From the Bristol Big Green Week website:
Major Green Festival Announced for Bristol in June 2012
The city of Bristol is to host a world-class festival of sustainability from 9th – 17th June 2012, bringing together leading global experts and thinkers to share ideas and inspiration on developing a green future.
Bristol’s BIG Green Week will include a strong cultural element with music, theatre and comedy performances, a film festival, and new art, all reflecting an environmental theme. Street art and exhibitions will transform the city centre. And the week will culminate in the Festival of Nature, Europe’s largest free natural history festival.
Bristol is one of the UK’s leading cities for sustainable development and Bristol’s Big Green Week – the first week of its kind in the UK – will tap into the city’s rich resource of green expertise and practical experience. The event is jointly curated by Bristol Green Capital, Forum for the Future, and Bristol Natural History Consortium, and supported by Bristol City Council.
Confirmed speakers include: TV’s Grand Designs presenter Kevin McCloud; National Trust chief executive Fiona Reynolds; leading green writer and thinker Jonathon Porritt; the Eden Project’s Tim Smit; author and thinker Sara Parkin; campaigner and writer Tony Juniper; and author and activist Andrew Simms.
