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The aim of this page is to recognise, celebrate and encourage the self-empowerment of community agency networks (CANs) and community groups' Environment quality activism and advocacy. Learn about how communities positively impact through innovations, different projects and collaborations. The majority of our information about this is collated via our place pages ...Near you.

Community groups may be concerned about litter, pollution, traffic pollution, air quality, noise or light pollution, river quality, state of beaches, etc. Communities concerns and the action they take may be for the health and wellbeing of all, environmental justice for both people and nature.

  • News The UPF giants: “staggering” global emissions of the top 10 food and drink manufacturers higher than UK’s total carbon footprint, wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk (Oct 01, 2024) — Ultra processed foods aren't just damaging our health – they're decimating the environment too
  • News “Attorney General Bonta is leading the way to corporate accountability and a cleaner and healthier world", news.mongabay.com (Sep 24, 2024) — "This lawsuit will set an invaluable precedent for others to follow,” Judith Enck, president of Beyond Plastics
  • News ‘Transformational’: how a California city launched America’s first hydrogen-powered passenger train, theguardian.com (Sep 03, 2024)

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Events[edit | edit source]

  • Event Mar 20 - 30, 2024 (Wed - Sat) — Pesticide Action Week, semaine-sans-pesticides.fr
  • Event May 2 - 4, 2025 (Fri - Sun)Jane's Walk, first weekend of May every year, janeswalk.org
  • Event Dec 05, 2024 (Thu) — World Soil Day, un.org
  • Event Dec 11, 2024 (Wed) — International Mountain Day, Dec 11, annually, fao.org
  • Event Mar 01, 2025 (Sat)World Seagrass Day, Mar 1, annually. Raising awareness about seagrass and its important functions in the marine ecosystem.
  • Event Apr 22, 2025 (Tue) — Earth Day, April 22, annually, earthday.org
  • Event Jun 05, 2025 (Thu)World Environment Day, June 5, annually, worldenvironmentday.global
  • Event Jun 17, 2025 (Tue) — World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, each June 17, un.org
  • Event July 2025 — Plastic Free July, plasticfreejuly.org
  • Event Aug 09, 2025 (Sat) — International Day of the World's Indigenous People, observed on 9 August each year to raise awareness and protect the rights of the world's indigenous population, un.org

Community action projects[edit | edit source]

Apps for sustainability[edit | edit source]

EarthObserver App, mobile application which provides users with simplified access to vast libraries of images and information that up until now were tapped mainly by earth and environmental scientists. The EarthObserver App, the iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch, displays natural features and forces on land, undersea and in the air. Source: The Earth Institute, Colombia University, 2011-01-10

WideNoise app, a project based in the E.U., lets users monitor and share noise pollution levels at various locations with other users.

Books[edit | edit source]

  • Earth Repair: A Grassroots Guide to Healing Toxic and Damaged Landscapes, resilience.org, March 2015

Maps[edit | edit source]

Quotes[edit | edit source]

"We All Live Downstream" Frank Carbone Jr.

Other resources[edit | edit source]

Aarhus Convention[edit | edit source]

The Aarhus Convention, was signed on 25 June 1998 in the Danish city of Aarhus. It entered into force on 30 October 2001. As of March 2014, it has 47 parties—46 states and the European Union. All of the ratifying states are in Europe and Central Asia.

The Aarhus Convention grants the public rights regarding access to information, public participation and access to justice, in governmental decision-making processes on matters concerning the local, national and transboundary environment. It focuses on interactions between the public and public authorities. W

Campaigns[edit | edit source]

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Greenpeace 2023: there's something in the air
Authors: Greenpeace International, Dec 15, 2023
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See also[edit | edit source]

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Created July 27, 2015 by Phil Green
Last modified October 24, 2024 by Phil Green
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