H&CCA have partnered with Spike Island Arts Space to produce a week long event of exhibition and talks exploring the incredible nature and community opportunities our little ‘island’ can inspire for a more sustainable, equitable future. 

We opened the 2026 week on the 2nd March with a presentation of Connected Actions/Sustainable Neighbourhoods, our Hotwells, Cliftonwood and Harbourside Community Climate Action Plan and presentation of our newly formed Harbourside Community Nature Reserve.

See here for the impact report from the week- we've already started planning for 2027!

More about the project

Spike Island is committed to tackling the climate crisis by aligning our activities, values, and operations with environmental responsibility. In 2024, Spike Island embarked upon Spike Green Futures, a campaign to become carbon neutral by 2030 in line with Bristol City Council’s ‘Mission Net Zero’. In 2025, we supported HCCA to develop a Community Climate Action Plan as part of Bristol Climate & Nature Partnership’s Community Climate Action Project. This ambitious, city-wide programme funded by the National Lottery’s Climate Action Fund, demonstrates the important role communities can play in achieving the city’s climate and nature ambitions.  

Spike Green Futures Week builds upon these initiatives, encouraging the Spike Island community to think beyond raising awareness about climate change, focussing on the positive actions that we can take as a creative community to inspire a more sustainable, equitable future. 

The week-long programme of events will centre around creative responses to environmental sustainability, including installations, knowledge exchange sessions, mending workshops, carbon literacy training and more, bringing together our hopes and dreams for the future of Spike Island as a sustainable neighbourhood.  

For the full programme visit the Green Futures Week page