Community action/Camden
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 Camden.
News
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‘Real’ public engagement must be prioritised for path to net zero to succeed, climateoutreach.org (Sep 05, 2023) — the UPPER Coalition Reports include examples of successful co-designing and collaboration with local citizens, including Camden Think & Do’s programme, Kendal’s Climate Jury, and initiatives in Hull and Hackney- Councils bring residents and businesses together for effective climate action, ashden.org (Jun 16, 2023)
- London to gain new garden in the sky, as the Camden Highline gets green light, camdenhighline.com (Jan 20, 2023) — Planning approval has been granted for the first section of the Camden Highline, running from Camden Gardens to Royal College Street. It will see the transformation of a section of disused railway into a new elevated urban park for London. The project is now set to offer much-needed green space to underserved communities, while creating a new global attraction for London, akin to New York’s High Line.
- The climate cafe where misery is 'empowering', BBC News (Jul 26, 2026)
- ‘I don’t like being stuck in an office’: the young people helping plant a ring of trees around London, theguardian.com (Jun 17, 2026) — London Tree Ring project aims to create corridors of plant and animal life around the city to strengthen its biodiversity
- London, San Francisco and Beijing achieve ‘remarkable reductions’ in air pollution, theguardian.com (Mar 12, 2026) — Cycle lanes, electric cars and other interventions have helped 19 global cities slash levels of pollutants by more than 20%
- ‘It’s irreplaceable’: Fury over Reform plans to expand quarry in ancient Kent woodland, theguardian.com (Jul 30, 2026)
- Why Andy Burnham is right to want for‑profit firms out of social care, theconversation.com (Jul 30, 2026)
- More than half of England in drought, Environment Agency declares, BBC News (Jul 29, 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)
- How Australia combines modern tech and Indigenous knowledge to fight wildfires, BBC News (Aug 01, 2026)
- European Central Bank official warns climate crisis poses growing threat to ‘core financial stability’, theguardian.com (Aug 01, 2026)
- Denmark’s three-day democracy festival that attracts over 65,000, electoral-reform.org.uk (Jul 30, 2026)
Networks and sustainability initiatives
[edit | edit source]- Camden Think & Do, "Create a community ecosystem that is resilient and responsive to climate and social injustice. Find and implement creative solutions to challenges identified at a community level and respond to them collectively."
- Green Camden information from camden.gov.uk
- Transition Belsize
- Transition Dartmouth Park
- Transition Kentish Town
- Transition Tufnell Park
- Camden Friends of the Earth, added 17:24, 30 March 2023 (UTC)
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
Camden video
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UK and international events
[edit | edit source]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
Community involvement
[edit | edit source]Communities online
[edit | edit source]Food activism
[edit | edit source]- Cooperation Kentish Town on facebook
The Calthorpe Project - Kentish Town City Farm - Kings Cross Skip Garden - The People's Supermarket
Community energy
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- Community Solar Panel Installation, Joju Solar and Joju Charging, Mar 27, 2017, on youtube.com
Social inclusion
[edit | edit source]Community resources
[edit | edit source]- Camden Collective, registered charity supporting start-up businesses by providing free workspace in vacant buildings, added 17:49, 15 July 2023 (UTC)
- Kentish Town Library of Things, added 21:39, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
- Castlehaven Community Association
Visions
[edit | edit source]- We Make Camden, "In March 2022, we published We Make Camden – our refreshed vision for the future of Camden. It sets out what we want to collectively achieve and lead together and was developed following conversations with residents, partners and community leaders." added 17:55, 8 November 2022 (UTC)
- Visioning Camden 2030, wordpress.com, added 15:57, 11 January 2021 (UTC), "An excellent example of community-led visioning for the future by @tkentishtown, @thinkdocamden, with poems, projects, illustrations from citizens young & old. Embodies the "from what is to what if" call from @robintransition" @noelito
- Camden 2025
- Drummond Street Neighbourhood Vision, Oct 21, 2019, Press release, medium.com
- Euston Town Cultural Strategy was developed in collaboration with Camden Council Arts Dept and MTArt Agency, and displays a new commitment to building an inclusive and meaningful cultural scene. The representative Culture Group will be one forum used to consult on the development of the Drummond Street Neighbourhood Vision...from Press release above
Arts, sport and culture
[edit | edit source]Reduce, reuse, repair and recycle
[edit | edit source]- Fixing Factory, Camden, community repair hub, regular opening times, added 15:59, 9 December 2022 (UTC)
- Food Loop comunity-led food waste recycling project running on Maiden Lane Estate. The aim of Food Loop is to capture the value of the food waste on the estate in order to generate enough income to pay local residents to run and manage the whole system.
Community currencies activism
[edit | edit source]Climate action
[edit | edit source]- Citizens' Assembly on the climate crisis, camden.gov.uk. Camden Citizens' Assembly held in July 2019. The Assembly proposals will inform a new Climate Action Plan for Camden to be published in 2020.
- Camden Climate Change Alliance
Sustainable transport activism
[edit | edit source]- Camden Green Loop, camdentownunlimited.com, "neighbourhood strategy spanning Camden Town, Euston and Kings Cross which has beautiful public spaces and permeability at its heart." Celebrating assets but also a platform to explore opportunities for improvements. "Camden Town Unlimited works with Euston Town, Camden Collective and the Camden Highline as part of a comprehensive improvement programme for Camden."
- Camden Green Loop, printed and interactive digital map from footways.london, added 17:42, 15 July 2023 (UTC)
- Euston Green Link is a walking route between Euston Station and Regents Park via Drummond Street, devised as a project by Euston Town. It aims to encourage healthier travel choices, by promoting a lower-exposure walking route, the use of Regents Park by locals and to drive footfall to Drummond Street. The project demonstrates an overall branding scheme which has been created by Bolter Design for the neighbourhood, and interventions so far include large planters, a green wall, a pocket park and branded hoardings...PRESS RELEASE: Drummond Street Neighbourhood Vision, medium.com, Oct 21, 2019.
- wikipedia:Regent's Canal
Urban sustainability
[edit | edit source]- Euston Town, elected by businesses to enhance Euston. Business improvement district, set up in 2016 to represent the interests of businesses particularly in the context of HS2 and the area’s regeneration. Responding to its members concerns, projects in the past three years have focused on the future of Euston, the neighbourhood’s identity and community, and the public realm, environment and air quality. Euston Town endeavors to apply for Mayor of London and central government funding to achieve an ambitious vision for Euston and its communities, establishing them a firm place in the major regeneration it faces...PRESS RELEASE: Drummond Street Neighbourhood Vision, medium.com, Oct 21, 2019
Education for sustainability
[edit | edit source]Open spaces
[edit | edit source]The Camden Highline will turn a 1.2km stretch of disused railway, formerly part of the North London Railway, into a new elevated park and walking route. The current planning submission is for the first section of the project, from Camden Gardens to Royal College Street. Two subsequent sections will run from Royal College Street to Camley Street, and Camley Street to York Way. Camden Highline is the registered charity responsible for the delivery and operation of the Camden Highline Park, along with a broad coalition of stakeholders. Timelines set the first section of the Camden Highline to open in 2025. Camden Highline...Press Release – 20 January 2023, camdenhighline.com
About Camden
[edit | edit source]Past events
- Jul 07, 2024 (Sun) — London Permaculture Festival, Camden, londonpermaculturefestival.com
The London Borough of Camden ( ) is a borough in Inner London, England. Camden Town Hall, on Euston Road, lies 2 mi (3.2 km) north of Charing Cross. The borough was established on 1 April 1965 from the former metropolitan boroughs of Holborn, St Pancras and Hampstead.
To the south it shares with the City of Westminster parts of the West End, where it also borders the City of London. The cultural and commercial land uses in the south contrast with the bustling mixed-use districts such as Camden Town and Kentish Town in the centre and leafy residential areas around Hampstead Heath in the north. Well-known attractions include The British Museum, The British Library, the famous views from Parliament Hill, the London Zoo, the BT Tower, the converted Roundhouse entertainment venue, and Camden Market. As of 2021 it has a population of 210,136. Politically, its local authority is Camden London Borough Council.
Camden archive
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- When small means strong: Community power at Cooperation Town, thenews.coop (Mar 29, 2022)
- Camden calls for sites that could deliver Community led housing, communityledhousing.london (Feb 02, 2022)
The Tale of the Camden Future Journal, Mar 4, 2021...transitionnetwork.org
- Taking a portfolio approach to developing partnerships, @noelito, Oct 28, 2020...noelito.medium.com
- Camden approves ambitious five-year Climate Action Plan, Jun 11, 2020...news.camden.gov.uk
- A successful food-coop in Kentish Town points to considerable prospects for an updated, kindly anarchism, Jan 5, 2020...thealternative.org.uk
When a neighbourhood assembly becomes a community by @kahui....blog.wearefuturegov.com, Dec 16, 2019
- What if we did it all, in one place? A big idea to bring the future to life in our cities by Friends of the Earth Innovation team...medium.com, Nov 11, 2019
- PRESS RELEASE: Drummond Street Neighbourhood Vision, medium.com (Oct 21, 2019)
- First climate assembly in UK draws up wishlist for council action...The Guardian, Jul 20, 2019
- Alternative.Camden will give people a chance to co-create the future...The Alternative UK, Jul 3, 2019
- Citizens Lab 1.0 by Alternative Camden...Medium, Apr 23, 2019
- On the launch of Alt.Cmd [Alternative.Camden] by @joostbeunderman...Medium, Jan 22, 2019
- London's New Road Gives Cyclists Two Way Street & Sends Drivers One Way, November 11, 2015...Total Women's Cycling
- Local Government Minister Calls for Camden Council to support The People's Supermarket, March 3, 2011...communities.gov.uk
Video archive
- Knowledge Quarter Launch, 2014, youtube.com
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| Cite as | Philralph (2014–2026). "Community action/Camden". Appropedia. Retrieved August 4, 2026. |