Our #GreatBigGreenWeek "Closing Conversations" event videos are now available online: Key Note: youtu.be/ZAv4w-rwaN8?... 1st panel: youtu.be/eNqvcvYBFXY?... 2nd panel: youtu.be/8I_-QhRHvRs?...

It's #RepairCafe day today, 10am-2pm at the Methodist Church Hall in Old Town. There's also a "Give-n-Take" stall until 1pm with this month's theme being "homewares". So bring any unwanted homewares and give them a new home! 👍

The "End of Ten" campaign to help people replace obsolete Microsoft Windows 10 installations with #Linux is gathering pace in this community.

If you live in Alcester and shop in Waitrose, please look out for Netzero Stratford on the "blue token" scheme at the checkout this month. It would be great if you could vote for us with your token!

At the #RepairCafe this coming Saturday we'll have someone on hand to advise and help people replace Windows 10, which is soon to reach "End of Life", with a free Linux replacement.

🌟 Stratford-upon-Avon is in the running for UK Town of Culture 2028! Our digital postcard celebrating the town’s culture and heritage is now featured on the official UK Town of Culture map. 🗺️ #UKTownofCulture

Still time for you to book your FREE place at our next #CarbonLiteracy course. This time we're doing the whole course in a single day at the weekend, so if you've not been able to attend previous weekday ones, here's your chance! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rsa-challe...

A reminder that this coming Saturday is the first weekend of the month, so that means it's #RepairCafe time in Stratford! Bring along your broken stuff and see if our volunteers can fix it! www.repaircafe.org/en/cafe/stra...

We have a number of events coming up - walks, moth nights & our Open Day in August. Here’s an helpful link to our events page : butterfly-conservation.org/events?field...

. Only strong action on emissions can restore economic stability, UN climate chief says | Greenhouse gas emissions | The Guardian Find out more: theguardian.com/environment... #ClimateAction 🌎🌍🌏

RECORD YEAR: 2025 was the biggest year ever for renewables. A record 692 GW was added, mostly solar. More importantly, non-fossil sources generated 43% of the world's electricity and fossil generation fell. More in Bright Spots: open.substack.com/pub/janrosen...

Fancy finding out more about #ClimateChange, #resilience and how we can tackle it in and around #StratfordUponAvon? Then this #CarbonLiteracy community session might be right up your street. Book your FREE place using the EventBrite link. Supported by the Royal Society of Arts.

What's On in July? Lots! Repair Cafe on 4th, Monthly meeting on 7th, Carbon Literacy on 11th, book talk on 14th, eco-craft along on 18th, People's Emergency Briefing screening on 29th and community kitchen every Friday. Phew!

Our next Carbon Literacy event is on 11th July from 9.30 am to 4.30pm. You can do the full training session all in one day! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rsa-challe...

Remember the extreme weather we were promised a few years ago as a result of not tackling #ClimateChange sufficiently seriously? Its arrived.

The next SCA meeting will be held on the evening of Tuesday 7th July, at the Net Zero climate hub at 30 Meer Street.

Shipston Green Book Talk: "When the Forest Breathes" by Suzanne Simard. Thursday, 18 June⋅11:00 – 12:30, Shipston Library. This book weaves together scientific discovery with storytelling to advocate for a regenerative approach to forestry. Everyone is welcome to come along to this FREE event

On 29th July there will be a community screening of "The People’s Emergency Briefing" film at the Rother Street Arts House, looking at the effects of #ClimateChange on the UK including extreme weather events, food security, health and cost of living. www.tickettailor.com/events/strat...

We had some jolly interesting conversations at our #GreatBigGreenWeek closing event today. Thanks to @rupertread.bsky.social, @mp4stratford.bsky.social and all the rest of our panelists and attendees.

Congratulations to Karen Allen who spoke to interested visitors yesterday about her exhibition at the RSC and "Miss Textile Landfill"

The reading of the play "A Hero of the People" in Stratford public library went well earlier this week as part of #GreatBigGreenWeek. After the reading the cast and audience had a lively discussion about the themes it raised.

I've got my ticket for this: looking forward to hearing from @rupertread.bsky.social, @mp4stratford.bsky.social and others on what we can do to strengthen local #resilience in #StratfordUponAvon. And I'm looking forward to the plant based lunch from Crowne Plaza too - their food is yummy!

Still time to get tickets for this event on Sunday (14th) in #StratfordUponAvon. I'll be talking about resilience and adaptation during my speech to end the Great Big Green Week.

You've still just about go time to order the FREE tickets for our "Closing Conversation" #GreatBigGreenWeek event at Crowne Plaza on Sunday. Discussions on #ClimateChange, #nature, #biodiversity, #resilience and #adaption, with a free lunch! www.tickettailor.com/events/strat...

On Saturday 13th June from 10am to 12pm at Lower Cottage, Preston-on-Stour, Dave Brown will be showing the marvellous moths attracted overnight to his traps. £15 per person. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/moth-traps...

Fancy having a go at "rag rugging"? Linda Ledger will be at Chadham's Yard in Wellesbourne showing you how to make rugs and art from waste textiles, from 11am to 3pm on Saturday 13th June. #GreatBigGreenWeek

Throughout #GreatBigGreenWeek there has been a "Miss Textile Landfill" exhibition in the RSC Welcome Space 10am to 4pm. On Friday 12th June Karen Allen from the RSC will be there 10am-12pm and 2pm-4pm to discuss her work, the RSC and the Theatre Green Book.

If you want a taster of what the documentary "Power Station" is all about (including people sleeping on their roof to help get #solar panels for their street!), check out the trailer here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFdN...

Inspired by lockdown mutual aid initiatives, Hilary Powell and Dan Edelstyn decided to turn their street into an energy-generating powerhouse. Find out more at a free screening of the Power Station documentary about their work. Tickets at the link below! www.tickettailor.com/events/strat...

On Friday 12th June at 3.30pm there will be a visit to the Heart of England Community Energy solar farm, just outside Stratford, as part of #GreatBigGreenWeek. Email [email protected] to say how many free tickets you'd like!

Thanks to support from our generous partners for this year’s #GreatBigGreenWeek: NFU Mutual, Unity Technologies, Launch Agency, Banbury Litho and the Crowne Plaza Hotel.

If you missed the #RepairCafe in Stratford last weekend, fear not, as there is another one in the district at #Shipston this coming Saturday. Its at the Ellen Badger Hospital from 10am to 2pm. For more information email [email protected].

Good to read that @stratforddc.bsky.social have achieved a Bronze award for organisational #CarbonLiteracy. Good work folks!

A reminder that tomorrow (Friday) evening we'll have the #GreatBigGreenWeek edition of our weekly Community Kitchen event at the Ken Kennet Centre on Justins Avenue between 5pm and 7pm. Come along for a tasty pay-as-you-feel veggie meal made from surplus food.

The latest edition of our "Carbon Copy" #podcast is online for your ears' pleasure. Talking about the reintroduction of #beavers as a means to reduce future #flood risks. www.mixcloud.com/RTRNetZero/c...

We're in the midst of #GreatBigGreenWeek, but there's also lots of our usual monthly events going on too.

Katie Beswick is also in #StratfordUponAvon this morning leading a guided wild plant walk along the Greenway from Bobby's cafe from 10.30am until 12pm. Katie is an expert in wild plants and their role in food and medicine. Really interesting information... and a nice walk too! #GreatBigGreenWeek

In Shipston, Katie Beswick is leading a free #foraging walk from 6pm-7.30pm starting at her Little Bird Shop in The Alleyway, Telegraph Street CV36 4AF. It FREE and non-ticketed - just turn up at 6pm to join in! #GreatBigGreenWeek #TogetherForGood

If you're in Alcester today, there's plenty to see and do at the Eric Payne Community Centre. From 3-6pm Alcester Town Council have info about local biodiversity & nature projects and home energy advice, and from midday until 9pm there are two hourly guided nature walks.

The folk at Escape Arts have 2 #GreatBigGreenWeek options for you today, both 1-3pm this afternoon. You can choose between: "Nourish and Flourish" in the garden of Lifeways, 30 Albany Road OR "Crafted by Nature" at their centre in Sheep Street. #TogetherForGood

At dawn this morning we had an early #GreatBigGreenWeek event bird watching down by the river at Lench Meadows.

There's a great plant and book swap taking place at the Birthplace Trust New Place gardens. Free entry with proof of CV37 residency or books/plants to swap! #GreatBigGreenWeek

Great to see local MP @mp4stratford.bsky.social "launching" herself into #GreatBigGreenWeek with a river litter pick alongside Rubbish Friends and the local kayak group.

A lot of #GreatBigGreenWeek stuff going on this Sunday: * 10am Rubbish Friends community litter picking meet at the Leisure Centre car park * 11am - 2.45pm Book and plant swap at New Place garden * 10am and 1pm - Guided herbalist walks * 10am Cornmill Meadows Shipston butterfly walk

As well as the main launch event at Meon Vale and the social bike ride along the Greenway this morning, we also have our regularly scheduled #RepairCafe in the Methodist church hall from 10am to 2pm. Phew... so many #GreatBigGreenWeek options today!

It's #GreatBigGreenWeek official launch day! The main launch event is at Meon Vale village hall from 10am to 4pm, with eco talks & stalls. You can book to visit a wildlife haven in a local garden as featured on TV. Come on a social bike ride along the Greenway at 10am!

Every week we host a Community Kitchen event at the Ken Kennet Centre on Justins Avenue on Friday evening between 5pm and 7pm. And #GreatBigGreenWeek is no different! So pop along to enjoy a healthy meal made by local chefs from surplus food. #yum

Still spaces available at our ticketed (but free!) closing conversation event at the Crowne Plaza hotel on Sunday 14th June. Discussion on #ClimateChange, #resilience and #adaption with a keynote by Rupert Read, founder of the Climate Majority Project. www.tickettailor.com/events/strat...

Come to Stratford Library on 10th June 2026 for a reading of Brad Birch's short play, "A Hero of the People". Tickets are free and open to all (we're all friends of the RSA!) #StratfordUponAvon #GBGW www.thersa.org/events/2026/...

Great Big Green Week is ramping up in #StratfordUponAvon district! Look out for the events we have happening around the area, or pop into the Climate Hub in 30 Meer Street to pick up a leaflet with the full programme in it!