There are a variety of days designated throughout the year. Informative and fun for all ages, they stimulate environmental education, awareness and action. Follow the links below to learn about the day, plus ideas for organizing an event or activity. In some cases, such as Earth Day, you can find organized celebrations and activities across Canada. Finally, in the rightmost column look for more information, resources and organizations on the underlying theme of the day.

For environmental events across Canada, see also the Planetfriendly Calendar.

Where do these "days" come from? Some of the days are proclaimed or
sanctioned by governments, or inter-governmental bodies such as the UN.
Others such as Fossil Fools Day, TV Turnoff Day and Buy Nothing Day,
were launched by nonprofit or community groups. (Such groups are sometimes
less influenced by 'sunset' or 'dinosaur' industries, and free to promote sustainable
alternatives to them.) If you follow the links provided above, you will find out more
about the days and their origins.

For many more environmental events, conferences and courses
in Canada in 2008 and 2009, please see the main Calendar.