Community action/Bristol

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| Location | Bristol, South West England |
| Coordinates | 51° 27' 33.72" N, 2° 35' 1.06" W |
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 Bristol. It's an introduction to local networks, groups, and events.
- Bristol community resources and Bristol community climate and environment action are separate pages.
News
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The Public Plate: a new model for responsible restaurants that bring people together, wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk (Mar 12, 2026)
How communities are stepping up to revive our tired towns and cities, positive.news (Feb 05, 2026)
New national forest to see 20m trees planted, BBC News (Mar 21, 2025)
White storks: why introducing non‑native species in rewilding projects can be a good idea, theconversation.com (Jun 05, 2026)
Citizens’ Assembly to invest £100,000 in West’s culture, westofengland-ca.gov.uk (Jan 16, 2026)
‘We found 23,000 worms!’ The soil project bringing life back to the land, positive.news (Oct 22, 2025)
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)
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
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)
Networks and sustainability initiatives
[edit | edit source]- Heart of BS13, charitable organisation committed to sustainability, professional development, and income generation through social enterprise. added 14:16, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
- Ambition Lawrence Weston, resident-driven organisation striving to make Lawrence Weston an even better place to live and work. added 15:40, 21 July 2023 (UTC)
- Knowle West Alliance, rooted in the community, growing for the future
- Bristol 2015, European Green Capital, @Bristol 2015
- Bristol Green Capital (Partnership), the Partnership is a free membership organisation whose aim is to make Bristol "a low carbon city with a high quality of life for all". You can become a member as long as you are representatives of an organisation that wishes to play a role. Twitter: @bgreencapital
- Ecojam Bristol
- Sustainable Redland
- The Southville Centre
- Sustainability, information from the Univeristy of the West of England
- Transition Bristol
- Carbon Makeover, Knowle West
- Twin cities, information from Bristol City Council
CDC videos
[edit | edit source]Each week 3 different short videos from across the UK or world.
Community action/Manchester, Community action/Essex, Community action/West Sussex / ...This week's featured Global videos / ... read more about Cosmolocalism
Events
[edit | edit source]- Bristol Repair Cafe dates on creativemedia.org.uk
UK events
Aug 10 - 16, 2026 (Mon - Sun) — National Allotments Week, 2026 theme is “Grow to Learn.”, thenas.org.uk
Global or international events
Aug 09, 2026 (Sun) — 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
Aug 12, 2026 (Wed) — International Youth Day, awareness day designated by the United Nations taking place on Aug 12 each year, un.org
2021-2030, UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, International community action events
Bristol video
[edit | edit source]Community involvement
[edit | edit source]The Bristol Democracy Project, Getting People Involved In Decision Making In Bristol
Localism
[edit | edit source]Bristol Independents campaign
Communities online
[edit | edit source]- The Knowledge, Knowle West's community website, added 17:51, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
Community and voluntary action
[edit | edit source]About Bristol
[edit | edit source]Bristol ( ) is a city and ceremonial county in South West England. It is on the River Avon, and bordered by Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south, with a short coastline on the Bristol Channel to the west. The county includes most of the Bristol conurbation, but the urban area extends into South Gloucestershire, Bath and North East Somerset, and North Somerset.
Bristol was ranked as Britain's most sustainable city (based on its environmental performance, quality of life, future-proofing and approaches to climate change, recycling and biodiversity), topping environmental charity Forum for the Future's 2008 Sustainable Cities Index. Local initiatives include Sustrans (creators of the National Cycle Network, founded as Cyclebag in 1977) and Resourcesaver, a non-profit business established in 1988 by Avon Friends of the Earth. In 2014 The Sunday Times named it as the best city in Britain in which to live. The city received the 2015 European Green Capital Award, becoming the first UK city to receive this award.
In 2019 Bristol City Council voted in favour of banning all privately owned diesel cars from the city centre. Since then, the plans have been revised in favour of a clean air zone whereby older and more polluting vehicles will be charged to drive through the city centre. The Clean Air Zone came into effect in November 2022. W
Bristol archive
[edit | edit source]Past events
2017
- Jun 8 - 25 Festival of Nature, a wild adventure up the River Avon
- March 25 Up Our Street Festival of Solutions 2017, Easton Community Centre, Kilburn Street. Priorirty for residents of Easton and Lawrence Hill
- February 22 Bristol Soup
2016
- Sept 2 - 4 Radical Technology Revisited conference
- Jun 4 - 5 Get-Growing-Garden-Trail-2016.pdf
- Apr 29 - May 7 Bristol Food Connections, bringing people and good food together
2015
- Bristol is European Green Capital for 2015, bbc.co.uk Events, information from bristol2015.co.uk
- August 22 Fair in the Square to "celebrate 20 years of the National Cycle Network with a fun-filled festival and Lullaby ride."
- July 4 - 5 International Fairtrade Towns' Conference @Bristol Conference Centre
2014
- February 8 Bristol Futures Forum
- February 24 - March 9 Fairtrade Fortnight in Bristol
- April 26 - May 26 Bristol Walking Festival
- May 5 Eat-In! Bristol
- June 7 - 15 Festival of Nature, June 14 - 15 Harbourside event
- June 12 Painting the Town Green event for community and voluntary organizations in the lead up to Bristol Green Capital 2015
- June 14 - 22 Bristol Big Green Week
- June 22 Bristol's Biggest Bike Ride
- September 13 -14 Bristol Green Doors 2014
- November 25 Making Bristol's Streets Special, Civic Society Annual "Big Event"
| Authors | Phil Green |
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| License | CC-BY-SA-3.0 |
| Cite as | Philralph (2013–2026). "Community action/Bristol". Appropedia. Retrieved August 12, 2026. |









