Great Big Green Week in Kent
We will be celebrating community action tackling climate change and protecting nature across Kent this Great Big Green Week - Saturday 10 June to Sunday 18 June.
There are lots of fantastic events and activities planned to help you take one step towards being greener.
On this webpage you can:
Find a green event or activity using our map.
Share your top green tips or ideas via the ideas tab.
Let us know what green action you are already taking and what you need more support with via our quick 'pulse check' survey.
Every small step we take to make our lives greener, adds up to an enormous impact collectively. So we hope you enjoy Great Big Green Week and are inspired to take some green action in your home, work or community!
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Share your tips and inspire others to take green action.
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View All Ideas11 months ago
Avoid flying on holidays by taking the train
Trains in Europe are good and surprisingly cheap if you book well in advance. I like to take the sleeper trains to south of France in a couchette, which means I arrive well rested. The couchettes have lights and electric plugs. You share with 5 others, so sleep in your clothes. It is cheap if you book as soon as they come online (about 12 weeks before) . You can book via Trainline.com. The website Man in Seat 61 is really useful and informative. The most expensive part of your journey will be Eurostar. Book it well ahead. (Often over 12 weeks in advance ). We enjoy spending a few hours in Paris on the way out and back. You can dump your luggage in a left luggage locker at the station.
12 months ago
Travel under your own steam
Leave the car at home for one more short trip each week. Take the time to enjoy the journey, increase your activity and have positive impact on local air pollution and your carbon footprint- it's a win win!
12 months ago
Freecycling!
Set up a table with some pre-loved items that others could use again. You can do this in your front garden, workplace or at a community event like a Farmers Market. Email KES@kent.gov.uk if you want a swap shop and freecycling starter pack with tips and template posters :-)
11 months ago
Hanging Baskets from Hard Hats
We have been growing flowers, fruit and veg is discarded hard hats from the construction industry.
11 months ago
Make a bug or bee hotel for Sevenoaks green spaces!
Sevenoaks Town Council would like to do our part in The Great Big Green Week by offering everyone the opportunity to make bee or bug hotels for our green spaces. Due to the loss to local habitat, climate change, and pesticide use these small but important insects are slow diminishing. Bug and bee hotels act as a great hideaway home for wildlife, hosting pollinators such as solitary bees, ladybirds and woodlice, or even hedgehogs and toads! If you'd like to make a bug or bee hotel for the towns green spaces, drop your hotel off at the Bat and Ball Community Centre, TN14 5DN between the 12th - 23rd June 9am - 4pm. We'll begin distributing these around our green spaces such as The Vine, Greatness Recreational ground, and Sevenoaks Common.
Who's listening
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Alongside many other roles, we run the Kent Green Action campaign to encourage more people in Kent to reduce their impacts on and protect their local environments.
Email KES@kent.gov.uk
