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Location Bristol, South West England
Coordinates 51° 27' 33.72" N, 2° 35' 1.06" W

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 Bristol. It's an introduction to local networks, groups, and events.

Bristol
South West England
UK
Europe
Cosmolocal
  • News The Public Plate: a new model for responsible restaurants that bring people together, wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk (Mar 12, 2026)
  • News How communities are stepping up to revive our tired towns and cities, positive.news (Feb 05, 2026)
  • News New national forest to see 20m trees planted, BBC News (Mar 21, 2025)
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  • News White storks: why introducing non‑native species in rewilding projects can be a good idea, theconversation.com (Jun 05, 2026)
  • News Citizens’ Assembly to invest £100,000 in West’s culture, westofengland-ca.gov.uk (Jan 16, 2026)
  • News ‘We found 23,000 worms!’ The soil project bringing life back to the land, positive.news (Oct 22, 2025)
  • News National Trust asks public to join call for urgent Government action after hundreds of wildfires break out, and full extent of nature loss at Dunwich Heath emerges, nationaltrust.org.uk (Aug 07, 2026) — “The climate crisis long predicted by scientists is happening here and now. Ferocious wildfires, unprecedented temperatures and record-breaking droughts are already hitting communities and nature across the UK – they are not a distant threat. Tackling this emergency must be a cross-Government priority because it touches every aspect of our lives, our society and our economy. So we’ve launched a petition to demonstrate to Ministers the strength of public feeling on this issue." National Trust Director-General Hilary McGrady. To sign the petition, visit: nationaltrust.org.uk/wildfire-petition
  • News All of England's rivers and lakes polluted with chemicals, officials say, BBC News (Aug 06, 2026)
  • News Firefighting aircraft aren’t enough – Britain needs to build a wildfire‑resilient society that involves everyone, Komal Raj Aryal, Lecturer in Crisis and Disaster Management, Aston University, theconversation.com (Aug 06, 2026)
  • News Europe’s rivers are running dry, and the knock-on effects are disastrous, Yiannis Baboulias, theguardian.com (Aug 05, 2026)
  • News How Australia combines modern tech and Indigenous knowledge to fight wildfires, BBC News (Aug 01, 2026)
  • News 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
  • News South Korea's president orders all-out response to heatwave, reuters.com (Aug 06, 2026)
  • News Young activists in the Maldives confront climate threats to their island nation, seattletimes.com (Aug 06, 2026)
  • News Philippines steps up solar transition as Iran war hikes energy costs, eenews.net (Aug 06, 2026)

Networks and sustainability initiatives

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CDC videos

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Cosmolocal discovery club

Each week 3 different short videos from across the UK or world.

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Poem about Manchester: 'This is the Place' - BBC News
Authors: BBC News, 4.50 mins.
Date: 2017-05-24
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This Colchester cohousing project will change how you think about community living
Authors: BBC Gardeners' World Magazine, 11.00 mins.
Date: 2026-06-20
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40 white storks now on Knepp estate in West Sussex BBC South Today Evening News 08/07/2024
Authors: autonomous weaponised drones, 2.00 mins.
Date: 2024-07-09

Community action/Manchester, Community action/Essex, Community action/West Sussex / ...This week's featured Global videos / ... read more about Cosmolocalism

Events

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Bristol
UK and international

UK events

  • Event Aug 10 - 16, 2026 (Mon - Sun) — National Allotments Week, 2026 theme is “Grow to Learn.”, thenas.org.uk

UK community action events

Global or international events

  • Event 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
  • Event 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

Bristol video

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Woodspring Revealed
Authors: Skye Spring, 3.21 mins.
Date: 2022-09-07
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Many Neighbourhoods One City - Knowle West
Authors: Knowle West Media Centre, Mar 12, 2021
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Community involvement

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The Bristol Democracy Project, Getting People Involved In Decision Making In Bristol

Localism

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Bristol Independents campaign

Communities online

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  • The Knowledge, Knowle West's community website, added 17:51, 18 November 2022 (UTC)

Community and voluntary action

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About Bristol

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Bristol ( ) is a city and ceremonial county in South West England. It is on the River Avon, and bordered by Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south, with a short coastline on the Bristol Channel to the west. The county includes most of the Bristol conurbation, but the urban area extends into South Gloucestershire, Bath and North East Somerset, and North Somerset.

Bristol was ranked as Britain's most sustainable city (based on its environmental performance, quality of life, future-proofing and approaches to climate change, recycling and biodiversity), topping environmental charity Forum for the Future's 2008 Sustainable Cities Index. Local initiatives include Sustrans (creators of the National Cycle Network, founded as Cyclebag in 1977) and Resourcesaver, a non-profit business established in 1988 by Avon Friends of the Earth. In 2014 The Sunday Times named it as the best city in Britain in which to live. The city received the 2015 European Green Capital Award, becoming the first UK city to receive this award.

In 2019 Bristol City Council voted in favour of banning all privately owned diesel cars from the city centre. Since then, the plans have been revised in favour of a clean air zone whereby older and more polluting vehicles will be charged to drive through the city centre. The Clean Air Zone came into effect in November 2022. W

Bristol archive

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Past events

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Page data
Keywords UK cities
SDG SDG11 Sustainable cities and communities
Authors Phil Green
License CC-BY-SA-3.0
Language English (en)
Related 0 subpages, 263 pages link here
Redirects Bristol, Bristol community action
Views 105 page views (analytics)
Created December 20, 2013 by Phil Green
Last edit February 7, 2026 by Phil Green
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