Sustain Cov

Here are some active petitions and campaigns to support

• 38Degrees: Water Companies - No bonuses or dividends while you hike our bills to clean up the mess you made

• 38Degrees: Stop importing invasive species!

• 38Degrees: Rescue Our Rivers

• 38Degrees: Remove plastic packaging from supermarket fruit and veg

• 38Degrees: Bring back Britain's rainforests in your newly inherited estate!

• 38Degrees: The British Museum must not renew its sponsorship deal with BP

• Eko: EU: stop spreading banned chemicals!

• Eko: Britain's biggest power station is cutting down Canadian primary forest to generate electricity in the UK

• Eko: P&G: No more rainforest-killing palm oil

• Eko: European Central Bank: Stop funding the climate crisis!

• Eko: KFC and Pizza Hut: No more excuses, take deforestation off the menu!

• Eko: Nestlé, Unilever, P&G: Stop fueling the fires!

• Eko: Ban EU plastic waste exports

• Everyday Plastic: Fame and Shame: Retailers Need to Clean Up Their Act!

• Friends of the Earth: general petition list

• Friends of the Earth: Tell the government: we need stronger climate plans, now!

• Friends of the Earth: Stop our seas from getting the raw sewage treatment

• Friends of the Earth: Protect environment laws that are hanging by a thread

• Friends of the Earth: Tell Unilever: stop buying conflict palm oil

• Friends of the Earth: Make companies accountable for harm to people and the environment

• Greenpeace: general petition list

• Greenpeace: Politicians: We’ll judge you at the next election - act on climate NOW!

• Soil Association: No net zero without fixing fertiliser

• The Countryside Charity: Call on the government to champion hedgerows 

• The Countryside Charity: Call on the government to unleash the potential of rooftop solar

• The Countryside Charity:  Tell your MP to champion rooftop solar! 

• Make your Commitment 

• Wildlife Trust: Ask political leaders to make 5 General Election pledges to save nature

• Zero Hour: campaign for the Climate and Ecology Bill

• Become a Greenpeace Speaker
  Applications close at 11.59pm on 31 October 2023. Please read these role descriptions before completing your application form:
  Greenpeace Youth Speaker role description (aged 18-25 years)
  Greenpeace Speaker role description (aged 26+)
  Please contact getactive.uk@greenpeace.org if you have any questions

• Litter picking
  Click the Environment tab for a list of groups in Coventry

• Tree planting
  Coventry Council is planning to plant 360,000 new trees in the city in the next 10 years, from November 2022. Check this link for volunteering opportunities.

• Coventry Park Rangers
  See various activities that this team of volunteers do, around the City, through their Twitter account. 

• Ecowalla
  See how eco-friendly your lifestyle is by taking this quiz.

• Carbon Calculators
  Access a range of tools including carbon calculators here. 

• Climate Emergency UK
  Compare how councils, around the UK, are doing in tackling the climate emergency here. Information on Coventry City Council can be found here. 

• Big Repair Project
  "The UCL Plastic Waste Innovation Hub would like your help to better understand the factors affecting household maintenance and repair. Your participation will help develop 'Right to Repair' policy and support the UK towards meeting important environmental targets."

• Building Coventry's Climate Coalition
  A working group to develop aims and objectives for building Coventry's first Grassroots Climate Alliance. Grassroots climate activists and organisations, as well as individuals, groups and communities with a stake in shaping the way we address climate change in Coventry. Click here for their Facebook group. 

• West Midlands Combined Authority: Carbon Literacy Training
  Training set by the WMCA to those across the West Midlands as part of the 2022 Commonwealth Games legacy to create a carbon neutral legacy for our region

Please use the Contact Us tab to let us know about any green events in Coventry!

• Grapevine & Larger Us - How to Have Better Conversations about Climate Change - 12th Sept 2023
  An online event starting at 6pm. 

• EcoFest - 2nd Sept 2023
  At the Pump Room Gardens, Leamington Spa, from 10am to 5pm. Click here for more details. 

• Greenpeace Coventry Meeting - Monday 3rd April 2023
  At Milly's Cafe, 20 Earlsdon St, Earlsdon, Coventry CV5 6EG

• Coventry City Nature Challenge - 28th April to 1st May

• Coventry Green Week - 6th-12th March 2023
  The annual Coventry and Leamington Spa Green Week! Also click here for the Facebook group. 

• FabLab's Green Week Events:

  • Upcycling Textiles - 6th March, 10am - 3pm

  • Carpentry Skills - 7th March, 1pm - 4pm OR 9th March, 1pm - 4pm

  • Smart Textiles - 10th March, 10am - 3pm

• Warwickshire Wildlife Trust Events - general list

  • Sherbourne Valley Project Practical Work Party Day - Mon 2nd Oct 2023, 10:30-15:30

  • Nature Tots @ Brandon Marsh - every Friday , 10:30-11:30

  • Introduction to Fungi walk and talk - Fri 20th Oct 2023, 10:00-12:00

  • Wildlife Watch - Hibernating Hedgehogs (2yrs+) - Mon 30th Oct 2023, 10:00-11:00

  • Wildlife Watch - Creepy, Creepy Crawley Hunting (2yrs+) - Mon 30th Oct 2023, 11:15-12:15

  • Wildlife Watch - Bug Hunting (11yrs+) - Weds 1st Nov 2023, 11:15-12:15

• Annual Global Recycling Day - 18th March
  The sixth global Recycling Day takes place; this year, the day focuses on #RecyclingHeroes - people, places and activities that showcase the important role recycling plays in contributing to a greener future. 

• Stop Food Waste Day 2024 - 24th April 2024
  With a mission at Stop Food Waste Day to ignite change regarding the global food waste issue.

• Great Big Green Week 2024 -  8th-16th June 2024
  The Great Big Green Week is the UK’s biggest ever celebration of community action to tackle climate change and protect nature. The week will will unleash a wave of support for action and fight against climate change.

• Annual Clean Air Day - 15th June
  Clean Air Day is a campaign delivered across the UK

• Annual World Refill Day - 16th June
  World Refill Day is a global public awareness campaign designed to accelerate the transition away from single-use plastic and towards reuse systems.

• The Big Zero Show 2024 - 2nd-3rd July 2024
  The first show happened in June 2022, in Coventry. Check out the website for information on this year's event. 

• Soil Association's Organic September
  Organic September celebrates all the organic sector does for climate, nature, and health. But nature urgently needs our help. Emissions from fossil-fuel based nitrogen fertilisers used in intensive farming are contributing to the climate emergency. Our rigorous standards ban the use of these fertilisers in organic systems.

• Zero Waste Week -  5th-9th Sept 2023
  From 5th-9th September 2023, we see the 2024 Zero Waste Week. Click here to visit the website and see how you work on producing less waste. 

• BBC Climate Creatives 2023 - 19th Oct 2023
  The third annual conference exploring the big questions around authentically incorporating climate into BBC content.

• Wildlfe Trust's Big Wild Walk - 16th-30th October 2023
  Challenge yourself to explore the nature on your doorstep or expand your horizons to discover the natural world around you. All while raising funds to protect wildlife. And this challenge is up to you. You set the distance and fundraising target. Whether you want to walk it, cycle, swim or roll, anything you can think of - this is your challenge. 

• The Big Plastic Count
  Join The Big Plastic Count and help push the government, brands and supermarkets to take bold action to tackle the plastic crisis. The 2022 count has passed, and the results can be found here, but keep an eye for 2023 dates. 

• COP29, 2024 - Nov (dates and location are TBC)

• COP28, Dubai, 2023
  COP27, Egypt,  2022

• COP26, Glasgow, 2021