Upcoming Environmental Days of Note in 2013:

March:

Anniversary: March 11 Fukushima nuclear disaster, caused by the Tohoku earthquake and following tsunami, is the largest nuclear disaster since the Chernoybyl disaster of 1986

National Water Week – March 18-24

World Forestry Day – March 21

UN World Water Day – March 22

World Meteorological Day – 23 March

Earth Hour 8.30pm on Saturday March 23

April:

World Heritage Day – April 18

Earth Day – April 22

Green Office Week – April 23-26

International Day of Chernobyl – April 26

Note:

2013 is the International Year of Water Cooperation and also interestingly the International Year of Quinoa

*you can download a calendar of the year’s green and socially conscious events/days from: www.greenworks.co.za/Calendar.pdf

Events:

Design Indaba expo 27 Feb -3 March: http://www.designindaba.com/

Infecting the City March 11-16 March: http://www.infectingthecity.com/2013/

(You can download a PDF of the full programme on their website)