Events

SeaWeek 2026 Promote ocean literacy during Sea Week and inspire students to learn about ocean risks and their solutions. About Sea Week Join us for Sea Week from February 28th to March 8th in Australia and New Zealand as we promote ocean literacy and celebrate connecting with our seas. Our ocean needs protection. However, the health of our seas […]

Healthy seagrass, healthy planet In May 2022, the General Assembly adopted A/RES/76/265 proclaiming 1 March as World Seagrass Day. The resolution highlights the urgent need to raise awareness at all levels and to promote and facilitate actions for the conservation of seagrasses in order to contribute to their health and development, bearing in mind that […]

Clean Up Australia inspires and mobilises communitiesto improve and conserve our environment,eliminate litter and end waste.  More than 21 million Aussies have participated in Clean Up Australia activities and events over the past three decades. Over that time Clean Up Australia has evolved to provide practical solutions to help all Australians live more sustainably every […]

A nationwide program that enables students to get physically active on their journey to school The problem Over the past 40 years the number of children who are physically active everyday has significantly dropped. In the 1970s, eight out of ten students rode or walked to school but today that number has dropped to just two out […]

WWF’s Earth Hour is the world’s biggest movement to protect our planet. Every year hundreds of millions of people around the world in more than 7,000 cities in over 180 countries take part in this amazing global conservation movement.Join the movement and take part in Earth Hour by switching off at 8.00pm for 60 minutes […]

World Meteorological Day takes place every year on 23 March and commemorates the coming into force on 23 March 1950 of the Convention establishing the World Meteorological Organization. It showcases the essential contribution of National Meteorological and Hydrological Services to the safety and wellbeing of society and is celebrated with activities around the world.  The […]