The Council works with schools, the museum, libraries, Stevenage Football Club and community organisations to deliver climate awareness activities and encourage sustainable lifestyles across the town.
To support schools, the Council also distributes a termly Sustainable Schools Newsletter to education settings across Stevenage. The newsletter shares teaching resources, local and national funding opportunities, and upcoming sustainability events, helping schools incorporate climate action into learning and school life. The latest issue of the Sustainability Newsletter can be downloaded here -113921 Sustainability Newsletter June 2026
The Council also takes part in community events throughout the year, including Stevenage Day, where the Climate Action team engages with residents through fun, hands-on activities. These activities promote renewable energy, improving energy efficiency at home, reducing single-use items, and understanding personal carbon footprints, helping make climate action accessible and practical for all ages.
Residents, schools and community groups can also find a wide range of local sustainability events and campaigns through the Hertfordshire Climate Change and Sustainability Partnership's annual events calendar - https://www.hccsp.org.uk/calendar.aspx, providing opportunities to get involved throughout the year.
Create an informational section within the social housing tenant welcome packs focused on sustainable living. The key topics included will be water‑saving guidance, sustainable transport, adapting to the changing climate, and energy saving.
For the fourth consecutive year, the Climate Action team took part in Stevenage Day, promoting sustainable living in a fun and engaging way. Visitors had the opportunity to learn about renewable energy generation, improving energy efficiency at home, reducing the use of single-use items, and understanding their carbon footprint through a range of interactive activities and conversations.
Climate Action stall on Stevenage Day 2025 - promoting and encouraging sustainable living
Create an environmental and sustainability events calendar for 2025 which can be shared with schools, clubs and members of the public.
Climate Action stall at Stevenage Day in 2024.
Develop a communications programme which outlines items such as key environmental events SBC wishes to share via social media.
To encourage people to attend the event by a more sustainable mode of transport, we have provided free and secure bicycle parking for the day.
For the first time, the SBC Climate Change Team had a stall at Stevenage Day 2023 to promote and raise the awareness of climate change. Information of carbon emissions in Stevenage and what people can do to help with tackling climate change were presented on the day. Number of residents had made their climate pledges!
SBC sponsored a special Storytime at the Stevenage Central Library to learn about looking after our Planet.
Children enjoyed stories and songs with a nature theme. Then they enthusiastically filled compost into recycled cardboard tubes and planted seeds to take home.
