Great Big Green Week starts 10th June for a week until 18th June. It’s usually a key part of planning in our Calendar, we even launched a local Great Big Green Week website in 2021. It has been falling in September the last few years and the move to June has thrown us out a bit this year. We agreed to support the stalls in the Green Expo this June and then host our usual event in Grosvenor Park later in the year.
The Green Expo is now in its second year and Sustainable Cheshire (Eco Communities project) have embedded the stalls part of the Exposition into our annual events programme. We didn’t wanted to cause mixed messages and so have been quiet on the Great Big Green Week front this time. Our website is therefore left to gather dust this year, but 2024 might be a great time to bring it back to action.
What is Great Big Green Week?
The idea was created by The Climate Coalition. The Climate Coalition is a group of over 100 organisations at 22 million members strong. Eco Communities are a member of what is the UK’s largest group of people dedicated to action against climate change. Along with key organisations like National Trust, WWF, Women’s Institute, Oxfam, and RSPB.
Now in its third year, the campaign events will draw attention to climate change and destruction of the natural world, while also making a connection with these issues in communities.
Where will Eco Communities be this Great Big Green Week?
Come and find us on Castle Drive, Chester (by the river). The Green Expo is a great example of what needs to be done to highlight the issues around climate change and we hope you all plan to come along and catch up with the team and support all the organisations involved.
We will have various talks. People Planet Pint and People Planet Pastry in the Green Hut area.
What else is going on in the region?
Cheshire West Libraries will be celebrating Great Big Green Week over the full week by holding a special Treasure Hunt for children with green tips scattered around the library shelves. Adults and children will be asked to write “Letters to Tomorrow”, explaining their hopes for future generations and fears about what life could be like if we don’t slow down climate change. (See More)
What can I do as an individual?
Come down to the Green Expo and speak to us and other stalls on things you might be interested in. You can also join our community of Carbon Footprint Friends on Giki to find out what your impact is on the planet and choose from over 160 steps to help you reduce your impact. The best bit, we can see what we are doing as a community working together to protect the planet.
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