We are the Big Green Ideas List.
Our aim is to inspire people to make environmentally conscious choices across all areas of their lives – not just in their personal lives, but also in the decisions they make at work, who they vote for, and how they influence other people.
Urgent change is needed, but not enough is being done
In October 2018, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned that we had only 12 years to avoid catastrophic climate breakdown. Any increase over 1.5 degrees C will significantly worsen the risks of drought, floods, extreme heat, and poverty and cause catastrophic damage to the systems on which we rely for our global food supply.
In 2023, they warned us that we’re not doing enough, and we’re not doing it fast enough. There is still hope, but urgent and unprecedented change is needed to limit the damage and make the lives of future generations tolerable.
Yet our politicians and business leaders aren’t acting quickly enough – which means it’s up to us.
- Millions of individuals deciding to put climate change at the centre of every decision they make
- Millions of individuals joining together to create a positive force that politicians and businesses can’t ignore
- Millions of individuals joining groups to push for meaningful, urgent change
So we created the Big Green Ideas List.
What is the Big Green Ideas List for?
The Big Green Ideas List exists to help people work out what climate actions they can take today and in the future.
The Big Green Ideas List exists to help people share their successes and commit to their next goals.
The Big Green Ideas List exists so we can inspire each other, learn from each other, and support each other.
The Big Green Ideas List exists in the hope that the force for positive change becomes too big to ignore.
- Visit our Ideas to do at home page for an ever-growing list of things you can do as an individual.
- See Ideas to try at work for things you can do as an employee, business owner or as someone working in government.
- Check out our Top ten actions page for our guide to the most important climate actions you can start right now.
- And if you want sustainable alternatives to things you use every day, see our list of eco-friendly alternatives.
We know there’s a lot of misinformation out there, so wherever possible, we’ve cited our sources for the statements we’ve made, linked to the evidence, and based our actions on that evidence or advice from reputable sources.
To submit a suggestion to any of our lists, to tell us if you think we’ve got something wrong, or if you’d like us to share your story, email info@biggreenideaslist.com