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BGF Alumni lands role at work placement organisation
Cohort 3 BGF-er and BGF Alumni Kristi shares what she has been up to since graduating from the BGF programme and explains why she thinks...
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Dec 2, 20193 min read


Climate Change and Hunger
By Cohort 4 BGFer, Tasneem On Thursday 17th October, thanks to the help of Bright Green Future, I attended an event called "Climate...
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Oct 31, 20192 min read


BGF 2019 Kick-off Event
By cohort 4 BGF-er, Heather What amazed me most about the BGF kick off event was the amount of energy and effort that had gone into...
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Oct 24, 20193 min read


Now for Nature Conference
By cohort 2 BGF-er, Khadija On Friday 6th September thanks to the help of Bright Green Future I was able to attend the Now for Nature...
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Oct 7, 20191 min read


BBC Countryfile Live
By cohort 2 BGF-er, Khadija On the 1st August 2019, BBC Countryfile Live graced the grounds of Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire with its...
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Aug 27, 20193 min read


Friends of the Earth - Youth Gathering
It’s Friday, 12th July, I’ve rocked up to the Keele University campus in the beautiful county of Staffordshire, set to spend the weekend...
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Aug 27, 20197 min read


Work Experience: Repowering London
By cohort 3 BGF-er, Demi Demi spent several days working for Repowering London, an organisation working to bring communities to the...
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Aug 27, 20193 min read


Mentors on Tour: OBF Seminar
Bright Green Future is one of thirty-one UK-wide projects which form the Our Bright Future (OBF) programme; an ambitious and innovative...
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Aug 27, 20193 min read


Work Experience: Wytham Woods
By cohort 3 BGF-er, Trixie I spent my work placement at the stunning Wytham Woods in Oxford, home to a vast range of plants and animals...
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Aug 27, 20192 min read


Local Project: setting up an eco-club
It’s not just the uniform that’s green now at my local primary school, it’s their attitudes too. In March, as part of my BGF local...
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Jul 29, 20192 min read


Work Experience: The Climate Coalition
Cohort 3 BGF-er Matthew spent 5 days undertaking his work experience at The Climate Coalition in London. Becca from the Climate Coalition...
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Jul 29, 20191 min read


Palm Oil by Jemba
Cohort 3 BGF-er Jemba has written an informative piece about an environmental topic she is passionate about: deforestation and palm oil....
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Jul 29, 20194 min read


Work Experience: Turtle Conservation
By Cohort 3 BGF-er,Will Lynes I have just returned from a two week volunteering placement in Kefalonia (an island in the Ionian Sea, west...
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Jul 22, 20191 min read


Local Project: A Play
For her local project cohort 3 BGF-er, Hazel, wrote and directed a short play about people at a bus stop having a conversation about...
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Jul 22, 20197 min read


Work Experience: Galloway Fisheries Trust
By cohort 3 BGF-er, Hazel. I wanted to find a work placement relevant to both environmental causes, and my passion for biology. I knew...
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Jul 22, 20195 min read


The Youth Voice
Rosemary Kelly, one of our fantastic BGF-ers, recently shook up proceedings at the Centre for Sustainable Energy’s (home of BGF HQ) 40th...
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Jul 1, 20195 min read


Local Project: Reusable Menstrual Products
Periods - half the population will experience them at some point during their lives, and over a lifetime, the average menstruator will...
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Jun 27, 20193 min read


The Flood
Inspired by our website Heather decided to write a powerful short fictional story about the consequences of inaction on climate change.
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Jun 10, 20193 min read


Coping with Exam Stress
Coping with exam stress, top tips for your mentors.
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Jun 7, 20193 min read


Applying for Bright Green Future
Written by BGF-ers Bel and Amelia From 1st- 3rd March, Amelia and I were in Liverpool participating in a training weekend as part of the...
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Apr 23, 20192 min read
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