The aim of this page is to recognise, celebrate and encourage the self-empowerment of community agency networks (CANs) and community groups' activism for climate, environment and many other sustainability topics across Oxford.
‘In Delhi I can see the climate catastrophe unfolding before my eyes’, The Guardian (Nov 15, 2022)
- Oxford council backs bid to stop water firm dumping sewage in Thames, Oct 9, 2020...[1]
- City Council responds to Oxford Citizens' Assembly on Climate Change and outlines £19m climate emergency budget, Dec 16, 2019...[2]
Video gallery[edit | edit source]
Community resources[edit | edit source]
- Makespace Oxford, "Truly affordable workspace in central Oxford"
Climate action[edit | edit source]
- Oxford Citizens Assembly on Climate Change, oxford.gov.uk, held over two weekends in September and October 2019.[3] Many videos on the website.
Biodiversity activism[edit | edit source]
The Trap Grounds (aka Trap Grounds Town Green) is a nature reserve in north Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, owned by Oxford City Council.
Environment quality[edit | edit source]
- Cleaner, Greener Oxford, Oxford City Council campaign
- OxClean, Oxford Civic Society initiative dedicated to keeping Oxford clean and tidy
- Oxford Flood Network, making a citizen-built flood detection network in Oxford, based on river levels, groundwater and local knowledge.
Open spaces[edit | edit source]
Oxford is a very green city, with several parks and nature walks within the ring road, as well as several sites just outside the ring road. In total, 28 nature reserves exist within or just outside Oxford ring road. W
Oxford is at the centre of the Oxford Green Belt, which is an environmental and planning policy that regulates the rural space in Oxfordshire surrounding the city, aiming to prevent urban sprawl and minimize convergence with nearby settlements. The policy has been blamed for the large rise in house prices in Oxford, making it the least affordable city in the United Kingdom outside of London, with estate agents calling for brownfield land inside the green belt to be released for new housing. The vast majority of the area covered is outside of the city, but there are some green spaces within that which are covered by the designation, such as much of the Thames and river Cherwell flood-meadows, and the village of Binsey, along with several smaller portions on the fringes. Other landscape features and places of interest covered include Cutteslowe Park and the mini railway attraction, the University Parks, Hogacre Common Eco Park, numerous sports grounds, Aston's Eyot, St Margaret's Church and well, and Wolvercote Common and community orchard.
Cycling[edit | edit source]
Among cities in England and Wales, Oxford has the second highest percentage of people cycling to work. W
Food activism[edit | edit source]
- Abundance Oxford, not-for-profit community harvesting, redistributing & preserving group
- Cultivate Oxford
- Good Food Oxford
- Oxford Food Surplus Café
Cripley Meadow Allotment Association is managed by an annually elected committee. Oxford City Council lease the land to the association and devolve its management to the committee. Since 2004 over 160 plots have been cleared and put back into use. It is now a thriving site supporting over 200 members in growing local food and flowers.
Cripley Island Orchard has also been established. W
Sharing[edit | edit source]
- SHARE Oxford- A Library of Things
Towards sustainable economies[edit | edit source]
- SolidarityOxford, solidarityeconomy.coop, map of the city's solidarity economy oxford.solidarityeconomy.coop, added 20:44, 7 November 2021 (UTC)
Commons[edit | edit source]
Wolvercote Common is an area of grassed common land north of Port Meadow in Oxford, England.
The Wolvercote Commoners' Committee was established in 1929 to manage the common land and to preserve other amenities in the village. Along with Port Meadow and Wolvercote Green, Wolvercote Common has been a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) since 1955. In 1993, the Wolvercote Commoners' Committee resisted an attempt by Oxford City Council to take the common into its ownership.
Past events[edit | edit source]
- Jun 17 - 25, 2017 Oxford Green Week, previously known as Low Carbon Oxford Week
- June 14, 2014 Good Food Oxford Launch Fest
Campaigns[edit | edit source]
About Oxford[edit | edit source]
Oxford ( ) is a cathedral city and non-metropolitan district in Oxfordshire, England, of which it is the county town. Founded in the 8th century, it was granted city status in 1542. The city is located at the confluence of the rivers Thames (locally known as the Isis) and Cherwell. It had a population of 163,257 in 2022. It is 56 miles (90 km) north-west of London, 64 miles (103 km) south-east of Birmingham and 61 miles (98 km) north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the University of Oxford, the oldest university in the English-speaking world; it has buildings in every style of English architecture since late Anglo-Saxon. Oxford's industries include motor manufacturing, education, publishing, science, and information technologies.
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