The exciting news is that the very popular Big Green Gathering is back for 2009! What is it? The Big Green Gathering is a five-day camping event which is currently located in the Mendip Hills in Somerset. It has grown out of the original Green Gatherings of the 1980s and the Green Fields of Glastonbury Music Festival. It has developed organically in response to a desire from people within the green movement for a festival that was focused on Green issues... More →

It's RSPB Feed the Birds weekend. There are events up and down the country but the most important one could be in your back garden! BGI and RSPB volunteer Fiona wants YOU to get involved... More →

This year's Switch It Off campaign has now been announced with the Big Switch Off scheduled for Friday 24 October from 4.30-6.30pm. This is the third year of the campaign, which began in 2006, and has grown year on year. Primarily an event in Warwickshire, why not join in anyway... More →

Energy Saving Week is a unique, annual event hosted by the Energy Saving Trust. This year's Energy Saving Week takes place from 20th to 26th October. 2008 is the event's twelfth year. The Energy Saving Trust is the UK's leading organisation set up to address the damaging effects of climate change by helping everybody to cut carbon dioxide emissions - the main greenhouse gas causing climate change - from their homes. More →

It's finally happened! The Big Green Bus hit the road with a weekend date in Bradford-on-Avon. Pupils and teachers from Fitzmaurice School enjoyed an exclusive day on the bus on Friday, then it was all hands on deck (top deck or bottom, it didn't matter !) as the first Big Bradford Green Fair opened its doors to the public and Brigit and her volunteer team welcomed the world... More →

Award winning environmentalist Donnachadh McCarthy is launching the world’s first ever National Carbon Footprint Day on Thursday, 2nd of October. Having made his 1840s Camberwell terrace home into London’s first carbon negative home, he wants to encourage millions of others to do likewise, by launching an annual day when people will be encouraged to pledge to measure and reduce their annual carbon footprints. More →

Everyone has something in their cupboard or wardrobe that they've bought but never used and research from sustainable transport charity Sustrans shows that nearly half of all women have access to a bike but three quarters of women do not cycle at all. More →