“But what can one person do?”, perhaps said with a worried look or a small apologetic smile, is a fairly common reaction to warnings about climate change. The One Person Can project began as one person’s attempt to change that. …
Sign up to One Planet Week today and take a step towards sustainable living. In One Planet Week, participants will seek sponsorship to live for the week with a significantly reduced ecological footprint. This will involve actions such as walking …
Clean Up Australia Day has now become the nation’s largest community-based environmental event. Now in its 21st year, the event attracts hundreds of thousands of volunteers from the community, schools and businesses to help clean up, fix up and conserve …
Each year, the Marine Education Society of Australia (MESA) runs Seaweek to promote educational issues of relevance to the marine environment. In 2012 the theme is ‘marine debris’, which is litter that has deliberately or accidentally become afloat in a …
Now well into its second decade, the USA National Groundwater Awareness Week spotlights one of the world’s most important resources — groundwater. Groundwater is essential to the health and well-being of humanity and the environment.
International World Water Day is held annually on 22 March as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. Each year, World Water Day highlights a specific aspect of …
World Water Day 22 March 2012 – Water and Food Security Read more »
Each year, on 23 March, the World Meteorological Organization, its 189 Members and the worldwide meteorological community celebrate World Meteorological Day around a chosen theme. This year, the theme is “Powering our future with weather, climate and water”.
An initiative of Bicycle Network Victoria, National Ride2School Day is Australia’s largest celebration of riding, walking, skating and scooting. There are participation resources for primary and secondary schools.
Held each year at 8:30pm on the last Saturday in March, Earth Hour is a WWF initiative which symbolises the collective power of individuals, businesses and governments to reduce our environmental impact on this one and only planet we call …
The National NRM Regions’ Working Group in partnership with WWF, ACF, and NFF, and supported by the Australian Government Land and Coasts Team, invites you to register for the 4th National NRM Knowledge Conference to be held in Adelaide from …
4th National NRM Knowledge Conference Adelaide 16-18 April 2012 Read more »