Big Green Swap, May 2022. Thankyou so much to everyone who volunteered, donated, took things, came, spread the word, and made this swap such a success.
Our Big Green Swap was on Sunday 15/5/22, 12-3pm, St Matthews Centre, Malabar Rd, LE1 2PD. Hundreds of people came and took part and we have a vanload of baby and childrens clothes to donate to other local groups.
Focussing mainly on clothes and children, this event included: Children and adult clothes and shoes swap, Craft materials swap, Toy swap, Baby stuff swap and Basic clothing repair.
Why did we organise the Big Green Swap? We want to promote looking after, rewearing and sharing stuff we already have. This means we can buy less and throw away less, reducing our contribution to climate change, and reducing the human and environmental negative impacts of fast fashion. We also want to build community and links between people so we can face climate change together.
For more information about the Big Green Swap click here.
Stand Up for Climate Justice, Nov 2021 during CoP26. This was jointly organised by Climate Action L+L, the Race Equality Centre, the Muslim Green Guardians, Leicester Friends of the Earth and the City Retreat and was an afternoon of action for climate justice. It was a combination of silent vigil, photo stunt, food sharing, clothes swap and food. Thankyou everyone who came and made it such a striking occasion. For more info click here.
Feb 2021. Our online ‘Climate and Me’ event.
This 3 day event was designed to get people thinking, talking and feeling about climate change. We hope it will broaden the conversations about climate change and its implications and leave us all thinking in new ways and feeling inspired to act.
We hope you will be inspired to take action against climate change as a result of the 3 day ‘Climate and Me’ event we’ve just run, so we’ve set up a page with many suggestions of things you could do – and the opportunity to pledge to do specific things or make up your own pledge – have a look here and see if there is something (or more than one thing) you can do.
Greenwashing vs Renewable Energy Generation Workshop: which energy suppliers are making a positive difference? A lot of us think we are with a green energy company, but actually there’s a lot of greenwashing in this area. In the Summerof 2021 Climate Action L+L ran an event to clarify things. You can see the slides (including ones not used in the actual event on other companies) here or watch a recording of the talk and debate here.
It consisted of a half hour talk + Q&A on what energy companies are doing to support renewable generation and how most of them are greenwashing themselves.
This was followed by a half hour debate + Q&A on what the differences are between the actually green suppliers – which one ticks your boxes?
People look for different things with their energy company when they care about the climate crisis.
You might want to know – like Hafsah’s family – that your supplier is either generating their own energy or buying it from a generator 
with a supportive private purchase agreement – this is generally the best way of checking that your energy is genuinely green, and the 3 companies they are choosing from are the best contenders here.
- Or like Mel, you might want your supplier to supply 100% green gas as well as electricity. Green Energy UK is the only company to do this at the moment.
- Maybe like Nick you want your supplier to prioritise the rollout of electric vehicle infrastructure around the UK – a key priority for Ecotricity.
- Are you like Akash whose priority is that the company he is with is lobbying for action on the climate
crisis? - Or perhaps like Lucy, you object to your supplier misleading you and claiming to be green when they aren’t.
- Maybe, like so many of us- and Neil – it’s simply something you’ve been meaning to do for ages but haven’t got round to.
Why not watch our Greenwashing vs Renewable Energy Generation Event here, and find out which company you want to be with?
Work on Leicester’s Local Plan, 2020.
THANK YOU to all of you who responded to – and helped other people to respond to – the Local Plan! Our work is already having results:
