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== Sustainability initiatives ==
*[http://www.transitioncambridge.org Transition Cambridge]


== Initiatives by topic ==
{{Location data
| location = Cambridgeshire, East of England
| coordinates = 52° 32' 41.95" N, 0° 19' 2.56" W
}}


=== Biodiversity ===
{{Newslist|location=Cambridgeshire|year=2023}}


[[wikipedia:Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire]]
{{Read more|Cambridgeshire community action#News and comment}}


=== Climate action ===
'''Cambridgeshire''' is a county in the [[East of England]], bordering Lincolnshire to the north, [[Norfolk]] to the north-east, [[Suffolk]] to the east, [[Essex]] and [[Hertfordshire]] to the south, and [[Bedfordshire]] and Northamptonshire to the west. The city of Cambridge is the county town. {{W|Cambridgeshire}}


[http://cambridgecarbonfootprint.org/ Cambridge Carbon Footprint]
== Climate action ==


=== Communities online ===
* [https://camemergency.org/ Cambridgeshire Climate Emergency]


[http://www.cambridgeshire.net/ Cambridgeshire.net] community directory - [http://www.southcambridge.org.uk/ South Cambridge]
== Biodiversity ==


=== Community involvement ===
{{Wikipedia excerpt|Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire|paragraphs=1}}


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* [https://www.wildlifebcn.org/ Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire]
* Nature reserves in Cambridgeshire (category) {{W|Category:Nature reserves in Cambridgeshire}}


[http://bethechangecambridge.org.uk/ Be the change, Cambridge] - [http://cambridge.shapeyourplace.org/ ShapeYourPlace]
== Open spaces ==


=== Cycling activism ===
{{Wikipedia excerpt|Cambridgeshire|Green belt|paragraphs=1}}


{{#widget:Vimeo|id=133736570}}
== Communities online ==


=== Food activism ===
[http://web.archive.org/web/20190320072819/https://www.cambridgeshire.net/ Cambridgeshire.net] community directory - [http://web.archive.org/web/20161018212351/http://www.southcambridge.org.uk/ South Cambridge]


[http://www.cambridgesustainablefood.org/ Cambridge Sustainable Food], network of individuals and organisations supporting local sustainable food. - [http://www.growingspaces.org/cambridge/ Cambridge Growing Spaces] - [http://www.rock-abundance.squarespace.com/ Rock Abundance], new community-led project aiming to encourage more people in Cambridge (UK) to ‘swap and share’ fresh fruit and veg and long-life preserves.
== Cycling activism ==


=== Open spaces ===
National Cycle Routes in and around Cambridgeshire include: Route 11: connecting Harlow in Essex to King's Lynn in Norfolk, via Cambridge {{W|National Cycle Route 11}}; Route 12: incomplete but when fully constructed it will run from Enfield Lock ([[London]]) to Grimsby (Lincolnshire) via [[Peterborough]] {{W|National Cycle Route 12}}; and Route 51: connecting Colchester and the port of Harwich to Oxford via Cambridge {{W|National Cycle Route 51}}


[http://www.camlakes.co.uk/ Cambridge Lakes Project], community group that formed in 2012 to lobby for public access to the Cherry Hinton Chalk Pit Lakes
== Sustainable transport activism ==


=== Sustainable transport activism ===
'''Walking''': Footpaths in Cambridgeshire (category) {{W|Category:Footpaths in Cambridgeshire}}
'''Walking''': Wikipedia: [[wikipedia:Category:Footpaths in Cambridgeshire|Footpaths in Cambridgeshire]] (category)


=== Towards sustainable economies ===
== Video ==


[http://circularcambridge.org/ Circular Cambridge], a season of events celebrating progressive ways to design, manufacture, access, repair and reuse the things that we want and need in our lives.
{{Video
| video = ZdKEA3xtoog
| title = Visiting Open Eco Homes ~1min intro
| authors = Tom Bragg, Jun 24, 2014
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* Open Eco Homes on [https://cambridgecarbonfootprint.org/what-we-do/open-eco-homes/ cambridgecarbonfootprint.org], "free home energy advice and information hub which has inspired thousands of Cambridgeshire residents to improve their home energy efficiency over the last 14 years." ''added 13:07, 18 November 2023 (UTC)''
 
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== News and comment ==
== News and comment ==


'''2017'''
'''2019'''


The city where children go to school in a plywood box, Oct 14 <ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-40600234 BBC News]</ref>  
Sleepy Cambridgeshire village invites Swedish climate experts to help tackle climate emergency, Oct 30<ref>[https://camemergency.org/swedish-experts-help-histon-impington/ camemergency.org]</ref>


South Cambs repair cafés hailed a success, Jan 15 <ref>[http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/repair-cafs-hailed-success-south-12453999#ICID=sharebar_twitter cambridge-news.co.uk]</ref>
Mind over natter: the English town with a big mental health plan, Sep 11<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/11/calm-town-st-ives-mental-health The Guardian]</ref>


Soham solar power farm produces electricity for first time, Jan 2 <ref>[http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/local-news/soham-solar-power-farm-produces-12361649 cambridge-news.co.uk]</ref>
Cambridgeshire organisation launches radical response to climate emergency, Jun 13<ref>[https://camemergency.org/launch/ camemergency.org]</ref>


'''2016'''
Need to sign on? You'll have to walk 24 miles to the jobcentre, Jan 7<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jan/07/need-to-sign-on-youll-have-to-walk-24-miles-to-jobcentre The Guardian]</ref>


Floating bus stops making cyclists' lives safer, report says, Oct 25 <ref>[http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/floating-bus-stops-making-cyclists-12074281 cambridge-news.co.uk]</ref>
'''2018'''


Cambridge: Council's electricity supply goes 100% green, Oct 13 <ref>[https://www.cambridge.gov.uk/news/2016/10/13/councils-electricity-supply-goes-100-green cambridge.gov.uk]</ref>
This disastrous new project will change the face of Britain, yet no debate is allowed, George Monbiot, Aug 22<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/22/project-britain-debate-oxford-cambridge-expressway The Guardian]</ref>


'''2015'''
'''2017'''
 
How Cambridge Became the U.K.'s Model Cycling City, August 6 <ref>[http://www.citylab.com/commute/2015/08/how-cambridge-became-the-uks-model-cycling-city/400550/ CityLab]</ref>
 
'''2014'''
 
Learning from Cambridge Skillsfest – in more ways than one, March 3 <ref>[http://adragonsbestfriend.wordpress.com/2014/03/03/learning-from-cambridge-skillsfest-in-more-ways-than-one/ A dragons best friend]</ref>
 
== Events ==
 
'''2015'''
 
July 25 First stall for 2015 at Rock Road Library, [http://www.rock-abundance.squarespace.com/swaps/2015/7/25/first-stall-for-2015-at-rock-road-library Rock Abundance]
 
'''2014'''  


December 3 [http://cambridgecarbonfootprint.org/blog/how-to-clean-your-home-naturally/ How To Clean Your Home Naturally], Cambridge Carbon Footprint
South Cambs repair cafés hailed a success, Jan 15<ref>[https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/repair-cafs-hailed-success-south-12453999#ICID=sharebar_twitter cambridge-news.co.uk]</ref>


September 14 & 20 [http://openecohomes.org/ Open Eco Homes]
Soham solar power farm produces electricity for first time, Jan 2<ref>[https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/local-news/soham-solar-power-farm-produces-12361649 cambridge-news.co.uk]</ref>


May 31 [http://www.transitioncambridge.org/thewiki/ttwiki/pmwiki.php?n=TTSkillshare.RepairCafe Cambridge's first Repair Cafe!]
== Near you ==


== Resources ==
[[Cambridge community action]] - [[Peterborough community action]]
*[http://makespace.org/ Makespace], community inventing shed, Cambridge
*[https://www.cambridge.gov.uk/sustainability Sustainability], information from Cambridge City Council


=== Maps ===
{{Map
| location = Cambridgeshire
}}


'''Food''': [http://www.growingspaces.org/cambridge/map-of-cambridge-growing-spaces/ Map of Cambridge Growing Spaces]
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=== Video ===  
== External links ==


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Cambridgeshire {{W|Cambridgeshire}}


== Interwiki links ==
== References ==
Wikipedia: [[wikipedia:Cambridgeshire|Cambridgeshire]]


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Location Cambridgeshire, East of England
  • News ‘A game-changer’: the 9,000 acre project reclaiming the Fens for nature, theguardian.com (Nov 04, 2023)
  • News Pumping hot: inside Britain’s first heat pump village, positive.news (Jul 12, 2023)

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Cambridgeshire is a county in the East of England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the north-east, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west. The city of Cambridge is the county town. W

Climate action[edit | edit source]

Biodiversity[edit | edit source]

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The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire (WTBCN) is a registered charity which manages 126 nature reserves covering 3,945 hectares (15.23 square miles). It has over 35,000 members, and 95% of people in Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire live within five miles of a reserve. In the year to 31 March 2016 it employed 105 people and had an income of £5.1 million. It aims to conserve wildlife, inspire people to take action for wildlife, offer advice and share knowledge. The WTBCN is one of 36 wildlife trusts covering England, and 46 covering the whole of the United Kingdom.

Open spaces[edit | edit source]

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Cambridgeshire contains all its green belt around the city of Cambridge, extending to places such as Waterbeach, Lode, Duxford, Little & Great Abington and other communities a few miles away in nearby districts, to afford a protection from the conurbation. It was first drawn up in the 1950s.

Communities online[edit | edit source]

Cambridgeshire.net community directory - South Cambridge

Cycling activism[edit | edit source]

National Cycle Routes in and around Cambridgeshire include: Route 11: connecting Harlow in Essex to King's Lynn in Norfolk, via Cambridge W; Route 12: incomplete but when fully constructed it will run from Enfield Lock (London) to Grimsby (Lincolnshire) via Peterborough W; and Route 51: connecting Colchester and the port of Harwich to Oxford via Cambridge W

Sustainable transport activism[edit | edit source]

Walking: Footpaths in Cambridgeshire (category) W

Video[edit | edit source]

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Visiting Open Eco Homes ~1min intro
Authors: Tom Bragg, Jun 24, 2014
  • Open Eco Homes on cambridgecarbonfootprint.org, "free home energy advice and information hub which has inspired thousands of Cambridgeshire residents to improve their home energy efficiency over the last 14 years." added 13:07, 18 November 2023 (UTC)

News and comment[edit | edit source]

2019

Sleepy Cambridgeshire village invites Swedish climate experts to help tackle climate emergency, Oct 30[1]

Mind over natter: the English town with a big mental health plan, Sep 11[2]

Cambridgeshire organisation launches radical response to climate emergency, Jun 13[3]

Need to sign on? You'll have to walk 24 miles to the jobcentre, Jan 7[4]

2018

This disastrous new project will change the face of Britain, yet no debate is allowed, George Monbiot, Aug 22[5]

2017

South Cambs repair cafés hailed a success, Jan 15[6]

Soham solar power farm produces electricity for first time, Jan 2[7]

Near you[edit | edit source]

Cambridge community action - Peterborough community action

External links[edit | edit source]

Cambridgeshire W

References[edit | edit source]

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