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Green Hustle Festival 2025

Green Hustle is back with more environmentally-themed events across Nottingham!

Come with us on a journey of connection, collaboration and exploration as we dig into the earth, our common ground, deeply diverse perspectives, and the compost of creativity.

Like Nottingham Green Festrival (on 14th September), this festival is free so you won’t need a ticket or a wristband, there are no barriers or check-ins on the way in, just turn up and get involved.

Food to feast on

Join us in the Old Market Square for a people, power, and plant-fuelled day of connection and creativity with #FoodByVeggies, Himmah Community Kitchen and Abeyo Ethiopia.

Travel that doesn’t cost the Earth

To get to this event, 2 miles from our Sumac Centre base, Veggies may emit approx 0.5kg CO2, even less now that we have recycled our deisel van in favour of an electic Nissan Leaf and electric cargo bikes.

However by helping 250 people Eat Vegan we could “offset” 500 kg CO2.

If ONE customer goes Vegan For Life they will save 1.5 tonnes CO2 every year, as well as saving 4022 animals lives, and enabling all the world’s peoples to receive a Fair Share of the world’s resources. [carbon calculation references]

Earth First Summer Gathering 2025

The 2025 Earth First! Summer Gathering will be in Pembrokeshire, at a location to be announced near Fishguard.

The EF!SG is the place where people involved in radical ecological direct action – or those who want to be involved – get together for five days of time and space to talk, walk, share skills, learn, play, rant, find out what’s going on, find out what’s next, live outside, strategise, hang out, incite, laugh and conspire.

The workshops, networking and planning of actions at this low impact eco-living camp is organised non-hierarchically. It’s run without leaders by everyone who comes along, so come prepared to chip in.

Spread the word, share the post from Mastodon:

Save the date! The 2025 Earth First Summer Gathering will be 7 – 11 August. Location tbc. The gathering is a time to come together to celebrate our movement and build radical ecological resistance in these isles. Never been to an EF gathering? No problem, new comers are very welcome. Join us for workshops, music, discussion and connecting to like-minded people fighting for social and ecological revolution.

Details will be at earthfirst.uk after the Earth First Winter Moot 14-17th February 2025

Veggies will help with Campaign Catering, as well as a cafe space, tuck shop & vegan cake baking workshops.

To help Contact Veggies.

Green Gathering 2025 – Chepstow

Join us for four days of low impact living at the Green Gathering in an area of outstanding beauty, every nook and corner bursting with music, creativity, natural abundance and community spirit.

The original off-grid, non-profit festival: we’re powered by sun, wind, people and passion for change.

As well as #FoodByVeggies the Green Gathering features many free workshops, including free vegan cookery demonstrations – with samples – by Food for a Future.

Intimate solar stages showcase up and coming acts, legendary festival favourites, DJs and spellbinding raconteurs. Share wisdom and skills; find friends old and new; weave, weld and tell stories.

Have a party – then wake up and put the world to rights. This festival’s impact lasts longer than a weekend.

Call Out for Workshops at @GreenGathering_

If you’ve been before or not, given a workshop before or not, we encourage anyone engaged in the struggle for a better world to send us a proposal for one or more workshops in the Campaigns area on your cause. We always give priority to direct action campaigns that are looking to mobilise people, but we are open to all kinds of related topics around that. Please get in touch with any questions or just email your proposal to greengatheringcampaigns@gmail.com

As well as #FoodByVeggies the @GreenGathering_ features awesome free workshops, many in the Green Gathering Campaigns Field alongside @veggiesnottm, including free #vegan cookery demonstrations – with samples – by @FoodforaFuture

What workshops can you offer @GGcampaigns? https://t.co/U5gLqU69UO

— Veggies 🌱 Vegan Campaign Catering 💙 🌱 (@veggiesnottm) February 29, 2024

Here at Veggies we are continuing to push forward our minimal packaging policies – extending the use of proper mugs to serving soft drinks in returnable beakers, to reduce use of single use plastics & straws. We have now established distribution of our Ethical Consumer Best Buy Burger/Sosage Mixes to many other caterers to help raise their ethical sourcing and ended the production of frozen foods.

Broxtowe Green Festival 2024

Veggies Catering Campaign will be at the Broxtowe Green Festival on 21st September at Coronation Park, Eastwood. We are delighted to bring #FoodByVeggies, including #samosasforsocialchange!

This follows Nottingham Green Festival on Sunday 8th September for which we at Veggies are key organisers. Both events are great opportunities for us to show why vegan food has such an important role to play in any efforts to mitigate #climatebreakdown

#GreenFestival #thefutureisvegan #milksofhumankindness

More event details to follow. We hope you can join us!

Northern Green Gathering 2024

A family friendly Gathering with a focus on sustainable living, health and healing. Off-grid sound and lighting all powered by renewable energy, plus a huge range of workshops and activities for both kids and adults.

As well as being a celebration of love, life and music, NGG is an educational and campaigning gathering, bringing people together to transform all our lives for the better.

Join us for the first Gathering at our new site near Wakefield. A short walk, cycle or bus journey from Normanton train station, and easily accessible from the M62. The exact location will be released before the event.

Tickets available here: http://nggonline.org.uk/wordpress/tickets/

Veggies Catering Campaign provides pure vegan catering for many campaign events, as well as festival, fairs & markets, and family celebrations.

The menu includes our own burgers, handmade at our Sumac Centre base from organic ingredients. We also have samosas, our own sausage rolls and vegan cakes. Cakes are made by us with organic ingredients, including flour from Nottingham’s Greens Mill.

Many consider Veggies to be one of the most ethical caterers on the circuit. we have over 37 years of experience in award-winning vegan / fair trade / organic catering.

Green Gathering 2024 – Chepstow

Join us for four days of low impact living at the Green Gathering in an area of outstanding beauty, every nook and corner bursting with music, creativity, natural abundance and community spirit.

The original off-grid, non-profit festival: we’re powered by sun, wind, people and passion for change.

As well as #FoodByVeggies the Green Gathering features many free workshops, including free vegan cookery demonstrations – with samples – by Food for a Future.

Intimate solar stages showcase up and coming acts, legendary festival favourites, DJs and spellbinding raconteurs. Share wisdom and skills; find friends old and new; weave, weld and tell stories.

Have a party – then wake up and put the world to rights. This festival’s impact lasts longer than a weekend.

Call Out for Workshops at @GreenGathering_

As well as #FoodByVeggies the @GreenGathering_ features awesome free workshops, many in the Green Gathering Campaigns Field alongside @veggiesnottm, including free #vegan cookery demonstrations – with samples – by @FoodforaFuture

What workshops can you offer @GGcampaigns? https://t.co/U5gLqU69UO

— Veggies 🌱 Vegan Campaign Catering 💙 🌱 (@veggiesnottm) February 29, 2024

Earth First! Summer Gathering 2024

Respect existence or expect resistance!

30th ever EarthFirst! Summer Gathering in the UK!

The summer gathering will take place 24-29th of July on a beautiful apple orchard near Shrewsbury.

Five days of skill-sharing for grassroots ecological direct action – make links, share ideas, and get involved in the struggles against open cast coal, fracking, new roads, HS2, climate criminals and more.

The Earth First! Summer Gathering is the place where people involved in radical ecological direct action – or those who want to be involved – get together for five days of time and space to talk, walk, share skills, learn, play, rant, find out what’s going on, find out what’s next, live outside, strategise, hang out, incite, laugh and conspire.

There will be a kids’ space and programme, more info to follow! If you intend on bringing a dog friend, please let us know beforehand – there is limited space for dogs!

If you have specific accessibility needs please get in touch with us (earthfirstuk [at] riseup.net).

The schedule will be on display and you will be given a printed copy upon arrival. Spoiler alert – it will be amazing.

Veggies Catering Campaign are likely to be helping with the campaign catering.

There will be three meals a day, a cafe space with tea, coffee and cake– but it might be good to bring more bits and bobs if you know you might feel snacky in between meals. We ask everyone to leave a donation if you can (cash only!), but no-one will be turned away for lack of funds.

Collect fliers & posters for the @earthfirst_uk Summer Gathering from Vegges at Glastonbury Green Futures, at the Green Gathering & many other events with Food by Veggies!

Belper-Goes-Green pic by Nailed.Community

Belper Goes Green 2024

ToWe are thrilled to announce that our community event will be returning in 2024 from June 7th-9th. However, we still need more help to make it a success. If you’re interested in getting involved and being part of this exciting event, please don’t hesitate to contact us at bgg@transitionbelper.org. We have several roles to fill, and your support will be greatly appreciated.

Transition Belper organise Belper Goes Green Festival

The aim is to share simpler, low carbon and environmentally friendly ways of doing things.

This is a relaxed and uplifting event that puts a smile on the face of Belper.

What’s at the Festival?

For extensive coverage of past events see a wide range of posts by Nailed Community. (With thanks to them for the pictures).

Ashley Franklin Photography also have a gallery of photos at Belper Goes Green 2015.

Veggies Catering Trailer at Belper Goes Green 2019 (Picture by Nailed.Community)

Veggies Catering Campaign provides pure vegan catering for many campaign events, as well as festival, fairs & markets, and family celebrations.

The menu includes our own burgers, handmade at our Sumac Centre base from organic ingredients. We also have samosas, our own sausage rolls and vegan cakes. Cakes are made by us with organic ingredients, including flour from Nottingham’s Greens Mill.

Many consider Veggies to be one of the most ethical caterers on the circuit. we have over 37 years of experience in award-winning vegan / fair trade / organic catering.

To get to this event, 20 miles from our Sumac Centre base, Veggies may emit approx 5kg CO2.

However by helping 250 people Eat Vegan we could “offset” 500 kg CO2.

Green Hustle Festival 2024

Hold the date – Green Hustle will be returning in 2024 with more environmentally-themed events across Nottingham!

Come with us on a journey of connection, collaboration and exploration as we dig into the earth, our common ground, deeply diverse perspectives, and the compost of creativity.

Look out for further updates soon and join us in the Old Market Square for #FoodByVeggies!

Sheffield Plastic Free Market

Sheffield Action on Plastic is a local environmental community organisation whose mission is to work with the Sheffield community to reduce single-use plastics.

In 2024 Sheffield Action on Plastic will be running two Plastic Free Markets. The Plastic Free Market aims to be the one-stop shop for helping people to reduce their single-use plastics and transition to a Plastic Free lifestyle.