Environmental Education

1. All secondary school pupils should experience two week-long residention settings per year in different environments, where lessons can be linked to the type of settings.
2. Child benefits should move towards discouraging second and subsequent children

Rob Stephenson, Brighton

Throwaway Society

I think that getting rid of single use carrier bags is a big red green idea. This may not be the biggest deal in terms of climate change but they are a potent symbol of our throwaway society and behaviour change is what we need.

Joan Ruddock
Minister for Climate Change, Biodiversity and Waste

Climate Change Bill

My big, red and green idea is to ensure the Climate Change Bill is passed, making the UK the first country in the world to have binding targets for reducing CO2 emissions.
Hilary Benn MP, Secretary of State for the Environment.

community owned energy

I think community owned energy schemes, like that being developed by the NDC in Shoreditch are big, red and green - bringing communities together, achieving more together than apart, building social capital through community assets and social enterprise while helping address the challenges of local fuel poverty and climate change.

Hazel Blears MP, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

eco towns

I think that Eco Towns are big, red and green.  They are a once in a generation opportunity to be world leaders in creating fantastic new communities; providing much needed homes for families and, by using cutting edge technology, doing so in a way that demonstrates the Labour Government's commitment to tackling climate change.

Caroline Flint MP, Housing Minister

feed in tarrifs

I think that feed-in tarrifs are big, red and green - we only have to look at their success in Germany, creating local green jobs, reducing fuel poverty and increasing renewables capacity (and reducing the need of at least two fossil-fuel power stations.

Hywel Lloyd (former SERA Chair)