2nd Year of 2005-2014 United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development

2nd year of 2005-2014 International Decade for Action "Water for Life"

2008 - International Year of Planet Earth - Earth Sciences for Society

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Days

Event

Website for Event

Contact

January - February - March- April - June - July - August - September - October- November- December-

Jan 06

mid-January

Applications :- for the Future Environmental Leaders Program, March - Oct 2006 opens 1st Jan and close 27th March. (Melbourne CBD and residential)

Sustaining Your Coastal Life South Gippsland Sustainability Education Group - 'Ocean Melody', Inverloch, South Gippsland

Print evening :- Sustainable organisations requiring promotional material who will be exhibiting at the Sustainable Living Festival in February have the opportunity to print collectively, to save resources and reduce costs.

First UN sponsored International Meeting of The Trade Union Assembly on Labour and the Environment - Nairobi, Kenya

Advertise your Sustainable Event - Launch of Sustainability Month (see below) - Eco Edge event at Federation Square

The Metlink/EV Public Transport ( Sustainability ) Challenge 2006: Explore the city of Melbourne on sustainable transport - trains, trams and buses; accumulate points for checkpoints visited, and win great prizes for your school. : Heats start in April. : Registration forms and all the information will be available from mid-January 2006.

www.fel.monash.edu.au

http://www.sgcs.org.au/

 Sustainable Living Calendar - SLF

 Will 2006

News from Will

Sustainable Living Foundation and Sustainable Living Calendar

http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au & Environment Victoria

PHONE : (03) 5674 2367 EMAIL : oceanmelody@iinet.net.au

PHONE : 03 5968 3997, EMAIL : mail@csdesign.org

Register @ Sustainable Living Calendar registration page

To register interest contact Charlie on charlie@envict.org.au

Feb 06

Tues 28th Feb

Port Phillip region - EVC (Environmental Vegetation Class) Restoration Forum 2006- Deakin University, Burwood. 9am -5pm, bookings by 25th Jan

The National Banksia Environmental Foundation Awards- program for 2006 is now open for entries.
Entries close 10th May 2006 : Finalists announced 5th June, 2006 - New date for presentation weekend in Melbourne - winners announced - 21st and 22nd July 2006.
The Prime Minister's Environmentalist of the Year Award for 2006 is now open.
Entries close 10th May, 2006
Finalists announced 5th June, 2006
New date for presentation of Award to be held in Melbourne as part of a weekend of events for the Banksia Environmental Foundation - 21st and 22nd July 2006.

World Wetlands Day - in Von Guerard's footsteps, A tour of local landscapes including Lake Purrumbete, Lake Bookaar, Lake Gnotuk and Lake Bullen Merri. Ramsar Wetlands. Camperdown 10.30 - 3.30 pm. With Protection and Rehabilitation Team -

World Wetlands Week - 'Wetlands and water - supporting life, sustaining livelihoods'. AMAZONIA- Ballarat Library; Tree Planting - Cranbourne ; Wetland visits and guest speakers Wimmera Catchment

Festival of the Seadragon, Flinders, Mornington Peninsula Vic

Sustainable Living Festival ; Federation Square, Melb. Education Day, Fri 9 - 3pm free- Bookings essential ; Sat. 'Water and Climate - 12.45pm - 2.30pm - BMW Edge, Federation Square : Experts in water conservation, water law and social change will guide the discussion, with special guest speakers to be announced - Free

Business Clean -Up Day - prior to the following Sunday the 5ths - Clean-up Australia Day

Greening Australia

http://http://www.banksiafdn.com

http://www.banksiafdn.com/

T4F; Greening Australia

The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands & Aust. Dept. of Environment and Heritage

Victorian Association for Environmental Education - VAEE

MESA

http://www.jeco.org.au/

http://www.slf.org.au/ ; Victorian Association for Environmental Education - VAEE; & Environment Victoria

http://www.cleanup.com.au/

Greening Australia, Colac on (03)52316910

or email bs.westernlakes@bigpond.com

Wimmera Catchment Management Authority Contact: Emma Waghorne : Phone: (03) 5382 1544: Email: wca@wcma.vic.gov.au

EMAIL : info@festival.slf.org.au ; Telephone:
(03) 9249 1888

Phone Clean-up Australia :1800 282 329 EMAIL : cleanup@cleanup.com.au

Mar 06

 Schools Clean-up Day

LCAS' s (Life Cycle Assessment Society) Roundtable, with RMIT Centre for Design and EPA at RMIT, Melbourne. Seminar on LCA and Ecological Footprint Metrics - How important are land resources compared with global pollution ?

Clean -up Australia day - To inspire communities to clean up, fix up and conserve the environment.

Sea Week - : Footprints for our Future - The Choices we make ; Daily Themes: Sunday - Clean up Australia Day Monday Sustainable Biodiversity Tuesday Sustainable Water use Wednesday Sustainable Energy use Thursday Sustainable Tourism Friday Sustainable Fisheries Saturday Sustainable Recycling: E-card Competition, Case Studies, Teachers Resources

World Forestry Day - Aims to provide opportunities for people to learn more about forests, how they are managed and the many values, services and products they provide.

World Water Day - Theme : Water and Culture

World Meteorological Day – theme "Preventing and mitigating natural disasters" was chosen for the celebration. The choice is made in recognition of the fact that 90 per cent of all natural hazards are related to weather Everyone has to be reminded that weather is an integral part of the environment.

WSED

Australian Life Cycle Assessment Society

Clean Up Australia Day -

Marine Education Society of Australasia _ MESA

Forests Qld. -Education

Forest Education Service - Dept S & E VIC

UNESCO

 World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

 Register your School Clean Up Day at www.cleanup.com.au or by calling 1800 282 329

karli.james@rmit.edu.au

 1800 024 890

Barb Jensen - MESA
bjensen@nor.com.au

http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/web/root/domino/csc/cscemail.nsf/dse ; Call 136 186 from anywhere within Australia for the cost of a local call. DSE Vic

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 Good Friday 14th - 17th April

22nd

 For Secondary Schools: The Metlink/EV Public Transport ( Sustainability ) Challenge 2006

Explore the city of Melbourne on sustainable transport - trains, trams and buses; accumulate points for checkpoints visited, and win great prizes for your school.
Heats start in April.

World Health Day -Working together for health.

 Easter Camp - Forests Forever - Goonagerah - East Gippsland

Earth Day - Goal For Earth Day '06 - 10,000 Climate Change Events Worldwide!

RED-TAIL BLACK COCKATOO COUNT - Western Victoria

http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au & Environment Victoria,

http://www.who.int/

 T4F

http://www.earthday.net/

Ffec@optusnet.com.au Alison: 9415 6059 Liz: 9315 3333 and T4F; teachers@forests.org.au ;

Red-tail Black-Cockatoo Recovery Team - Tel: (08) 8723 3662

May 06

World Press Freedom Day - UNESCO

Arbor Week - Promotes a love of trees.

 International Day for Biological Diversity - working to protect biodiversity in drylands

Coast to Coast 2006: Australia’s National
Coastal Conference -This bi-annual conference will present a range of coastal and marine planning and management issues to a wide range of stakeholders from across the nation.- Melbourne Exhibition Centre, Southbank

UNESCO

http://www.biodiv.org/

United Nations Environment Programme

http://www.teachers.forests.org.au/www.nrcl.org.au/

www.iceaustralia.com/coasttocoast2006

Jun 06

17th

World Environment Day - DON'T DESERT DRYLANDS! - One of the principal vehicles through which the United Nations stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and action

 Banksia Awards Finalists Announced

World Oceans Day - prospective international day - sign petition

 58th Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission, St. Kitts & Nevis

The World Urban Forum , Vancouver Canada - Our Future: Sustainable Cities - Turning Ideas into Action

 World Day to Combat Desertification

United Nations Environment Programme

Canberra Youth River Health Conference

The Ocean Project

 58th Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission, St. Kitts & Nevis

 UN Habitat

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

UNCCD Press Office
press@unccd.int

Jul 06

30th

MDBC 2006 Victorian Youth River Health Conference : Bendigo, Victoria

National Tree Day - Tree Planting

MDBC 2006 Victorian Youth River Health Conference

Planetark

Tree Day Hotline on 1300 88 5000.

Aug 06

9th

International Day of the World's Indigenous People -

http://www.unhchr.ch/

Biodiversity Month

 Friday 1st

Save the Koala @ School Day - - includes stickers and badges

National Threatened Species Day - Australia-wide events are held each year

Hands on for Habitat Awards - aim to encourage 6-12 year olds learn more about Australia's threatened species

Department of Heritage and Natural Environment

Australian Koala Foundation

Threatened Species Network

Dept. Heritage and Natural Environment Hands on for Habitat Awards

United Nations Environment Programme

http://www.unep.ch/ozone

Australian Koala Foundation

Ph: 61 (07) 3229 7233 Fax: 61 (07) 3221 0337 Email: akf@savethekoala.com

Teachers resource kit order form - 1800 803 772. And your Local Govt.

Bushcare Month

 15-21st

15 – 18^th

TBN

 Australian Association for Environmental Education Inc. (AAEE) Conference 2006 Sharing Wisdom for Our Future – Environmental Education in Action, Bunbury, WA

International Youth Coastal Health Conference - "One Life, One Ocean, Our Future"- Port Phillip Bay (Melbourne, Point Nepean, Queenscliff), Victoria

Healthy Parks , Healthy People- Parkfest 2006

UN Habitat -United Nations Human Settlements Programme

http://www.unchs.org/

 Australian Association for Environmental Education Inc. (AAEE) Conference 2006

www.unesco.org

The Pedestrian Council

www.weedbusterweek.info.au/

 National Water Week

 http://www.youthcoastalconference.com/

coastal@fire-starter.com.au <coastal@fire-starter.com.au>

Nov 06

TBN

 National Recycling Week

Melbourne Environmental Arts Festival

karli.james@rmit.edu.au

Dec 06

TBA

 Coastcare Week- is a national initiative held in December each year to raise community awareness of coastal and marine issues.

 International Mountain Day - builds on the global alliance of individuals and organizations involved in mountain issues that has grown up since the Earth Summit in Rio in 1992.

Ministers Coastal Guardians Award

Aust. Govt. Natural Heritage Trust

Aust. Govt. National Oceans Office

International Mountain Day

- Landcare Awards

Jan 07