2017 nrm education calendar · 2017-02-03 · kids teaching kids week 4-8 sept 5 national landcare...

2017 NRM Education Calendar

NRM EducationSupporting environmental sustainability in schools

Why?Why do we need to work with young people?

Approximately 23% of South Australia’s population is under 18 years old.Almost every single one of these people will go to school!

Students of today will be the resource managers and decisionmakers of the future.

Working with students fosters lifelong learning skills and achieves meaningful social change.

Schools are often the heart of the community and can play an important role in influencing family and community members to take informed action related to NRM issues.

JanuarySunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1

New Year’s Day

2

New Year’s Day Holiday

3School Holidays >

4 5 6 7

8 9 10 11 12 13 14

15 16 17 18 19 20 21

22 23 24 25 26

Australia Day

27 28

Chinese New Year

29 30T1W1

31

http://webarchive.nla.gov.au/gov/20160615223650/http:/www.australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/chinese-new-year


Lower Mid North - Young Environmental Leaders

FebruarySunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

T1W11 2

World Wetlands Day

3 4

5 6T1W2

7 8 9 10 11

12 13T1W3

14 15 16 17 18

19 20T1W4

21 22 23 24 25

26 27T1W5

28

http://www.environment.gov.au/water/wetlands/world-wetlands-day


Yorke Peninsula - Environmental Education Day

MarchSunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

T1W51 2 3

Schools Clean Up Day

World Wildlife Day

4

5Clean Up Australia Day

National Ground Water Awareness Week

4-12 Mar

6T1W6

7 8

International Women’s Day

9 10 11

12 13T1W7

Adelaide Cup Day

14 15 16 17

National Ride2School Day

St Patrick’s Day

18

19 20T1W8

International Day of Happiness

21International Day of

Forests

Harmony Day

BirdLife Australia Farewell Shorebirds 21 Mar-19 Apr

22

World Water Day

23

World Meteorological Day

24 25

Earth Hour 8:30pm-9:30pm

26 27T1W9

28 29 30 31

http://www.cleanupaustraliaday.org.au/about/about-the-event/clean-up-for-schools

http://www.wildlifeday.org/

http://www.cleanupaustraliaday.org.au/about/about-the-event/clean-up-for-schools

http://www.ngwa.org/events-education/awareness/pages/default.aspx



http://www.un.org/en/events/womensday/

https://www.bicyclenetwork.com.au/general/programs/2242/

http://www.happinessday.org/

http://www.happinessday.org/

http://www.un.org/en/events/forestsday/

http://www.un.org/en/events/forestsday/

http://www.harmony.gov.au/

http://birdlife.org.au/campaigns

http://birdlife.org.au/campaigns

http://www.un.org/en/events/waterday/

http://www.wmo.int/worldmetday/

http://www.wmo.int/worldmetday/

http://earthhour.org.au/home/

http://earthhour.org.au/home/

AprilSunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

30T1W9

1

2

Daylight Savings ends

3T1W10

4 5 6 7

National Youth Week 7-16 Apr

8

9 10T1W11

11 12

Nature Play Week 12-23 Apr

13 14

Good Friday

15

Easter Saturday

16School Holidays >

Easter Sunday

17

Easter Monday

18

World Heritage Day

Australian Heritage Festival 18 Apr-21 May

19 20 21 22

Earth Day

23 24 25

ANZAC Day

26 27 28 29

http://www.youthcentral.vic.gov.au/government-info-assistance/youth-programs/national-youth-week

http://www.youthcentral.vic.gov.au/government-info-assistance/youth-programs/national-youth-week

http://natureplayweek.org.au/

http://natureplayweek.org.au/

http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/868/

https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/ahf/about/

https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/ahf/about/

http://www.earthday.org/earth-day/


Upper North/Southern Flinders - Peterborough World Environment Day

MaySunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1T2W1

2 3 4 5 6

7Mother’s Day

International Composting Awareness Week

7-13 May

8T2W2

National Volunteer Week8-14 May

9 10 11 12 13

World Migratory Bird Day

14 15T2W3

16 17 18 19

Walk Safely to School Day

20

21 22T2W4

International Day for Biological Diversity

23 24 25 26

National Sorry Day

27

National Reconciliation Week 27 May-3 Jun

28 29T2W5

30 31

http://www.compostweek.com.au/core/



http://www.volunteeringaustralia.org/nvw/

http://www.volunteeringaustralia.org/nvw/

http://www.worldmigratorybirdday.org/

http://www.walk.com.au/pedestriancouncil/page.asp?pageid=1647&languageid=1

http://www.un.org/en/events/biodiversityday/

http://www.un.org/en/events/biodiversityday/

http://www.australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/sorry-day-stolen-generations

http://www.reconciliation.org.au/nrw/what-is-nrw/

http://www.reconciliation.org.au/nrw/what-is-nrw/


Upper North/Southern Flinders - Peterborough World Environment Day

JuneSunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

T2W51 2 3

Mabo Day

4 5T2W6

World Environment Day

6 7 8

World Oceans Day

9 10

11 12T2W7

Queen’s Birthday Holiday

13 14 15

Global Wind Day

16 17

World Day to Combat Desertification

18 19T2W8

20

World Refugee Day

21 22 23 24

25 26T2W9

27 28 29

International Mud Day

30

http://www.un.org/en/events/environmentday/

http://www.un.org/en/events/oceansday/

https://windeurope.org/globalwindday/

http://www.un.org/en/events/desertificationday/

http://www.un.org/en/events/refugeeday/

http://www.pracwisdom.com/international-mud-day/

JulySunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

30

National Tree Day

31T3W2

World Ranger Day

1

2

NAIDOC Week 2-9 Jul

3T2W10

4 4 6 7 8

9School Holidays >

10 11

World Population Day

12 13 14 15

16 17 18 19 20 21 22

23 24T3W1

25 26 27 28

Schools Tree Day

29

http://treeday.planetark.org/about/

http://www.internationalrangers.org/world-ranger-day/

http://www.naidoc.org.au/

http://www.unfpa.org/events/world-population-day

http://treeday.planetark.org/schools/


Port Augusta - Young Environmental Leaders

AugustSunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

T3W21 2 3 4 5

6 7T3W3

8 9

International Day of the World’s Indigenous

Peoples

10 11 12

International Youth Day

National Science Week12-20 Aug

13 14T3W4

15 16 17 18

Children’s Book Week18-25 Aug

19

World Humanitarian Day

20

Keep Australia Beautiful Week 20-26 Aug

21T3W5

22 23 24 25 26

27

World Water Week 27 Aug-1 Sept

28T3W6

29 30 31

http://www.un.org/en/events/indigenousday/



http://www.un.org/en/events/youthday/

https://www.scienceweek.net.au/

https://www.scienceweek.net.au/

https://cbca.org.au/cbca-childrens-book-week

https://cbca.org.au/cbca-childrens-book-week

http://www.un.org/en/events/humanitarianday/

http://kab.org.au/keep-australia-beautiful-week/




SeptemberSunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

T3W61

National Biodiversity Month 1-30 Sep

Save the Koala Month

National Wattle Day

2

3

Father’s Day

SeaWeek 3-11 Sep

4T3W7

Kids Teaching Kids Week4-8 Sept

5

National Landcare Week5-11 Sept

6 7 8

National Threatened Species Day

9

10

National Bilby Day

Cool Australia’s Enviroweek 10-16 Sep

11T3W8

Sustainable House Day

12 13 14

R U OK? Day

15 16Clean Up the World Weekend 16-17 Sep

National Organic Week16-24 Sep

17

Bushcare’s Major Day Out

18T3W9

World Water Monitoring Day

19 20 21

Zero Emissions Day

International Day of Peace

22

World Car Free Day

23

24

World Maritime Day

25T3W10

26 27 28 29 30

http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/biodiversity-month

http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/biodiversity-month

https://www.savethekoala.com/how-to-help/save-koala-month

http://www.wattleday.asn.au/

http://www.kidsteachingkids.com.au/

http://www.kidsteachingkids.com.au/

http://nln.org.au/

http://nln.org.au/

http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/threatened-species-ecological-communities

http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/threatened-species-ecological-communities

http://savethebilbyfund.com/

http://www.enviroweek.org/

http://www.enviroweek.org/

https://sustainablehouseday.com/

https://www.ruok.org.au/

http://www.cleanuptheworld.org/en/Activities/clean-up-the-world-weekend.html

http://www.cleanuptheworld.org/en/Activities/clean-up-the-world-weekend.html

http://www.organicweek.net.au/core/

http://www.organicweek.net.au/core/

http://www.bushcaresmajordayout.org/

http://www.unwater.org/campaigns/world-water-day/en/

http://www.unwater.org/campaigns/world-water-day/en/

http://zeroemissionsday.org/

http://www.un.org/en/events/peaceday/

http://www.un.org/en/events/peaceday/

http://www.worldcarfree.net/wcfd/

http://www.un.org/en/events/maritimeday/


Southern Flinders/Upper North - Young Environmental Leaders

OctoberSunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1School Holidays >

Daylight Savings begins

2

Nude Food Day 1-31 Oct

Labour Day Holiday

3 4

World Animal Day

World Space Week 4-10 Oct

5

World Teachers Day

6

World Habitat Day

7

8

Mental Health Week 8-14 Oct

9 10 11 12

Ride2Work Day

13 14

15

International Day of Rural Women

National Water Week15-21 Oct

16T4W1

17 18 19 20 21

National Children’s Week 21-29 Oct

22 23T4W2

Aussie Backyard Bird Count 23-29 Oct

24 25 26 27 28

29 30T4W3

31

http://www.nudefoodday.com.au/

http://www.worldanimalday.org.uk/

http://www.worldspaceweek.org/

http://www.worldspaceweek.org/

https://www.worldteachersday.org/map/

http://www.un.org/en/events/habitatday/

http://www.mentalhealthcommission.gov.au/media-centre/events.aspx


https://www.bicyclenetwork.com.au/general/programs/3025/

http://www.un.org/en/events/ruralwomenday/

http://www.un.org/en/events/ruralwomenday/

http://www.awa.asn.au/

http://www.awa.asn.au/



http://aussiebirdcount.org.au/

http://aussiebirdcount.org.au/

NovemberSunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

T4W31 2 3 4

5

National Recycling Week 5-11 Nov

6T4W4

7

Melbourne Cup Day

8 9 10 11

Remembrance Day

12 13T4W5

National Walk to Work Day

14 15 16 17 18

19 20T4W6

21 22 23 24 25

26 27T4W7

28 29 30

http://recyclingweek.planetark.org/about/

http://recyclingweek.planetark.org/about/

http://www.walk.com.au/wtw/how-to-participate.asp

http://www.walk.com.au/wtw/how-to-participate.asp

DecemberSunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

31

New Year’s Eve (7pm-Midnight)

T4W71 2 1 2

3 4T4W8

5

International Volunteer Day

World Soil Day

6 7 8 9

10

Human Rights Day

11T4W9

International Mountain Day

12 13 14 15 16

17School Holidays >

18 19 20 21 22 23

24

Christmas Eve(7pm-Midnight)

25

Christmas Day

26

Proclomation/Boxing Day

27 28

http://www.volunteeringaustralia.org/2014/11/international-volunteer-day-december-5/

http://www.volunteeringaustralia.org/2014/11/international-volunteer-day-december-5/

http://www.fao.org/global-soil-partnership/wsd2016/background/en/

http://www.un.org/en/events/humanrightsday/

http://www.un.org/en/events/mountainday/

http://www.un.org/en/events/mountainday/


Contact Details:http://www.naturalresources.sa.gov.au/northernandyorke/get-involved/education

Lower Mid NorthBonnie MaynardP: 8841 3470M: 0419 209 898E: [email protected] Main North Road, Clare SA 5453

Southern Flinders/Upper NorthKate PearceP: 8658 1086M: 0429 362 002E: [email protected] Second Street, Orroroo SA 5431

Yorke PeninsulaFabienne DeeP: 8853 3882M: 0428 429 321E: [email protected] Main Street, Minlaton SA 5575

http://www.naturalresources.sa.gov.au/northernandyorke/get-involved/education

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