Get involved with local action to tackle climate change and protect nature

Whether you want to get involved in an event or you’re willing to make a regular commitment, there are plenty of ways you can make new friends as you work together with others to make an even bigger difference for a greener borough.

Subscribe to a regular newsletter

Sustainable Basingstoke helps to celebrate and encourage action across the borough to tackle climate change and protect nature.

Stay up to date with how communities are taking action and ways you can get involved to help make a real difference.

Sign up for Sustainable Basingstoke regular newsletter

Take part in Basingstoke Green Week

Organised by communities with our support, Basingstoke Green Week is an annual celebration of local action to tackle climate change and protect nature.

Events and activities take place throughout the week for people of all ages to enjoy. To find out more, including when it takes place and how you can get involved, go to our Green Week webpage.

Volunteer in a local climate change or nature conservation group

Community groups and organisations across the borough are bringing together local people to take action to tackle the climate emergency and help encourage native plants and wildlife.

Learn more about local groups you could get involved with on the Sustainable Basingstoke website.

Come to a meeting of the Basingstoke Area Sustainability group

The Basingstoke Area Sustainability group is a regular gathering where local people with an interest in sustainability can learn more about climate change as well as exchange ideas, discuss initiatives and talk about best practice for how communities can take action to tackle it.

Meetings are free to attend, take place approximately once every two months and are open to all interested individuals, groups, organisations and local county, borough and town and parish councillors. The group is supported by the borough council.

If you are interested in getting involved to stay up to date with what’s going on across the borough to tackle climate change, get in touch with our Climate Change team

Network with other businesses taking action to become more sustainable

Businesses that want to reduce their carbon emissions and become more sustainable can network with like-minded organisations by becoming a member of the Sustainable Business Network.

Benefits include opportunities to learn and share best practice, invitations to networking events and monthly email updates with the latest sustainability news, case studies, funding opportunities and award schemes.