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Contents 1 2008 1.1 January 2008 1.2 February 2008 1.3 March 2008 1.4 April 2008 1.5 May 2008 1.6 June 2008 1.7 July 2008 1.8 October 2008 1.9 November 2008 1.10 December 2008 2 Year and decades 3 2009 3.1 June 2009 3.2 November 2009 4 Related Wikipedia content 5 References

[edit] 2008

[edit] January 2008

• 15 Wikipedia Day

• 26 World Social Forum 2008 - another world is possible

[edit] February 2008

• 2 World Wetlands Day, Wetlands and wildlife in the UK

[edit] March 2008

• 8 United Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace, recognized by the UN

• 20 World Citizens Day, World Unity Day

• 21 Blackout World / Blackout Britain

• 22 UN World Day for Water / Water

• 29 Earth Hour

• 29 Lights Out America

[edit] April 2008

• 7 World Health Day 2008: Protecting health from the adverse affects of climate change

• 19 - 22 BYOBlue (Bring your own blue) - wear BLUE for Earth Day 2008 to VOTE for No Coal

• 22 Earth Day / Earth

• 27 Arbor Day

• 29 International Dance Day, International Dance Day / Arts and culture

[edit] May 2008

• 4 International Dawn Chorus Day

• 6 World Asthma Day, World Asthma Day 2007 / Environment quality, Health

• 10 World Fair Trade Day, World Fair Trade Day / Fair Trade

• 22 World Biodiversity Day, International Day for Biological Diversity / Biodiversity

• 25 Africa day, Department for International Development (UK)

[edit] June 2008

• 5 World Environment Day, World Environment Day / Environmental wellbeing

• 8 World Ocean Day / World Ocean Day / Oceans

[edit] July 2008

• 5 ICA International Co-operative Day / United Nations International Day of Co-operatives, theme for 2008, "Confronting Climate change through Cooperative Enterprise"

• 11 World Population Day, recognized by the UN

August 2008

• 17 - 23 World Water Week / Water

• 24 International Kitchen Garden Day

September 2008

• 11 - 21 11 Days of Global Unity

• 19 - 21 Clean Up the World Weekend

• 21 International Day of Peace, recognized by the UN

• 21 Peace One Day / Peace

• 22 (World) Car Free Day / Reduced dependence on cars

• 22 One Web Day - a global day to celebrate online life / Communities online, Global connections

• 28 Right to Know Day

• 28 World Rivers Day 2007

[edit] October 2008

• 1 World Vegetarian Day

• 2 International Day of Non-Violence, recognized by the UN, observed on Mohandas Gandhi's birthday

• 16 World Food Day / Food

• 17 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty / Poverty

[edit] November 2008

• 1 World Vegan Day

• 16 International Day for Tolerance, recognized by the UN

[edit] December 2008

• 1 - 12 COP-14, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

• 6 International Demonstrations on Climate Change

• 6 Sustainable Community Action wiki's 4th birthday!

[edit] Year and decades

2008

• International Year of Planet Earth is a 2008 international observance, declared by the 60th United Nations General Assembly. The Year's activities will span the three years 2007-2009. / Earth
• International Year of the Potato
• International Year of Sanitation

Decades

• 2005 to 2014 United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development / Education
• 2005 to 2015 Water for Life Decade / Water

[edit] 2009

[edit] June 2009

• Interwiki collaboration month

[edit] November 2009

• 30 November - December 11 COP-15, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

The COP-15 will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark in 2009. According to Danish Minister for the Environment, Connie Hedegaard, the summit's primary focus will be to obtain an agreement about CO₂ reductions after 2012 when the Kyoto-protocol expires.^[1]

[edit] Related Wikipedia content

• List of environmental dates
• International observance

[edit] References

1. ↑ Press announcement

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