The National Emergency Briefing – is the film informative enough?
While the move to put together a National Emergency Briefing film and have it presented by local groups for their communities all over the country is admirable, and I still think that it’s worth doing/seeing, I was disappointed by the content being heavily edited to make way for responses by members of the public to […]
2026 Summer Heatwaves – unusual or just a taste of what’s to come? What to do about it?
One of the comments from the National Emergency Briefing film that we presented in Saffron Walden during the Big Green Festival was a climate scientist stating that while the weather is getting hot now, these are the best conditions we’ll have for the rest of our lives unless there’s a massive change is how we […]
Thank you to all who were involved in and attended the Big Green Festival
While the Big Green Festival may be over for this year, the momentum we’ve built together doesn’t stop here. Across Uttlesford, inspiring ideas are already taking root – from community-led projects and behaviour changes at home, to new partnerships and local initiatives. The festival is just the beginning of what we can achieve when we […]
Uttlesford’s Rivers and Chalk Streams: Collaboration and Catchments
As part of the ongoing Big Green Festival, tomorrow night, 10th June, 6.15pm at Foakes Hall Great Dunmow, we will be celebrating Uttlesford’s rivers and chalk streams, achievements of sustained community action and the premiere of a new short film, by way of an introduction, click here. This event focuses on the district’s rivers and […]
A Great Start to the Big Green Festival
The first few days of events in the Big Green Festival have been a great success, including the kick off event, the nature walks, the community bike day, the community garden event. Despite the weather being somewhat variable, everyone has had a great time, picked up useful information, and engaged with the wider community. Click […]
Big Green Festival Launch Event
Friday 5 June, 6.15pm Uttlesford District Council Offices, London Road, Saffron Walden CB11 4ER The Uttlesford Big Green Festival kicks off with an exciting launch event! We will be celebrating all the community action that has has been happening on nature recovery and low carbon projects across the district. The session will blend storytelling with […]
Architecture and natural cooling
Kew Gardens in West London recorded a temperature of 34.8 degrees during the late May heatwave, and given the current trends reported by climate scientists, it’s only going to get worse in years to come given that we’re not doing enough to stop the warming. I expect air conditioner sales are running at an all-time […]
The Uttlesford Big Green Festival – Event Calendar
The Uttlesford Big Green Festival (6th to 14th June) is getting closer and the exciting calendar of district-wide events is over 25 in number and still growing, covering community climate action, nature recovery and biodiversity, sustainable living and circular economy, and active travel and clean energy. From workshops and talks to green fairs, exhibitions, repair […]
National Emergency Briefing
The new film from the National Emergency Briefing – a public information initiative to ensure the UK is fully briefed on the climate and nature crisis – has now been released. Along with our screening of it as part of the Uttlesford Big Green Festival on the 11th June at the town hall, there is […]
Cost of Net Zero by 2050 less than a single fossil fuel price shock – CCC
The Climate Change Committee (CCC) has released a new report to complement its 2025 advice on the UK’s Seventh Carbon Budget. The independent, statutory body tested its cost and energy security conclusions against different scenarios. It found that the total additional cost of a single fossil fuel price spike of 2022 magnitude is likely to be as large as the total net additional cost of meeting the pathway to Net Zero across every year to 2050. In all scenarios, achieving […]