Community action UK
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Welcome to CASwiki's UK portal. Our focus is on Community Action for Sustainability. This includes community involvement through climate action, environmental action and many other sustainability topics.
The gift of climate and ecological emergency is that we all get to work together. Ordinary citizens and community groups naturally share what they learn, and what they know of what helps. Everyone can help, everyone has something to offer, everyone is welcome. We all need to design, make and grow a better future for ourselves, our communities and our world. Together we CAN. Yes we CAN.
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News
UK
Europe
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National Trust asks public to join call for urgent Government action after hundreds of wildfires break out, and full extent of nature loss at Dunwich Heath emerges, nationaltrust.org.uk (Aug 07, 2026) — “The climate crisis long predicted by scientists is happening here and now. Ferocious wildfires, unprecedented temperatures and record-breaking droughts are already hitting communities and nature across the UK – they are not a distant threat. Tackling this emergency must be a cross-Government priority because it touches every aspect of our lives, our society and our economy. So we’ve launched a petition to demonstrate to Ministers the strength of public feeling on this issue." National Trust Director-General Hilary McGrady. To sign the petition, visit: nationaltrust.org.uk/wildfire-petition- All of England's rivers and lakes polluted with chemicals, officials say, BBC News (Aug 06, 2026)
- Firefighting aircraft aren’t enough – Britain needs to build a wildfire‑resilient society that involves everyone, Komal Raj Aryal, Lecturer in Crisis and Disaster Management, Aston University, theconversation.com (Aug 06, 2026)
- Murderous heat, an endangered food supply and no net zero: this is the life the radical right wants you to have, George Monbiot, theguardian.com (Aug 05, 2026)
- How rewilding could help stop the spread of Britain’s wildfires, theconversation.com (Aug 04, 2026)
- Europe’s rivers are running dry, and the knock-on effects are disastrous, Yiannis Baboulias, theguardian.com (Aug 05, 2026)
- How Australia combines modern tech and Indigenous knowledge to fight wildfires, BBC News (Aug 01, 2026)
- May and June heatwaves killed about 2,700 people in England and Wales, data suggests, theguardian.com (Jul 13, 2026) — Extreme heat led to 440 deaths a day during June peak, say scientists, with climate crisis ramping up temperatures
- Europe's heatwave linked to 1,300 deaths, WHO says, as Germany hits record 41.7C, BBC News (Jun 28, 2026)
- European heatwave is worst ever and impossible without climate crisis, scientists say, theguardian.com (Jun 26, 2026) — Study also finds high humidity means people in hundreds of cities are enduring their worst ever heat stress
- South Korea's president orders all-out response to heatwave, reuters.com (Aug 06, 2026)
- Young activists in the Maldives confront climate threats to their island nation, seattletimes.com (Aug 06, 2026)
- Philippines steps up solar transition as Iran war hikes energy costs, eenews.net (Aug 06, 2026)
- Europe’s rivers are running dry, and the knock-on effects are disastrous, Yiannis Baboulias, theguardian.com (Aug 05, 2026)
- Indigenous communities aren’t rejecting tourism – they just want to shape it themselves, theconversation.com (Aug 05, 2026)
More UK news
Community involvement
Food
Towards sustainable economies
Climate
Environment quality
- Firefighting aircraft aren’t enough – Britain needs to build a wildfire‑resilient society that involves everyone, Komal Raj Aryal, Lecturer in Crisis and Disaster Management, Aston University, theconversation.com (Aug 06, 2026)
- How rewilding could help stop the spread of Britain’s wildfires, theconversation.com (Aug 04, 2026)
- MPs call on UK government to host televised emergency briefing on climate crisis, theguardian.com (Jul 10, 2026) — As UK swelters in another heatwave, 50-minute Chris Packham film outlines threats to security, economy and health
- Murderous heat, an endangered food supply and no net zero: this is the life the radical right wants you to have, George Monbiot, theguardian.com (Aug 05, 2026)
- The UK birth, death, and rebirth of the local market, wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk (Jul 23, 2026)
- Across parties, across postcodes, ffcc.co.uk (Jul 17, 2026) — British people want government action on food
- Britain’s green transition should belong to everyone. Why is Labour so intent on stopping us having our say? George Monbiot, theguardian.com (May 27, 2026)
- Fixing social care: Report highlights potential of co-op model in the UK, thenews.coop (May 08, 2026) — Commissioned by Co-operatives UK and Cwmpas, the study found co-ops provide ‘fairer, better quality, community-rooted care’
- Farm co-ops can boost UK’s food security, says report, thenews.coop (May 05, 2026)
- National Trust asks public to join call for urgent Government action after hundreds of wildfires break out, and full extent of nature loss at Dunwich Heath emerges, nationaltrust.org.uk (Aug 07, 2026) — “The climate crisis long predicted by scientists is happening here and now. Ferocious wildfires, unprecedented temperatures and record-breaking droughts are already hitting communities and nature across the UK – they are not a distant threat. Tackling this emergency must be a cross-Government priority because it touches every aspect of our lives, our society and our economy. So we’ve launched a petition to demonstrate to Ministers the strength of public feeling on this issue." National Trust Director-General Hilary McGrady. To sign the petition, visit: nationaltrust.org.uk/wildfire-petition
- From Caroline Lucas and Rupert Read, a tale of two climate adaptations [Rupert's Reads], Daily Alternative (Jul 27, 2026)
- The climate cafe where misery is 'empowering', BBC News (Jul 26, 2026)
- All of England's rivers and lakes polluted with chemicals, officials say, BBC News (Aug 06, 2026)
- ‘We plant belonging’: how nature charities and asylum seekers work together in UK countryside, theguardian.com (Jul 12, 2026) — Environmental and refugee groups have joined forces to benefit lives and wildlife in Wales and elsewhere
- The English community that brought its river back from the brink: ‘If we can get it right here, we can do it everywhere’, theguardian.com (May 20, 2026)
Events
UK
International
Mar 13 - 29, 2026 (Fri - Sun) — Great British Spring Clean and Great Big School Clean, Keep Britain Tidy call to help improve local environments, keepbritaintidy.org- Mar 16 - 27, 2026 (Mon - Fri) — Sustrans Big Walk and Wheel, cycling, walking and scooting challenge for schools from Sustrans, bigwalkandwheel.org.uk
- Apr 24 - 30, 2026 (Fri - Thu) — The Big River Watch, theriverstrust.org
- Feb 02, 2026 (Mon) — World Wetlands Day, Feb 2, annually, worldwetlandsday.org
- Feb 20, 2026 (Fri) — World Day of Social Justice, Feb 20 each year, un.org
- February 21 - March 1, 2026 (Sat - Sun) — Real Bread Week, annual, international celebration of additive-free bread and the people behind its rise, sustainweb.org
- Mar 01, 2026 (Sun) — World Seagrass Day, Mar 1, annually. Raising awareness about seagrass and its important functions in the marine ecosystem.
- Mar 03, 2026 (Tue) — World Wildlife Day, Mar 3, annually, un.org
- Mar 7 - 13, 2026 (Sat - Fri) — Open Data Day, opendataday.org
- Mar 08, 2026 (Sun) — International Women's Day, March 8 every year, internationalwomensday.com
- Mar 18, 2026 (Wed) — Global Recycling Day, globalrecyclingday.com
- Mar 20, 2026 (Fri) — World Rewilding Day, March 20, annually, rewildingeurope.com
- Mar 20 - 30, 2026 (Fri - Mon) — Pesticide Action Week, semaine-sans-pesticides.fr
- Mar 20, 2026 (Fri) — International Day of Happiness, every March 20, dayofhappiness.net
- Mar 21, 2026 (Sat) — International Day of Forests, March 21 each year, fao.org
- Mar 21, 2026 (Sat) — International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, annually on 21 March, un.org
- Mar 22, 2026 (Sun) — World Water Day, March 22, annually, un.org
- Mar 28, 2026 (Sat) — Earth Hour, 8.30 p.m. local time, earthhour.org
2021-2030, UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, International community action events
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| Cite as | Philralph (2015–2026). "Community action UK". Appropedia. Retrieved August 12, 2026. |