Last week, we held our regional event for London and the South East at NESTA headquarters here in London. Speaking at the event, Sarah Teather, Liberal Democrat Shadow Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, said:
“The Big Green Challenge is an excellent initiative and I am honoured to be involved at the very beginning. I am sure that some very exciting and effective ideas will come out of the prize and look forward to seeing what communities in London will achieve.”
You can see a webcast of the event, including an inspiring case study and reminder of the rules, here.
We sent Ben Cohen along to our event at Birmingham, to experience first-hand some of the buzz around the Big Green Challenge, as well as to meet some of the people behind the idea. Some of the potential participants were on hand to ask questions and listen to an inspiring case study of people working together to reduce their CO2 emissions.
Download the podcast.
Big Green Challenge events update
We held our first Big Green Challenge event in Birmingham on Friday. It was brilliant to see people there from a range of different groups and organisations. People who attended said they found it useful to find out more about the Big Green Challenge, and enjoyed meeting other people working on ideas to reduce C02 emissions in their area. Some people starting talking about the potential for collaborating on ideas, and one attendee laid down the gauntlet to the rest of the UK by saying that he felt positive a group from the Midlands would win…
The next event is in Bristol this Friday (9th November). I included links to sign up to most of the events in my blog post of 24th October. To register for the events you can either follow those links or sign up to receive an invite for your nearest event and get future updates on the Big Green Challenge.
We’ve now added three more event dates to our schedule:
London - 28 November
Scotland - 4 December
Sheffield - 6 December
Spaces at each event are limited so make sure you register.
We are holding 10 events across the UK throughout November and December 2007. These events will be a great chance to hear more about how you can compete for a share of the £1m prize fund. The events will also give you a chance to network with other groups and organisations in your area who are interested in working together to find new ways of reducing C02 emissions. Register for an event near you:
Birmingham - Friday 2 November
Bristol - Friday 9 November
Manchester - Thursday 15 November
Belfast - Thursday 22 November
Newcastle - Friday 23 November
Cardiff - Thursday 29 November
Norwich - Friday 30 November
Dates for London, Edinburgh and Sheffield will be added soon.
Spaces at each event are limited so make sure you register.
