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Community groups may be concerned about litter, pollution, traffic pollution, air quality, noise or light pollution, river quality, state of beaches, etc.


What communities can do

Resources

Apps for sustainability

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.

Maps

Other resources

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Quotes

"We All Live Downstream" Frank Carbone Jr.

Video

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News and comment

See separate article: Environment quality news

Aarhus Convention

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

Events

Feb 2 World Wetlands Day, 2020: Sun

Mar Water Action Month, annually

Mar 20 - 30 Pesticide Action Week 2020: Fri - Mon

Mar 22 World Water Day 2020, Sun

Campaigns

Eradicating Ecocide W

Yes to Life, No to Mining

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See also

local information and news can be found, or shared, via our many location pages Template:Scaendmenu

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References

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