Community action/Hungary
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 Hungary.
News
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‘Plastic Cup’ Competitions Are Cleaning Up Rivers in Hungary, reasonstobecheerful.world (Aug 25, 2025) — Afloat on DIY boats, teams of volunteers have removed over 450 tons of plastic waste from the Danube and its tributaries- How Hungary became the world’s solar energy leader, theprogressplaybook.com (May 13, 2025)
- Cutting energy consumption in Budapest, Jan 16, 2020...foeeurope.org
- Rewilding giants: captive elephants rehomed in Europe’s first sanctuary, theguardian.com (May 07, 2026)
- Sail-power offers passengers new crossing between England and France, reuters.com (Apr 28, 2026)
- Europe needs affordable, low‑carbon homes – here’s how Barcelona is reimagining its housing system, theconversation.com (Apr 08, 2026)
- How one Kenyan community is building a new future on reclaimed ground, globalvoices.org (May 14, 2026)
- Data Centres Need a Social License to Operate, demnext.substack.com (May 13, 2026) — How lessons from citizens' assemblies are highly relevant for the future of AI infrastructure and data centres, Another Democratic Future and Claudia Chwalisz
- 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
International events
[edit | edit source]Global or International events
May 1 - 3, 2026 (Fri - Sun) first weekend of May every year — Jane's Walk, How to Lead a Jane's Walk, Video, janeswalk.org- May 03, 2026 (Sun) — International dawn chorus day, first Sunday of May, wildlifetrusts.org
- May 3 - 9, 2026 (Sun - Sat) — International Compost Awareness Week, compostfoundation.org
- May 9 and Oct 10, 2026 — World Migratory Bird Day, worldmigratorybirdday.org
- May 20, 2026 (Wed) — World Bee Day, May 20 each year, fao.org
- May 21, 2026 (Thu) — Outdoor Classroom Day, celebrating and inspiring outdoor learning and play, outdoorclassroomday.com
- May 22, 2026 (Fri) — International Day for Biological Diversity, May 22 every year, cbd.int
2021-2030, UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, International community action events
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Hungary video
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Cycling activism
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[edit | edit source]Hungary has 10 national parks, 145 minor nature reserves, and 35 landscape protection areas. W
Trees, woodland and forest
[edit | edit source]Phytogeographically, Hungary belongs to the Central European province of the Circumboreal Region within the Boreal Kingdom. According to the WWF, the territory of Hungary belongs to the terrestrial ecoregion of Pannonian mixed forests. It had a 2019 Forest Landscape Integrity Index mean score of 2.25/10, ranking it 156th globally out of 172 countries. W
Resources
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[edit | edit source]- How much having a "place" for hubsters makes a difference? Jul 21, 2017...transitionnetwork.org
- Soil that connects us, Jul 18, 2017...transitionnetwork.org
- Making local dreams come true by supporting local initiatives with Pro Action Cafés and seed money, Jul 17, 2017...transitionnetwork.org
- A story across Transition borders, How the "green" and the "marginalized" can become allies, Jul 15, 2017...transitionnetwork.org
- Talking about REconomy in Hungary, Jul 12, 2017...transitionnetwork.org
- Make universities, students and communities work together – a how-to, Jun 27, 2017...transitionnetwork.org
- Experimental Community Organising – Transition Hungary, Jun 22, 2017...transitionnetwork.org
- A her-story of Transition Wekerle: an experience of local community activism in Hungary, Dec 14, 2016...transitsocialinnovation.eu
- 'Small is Powerful': Transition in action in Hungary. September 14, 2015...Transition Network
Cargo bike centre in Budapest promotes sustainable transport solutions and environmentally-conscious business models, June 1, 2015...Accelerating Transitions Blog
- Last month the do-it-yourself non-profit bicycle cooperative Cyclonomia teamed up with an organic vegetable farm called Zsámboki Biokert and Kantaa a mainly cargobike-focused bike messenger enterprise to cooperate in work and build communities upon the ideas they believe in. Cargonomia is aimed not to be only a fruitful business co-op but also an example to promote environmentally conscious transport and food production solutions to citizens and businesses.
- The model leans on the distribution of bio food grown in farms near Budapest to costumers in the city on cargo bikes which are maintained and built by the Cyclonomia community.
- Cargonomia also plans to be a logistics centre for sustainable urban transport solutions where community members can borrow, rent and buy locally manufactured cargo bikes.
- As a community centre they are planning numerous activities such as cultural events, workshops, discussions on DiY culture, sustainable transitions and the idea of degrowth.
- The centre which was opened in May was acquired through the 'Lakatlan' project of KÉK (Contemporary Architecture Centre) which aims to revitalise empty buildings, shops and properties in Budapest with community activities and businesses.
- Cargonomia finds it important to promote concrete alternatives to standard profit-driven social and economic systems.
- The Budapest bike movement is back and bigger than ever, May 17, 2015...Accelerating Transitions Blog
- How a house with 120 flats turned its concrete-covered courtyard into a lovely garden, March 8, 2015...Accelerating Transitions Blog
First solar train makes way while sun shines, September 11, 2013...The Budapest Times
- Hungarian Parliamentary Commissioner for Future Generations, pieandcoffee.org, Kaihsu Tai, February 26, 2010.
- The Invisible Marsh, Global Voices Online, January 26, 2010. Marietta Le reports on the story of one of Hungary's most successful citizen campaigns, whose goal is to save an endangered marsh by preventing an allegedly illegal expansion of a shopping center.
About Hungary
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Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, both Croatia and Slovenia to the southwest, and Austria to the west. Hungary lies within the Danube River's drainage basin, and is dominated by great lowland plains. It has a population of over 9.5 million, consisting mostly of ethnic Hungarians (Magyars) and a significant Romani minority. Hungarian is the official language, and among the few in Europe outside the Indo-European family. Budapest is the country's capital and its largest city, and the dominant cultural and economic centre.
| Authors | Phil Green |
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| Cite as | Philralph (2014–2025). "Community action/Hungary". Appropedia. Retrieved May 31, 2026. |