How You Can Join The Great Big Green Week This June

re you ready to make a difference and showcase your commitment to sustainability? The Great Big Green Week is just around the corner, and we’re inviting you to join in the fun. In this article, we'll explore what the Great Big Green Week is all about and how you can get involved to help drive positive change for our planet. 

What is the Great Big Green Week?

The Great Big Green Week – taking place this year between 8th and 16th June – is a nationwide week of climate and nature events. Organised by The Climate Coalition, the Great Big Green Week brings people from all over the country together in a week-long celebration of positive, hopeful, collective action to tackle climate change and protect nature.

This year is all about swaps, whether it’s friends swapping fast fashion for second-hand finds, parents swapping cars for bikes on the school run or businesses swapping fossil fuels for solar panels. 

Why take part?

We know that food brings people together. Cafés, restaurants and retailers play a crucial role in shaping sustainable practices within local communities. By joining the Great Big Green Week, you have the opportunity to:

• Demonstrate your commitment: Showcase your dedication to sustainability to your customers and community.
• Engage your community: Connect with people by involving them in meaningful conversations about sustainability and climate action.
• Gain new customers: Draw in people looking for sustainable food options who will see you as a trustworthy and quality establishment. 
• Inspire change: Lead by example and inspire other businesses to adopt more sustainable practices, creating a ripple effect of positive impact.
• Be part of a national moment: The Great Big Green Week sees people come together at the same time in every corner of the country. Join them!

How to get involved

Here are some creative ways you can take part in the Great Big Green Week:

• Host an event: Organise an event between 8th and 16th June. Could you run a local tasting event featuring sustainable ingredients, a plant-based cooking feast or even a ‘Meet your sustainable suppliers’ event? 
• The SRA has a fantastic guide to hosting a sustainable supper, which is free to download here and will help you get started.
• Green up your menu: Use your daily specials to promote your sustainable recipes and suppliers, or run a green-themed menu for the week. You could share one recipe day on social media using the hashtag #GreatBigGreenWeek!
• Join a Green Week: Many communities across the UK run their own ‘Green Weeks’, a collection of local events in one area. Why not connect with other local environmental groups, suppliers or businesses who are also planning events to join up into one Green Week?
• Share your story: Take this opportunity to celebrate the sustainable initiatives you’ve already put in place by shouting about them. If you’ve swapped to local ingredients, reduced food waste or implemented measures to save energy. tell your story on social media using the hashtag #SwapTogether.

How to get started

Ready to join the celebrations and make a difference? 

Whether you’re planning a zero-waste cooking workshop or a green-themed menu promotion, the Great Big Green Week website has everything you need to support you being part of this national week of action, including easy-to-use content for social media promotion.

Make sure you add your events to the website so that other people in your local area can find out about what you’re planning using the event finder. Once you’ve added your event to the website, you’ll be sent a FREE pack of branded materials – including posters, bunting and flyers – to show at your event.

Let’s swap together for good

By coming together at the same time in every corner of the country, the Great Big Green Week will show people everywhere are already making swaps to help create a safer, greener future. 

This June, let’s swap together for good.

Read more about Great Big Green Week at their website, and be sure to download our guide to hosting a sustainable supper here!