Get the ideas, inspiration and skills to green up your home, business and community, with our programme of Green Build & Sustainable Living events.

We run events to help people cut their carbon footprints in all sorts of ways:

  • Retrofitting for energy efficiency
  • Low-energy new-builds
  • Growing food & foraging
  • Climate science
  • Climate emergency action for communities
  • Co-housing
  • Community energy
  • Upcycling

In the past, we concentrated most of our events into an annual festival in September, but since 2020 we have offered events throughout the year instead, giving more people the chance to benefit from them.  Please keep an eye on our website and social media for updates on future events.

Be first to hear about our events:

National Trust Footprint Building

Perfect for:

  • Self-builders

  • DIYers

  • Building professionals

  • Community groups

  • Businesses

  • Anyone interested in a greener way of life!

a speaker holding the microphone
A speaker giving a talk
A talk in front of an audience
one group sitting in a circle
Groups of people sitting in circles
the audience at a talk at sticklebarn
The exterior of a green build
The audience at Mike berners lee talk
Jaki with mike berners lee holding a sign saying there is no planet b
a line of people standing next to a patch
a line of people standing next to a patch
a circle of people outside a green build
a group touring inside a green build
Mike Berners Lee's audience
A green build by a river
People walking past a green build project
A group of people standing indoors in a circle
A speaker showing a boiler in a green build
A group standing in a stone barn
A speaker standing in front of electrical equipment
Jaki holding the microphone for an audience member
A group of people sat in a circle
People looking at a green build home
A group of people sitting in a teepee
Growing veg in soil
Inside a polytunnel
Outside the polytunnel watching a demonstration
The audience at the climate summit
Hazel holding the microphone for Ada wood
A group by a pond in the rain
People removing their wellies indoors
A group of people inside a shop
A screening with speakers and audience members
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Would your business or organisation like to be involved in our green build and sustainable living events?

We’d love to hear from you if you’d like to sponsor or organise events, or support our programme in other ways. Please get in touch: [email protected] or 01768 210276.