One Small Step
A journey from climate anxiety to climate action
One Small Step is a programme of creative walks, funded by The National Lottery, designed to take participants on a journey from climate anxiety to climate action.
Each walk addresses a different climate related theme and a different audience - with different routes, special guests, and creative activities. You are welcome to attend any single event or stack up a collection. Whatever you decide, these walks will provide a great opportunity to get out and connect with the beautiful natural landscape around Bath.
Striding out, with our eyes on the horizon, will help us find fresh perspectives and new energy to tackle the toughest but most urgent subject we face.
This event series is funded by The National Lottery, and places on the walks are free (but registration is essential).
We have funding to support participation from those who would not usually be able to afford to be there. If you would like financial assistance to attend one of our walks, e.g. for public transport, please get in touch.
“It made it feel that some change was in our hands if we choose to take the challenge!”
– Ann Stiddard & Alison Comley, Theatre West, on Kilter’s Green Consultancy Walks
Past walks
One Small Step: Towards Becoming An Eco Imagineer
15 October 2023
One Small Step: For New Parents Trying To Do The Right Thing
9 October 2023
One Small Step: For Teenagers Heroically Taking Matters Into Their Own Hands
8 October 2023
One Small Step: Towards Being More Green In Your Creative Business Practice
3 October 2023
One Small Step: Towards A Mindful Friendship With Nature
2 October 2023
One Small Step: For New Parents Trying To Do The Right Thing
26 September 2023
One Small Step: Towards A Mindful Friendship With Nature
23 September 2023
One Small Step: Towards Bringing the Inner Activist Out
13 September 2023
One Small Step: To Sing Yourself Part of the Solution
10 September 2023
One Small Step: Towards Forging An Alliance With Nature
12 July 2023
One Small Step: Towards Being More Green In Your Creative Practice
4 July 2023
About the project
Kilter has been running community events in the great outdoors since 2006. In all that time our greatest priority has always been the environment. In fact, the main reason we started making plays was as a way to talk about climate change when the conversation was much less readily available than it is now.
One of the most effective (and ridiculously straightforward) strategies we have developed for keeping ourselves carbon neutral is by walking everywhere as much as possible. We encourage our actors to walk to rehearsals, our audiences to walk to performances, and we’ll often invite collaborators for a walking meeting. Walking is a great aid to creative thinking and problem solving.
We‘ve decided to programme a series of creative ‘walkshops’ over the next few months, open to the public for free thanks to funding from National Lottery Community Fund. The aim of the walks is to create space and time for people from all walks of life to come together and discuss a particular environmental issue in a creative way. We’ll take time to listen, and to share ideas that Kilter has developed over the last 17 years: enjoyable activities and attitudes that make grappling with the climate crisis less overwhelming and surprisingly achievable!
We are planning 12 different routes of varying distances and levels of difficulty. Each will offer different creative activities to address different aspects of the climate crisis. Many of the walks will also have special guest experts and opportunities to ‘netwalk’. Overall, our ambition is that every participant will be able to take One Small Step on their journey from climate anxiety to climate action.
Audience reactions to Kilter’s walks:
“Excellent says it all. Lovely hosts and fellow walkers. Interesting, Good to talk & to listen. It's inspired me to do more.”
- Participant, Home Sweet Home
“I just wanted to say what a great event Walking the Talk was! It was brilliantly led by Kilter Theatre (…) The conversations were engaging and I, amongst others, would welcome some more events like this”
- Participant, Walking the Talk
“A great way to spend an afternoon.”
- Participant, Home Sweet Home
“Kilter have worked with us from the start of our Walking Festivals (in 2017). They have created innovative and fun events, aimed at getting people walking and talking. The walkie-talkies have proven popular and successful and engaging new audiences and we’ll be seeing more of them in future years.”
- Lucy Bartlett, Bathscape
Partners
Kilter’s One Small Step project is made possible by the National Lottery Community Fund. We’d like to say a big thank you to National Lottery players for helping to make our work possible!
