Falmouth’s Great Big Green Week
An opportunity to find out more about what our community is doing to conserve and protect the local environment and how you can play your part.
🌿 Falmouth’s Great Big Green Week 2025
7–15 June 2025
Join Falmouth Town Council and our local partners for a full week of inspiring, hands-on events celebrating sustainability, community action, and the natural world. This year’s Great Big Green Week brings together a wide range of organisations, artists, and changemakers across venues including Falmouth Library, Falmouth Art Gallery, Princess Pavilion, and Gyllyngvase Beach.
Event Schedule
Saturday 7 June – Art & Environment
River Fal Community Collage Workshop
11am – 12.30pm & 2pm – 3.30pm; Falmouth Art Gallery
Create your own section of the River Fal using recycled paper, magazines, and newspapers. All artwork will form part of a beautiful community display celebrating our local ecology.
Sunday 8 June – World Ocean Day
Festival for the Ocean
11am-3.30pm; Gyllyngvase Beach
Discover the work of amazing environmental organisations dedicated to protecting the Fal estuary and marine ecosystems. Join Falmouth Marine Conservation, Ocean Conservation Trust, Plastic Free Falmouth, Falmouth University, and many more for hands-on workshops, live demos, and ocean-themed art. Make cyanotrope prints, press seaweed, explore a mobile rock pool, visit the SPLANNA! photobooth, or leave a message on the Wishing Tree.
✨ Special highlights include:🦈 Basket Shark Procession (12pm)
🐬 Marine Mammal Stranding Demo (1.30pm)
🤿 Snorkel Safaris (2pm & 2.45pm, weather dependent)
🧹 Community Beach Clean (2pm)
Whether you’re coming with kids or curious minds, there’s something for everyone at this inspiring celebration of our marine environment. Free, fun, and full of ocean magic!
Falmouth & Penryn Repair Café
1.30pm – 4pm; Princess Pavilion
Bring your broken household items and volunteers will help repair them for free!
David Attenborough’s “Ocean”
Special film screening at Phoenix Cinema at 4:40pm – a powerful look at marine life and the urgent need for conservation.
Monday 9 June – Environment
SandSafe & Recycling advise
10am – 12.30pm; Falmouth Library
Meet Falmouth Town Council officers and learn how we’re working with our partners to keep Falmouth’s beaches safe and clean.
Fal and Helford Estuary MPA & Blue Meadows
1.30pm – 4.30pm; Falmouth Library
Interactive exhibits so people can experience Falmouth’s seagrass habitats and find out more about the plans for restoring Falmouth Bay.
Tuesday 10 June – Coastal Futures & Energy
South West Water & Community Energy Partnership
10am-12.30pm; Falmouth Library
Get advice on saving money and resources at home.
Making Space for Sand
1.30pm-4.30pm; Falmouth Library
Explore coastal change and the future shoreline.
Wednesday 11 June – Fairtrade & Local Food
Falmouth Fairtrade Coffee & Cake
10am -12.30pm; The Council Chamber, Municipal Buildings
Sample Fairtrade treats and learn how simple swaps support global fairness and sustainability.
Falmouth Food Co-op
1.30pm-4.30pm; Falmouth Library
Meet the team behind Loveland and learn how to get involved.
Thursday 12 June – Plastic-Free Living & Home Energy
Un-rap Cooperative
10am – 12.30pm; Falmouth Library
Hands-on activities to help you reduce plastic waste and live more sustainably.
Transition Falmouth / Fal Energy Partnership
1.30pm-4.30pm; Falmouth Library
Tips and advice for saving energy at home.
Friday 13 June – Take Action!
Greenpeace
10am – 1.30pm; Falmouth Library
Drop in to find out how you can support Greenpeace campaigns and take climate action locally and globally.