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Community action has a lot to offer. See it, celebrate it and sample it. Through community we can do so much more than we think we can.

Welcome to CASwiki. 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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Cosmolocal discovery club

Each week 3 different short videos from across the world.

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What Is Hylo? A Quick Overview
Authors: Hylo, 1.01 mins.
Date: 2026-05-20
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A resilient island, Guiuan, Philippines - trailer
Authors: Partners for Resilience, 3.50 mins.
Date: 2020-03-30
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First Timers Welcome Explained
Authors: parkrun, 2.14 mins.
Date: 2022-01-27

Community networks, Community action/Philippines, Arts, sport and culture / ...This week's featured UK videos / ... read more about Cosmolocalism

street party on Southwark Bridge during the Thames Festival. Attribution: Garry Knight
  • News Amsterdam, along with other major European cities, bans public adverts for meat and fossil fuels [BBC], Daily Alternative (May 22, 2026)
  • News Solidarity fields in Syria: Reviving local seed production, globalvoices.org (May 21, 2026) — A community garden on Damascus's edge is quietly rebuilding Syria's agricultural memory
  • News How reindeer herds, nature and Sámi culture can thrive when forests are restored across northern Europe, theconversation.com (May 15, 2026)
  • News The household battery revolution that could change energy bills … and the world, Adam Morton and Petra Stock, theguardian.com (May 15, 2026)
  • News How one Kenyan community is building a new future on reclaimed ground, globalvoices.org (May 14, 2026)
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  • News How reindeer herds, nature and Sámi culture can thrive when forests are restored across northern Europe, theconversation.com (May 15, 2026)
  • News “The crisis of democratic legitimacy is a design problem—and better alternatives already exist” [Ecocivilization], Daily Alternative (Apr 27, 2026)
  • News Why Participation Is The Game Changer, Daily Alternative (Apr 12, 2026)
  • News Argentina’s co-operativas escolares: A case study in co-op education, thenews.coop (May 12, 2026) — In 1946, national legislation formally established the teaching of co-operativism and the creation of school co-operatives
  • News Santa Marta Process Begins: Tuvalu and Ireland to Host Second Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels in 2027 in the Pacific, fossilfueltreaty.org (Apr 29, 2026) — The First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels, co-hosted by Colombia and the Netherlands, concluded today marking a historic breakthrough in building international cooperation for the phase out of coal, oil and gas extraction and production. This step fundamentally shifts power toward a growing coalition of courageous nations engaged in a new international process to manage an equitable phase out of fossil fuels
  • News We can move beyond the capitalist model and save the climate – here are the first three steps, Jason Hickel and Yanis Varoufakis, theguardian.com (Feb 12, 2026) — Capitalism cares about our species’ prospects as much as a wolf cares about a lamb’s. But democratise our economy and a better world is within our grasp
  • News Santa Marta Process Begins: Tuvalu and Ireland to Host Second Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels in 2027 in the Pacific, fossilfueltreaty.org (Apr 29, 2026) — The First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels, co-hosted by Colombia and the Netherlands, concluded today marking a historic breakthrough in building international cooperation for the phase out of coal, oil and gas extraction and production. This step fundamentally shifts power toward a growing coalition of courageous nations engaged in a new international process to manage an equitable phase out of fossil fuels
  • News A new economic superpower could spark a global retreat from fossil fuels, theguardian.com (Apr 07, 2026)
  • News What are the health impacts of sea-level rise, and who should pay?, theguardian.com (Apr 07, 2026)
  • News Young inventor plans to stop 90% of floating sea plastic by 2040, positive.news (May 07, 2026)
  • News How to build cities for wildlife, not just people – new research, theconversation.com (May 06, 2026)
  • News Santa Marta Process Begins: Tuvalu and Ireland to Host Second Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels in 2027 in the Pacific, fossilfueltreaty.org (Apr 29, 2026) — The First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels, co-hosted by Colombia and the Netherlands, concluded today marking a historic breakthrough in building international cooperation for the phase out of coal, oil and gas extraction and production. This step fundamentally shifts power toward a growing coalition of courageous nations engaged in a new international process to manage an equitable phase out of fossil fuels

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  • Event Jun 03, 2026 (Wed) — World Bicycle Day, The bicycle is a "symbol of sustainable transport and conveys a positive message to foster sustainable consumption and production, and has a positive impact on climate." (United Nations), June 3 each year
  • Event Jun 05, 2026 (Fri)World Environment Day, June 5, annually
  • Event Jun 08, 2026 (Mon) — World Oceans Day, June 8 each year
  • Event Jun 12, 2026 (Fri) — World Day Against Child Labour, every year on June 12
  • Event Jun 17, 2026 (Wed) — World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, each June 17
  • Event Jun 21 and all of June — World Localization Day
  • Event Jun 22, 2026 (Mon) — World Rainforest Day, June 22 is World Rainforest Day
  • Event July 2026 — Plastic Free July
  • Event Jul 04, 2026 (Sat) — International Day of Cooperatives (CoopsDay), 1st Saturday of July. The celebration aims to showcase co-operatives’ role in building ‘inclusive, resilient, and sustainable communities’
  • Event Jul 18, 2026 (Sat) — Mandela Day, global celebration 18 July annually, to honour the life and legacy of Nelson Mandela. A call to action for individuals, communities, and organisations to take time to reflect on Mandela's values and principles and to make a positive impact in their own communities

2021-2030, UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, International community action events

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Keywords Sustainable community action
SDG SDG11 Sustainable cities and communities
Authors Phil Green
License CC-BY-SA-3.0
Language English (en)
Translations Korean, Korean
Related 352 subpages, 861 pages link here
Redirects Sustainable community action, Appropriate living for a community, CASwiki, Community action for sustainability, Community Action for Sustainability
Views 1,384 page views (analytics)
Created December 10, 2013 by Phil Green
Last edit June 1, 2026 by Phil Green
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