Environment festival

The 20th annual celebration of the local and global environment
 
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This year's Cambridge Environment Festival ran from Friday 12 June until Saturday 27.

Celebrating its 20th year, the festival included more than 40 events involving local community and environmental groups, charities and council departments.

The events provided entertainment, advice and information on environmental issues.

Feedback

We want to hear from you about your favourite events from the 2009 festival, what you would like to see at future festivals, and your suggestions on what improvements can be made.

We appreciate your feedback, so please take a few minutes to complete our quick survey and email it to sustainablecity@cambridge.gov.uk.

If you prefer you can post your completed form to us at Environment Festival Feedback, Freepost, Cambridge City Council, The Guildhall, Cambridge CB2 3QJ.

Programme of events

If you need to refresh your memory about this year's event's, you can download the Environment Festival leaflet or a printable list of the festival events.

Events included:

  • the festival launch at the Town & Country Show on Parker's Piece on 13 June, including a BMX display to launch Bike Week
  • tours of the Donarbon Waste Management Park to see what happens to all of our rubbish (these are pre-booked for city schools and community groups)
  • the launch of the new East Pit nature reserve
  • a 'swishing' event (a chance to swap unwanted but wearable clothes)
  • the fourth annual environment pub quiz at the Cambridge Blue on Gwydir Street
  • Conversazione, the 90th annual exhibition from the Cambridge Natural History Society, celebrating the wonders of the natural world