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In photos: Bristol’s climate news – June 2025
There’s been a feast of climate events taking place across the city in celebration of community climate action.
The Bristol Climate & Nature Partnership fortnight-long community fringe festival celebrated the work of the community climate action projects that have helped residents across the city take action on the things that matter to them: energy, health, access to green space, food, transport and more.
Here’s a snapshot of the events that have been taking place:
A shared feast took centre-stage at Hartcliffe City Farm – photo: Heart of BS13
There were also guided tours of the composting systems and flower farm – photo: Heart of BS13
A supper club brought together all involved in the Grow, Cook, Eat Lawrence Weston project to celebrate together over dinner photo: Ambition Lawrence Weston
The three year project has focused on growing food, cooking and increasing nature in the area – photo: Ambition Lawrence Weston
A project to come out of the community’s climate action plan, it was designed to reach net zero aims and also support Lawrence Weston residents with the rising costs of living – photo: Ambition Lawrence Weston
In Easton, a surgery was held to share community energy solutions – photo: Eastside Community Trust
The Easton Community Centre retrofit journey session shared practical learnings from the centre’s energy journey including a tour of the building’s energy system – photo: Eastside Community Trust
Ashley Community Housing staff took part in the Bristol Refugee Festival celebration in Queen Square and spoke about their work helping refugees and migrants to find job opportunities in the green sector – photo: ACH
The people they work with had stalls as part of a marketplace at the festival that showcased the crafts, products and businesses refugees, asylum seekers and migrants – photo: ACH
There was a range of cuisines on offer as well as global music and dance. Ashley Community Housing have been helping their service users with food businesses to run their operations in a more climate-friendly way – photo: ACH
At a bird bioblitz event, participants helped to find and identify different species of birds while on a guided tour of Really Wild Lockleaze – photo: Lockleaze Neighbourhood Trust
Another event introduced attendees to the community-led urban nature recovery that has seen Really Wild Lockleaze develop a wildflower meadow, orchard, pond and wetland area – photo: Lockleaze Neighbourhood Trust
The fringe culminated in Lockleaze with a celebration of street wilding and nature recovery, organised in collaboration with Ovo Youth for climate group. There were stalls, music and a shared feast – photo: Lockleaze Neighbourhood Trust
Main image: Ashley Community Housing
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