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Category: Environment, Space & the Outdoors


Highlighting events, holidays, and awareness days celebrating what happens and exists outside, including nature, outer space, and the environment.

The environment category is about what happens outside of our homes.

Plant Health Week (UK): May 12-18 (est)

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Plant Health Week in the United Kingdom focuses on identifying foliage in distress. Grey squirrels bark strip trees during spring and summer, damaging, stressing, and killing trees. Their actions impact b...

January

Podenco Day, Intl. (ES/UK): May 1

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International Podenco Day brings awareness to the suffering and plight of this much maligned Spanish hunting breed. They are referred to as the “great forgotten”. A fundraising and awareness event, marche...

January

Potato, Intl. Day of the: May 30

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CELEBRATING THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE POTATO The humble potato, a staple food cherished worldwide, is celebrated globally on May 30, the United Nations International Day of the Potato. This day, which...

January

Preservation Month, Ntl.: May

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Created in 1973 by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, National Preservation Month focuses on preserving historic places, promoting heritage tourism, and showing the social and economic benefits...

January

Public Gardens Week, Ntl.: May 9-18

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In 2019 National Public Gardens Day became a week-long celebration. According to the American Public Gardens Association, the definition of a public garden is as follows: "A public garden is an institu...

January

Rural Life Sunday (C)(US/CA): May 25

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On Rural Life Sunday, the Christian community celebrates and affirms the people and communities around the globe who grow our food and raise the livestock that feeds and clothe us. Prayers to protect and...

January

Sagarmatha Day (NP)(1953): May 29

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On May 29th, Nepal celebrates Mount Everest Day, also known as Sagarmatha Day, to honor the first successful ascent of Mount Everest, the world's highest peak. On this day in 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary from...

January

San Isidro Day (C): May 15

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Saint Isidro (1082-1172AD) is the patron saint of Madrid and the patron saint of farmers. Each year in Hispanic nations, including Mexico and Spain, festivities are held on the day leading up to this feas...

January

Santacruzan, Flores de Mayo (PH): May

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May is an ideal month if you've dreamed of visiting the Philippines. Several festivals honor the Virgin Mary, considered the month's patron and the most fragrant and colorful festival is Flores de Mayo an...

January

Shani Jayanti (H): May 27

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Shani Jayanti occurs on Vaishak Vadya Chaturdasi Amavasya, and Hindus believe that the god Shani was born on this day. Shani's furious nature means all the rituals honoring him must be strictly performe...

January

Shrimp Day, Ntl.: May 10

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National Shrimp Day focuses on eating shrimp, but it is also an opportunity to consider the environmental impact of pollution, including oil spills, on the habitat of shrimp and the effect it has on the l...

January

Sita Navami (H): May 5

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The birthday of goddess Sita is celebrated as Sita Navami (Sita Jayanti or Janaki Navami). Lord Rama was also born on the same lunar day. Mata Sita is known for her sincerity and purity. Hence, women ta...

January

Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month...

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Skin cancer affects people of all ages. One in five Americans will develop skin cancer over a lifetime; 13 million Americans live with a history of non-melanoma skin cancer, and nearly 800,000 Americans l...

January

Space Day: May 3

Daily

INSPIRING THE NEXT GENERATION OF SPACE EXPLORATION: NATIONAL SPACE DAY Space Day celebrates the achievements of Earth's space exploration programs and raises awareness of the program's benefits and oppor...

January

Strawberries Day, Pick: May 20

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The North American Strawberry Growers Association champions Pick Strawberries Day in the United States and Canada. This campaign celebrates strawberries and honors the men and women that work tirelessly...

January

Sun Awareness Week (UK): May 12-18

Weekly

The United Kingdom isn't generally associated with sunburns and summer, but thirty-five percent of Brits each year get at least one sunburn at home or traveling. This week is about raising awareness of ef...

January

Sunscreen for Sunday: May 25

Daily

The Sunday of Memorial Day Weekend in the United States is Sunscreen for Sunday Day. The Centers for Disease Control promotes the importance of sunscreen in protecting skin and health and its vital role i...

January

Tano/Dano Day (KR/KP): May 31

Daily

North and South Korea's Tano Festival (also called Dano) is a welcome to summer featuring dancing, food, wrestling, songs, swing competitions featuring women, and worship of ancestors. Annually on the fif...

January

Tea Day, Intl.: May 21

Daily

Tea, derived from the Camellia sinesis plant, is the second most consumed beverage worldwide, following water. Its origin traces back to areas like northeast India, north Myanmar, and southwest China, wit...

January

Tuna Day, World: May 2

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World Tuna Day is a day that commemorates the fish most commonly used in cooking, the tuna. In 2017 the United Nations officially added World Tuna Day to its dossier of awareness campaigns, recognizing th...

January
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