The Black & Green Ambassadors programme in Bristol has taken a moment to reflect and consolidate learnings from the journey so far and share these insights in a new report.
The Black & Green Ambassadors programme emerged during Bristol’s year as European Green Capital in 2015 as a 12-month pilot project in collaboration with
Programme partners, Bristol Green Capital Partnership and Ujima Radio CIC, are incredibly proud of the achievements of the Black & Green Ambassadors over the
Bristol’s community organisations are pioneering bold and fair community-led climate action. On 9 March Bristol’s first Community Climate Action plans will be launched, demonstrating the
This guest blog from Lucinda Mitchell, Project Director at First Base - a year one sponsor of the programme - shares insights into initiatives helping to make the property industry better for our communities and better for the planet.
The Black & Green Ambassadors programme marked the end of Year One at Bristol’s Festival of the Future City - with outgoing Ambassadors Asia, Roy and Olivia sharing their reflections from an unforgettable year, handing over the baton to the next four Ambassadors and launching the end of year one report and film.
Having the opportunity to reflect on the air quality in my neighbourhood and other parts of Bristol, made me realise how varied air quality is depending on which area of a city you’re in, and how this seems to strongly correlate with social background and race. .
In 2021, I held a series of one on one conversations with eight people across the city in different green spaces that were meaningful for them in some way; from the expanses of Eastville Park to the pocket of reclaimed community space named Dove Gardens in Kingsdown - creating podcasts and working in collaboration with local poet, Kabbo Ferdinand, to creatively interpret these same interviews into written and spoken word pieces.
In December 2021, we invited Roger Griffith and Gnisha Bevan of Creative Connex consultancy to host an online workshop as part of the Black and Green Ambassadors programme. The idea was to examine with a new set of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic environmentalists to review what had changed since the first Black and Green conversation in 2015, seeking an update on the current challenges and signposting solutions for the future.
