Our Big Green Challengers are made up of the 100 competitors who were shortlisted from the initial 355 applications.
We’ve organised these groups by the area they’re based in - use the links below to learn more about their community-led projects.
Northern Ireland
Creggan Country Park Eco Centre
Small Prints
Lagan Legacy Green Ship Maritime Heritage Centre
Grass Roots Renewables
London
The Carbon Conversation Project
Carbon Rationing Action Groups
Animals' Lawsuit Project
Sustainable Campus
C-Change continues at Venturer Camp 2008
Community Transport Toolkit
The 40% Hyde Farm Household
Front Gardens
Victoria Park Residents and Traders
East of England
Reepham Insulation Project
Leighton Buzzard and Linslade Big Green Plan
Building an Environmentally Sustainable 21st Century Community Building For Highwood
Flitton and Greenfield Carbon Challenge
Land based cultivation of sea algae
South West
Virtual Farmers' Market
Target 60
College and Community Environment and Sustainability project
Tamar sustainable local produce project
Sustainable Affordable Homes
Bristol Green Challenge Co-Housing
The Big Climate Pledge Challenge
River Power Microhydro
West Midlands
All Saints Community Heat and Power Project
Faith, Climate Change and Birmingham
MeterBeater
The Rural Community Carbon Network
Balsall Heath Is Our Planet
Low Impact Leominster
East Midlands
South East
The Micro Generation
Low Carbon West Oxford
Promoting the local production and consumption of farm energy
Oxfordshire Eco-renovation Social Enterprise Network
Challenge North Leigh
Waste Oil Recycling Project in Prisons
North West
Movement for Carbon Sequestering Food
South Manchester Carbon Co-operative
Food waste separation and recycling in communities in the NorthWes
Ford Park Community Group
Hug Everything
Scotland
Edinburgh Community Backgreens Initiative
The Big Green Challenge in Twechar
Barra and Vatersay SEEM Project
Tarbet Conservation Initiative
North East
Community Renewable Energy (CoRE)
Eco Garden
Wales
Local Sustainability Network
Genffordd CHP
Llanidloes Energy Solutions Ltd
Yorkshire & Humberside
The winners, each receiving £300,000 to develop further their community-based carbon reduction schemes, are:
- The Green Valleys, Brecon
- Isle of Eigg, Green island
- Household Energy Service,
Ludlow
The runner-up, receiving £100,000, is: - Low Carbon West Oxford
To find out more about the Big Green Challenge, watch the movie or the event video.
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