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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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News
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As food shocks spread, citizens are showing more leadership than governments, climatechangenews.com (Jul 03, 2026) — People support efforts to protect forests and curb industrial food production, the results of the latest Global Citizens’ Assembly show – but politicians have been slow to act- Trapped by floods and fearing death in the heat: the Australians taking legal action over the climate crisis, theguardian.com (Jun 22, 2026)
- ‘The sea took everything away’: how Nigeria’s ‘Happy City’ is disappearing beneath the waves, theguardian.com (Jun 18, 2026)
- Trash and dignity: The rise of inclusive recycling projects in Latin America, globalvoices.org (Jun 12, 2026)
- Pakistan: the solar revolution nobody planned, janrosenow.substack.com (Jun 07, 2026) — The fastest distributed-solar rollout in the world happened almost entirely by accident
Community involvement
Food
Towards sustainable economies
Climate
Environment quality
- How reindeer herds, nature and Sámi culture can thrive when forests are restored across northern Europe, theconversation.com (May 15, 2026)
- “The crisis of democratic legitimacy is a design problem—and better alternatives already exist” [Ecocivilization], Daily Alternative (Apr 27, 2026)
- Why Participation Is The Game Changer, Daily Alternative (Apr 12, 2026)
- Foraging commons in action, growingcommons.substack.com (Apr 08, 2026)
- Regenerative agriculture sows success in Kenya, positive.news (Feb 23, 2026)
- Small-scale farmers produce more of the rich world’s food than previously thought – new study, theconversation.com (Jan 28, 2026)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- A new economic superpower could spark a global retreat from fossil fuels, theguardian.com (Apr 07, 2026)
- What are the health impacts of sea-level rise, and who should pay?, theguardian.com (Apr 07, 2026)
- Young inventor plans to stop 90% of floating sea plastic by 2040, positive.news (May 07, 2026)
- How to build cities for wildlife, not just people – new research, theconversation.com (May 06, 2026)
- 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
Events
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July 2026 — Plastic Free July- 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’
- 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
- 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
- Aug 12, 2026 (Wed) — International Youth Day, awareness day designated by the United Nations taking place on Aug 12 each year
2021-2030, UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, International community action events
What's here
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Resources
Topics
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AI generated or influenced
- A wellbeing economy agenda inclusive and supportive of community based economic initiatives Towards sustainable economies, 6 January 2026
- Which of the main types of alternative economics are the most inclusive? Towards sustainable economies, 6 January 2026
- Overview of alternatives (to mainstream economic concepts) Towards sustainable economies, 6 January 2026
- How can local communities transition towards a care economy? Towards sustainable economies, 29 October 2025
- Wetland restoration in China, Wetlands, China, 15 October 2025
- Developing Community Action Projects from the concept of Foodshed, Food activism, 13 August 2025
- Vandana Shiva and soil activism, Soil activism news, 7 August 2025
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| Authors | Phil Green |
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| License | CC-BY-SA-3.0 |
| Cite as | Phil Green (2013–2026). "Community action". Appropedia. Retrieved July 13, 2026. |