London's best eco-exhibitions and events

Exposure: Lives at Sea, National Maritime Museum

Curator Laura Boon is fascinated by the versatile experiences of those who spend months of the year marooned at sea, often out of contact with loved ones. Identifying six subjects who work far apart from one another – both geographically and professionally – she has curated an exhibition, Exposure: Lives at Sea, featuring the photography of each.

Arctic: Culture and Climate, British Museum

In May, the British Museum will open its first major exhibition exploring the diverse range of communities that live in the Arctic. Arctic: Culture and Climate will draw on the museum's extensive collection of polar artefacts, from costumes to artworks.

Water - From Source to Tap exhibition at the ICE

This free interactive exhibition at The Institution of Civil Engineers London is designed to teach kids all about water engineering, the sewage system and fatbergs, those growing sewage monsters beneath London. The exhibition also highlights global water engineering projects and gives children the opportunity to unleash their inner civil engineer with LEGO kits.

Photo: LEGO, c/o ICE

Plogging: what is it, and where can you do it in London?

Forget just walking: the next time you hit the park for a weekend stroll, bring some gloves and a bin bag and start collecting litter - all the kids are doing it, and this is one time where you'll feel OK submitting to peer pressure. The website Plogolution organises London plogs - and provides all the free kit - if you'd like to do it in a more formal way, or use it as an excuse to socialise with other like-minded, climate-protecting souls.

Being Human, Wellcome Collection

Being Human is the new permanent gallery space opened at the Wellcome in September 2019, which explores what it means to be alive in these uncertain times. The final part of the exhibition is devoted to examining climate change. Highlights include Superflex's short film, Flooded MacDonald’s - a life-sized replica of the eponymous fast food chain filling with water - and a piece from Yinka Shonibare's Refugee Astronaut series.

Try a plant-based cooking class at ALMA Deli London

ALMA Deli is a haven for plant-based food as well as a handy place to go to attend a variety of kids' classes, from yoga and crystals to gong baths and cooking. The plant-based cooking classes on site encourage children to learn about seasonality and locally sourced foods, the health benefits of eating certain fruits and vegetables and, best of all, are visually enticing and scrumptious, to get kids wanting to taste the rainbow.

Check out the bee garden at the Horniman Museum

The Horniman Museum is well worth a visit for a tour of cultures around the globe and plenty of animal attractions (real and taxidermied). Fans will be pleased to know that the museum has made a big commitment to sustainability. As part of that, check out the museum's Bee Garden, with its central Flower Girl by Jasmine Pradissitto. The nitrogen dioxide absorbing sculpture in the glorious Horniman gardens is flanked by bee hotels made from reclaimed pallets, set in wildflower turf, and hexagonal beds with tempting bee food, like shrubs, perennials and sunflowers.