Great Big Green Week
Sat 10 Jun
|Location is TBD
Multiple events are taking shape across the Shaftesbury area for this national week that celebrates community action to protect climate and nature. Walks, talks, market, arts & crafts, and a green vigil candlelit walk. Many details here and some separate listings as well.
Time & Location
10 Jun 2023, 10:00 – 18 Jun 2023, 21:00
Location is TBD
About the Event
Now an annual national celebration, GBGW was launched in September 2021 when over 5,000 events highlighted community action to tackle climate change and protect green spaces. We have previously linked local activities to GBGW: the town's Tree Festival (2021), participation in a Dorset-wide Open Greener Homes event (2021 & 22), a display at the Library: Cost of Living - what can I do and save the planet too? (2022), a film show: Kiss the Ground (2022), and more. At our meeting in January, Chris Harwood, then better known as the organiser of community tree planting projects around Shaftesbury's hinterland, made a pitch for us to aim BIG for GBGW 2023. What follows is the outcome - taken from June's newsletter!
Great Big Green Week
Chris Harwood spearheaded local efforts to make our participation in the UK-wide Great Big Green Week both a reflective and vibrant celebration of our community's actions to…