{"id":558,"date":"2022-07-24T17:09:15","date_gmt":"2022-07-24T17:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/?page_id=558"},"modified":"2025-06-02T09:57:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T09:57:37","slug":"great-big-green-week","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.westdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/index.php\/great-big-green-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Big Green Week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Great Big Green Week is the UK’s biggest ever celebration of community action to tackle Climate Change and protect nature.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The GBGW is organised nationally by the Climate Coalition. Here is their webpage: https:\/\/www.greatbiggreenweek.com\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Saturday <\/em><\/strong> June 7th<\/sup><\/strong> :  Co-op members luncheon to celebrate the Great Big Green Week: Taking Action on Climate Change<\/em>. 12pm-2pm Bridport Youth Community Centre, Gundry Lane. (Co-op members only)  Rachel.goode@cooop.co.uk<\/a>   Catered by Bridport Food Matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday<\/em> June 9th<\/sup>:<\/strong>\u00a0 MMMM!\u00a0 Monday Movie, Meal and Mingling\u00a0 6-9 pm\u00a0\u00a0 Screening a talk about Ultra Processed Foods.\u00a0 Details: https:\/\/ud.coop\/UPF<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Food \u00a310 (Vegan curry) Film \u00a33. Can be bought in advance online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday<\/em><\/strong>  June 11th<\/sup><\/strong>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Symondsbury Manor Summer Feast (in the Tithe Barn).\u00a0 Speaker: garden designer and plantsman, Charles Chesshire.\u00a0 6:30 until late. \u00a340 per person.\u00a0 Booking 01308 424 116<\/p>\n\n\n\n

St. Mary\u2019s Edible Garden Children\u2019s Fair, 3:15-5pm.  \u201cSeeds of Hope\u201d (Sustainable Bridport & West Dorset Wilding stall)  St Mary\u2019s Primary School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday <\/em><\/strong>June 12th<\/sup><\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

West Bay Walks: 11 am West Bay Discovery Centre (2 hours \u00a35)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bridport Swift town walk: RSPB\u2019s Luke Phillips 6-8pm, starts at Bridport Arts Centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday<\/em><\/strong> June 14th<\/sup><\/strong> : Bridport Food Festival.  Askers Meadow  9:30 to 5 pm  \u00a33.50 in advance or  \u00a35 on the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Extras:<\/strong>\u00a0 Tuesday, June 17th<\/sup><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 Bridport\u00a0 Town Hall 7pm.\u00a0 A talk and conversation with Tony Juniper, chair of Natural England (& ex head of FoE) West Dorset Wilding.\u00a0 Details\u00a0 https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/tony-juniper-on-the-balance-of-nature-restoration-and-sustainable-farming-tickets-1371352023819?aff=oddtdtcreator<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday, June 19th<\/sup><\/em><\/strong> Slader\u2019s Yard, West Bay 7pm.\u00a0 \u201cthe Health of our Seas\u201d a talk by Doug Skinner. \u00a0Tickets \u00a312 (conc \u00a36)\u00a0 Doors open at 6–hot supper and bar available).\u00a0 Book with the TIC:\u00a0 https:\/\/bridportandwestbay.co.uk\/tickets\/<\/a> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Great Big Green Week is the UK’s biggest ever celebration of community action to tackle Climate Change and protect nature. The GBGW is organised nationally by the Climate Coalition. Here is their webpage: https:\/\/www.greatbiggreenweek.com\/ Saturday  June 7th :  Co-op members luncheon to celebrate the Great Big Green Week: Taking Action on Climate Change. 12pm-2pm … Continue reading “Great Big Green Week”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/558"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=558"}],"version-history":[{"count":44,"href":"https:\/\/www.westdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1206,"href":"https:\/\/www.westdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/558\/revisions\/1206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}