About the Big Green Gathering..:

Introduction to the Big Green Gathering

What is it?  The Big Green Gathering is a 5 day camping event which is currently located in the Mendip Hills in Somerset.  It has grown out of the original Green Gatherings of the 1980's and the Green Fields of Glastonbury Music Festival.  It has developed organically in response to a desire from people within the green movement for a festival that was focused on Green issues.  Now we have somewhere between 15,000 and 20,000 people expected this year.  Staying Green is now a bigger challenge than ever.  The Big Green Gathering Co. Ltd. was established in 1994

The Big Green Gathering is for people who care about health, the environment, sustainability, our children's future and life in general. It is a celebration of our natural world and our place within it. As such it is a place for enjoyment, learning and fun. Unhealthy activities are not encouraged. The only things taken in excess should be love, peace, joy, and friendship.

The Big Green Gathering Co Ltd is a not-for-profit democratic company, whose shareholders have one share and one vote each.  If you are interested in becoming a shareholder, please contact us at info@big-green-gathering.com

25 YEARS OF GREEN GATHERINGS

The first Green Gathering took place on the Glastonbury Festival site in 1982. This was the first time the slogan 'The Greens Are Gathering' was used, and indeed the first time that a 'Green Movement' in the UK had any real substance. The 'Ecology Party' changed its name to the 'Green Party' a year or two later. The Green Gatherings grew from the 'Ecology Party Summer Gatherings' of 1980 and 1981. 1982 was, therefore, the first actual Green Gathering. The early Gatherings ended after 1984, under pressure from Mendip District Council's Licensing Committee, and so it carried on as the green field at the Glastonbury Festival itself. What everyone now knows as a major and distinctive part of the Festival began in 1984 in one field."

The Big Green Gathering Company was founded in 1994 in order to resurrect this tradition from the 1980s, and the Big Green Gatherings have since grown to their present size with 20,000 people on site.