Important Environment Days for Celebration

Important Environment Days for Celebration

2^nd Feb	World Wetland Day	Create awareness about wetlands and their Importance, Ramsar Convention, Managing wetlands and Biodiversity in wetland.
20^th March	World Sparrow Day	Day designated to raise awareness of the House Sparrow and other common birds to urban environments, and of threats to their populations.
21^st March	World Forestry Day	Celebrate World Forestry Day by doing activities such as the planting of trees, awareness about causes of depletion of green cover and highlighting the urgency to increase the green cover.
22^nd March	World Water Day	Awareness about importance of water bodies, causes for their depletion, Campaign about water conservation. Undertaking related activities.
22^nd April	Earth Day	Discover Earth Day activities including games, art projects, crafts and other Earth Day ideas. Earth Day information, activities and events to remind the importance of green living and sustainable lifestyles.
22^nd May	World Biodiversity Day	Awareness about the Earth’s biodiversity, discussion of issues, activities to identify different pants, insects in nearby parks etc.
5^th June	World Environment Day	You can make a difference – individual actions, when multiplied, can make an exponential difference to the planet! Activities and awareness on Environmental Conservation.
17^th June	World Day to Combat Desertification & Drought	Discuss on drought and desertification, its implications on ecosystem and ways to minimize the problem. Awareness about conserved usage of natural resources
1^st week of July	Vanamohatsav	Importance of this vanamohatsav week, its history and some exercise on biodiversity & plant as many as tree, emphasis on urban forestry.
11^th July	World Population Day	World Population Day aims to increase people’s awareness on various population issues such as the importance of family planning, including gender equality, poverty, maternal health and human rights. Competitions and awareness program.
29^th July	International Tiger Day	Raise awareness for tiger conservation, protecting the natural habitats of tigers and raising awareness and support for tiger conservation issues, and poaching.
12^th August	World Elephant Day	Dedicated to the preservation and protection of the world's elephants. Discuss reasons for their extinction, Poaching Habitat loss, Human-elephant conflict, Mistreatment in captivity, Share knowledge and positive solutions for the better care and management of captive and wild elephants.
16^th September	International Day for the preservation of the Ozone layer	Share information about atmosphere, ozone, CFC, acid rain among students, causes and effects of Ozone depletion. Awareness campaign on eco friendly products.
21^st September	Zero Emission Day	Awareness about types of emissions, their causes and effects. Celebrate the day by minimising the emissions by cutting down the activities that involves burning fuel,
1^st week of October	Wildlife week	Share information about type animals, habitat, and causes of extinct, endangered species, food web, food chain, natural and importance of each species in ecological balance. Students can go to local nearby park and help visitors as guide. Stress on how various anthropological activities cause their extinction and come out with ways of better co-existence.
4^th October	Animal Welfare Day	Discuss on importance of animals. Activities like feeding stray animals around the campus, put a bin of water, activities to invite birds like keeping water and grains, make artificial nest in trees etc.
2^nd December	National Pollution Prevention Day	Share information about types of pollution, its effects, reduction, laws, local issues and finding solution from students. Promote ecofriendly practices like ban of polythene, use of cycle or by walk, plantation, water conservation practices.
11^th December	Mountain Day	Discussions on importance of different types of mountains, mining. Conduct activities like hiking, Mountain walk, Identifying striking features, type, formation history and its importance. f
14^th December	National Energy Conservation Day	Awareness about the importance of energy, renewable, non renewable sources, its conservation. Activities to promote minimal use of energy, computation and discussion about innovative ways of usage of renewable source of energy. Stress on using LEDs, Solar powered devices, Maximum utilization of sunlight and wind.