Our Green November Calendar has landed. From a youth sustainability summit to resilience and national-emergency planning, wildlife photography, book talks, fermentation workshops, and more—there’s plenty across London to help you connect with nature, spark ideas, and take action this autumn.
Feature event of the month: QS ImpACT Youth Summit 2025 — Sun 30 Nov–Mon 1 Dec (Imperial College London and Queen Elizabeth II Centre). Grab 15% off with code GreenLondoner15.
QS ImpACT Youth Summit 2025 is a youth-led global sustainability summit split across Imperial College London and the Queen Elizabeth II Centre. Designed as a launchpad for ideas → action, it brings 350+ young changemakers together with universities and purpose-driven organisations for keynotes, panels, hands-on workshops, career labs, and high-impact networking. Running alongside the QS Reimagine Education Awards, it also features the QS ImpACT Awards celebrating standout youth-led solutions. Perfect for students, recent grads, youth leaders, educators, early-career professionals, and employers building green teams. The Green Londoner is proud to partner as media partner to spotlight skills, youth power, and practical pathways into the green economy—and we’ll be on site covering both days. Book your place and use code GreenLondoner15 for 15% off.
Fire and fascism — 2 Nov, 2.45 pm, ActOne Cinema, 119 – 121 High Street London
FIRES AND FASCISM is a new 57-minute documentary arguing Europe’s escalating wildfires are intertwined with fascism, big business, organised crime, and the far right—while spotlighting grassroots resistance from Greece, Italy, Spain, and Portugal. This crowdfunded, non-profit film will be followed by a Q&A with director Dr Pete Knapp; tickets are sliding-scale and the screening starts promptly (no ads or trailers).
The Fractured Age with Neil Shearing by Earth Set — 4 Nov – 6:30–9:00pm, 40 Strand, London
Join Neil Shearing (Chief Economist, Capital Economics) to unpack how a fractured global economy—shifting blocs and trade realignments—shapes the energy transition. Drawing on his book The Fractured Age, he’ll explore Net Zero impacts on clean-tech supply chains and investment flows with clear, data-driven insight.
Building a Greener West London: Your Path to a Net Zero Career — 6 Nov – 10:00- 13:00, West London Retail Skills Hub (on Level 1 next to John Lewis), Westfield Shopping Centre, Shepherd’s Bush
Green Careers Week jobs fair connecting Londoners with real opportunities across sustainable construction, energy efficiency, renewables, transport, greenspace, and recycling. Hosted by the West London Green Skills Hub and the Net Zero Careers Accelerator, it follows July’s successful edition. Expect ~20 employers with live roles, practical workshops, 1:1 CV/interview support, and training pathways.
Community Resilience Assembly 2025 — 5-6 November 2025, Marshgate, UCL East Campus, London
A peer-to-peer learning event for community practitioners, organisers and young leaders to exchange practical resilience insights and build local climate action toolkits. Community change-makers, young leaders, local organisations. Community mapping, home retrofit & heat surveys, climate risks, engagement, food security. A curated cohort of 80 participants—60 community change-makers and 20 UCL young leaders—will exchange know-how across generations to boost London’s resilience. Delivered by Islington Climate Centre and UCL Students’ Union, supported by the GLA London Resilience Unit and the Network for Social Change. Apply to join (waitlist).
Wildlife Photographer of the Year — now open, Natural History Museum, East Pavilion Gallery, South Kensington)
Experience the world’s premier nature photography competition—Wildlife Photographer of the Year—through 100 award-winning images that reveal the beauty, drama, and complexity of the natural world. With captions and films highlighting critical conservation issues, the exhibition invites you to pause, reflect, and turn connection into action.
Saving Britain’s wildlife — LSE, 11 Nov, 6.30pm – 8pm, Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House Houghton Street London
Britain’s wildlife has been depleted for centuries—from extinct large mammals to a 21st-century collapse in insect populations—raising the question: is there a way back? This event shares frontline stories of restoring wild Britain and tackles real-world conservation ethics: when to intervene, balancing economic and environmental interests, involving communities, valuing both big fauna and insects, and reconciling animal welfare with biodiversity.
Fermentation Celebration 2025 — OmVed Gardens, 15 Nov, 11:00am, 1 Townsend Yard London, N6 5JF
Join the third annual Fermentation Celebration—a joyful autumn gathering with talks, hands-on demos, and an artisan market from sourdough to kombucha amid the gardens. Whether you’re a curious beginner or a seasoned fermenter, spend a day exploring bold flavors, health benefits, and diverse traditions through shared learning and community.
National Tree Week — UK-wide, 22-30 Nov (see the online map for events)
National Tree Week, led by The Tree Council and partners, kicks off the tree-planting season by uniting conservation groups, volunteers, and tree-lovers to plant thousands of trees and hedgerows—and celebrate these pillars of our landscapes.
Dystopia is not the future — November event series, Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London
A curated programme of talks and screenings exploring how to move beyond a darkening present, emboldened by hope, community, and collective action.
Future Observatory: The Stone Demonstrator — From 24 Nov, Empress Place, at the Earls Court Development site, London
The Stone Demonstrator is a three-storey, open-air stone prototype at the Earls Court Development site, designed by Groupwork with Webb Yates and Arup, and funded by Future Observatory and UKRI AHRC, to showcase low-carbon construction. Acting as a 1:1 research tool and public exhibit, it demonstrates that natural stone structures can cut embodied carbon by ~70% vs reinforced concrete and ~90% vs steel, with hybrid stone-timber components and an accompanying UCL design guide to help industry adoption.
National Emergency Briefing — 27 Nov, 9am, Westminster Central Hall, Storey’s Gate, London
The UK’s first National Emergency Briefing on the Climate & Nature Crisis takes place at Westminster Central Hall, featuring eight leading experts presenting the latest risks and a science-based pathway forward. Aimed at politicians, civil servants, and the media, this is key event information.
Plant Based Treaty Gala — 29 Nov, 5pm, St. Alban’s Church Hall, 2 Margravine Road, London
An evening featuring vegan dining, keynote talks, live music, and a charity auction, hosted by Peter Egan and Karin Ridgers. Presented in support of the Plant Based Treaty, the event focuses on themes of compassion, sustainability, and a plant-based future.
