WEAct will be arranging a series of activities and events as part of the Great Big Green Week, a national campaign celebrating action against climate change, from 24 September to October 2, 2022.
The first Great Big Green Week took place in September 2021, and was the largest event for climate and nature ever seen in the UK. More than 200 Local Green Weeks celebrated local activity, raised the profile of climate change and showed why climate action is relevant to community and local decision makers. Here in Woking, WEAct co-ordinated a programme of events for the week including Net-Zero Visioning Walks, Biodiversity Volunteering Days and a climate debate with local MP Jonathan Lord.
This year we are theming our Great Big Green Week around ‘Woking Takes the Jump’ and encouraging residents and businesses within Woking to sign up to one or more of six life shifts, thereby taking a jump into a more sustainable life that protects the earth. The six shifts are:
- Ending clutter by keeping products for at least seven years
- Traveling fresh – if possible, no personal vehicles
- Eating green – moving to a plant based diet
- Dressing Retro – by purchasing only three new items of clothing per year
- Holidaying locally – one flight every three years
- Changing the system – at least one life shift to nudge the system
We would particularly encourage events/initiatives linked to the Jump Shifts, – you can find out more details here.
We want to make Woking Great Big Green Week 2022 bigger and better than last year’s- and that’s why we are contacting local organisations, businesses and community groups to join us by organising an event, display or other initiative during the week.
National organisations, institutions, businesses and media outlets will join in, getting more people involved up and down the country, and putting pressure on the UK Government to up its game on climate change.
If you would like to arrange an event, please download the Event Organiser’s Guide and get in touch so that we can promote it as part of Woking’s activities.
For more information on Great Big Green Week, follow this link.
| Event | Description | Time | Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woking takes the JUMP – Woking Great Big Green Week launch event | Find out more about The Jump, what’s on during Great Big Green Week and how you can get involved. | Sat 24 Sept 12noon – 2pm Woking Town Centre | WEAct Email WEAct |
| Biodiversity work parties | Practical volunteering mornings taking place throughout the week | Sun 25 Sept 10am – 1pm St John’s Lye | Woking Biodiversity Group Email WBG |
| Fruit foraging walk | Guided walk around Millmoor Common to find out about some wild local fruit, how to harvest & use it. | Sun 25 Sept 10.30am-11.30am & 12pm-1pm | Mary Tobin Eventbrite |
| Woking Great Big Green Week – Ask your MP online session | An opportunity to put your climate based questions to local MP Jonathan Lord. | Tues 27 Sept 7.30pm – 8.30pm | WEAct Eventbrite |
| Woking net-zero visioning walk | Learn more about Woking’s green infrastructure & share your ideas for the future | Weds 28 Sept Meet at 6pm outside WWF Living Planet Centre | WEAct Eventbrite |
| How to take The JUMP: a talk and workshop | Find out how you can take the JUMP to a more sustainable lifestyle with this talk and workshop. | Thurs 29 Sept 7pm – 9pm WWF Living Planet Centre | WEAct Eventbrite |
Woking Environment Action 
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