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
- Amsterdam, along with other major European cities, bans public adverts for meat and fossil fuels [BBC], Daily Alternative (May 22, 2026)
- How reindeer herds, nature and Sámi culture can thrive when forests are restored across northern Europe, theconversation.com (May 15, 2026)
- Rewilding giants: captive elephants rehomed in Europe’s first sanctuary, theguardian.com (May 07, 2026)
- 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)
International events
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July 2026 — Plastic Free July, plasticfreejuly.org- 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’, coopsday.coop
- 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, mandeladay.com
2021-2030, UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, International community action events
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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 July 9, 2026. |