Community action/British Columbia
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 British Columbia.
News
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Community grows in Sooke's new garden, sookenewsmirror.com (Aug 12, 2025) - An Indigenous nation in Canada hails historic constitution: ‘We’re now the architects of certainty for ourselves’, theguardian.com (Jun 12, 2025)
- When golf courses go wild, rewildingmag.com (Jan 21, 2025) — non-profits, trusts and cities converting manicured greens into places where wildlife, plants and people can flourish
- Canada Bets Big on Hydro and Wind Power, insideclimatenews.org (Aug 17, 2026)
- How Australia combines modern tech and Indigenous knowledge to fight wildfires, BBC News (Aug 01, 2026)
- ‘My own contribution’: the Ottawa immigrants learning to retrofit homes and fight the climate crisis, theguardian.com (Apr 30, 2026) — Canadian social enterprise hopes to help solve the urgent need for retrofits and shortage of skilled workers
- Giving £2 a day to people in the Amazon helps protect rainforest, pilot project finds, theguardian.com (Oct 20, 2026)
- From Protesting To Worldmaking, Alternative Editorial (Oct 18, 2026)
- Hunter Valley community group wins landmark high court climate change case over coalmine, theguardian.com (Oct 07, 2026) — Ruling on Mount Pleasant coalmine shows ‘we cannot continue to dig up coal … and pretend the consequences have nothing to do with us’, group says
Networks and sustainability initiatives
[edit | edit source]- Coastal First Nations, "Protected and restored ecosystems in our lands and waters, managed sustainably by member First Nations, enabling traditional and modern economies, improving the quality of life of the people in our communities, giving rise to healthy First Nations." added 09:37, 1 June 2023 (UTC)
- Alberni Valley Transition Town Society
- Cowichan Green Community
- Transition Town Sooke
- UVic Sustainability Project (University of Victoria)
- Village Surrey Transition Initiative
- O.U.R. Ecovillage
International events
[edit | edit source]Global or International events
Nov 05, 2026 (Thu) — Media Liberation Day, Change the Media, Change the Future, mediarevolution.org- Nov 13, 2026 (Fri) — World Kindness Day, Nov 13, annually, highlighting good deeds in the community focusing on the positive power and the common thread of kindness for good which binds us, randomactsofkindness.org
- Nov 15, 2026 (Sun) — World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, third Sunday in November each year, worlddayofremembrance.org
- Nov 16, 2026 (Mon) — International Day for Tolerance, Nov 16 each year, fostering respect, acceptance and appreciation of the rich diversity of our world's cultures, our forms of expression and ways of being human, unesco.org
- Nov 19, 2026 (Thu) — International Men's Day, Nov 19, annually
- Nov 27 & 28, 2026 — Buy Nothing Day, en.wikipedia.org
- Nov 27, 2026 (Fri) — Citizen Friday, actionism.space
2021-2030, UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, International community action events
CDC videos
[edit | edit source]Each week 3 different short videos from across the world.
Cycling activism, Food activism, Community climate action Scotland / ...This week's featured UK videos / ... read more about Cosmolocalism
British Columbia video
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Bioregionalism
[edit | edit source]- Regenerate Cascadia, 501(c)3 social movement organization developing a long-term bioregional vision and process that works with on-the-ground communities to design and implement new frameworks of governance, ecology, and economy for the regeneration and health of the Cascadia bioregion along the northeast Pacific rim of North America and beyond.
- Salish Sea Restoration, Salish Sea Wiki
Community involvement
[edit | edit source]Dogwood wants to make British Columbia the global model for sustainable land reform.
Food activism
[edit | edit source]- About The People's Apothecary, greentonguesapothecary.wordpress.com, "a project that brings together a community in the process of creating a sustainable herb garden commons."
- Sooke Region Food CHI (Community Health Initiative)
- Alberni Valley Food Map
Community energy
[edit | edit source]Climate action
[edit | edit source]Climate Action Secretariat, British Columbia government
Biodiversity
[edit | edit source]Open spaces activism
[edit | edit source]- Power To Be, non-profit creating access to nature, added 10:49, 1 February 2025 (UTC)
Wikipedia: List of protected areas of British Columbia, List of British Columbia Provincial Parks
Trees, woodland and forest
[edit | edit source]- British Columbia Community Forest Association, Supporting forest stewardship driven by community values since 2002, added 19:45, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
- Cumberland Community Forest Society
News archive
[edit | edit source]- Clam gardening building resilience among Indigenous youth on Canada’s West Coast, news.mongabay.com (Aug 06, 2024)
- From ashes to action: how global mapping illuminates forest conservation's path, north-arrow.org (Apr 02, 2024)
- Doughnut Economics Takes Hold in Nanaimo, B.C., theenergymix.com (Jul 30, 2023)
- Canada’s fires are getting fiercer – and rebuilding is becoming a challenge, The Guardian (Jun 19, 2023)
2014-2016
- The first fully-electric double decker bus in North America unveiled today! Oct 13, 2016...@Victoria Buzz
- Great Bear Rainforest agreement creates 'a gift to the world', February 1, 2016...CBC News
- This Canadian city is putting climate change warnings on its gas pumps, November 17, 2015...huffingtonpost.ca
- Opinion: Why Vancouver Island's Walbran Valley rainforest matters, November 12, 2015...straight.com
- Opinion: B.C. needs a poverty-reduction plan, November 27, 2014...vancouversun.com
About British Columbia
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British Columbia is the westernmost province of Canada. Situated in the Pacific Northwest between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains, the province has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, forests, lakes, mountains, inland deserts, and grassy plains. British Columbia borders the province of Alberta to the east; the territories of Yukon and Northwest Territories to the north; the US states of Washington, Idaho, and Montana to the south; and Alaska to the northwest. With an estimated population of 5.68 million in 2025, it is Canada's third-most populous province. The capital of British Columbia is Victoria, while the province's largest city is Vancouver. Vancouver and its suburbs together make up the third-largest metropolitan area in Canada, with the 2021 census recording 2.6 million people in Metro Vancouver. British Columbia is Canada's third-largest province by total area, after Quebec and Ontario.
Past events
- May 26 - June 1, 2014, Bike to Work BC
Near you
[edit | edit source]| Authors | Phil Green |
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| Cite as | Phil Green (2014–2026). "Community action/British Columbia". Appropedia. Retrieved October 22, 2026. |