Join us for a family-friendly day of community building, skill-sharing, and learning - creating the alternatives we need for people and the planet.
This is your chance to connect with others, discover local initiatives, and gain practical skills to help our communities not just survive, but thrive together.
Growing the Alternatives will include:
- Interactive sessions on renewables, retrofit, low carbon cooking and tackling climate disinformation
- Workshops on land justice, housing, decolonising economics and more
- Child friendly activities, art and crafts
- Fix your bike at the cycle repair station, sing with a community choir
Selce's Workshops at the event include:
- Renewables at Home - from solar PV to heat pumps - with Engineer Jason Blanchard
- Beginners Guide to Retrofit - with Alex Woodcraft, Selce Retrofit Projects Manager
- Saving on Home Energy Bills - with Michael Ochser, Selce Energy Advice Outreach Officer
- Workshop & sing with Quaggy Community Choir / Group Leader Jake Alexander
- Tackling Climate Disinformation - with Climate Journalist & Salamander News Co-Founder Dorothy Stein
- Meditation and climate mindfulness session - with Selce Founder Giovanna Speciale
This event is supported by The National Lottery Community Fund and the Mayor of London, as part of the Mayor’s Community Weekend 2025.
The below videos give a taste of a past Selce event, and our chair Nadia Smith explains what community energy is...
