20 activities for World Environment Day

Packed with creative, hands-on activities to inspire environmental action, this comprehensive resource includes 20 engaging ideas to help your students make a real difference this World Environment Day.

What's included

• 20 ready-to-use activities with instructions and helpful tips
• Curated links to external resources and guidance from trusted organisations like The Wildlife Trusts, RHS, Sustrans, and Ocean.org to support you in implementing activities
• Interactive PowerPoint presentation for nature walk activities (subscribers only)

Available as a free PDF download, or access the editable version with additional resources as a subscriber.

Activities to celebrate World Environment Day

These activities range from seed bombing to plastic-free initiatives, engaging students in meaningful environmental action. Each one comes with practical guidance, helpful resource links, and ideas for extension:

1. Make your own seed bombs
2. Do a whole-school litter pick
3. Build an insect hotel
4. Write to your local MP
5. Connect with nature through sensory activities
6. Complete a nature scavenger hunt
7. Create a transport survey
8. Plant window boxes
9. Design a school garden
10. Design posters to encourage bin use
11. Start a recycling bin campaign
12. Create plastic ecobricks
13. Investigate soil quality
14. Paint rocks with environmental messages
15. Plant seeds in jars
16. Create a plastic audit challenge
17. Design and build plastic pollution filters
18. Start a plastic-free lunch initiative
19. Create a plastic art exhibition
20. Develop a plastic-free alternatives guide

How to use this resource

These 20 versatile activities are suitable for upper primary and secondary students across multiple subjects. They focus on practical environmental action, with five new activities which focus on this year's theme of beating plastic pollution. Activities range from quick classroom tasks to longer-term projects, allowing you to choose what works best for your students.

Looking for more World Environment Day resources?

World Environment Day 2025 focuses on the theme #BeatPlasticPollution. For more subject-specific teaching ideas and information, check out our comprehensive World Environment Day guide.

Explore our plastic pollution resources:

• Primary resources:
  • Understanding plastic pollution
  • Litter survey activity
  • Awareness poster project
  • Persuasive letter writing
• Secondary resources:
  • Geography research project