Food Day 3rd week of month National Water Week
Last week of month National Bird Week November
November
1st week of month Frog Week
1 All Saints Day
2nd week of month National Recycling Week
11 Remembrance Day
28th Buy Nothing Day
December December 1st Sunday of month Ocean Care Day
225 Christmas Day
Catholic Sustainable Schools Environmental Contacts:Environmental Contacts for our school
Catchment our school is in: _____________________________________________
Our local water testing coordinator: _________________________________
Our waste recycling contractor is: _________________________________
Our local bushcare / landcare group contact: ___________________________
Our local Environmental Education Centre is: _____________________
Local Aboriginal Culture Contacts: ___________________________________