All month – Oxfam’s Second Hand September – Encourage people to buy second hand instead of buying new.
21 – 25th September – WRAP’s Recycle Week – A campaign to encourage people to recycle the right things, more often.
21st September – 4th October – Fairtrade Fortnight – Get involved in promoting Fairtrade.
21 – 25th September – Great British Beach Clean – Join a beach clean
14th October – International E-waste Day – Raising awareness of the importance of Recycling your electricals.
All month – Cut your Carbon Month – Register for Eco Schools Cut your Carbon month.
All month – Food For Life’s Cook and Share Month – Resources and ideas for cooking and eating activities.
2 -6th November – Green Careers Week – visit our page for links to resources.
9 – 20th November – COP31 in Turkey – The yearly summit where every nation comes together to tackle the climate crisis.
16 – 21st November – Road Safety Week – Promote road safety.
5th December – World Soils Day – Raise awareness of the importance of soil on World Soils Day.
All month – Veganuary – try going vegan in January
All month – Buy Nothing New month – take the challenge with Keep Britain Tidy
5th January – Wassail – celebrate your fruit trees with a traditional wassail.
6th – 13th January – Big School’s birdwatch – Sign up and count the birds in your school grounds for the RSPB
2nd February – World Wetlands Day – Learn about the wetlands of Sussex
6th – 13th February 2026 – The RSPBs Big Schools’ Birdwatch – Count the birds visiting your school grounds.
3rd March – UN World Wildlife Day – celebrate wild animals and plants and recognize the unique roles and contributions of wildlife to people and the planet.
9th – 13th March – Food Waste Action Week – Take action to reduce food waste.
13 – 29th March – Great Big School Clean – Sign up for resources and take part.
16 – 27th March – Big Walk and Wheel – Join the challenge, inspiring thousands of pupils across the UK to walk, wheel, scoot or cycle to school.
30th March – UN International Day of Zero Waste – Can you be zero waste for one day?
All month – Food for Life – Plant and Share month – Growing food activity ideas and resources.
22nd April – Earth Day – Celebrate and care for our planet
19th April 2026 – Culture Connect event – One Love, One World at Seahaven Academy.
Image from Food For Life Plant and Share Toolkit
All month – Plantlife’s No Mow May – hold activities to celebrate nature in the garden and let the wildflowers grow.
18 – 22nd May – Living Street’s Walk to School week – Register to join in.
23 – 31st May – National Children’s Gardening Week – inspire children to get growing.
OVCA Youth Event for local secondary schools – to be confirmed
5th June – UN World Environment Day – Join the UN campaign to tackle plastic pollution
6 – 14th June – The Great Big Green Week – Join in activities to help our natural world.
8th June – World Ocean Day – Join in activities to protect our oceans.
16th June – World Refill Day – Global day for raising awareness of reuse and refill.
18th June – Clean Air Day – raise awareness of the effects of air pollution.
22nd June – World Rainforest Day – Celebrate our rainforests. and Learn about our UK rainforests
All month – Plastic Free July – Take the challenge to reduce single-use plastic use.
18th July – 10th August – Big Butterfly Count – Help assess the health of our environment simply by counting butterflies.