Transformative Green Backyard
By Sophie Antonelli, co-founder of The Green Backyard in Peterborough. We all like eating right? It’s one of the few things that we ALL have in common! With that in mind I’m not sure why I was so...
View Article5 alternatives to Christmas cards for your neighbours
Save money and paper this Christmas with our 5 alternatives to the traditional Christmas cards and perhaps make a few new friends along the way… Knock on the door Sometimes it can be tempting to sneak...
View ArticleReuseful for your Big Lunch
Have you visited your local Scrapstore recently? For anyone who loves craft they are like an Aladdin’s cave full of items that are bound to engage your attention and generate that latent creative spark...
View ArticleHere comes the sun…
The Eden Project started The Big Lunch in the belief that we, as a society, are better equipped to tackle the challenges that we face when we face them together. At no time has that been more...
View ArticleResourceful Big Lunch Week
From 28th April-2nd May, The Big Lunch is teaming up with Start UK; calling on people to get involved in Resourceful Big Lunch Week. Looking for the best ideas, resources and inspirational stories from...
View ArticleResourceful Big Lunch Week is here!
All this week we’re teaming up with Start UK to bring you everything you need to know about being resourceful in your community. From growing your own food and sharing ideas or resources, to making...
View ArticleResourceful Big Lunch week Day 2: Food
For day two of resourceful Big Lunch week we are talking food; from growing your own food and buying locally, to feeding your neighbourhood using up the leftovers! Check out our 5 top tips for...
View ArticleResourceful Big Lunch Week Day 3: Sharing
For day three of Resourceful Big Lunch Week, we have a challenge for you, to see just how sharing is the way forward for community resourcefulness! From tables and cutlery, to skills and knowledge;...
View ArticleA passion for sustainable communities
Passionate about creating a more sustainable, equitable and joyful world; Big Luncher Amelia lake, from Cornwall, is currently studying for a master’s degree in learning for sustainability. Here she...
View ArticleHow do your kids travel to school?
Did you know that the UK is getting ever closer to half of all primary aged school children now being driven to school, an average journey that is less than two miles or a 15 minute bike ride? The Big...
View ArticleGrow Wild Community Funding
We invited Grow Wild to come along to our recent Big Lunch Extras Community day in Northern Ireland where Stephanie their local contact shared lots of useful tips. Since the project is UK wide we...
View ArticleCelebrate where you live with art
From 1st October – 2nd November over 1,000 museums and galleries across the UK are opening their doors for children, encouraging them to create their own piece of art as part of this year’s Big Draw....
View ArticleTransform your Big Lunch with wild flowers
Our friends at Grow Wild are giving away free wild flower seeds and we thought this was a great chance for Big Lunchers to bring extra colour and beauty to your streets or community spaces in time for...
View ArticleMake your own Bottle Flower Bunting & Vinyl Flower Decorations for your Big...
Dawn from Manchester is holding her first Big Lunch on Sunday 7 June. She’s part of volunteer environmental group Envirolution which teaches people how to live more sustainably in a fun and informal...
View ArticleSix simple tips for a Zero Waste Big Lunch
A Big Lunch doesn’t have to cost the earth; it’s easy to pull together a low cost, low waste street party with the resources already at home and in your community. Here, our friends at Zero Waste Week...
View ArticleThis idea is right up your alley!
The streets just behind Queen’s University in Belfast have often made the headlines for all the wrong reasons but a group of local people have been determined to make their environment a shining...
View ArticleTake part in Zero Waste Week and start reusing!
Into its eighth year, Zero Waste Week is back from the 7th – 13th of September to celebrate all things reusable! Reuse is a wonderful topic for this year’s theme as it is such an important issue; it is...
View ArticleVote for wild flowers in Northern Ireland
Northern Irish public to decide who receives £120,000 funding to help communities bloom Grow Wild announced their funding for the year ahead by hosting a Big Lunch bringing everyone interested...
View ArticleZero waste Big Lunch ideas
Talented Greek cook, Lia Moutselou from Cardiff, thinks the Big Lunch is a great opportunity to reorder your store cupboards and clear your freezer. Here are Lia’s tips and recipes for a tasty day:...
View ArticleAn environmentally friendly Big Lunch!
Becca and Lia, green living friends from Cardiff, share their top tips for an environmentally friendly Big Lunch! Becca Clark (left) runs Green City Events and Lia Moutselou runs Lia’s Kitchen....
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