Big Green Week is back and this time it’s HUGE!

The University of Leicester is holding a Big Green Week of events and initiatives that aim to encourage greener behaviours on and off campus in an enjoyable, informative and interactive way.

Big Green Week 2010 will focus on asking staff and students to commit to the vision of a 60% carbon reduction target by 2020. The week will celebrate our successes since the last BGW in 2007 and will give staff and students the opportunity to see into the future as we reveal what our low carbon university will look like and offer the opportunity to get involved in a wide range of events, including:

• Carbon footprinting
• The world famous Hard Rain exhibition
• CO₂ cube
• Big Green Café
• Climate change debate
• Film showings
• Green speed dating
• Workshops on sustainable cooking, eco driving, making useful goods from waste etc.
• Eco fair
• and much more

Click here to see the photos from Big Green Week 2007 

Further details on Big Green Week 2010 will be online soon, including confirmed events, speakers and surprises! In the meantime, please use our discussion board to share your ideas for Big Green Week and let us know how you would like to contribute to the event. 

Get Involved-click on the links below

Staff - why not involve your colleagues, office, other academics, students?

Students - why not organise something Big and Green on behalf of your society, or get your department involved?

Here are some ideas to get you thinking...