Are you considering heading out and about, or looking for ideas and inspiration for events and projects to take part in over the next few weeks? Here’s a our monthly roundup of eco-themed events, large and small, local, national and global, taking place in May 2018.
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May events
30th April – 6th May 2018 – NATIONAL GARDENING WEEK (UK)
1st May 2018 – MAY DAY / BELTANE
1st – 31st May 2018 – NATIONAL BIKE MONTH (USA)
1st – 2nd May 2018 – EMISSIONS REDUCTION SUMMIT (Australia)
4th May 2018 – GREENERY DAY (Japan)
5th May 2018 – GREEN UP DAY (Vermont, USA)
6th May 2018 – RIGSBY WOOD OPEN DAY (Lincolnshre, UK)
6th – 7th May 2018 – CUTACRE MONTHLY WORK PARTY (Tyldesley, UK)
6th – 12th May 2018 – INTERNATIONAL COMPOST AWARENESS WEEK (Australia)
6th – 12th May 2018 – HEDGEHOG AWARENESS WEEK (UK)
6th – 12th May 2018 – BALTIMORE WILDLIFE WEEK (Baltimore, USA)
8th – 10th May 2018 – OZWATER’18 CONFERENCE (Brisbane, Australia)
10th May 2018 – MARINE LIFE TALK (Southampton, UK)
10th – 18th May 2018 – PARKS WEEK (Australia and New Zealand)
11th – 13th May 2018 – HIKING SUMMIT (Nova Scotia, Canada)
12th MAY 2018 – WORLD FAIR TRADE DAY
12th – 10th May 2018 – NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COUNTY SHOW (Newark-on-Trent, UK)
12th May 2018 – WORLD MIGRATORY BIRDS DAY
14th – 17th May 2018 – EUROPEAN BIOMASS CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION (Copenhagen, Denmark)
15th – 16th May 2018 – RESTORING ENGLAND’S LARGEST LOWLAND PEAT MIRE – LIFE AND BEYOND END OF PROJECT CONFERENCE (Doncaster, UK)
16th May 2018 – WILDLIFE AT WILWELL FARM CUTTING (Nottinghamshire, UK)
18th May 2018 – ENDANGERED SPECIES DAY (USA)
18th May 2018 – BIKE TO WORK DAY (USA & Canada)
22nd May 2018 – INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
23rd May 2018 – WORLD TURTLE DAY
23rd-24th May 2018 – WORLD WASTE TO ENERGY AND RESOURCES SUMMIT (London, UK)
24th May 2018 – DAY OF PARKS (Europe)
27th May – 4th June 2018 – DORSET WILDFLOWER WEEK (Dorset, UK)
29th & 31st May 2018 – TREE TENDERS VOLUNTEER TRAINING (Oakville, Canada)
30th May 2018 – WORLD OTTER DAY
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