A fairer, kinder society
How can community agency networks (CANs) and community groups help co-create a fairer, kinder world, through arts, sport, culture, play, education, co-learning and social inclusion?
News
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Justice
The generosity experiment, positive.news (Apr 02, 2026) - Saving ourselves and nature means tackling inequality, says Cambridge researcher, news.mongabay.com (Sep 03, 2025)
- ‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse, theguardian.com (Aug 02, 2025) — epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished
- Boston’s Food Forests Take Root as a Climate Equity Strategy, insideclimatenews.org (Oct 03, 2025) — A decade of organizing has turned trash-strewn lots into edible parks. Now Boston is expanding food forests as part of its climate action plan. Ryan Krugman
- Seven Indigenous paths to protect the Amazon, news.mongabay.com (Sep 29, 2025)
- Smoke From Wildfires Caused by Climate Change Will Fuel Many More Premature Deaths in the U.S., a New Study Warns, insideclimatenews.org (Sep 18, 2025)
Video
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Rising Appalachia
Together with the music of Rising Appalachia, the Rise Collective W is used to support many of the Smith sisters' community-based projects uniting the arts and justice. Having themselves been community activists during their travels, Leah and Chloe Smith want their art to also be a source of activism, as well as of cultural development.
Education, deliberation and media services
[edit | edit source]Fabulous example of citizen and community group created local media: Visioning Camden 2030 booklet, link via visioningcamden2030.wordpress.com
Inspiring quotes
[edit | edit source]"Most people participate in their communities not as part of organised groups, but in doing acts of kindness." Professor Carolyn Kagan, Professor of Community Social Psychology at Manchester Metropolitan University.
"Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all." Aristotle
"...if we are to move from charity to justice, helping our community members who are most marginalized to be heard is one of the most effective and enduring things we can do. Let's restore one of the strengths of our sector, and one of our sacred duties. Let's mobilize the full power of our community, constantly and unapologetically, in service of justice. We must intellectualize less and organize more. The soul of our sector, and the well-being of our community, depends on it." Nonprofit AF
"Please remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end." @TransitionLag
"We've always done skills exchanges. Hundreds of years ago, maybe, it was just with our neighbors and family, But now we have the possibility to take it anywhere in the world, and that's a great opportunity." Graziella Michel[1]
"The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members." Coretta Scott King
News archive
[edit | edit source]Fairer kinder
Justice
- Boston’s Food Forests Take Root as a Climate Equity Strategy, insideclimatenews.org (Oct 03, 2025) — A decade of organizing has turned trash-strewn lots into edible parks. Now Boston is expanding food forests as part of its climate action plan. Ryan Krugman
- Seven Indigenous paths to protect the Amazon, news.mongabay.com (Sep 29, 2025)
- Smoke From Wildfires Caused by Climate Change Will Fuel Many More Premature Deaths in the U.S., a New Study Warns, insideclimatenews.org (Sep 18, 2025)
- Earth’s Wetlands Are Disappearing and Global Efforts to Save Them Are Unraveling, (COP15), insideclimatenews.org (Jul 29, 2025) — Uganda has taken a lead in elevating the role local communities play in wetlands protection, introducing a widely-supported resolution on the importance of cultural values. “In Uganda, we protect wetlands because of our cultural values,” This involves documenting communities’ stories, traditional ways of life and their ecological knowledge, Asadhu Ssebyoto
- The European Politician Bringing Nature Into the Halls of Power, insideclimatenews.org (Mar 25, 2025)
- 'Belonging is more than a legal status; it is a felt experience, woven through acceptance by your community and recognition by your government', globalvoices.org (Mar 22, 2025) — Redefining belonging: From statelessness to collective strength, Guest Contributor
- Landmark Ruling on Uncontacted Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Strikes at Oil Industry, insideclimatenews.org (Mar 13, 2025)
- Study shows large social disparities in neighborhood flooding within Latin American cities, nature.com (Feb 10, 2025) — Policymakers must prioritize flood adaptation and recovery efforts in neighborhoods with lower socioeconomic status
- A Shrimper’s Crusade Pays Big Dividends on a Remote Stretch of Texas Coastline, insideclimatenews.org (Dec 24, 2024)
- Millions of Californians live near oil and gas wells that are in the path of wildfires, latimes.com (Jul 21, 2024)
- The new UK govt aims for "growth, growth, growth" to solve all problems. The planet will have something to say about that, suggests James Meadway, Daily Alternative (Jul 19, 2024)
- Regen, organic & agroecology: what’s the difference?, wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk (Jul 17, 2024)
- Amazon deforestation cut by 83% in places protected by Indigenous communities – new research, theconversation.com (Jul 15, 2024)
- California Communities Celebrate ‘Massive’ Victory as Oil Industry Drops Unpopular Referendum, insideclimatenews.org (Jul 01, 2024)
- In the Ambitious Bid to Reinvent South Baltimore, Justice Concerns Remain, insideclimatenews.org (Oct 02, 2023)
- Saving ourselves and nature means tackling inequality, says Cambridge researcher, news.mongabay.com (Sep 03, 2025)
- ‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse, theguardian.com (Aug 02, 2025) — epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished
- How to embrace an abundance mindset, according to you, positive.news (Jul 16, 2025)
- Farmers face one of the highest rates of suicide. This social worker believes the solution is buried in their land, theguardian.com (Apr 10, 2025)
- Rewind and be kind: what happens if you do one act of kindness every day?, theguardian.com (Mar 30, 2025)
- ‘We’re witnesses to the horror of the world’: the one-of-a-kind Italian clinic treating refugees for trauma, theguardian.com (Jan 27, 2025)
- Carbon emissions of richest 1% increase hunger, poverty and deaths, says Oxfam, theguardian.com (Oct 28, 2024)
- Billionaires Must Help Fix the Planet, foreignpolicy.com (Sep 20, 2024) — It’s time for the ultra-rich to take responsibility for their role in the climate crisis. Ban Ki-moon, former U.N. secretary-general
- Don’t fear the boomers! How Poland is celebrating its old people – and making life better for every age, theguardian.com (Sep 18, 2024)
- Barcelona protests: holiday hotspots need fairer tourism for local communities, theconversation.com (Aug 08, 2024)
- ‘Ultra-cheap energy for every household’: could a different kind of tariff change everything?, theguardian.com (Aug 02, 2024)
- The new UK govt aims for "growth, growth, growth" to solve all problems. The planet will have something to say about that, suggests James Meadway, Daily Alternative (Jul 19, 2024)
- ‘We need more shade’: US’s hottest city turns to trees to cool those most in need, theguardian.com (Apr 17, 2024)
- Policy experts hail Supreme Court ruling on climate change but stress that India's transition to clean energy to fight climate change must not lead to environmental injustices., energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com (Apr 09, 2024)
- Lima’s neurodiverse picnic movement is liberating Peruvians from stigma and abuse, positive.news (Mar 13, 2024)
- Youth activists need protection against smear campaigns and arrests, says UN expert, theguardian.com (Mar 11, 2024)
- Six ways inequality holds back climate action, theconversation.com (Jan 15, 2024)
- Broad support for repair at the EU Parliament – will the Council keep up with the ambition?, repair.eu (Oct 25, 2023) — “We applaud the huge improvements introduced by the IMCO Committee to ensure the affordability of repair, the ban of unfair anti-repair practices and the promotion of broad repair options for consumers. We now urge the European Council and Member States Ministries not to let their citizens down. They have been demanding the right to repair what they own for years and this is the time to make it happen.” Cristina Ganapini, Coordinator of the Right to Repair Europe coalition
- Small acts of kindness are frequent and universal, finds study, positive.news (Jun 28, 2023)
- Australia needs to reduce emissions to net zero by 2038 to do ‘fair share’ to contain global heating, analysis shows, The Guardian (Jun 18, 2023)
- Catalonian housing co-op wins social innovation prize from European Commission, thenews.coop (Feb 08, 2023) — Sostre Cívic was praised for its alternative housing model which judges found 'fairer and more accessible, non-profit, non-speculative and transformative'
- Forests in the tropics are critical for tackling climate change – yet the people showing how are being exploited, The Conversation (Apr 28, 2022) — Fair deal for field workers needed
See also
- CANwiki: Shaping the system, Share learning, Create the feel
- CASwiki: Arts, sport and culture, Education for sustainability, Health and wellbeing, Peace and community safety, Road safety, Sharing, Social inclusion associated news articles and local, eg UK counterparts.
External links
- Equipped for my future, thealternative.org.uk
- The Daily Alternative, categories: Artists, Creative Industries, A better media, Create the feel, Video/film, Learning
- articles tagged: education, journalism, news media, Power of the Arts, feminine, theatre
Notes and References
- ↑ A new landscape for skill-sharing emerges from pandemic aftermath, Jan 7, 2021 shareable.net
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| Cite as | Philralph (2021–2026). "A fairer, kinder society". Appropedia. Retrieved June 1, 2026. |