Community action/Liverpool
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 Liverpool.
News
[edit | edit source]Liverpool
North West England
UK
Europe
Cosmolocal
WL Meets: Lucy Antal, on a mission to bring fresh food to the UK’s “food deserts”, wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk (Feb 09, 2026) - “We live in a mere shadow of the world we could have”. Dil Green—building commons by means of housing and local trading, in Stroud and Liverpool—has a pathway, Daily Alternative (Nov 03, 2024)
- All hail the greengrocer buses tackling the UK’s food deserts, wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk (Oct 09, 2024)
- Liverpool library torched by far-right rioters raises repair funds, theguardian.com (Aug 06, 2024)
- Public backs move to green home heating but more government support is needed, research shows, theconversation.com (May 02, 2024) — "...in Liverpool, strong local identity and a feeling of solidarity led most participants to prefer a locally-owned system to private provision."
- Young Atlantic salmon seen in three English rivers for first time in a decade, theguardian.com (Dec 30, 2025)
- Drought declared in north-west England amid declining reservoir levels, theguardian.com (May 29, 2025)
- Whitehaven coal mine plan quashed by High Court, BBC News (Sep 13, 2024)
- Record-breaking heat and dry spring leave parts of England without water, reuters.com (May 29, 2026)
- The English restaurant turning hospitality on its head, positive.news (May 27, 2026) — At a pay-as-you-can restaurant in Stroud, radical hospitality and good food are bringing strangers together
- Britain’s green transition should belong to everyone. Why is Labour so intent on stopping us having our say? George Monbiot, theguardian.com (May 27, 2026)
- 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)
- Amsterdam, along with other major European cities, bans public adverts for meat and fossil fuels [BBC], Daily Alternative (May 22, 2026)
- Solidarity fields in Syria: Reviving local seed production, globalvoices.org (May 21, 2026) — A community garden on Damascus's edge is quietly rebuilding Syria's agricultural memory
- How reindeer herds, nature and Sámi culture can thrive when forests are restored across northern Europe, theconversation.com (May 15, 2026)
UK and international events
[edit | edit source]UK events
Jun 1 - 7, 2026 (Mon - Sun) — Neighbourhood Watch Week, ourwatch.org.uk- Jun 1 - 7, 2026 (Mon - Sun) — Volunteers Week, celebrating and saying thank you to the millions of volunteers across the UK, volunteersweek.org
- Jun 5 - 8, 2026 (Fri - Mon) — The Big Lunch, the first weekend in June every year, everyone is invited, anyone can join in and whatever food people bring to the table is there to be shared, edenprojectcommunities.com
- Jun 6 - 14, 2026 (Sat-Sun) — Great Big Green Week, celebrating communities taking action to tackle climate change and protect green spaces, greatbiggreenweek.com
- Jun 07, 2026 (Sun) — Open Farm Sunday, farmsunday.org
- Jun 8 - 14, 2026 (Mon - Sun) — Bike Week, annual celebration showcasing cycling and how brilliant it is!, cyclinguk.org
- Jun 8 - 14, 2026 (Mon - Sun) — Carers Week, carersweek.org
- Jun 15 - 21, 2026 (Mon - Sun) — Better Transport Week, annual, week-long celebration of sustainable transport, bettertransport.org.uk
- Jun 15 - 21, 2026 (Mon - Sun) — Refugee Week, refugeeweek.org.uk
- Jun 15 - 21, 2026 (Mon - Sun) — Loneliness Awareness Week, lonelinessawarenessweek.org
- Jun 18, 2026 (Thu) — Clean Air Day, actionforcleanair.org.uk
- Jun 19 - 21, 2026 (Fri - Sun) — The Great Get Together, annual celebration organised by The Jo Cox Foundation, helping unite people, bridge divides, and tackle loneliness, while showing the collective power we have as a community, jocoxfoundation.org
- Jun 29 - Jul 3, 2026 (Mon - Fri) — National Co-production Week, scie.org.uk
Global or international events
- Jun 03, 2026 (Wed) — World Bicycle Day, The bicycle is a "symbol of sustainable transport and conveys a positive message to foster sustainable consumption and production, and has a positive impact on climate." (United Nations), June 3 each year, un.org
- Jun 05, 2026 (Fri) — World Environment Day, June 5, annually, worldenvironmentday.global
- Jun 08, 2026 (Mon) — World Oceans Day, June 8 each year, worldoceanday.org
- Jun 12, 2026 (Fri) — World Day Against Child Labour, every year on June 12, ilo.org
- Jun 17, 2026 (Wed) — World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, each June 17, un.org
- Jun 21 and all of June — World Localization Day, worldlocalizationday.org
- Jun 22, 2026 (Mon) — World Rainforest Day, June 22 is World Rainforest Day, worldrainforestday.org
2021-2030, UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, International community action events
Networks and sustainability initiatives
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Liverpool video
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Food activism
[edit | edit source]- Feeding Liverpool, "the city of Liverpool’s food alliance, connecting and equipping people and organisations to work towards good food for all." Feeding Liverpool on youtube.com added 14:42, 14 October 2024 (UTC)
- Manna Community Kitchen creating lasting and sustainable solutions to poverty, hunger and social injustice
- Rice Lane City Farm on facebook
Land activism
[edit | edit source]- Our Land, The final report of the Liverpool City Region Land Commission, cles.org.uk, added 16:35, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
- Homebaked Community Land Trust, on the boundary of Everton and Anfield, just opposite Liverpool Football Club, a growing group of local residents who have been working together since 2012 to shape the place where we live and work in community ownership. added 15:58, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
- Granby Four Streets Community Land Trust
Towards sustainable economies
[edit | edit source]- Local Loop Merseyside, added 17:58, 10 December 2024 (UTC)
Community resources
[edit | edit source]- The Florrie, added 16:39, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
Visions
[edit | edit source]Arts, sport and culture
[edit | edit source]- Baltic Creative CIC, added 16:30, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
- The Hedge Arts Project, added 15:11, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
Community currencies activism
[edit | edit source]Cycling activism
[edit | edit source]Critical Mass bicycle rides in Liverpool
In May 2014, the CityBike hire scheme was launched in the city. The scheme provides access to over 1,000 bikes stationed at over 140 docking stations across the city. National Cycle Route 56, National Cycle Route 62 and National Cycle Route 810 run through Liverpool. W
Environment quality
[edit | edit source]- Mersey Rivers Trust, added 14:24, 28 April 2021 (UTC)
Open spaces
[edit | edit source]- Liverpool Open and Green Spaces Community Interest Company: LOGS, added 15:08, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
- Walton Hall Park Community, campaign to "help save OUR park" on change.org
Trees, woodland and forest
[edit | edit source]- The Mersey Forest, link checked 12:06, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
News archive
[edit | edit source]The new enclosure: how land commissions can lead the fight against urban land-grabs, Dec 9, 2017...theconversation.com
- Steve Rotheram Launches England's First Land Commission Focused on Community Wealth Building, Sep 9, 2020...liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk
- A City Reimagined, Bernadette McBride, May 18, 2020..transitionliverpool.org
- The Liverpool app that sidesteps the banks, Sep 14, 2017...BBC News</ref>
- Love your local? Liverpool joins cohort of community currencies, Feb 3, 2017...The Guardian
Liverpool City Council to create community energy company, Nov 14, 2016...utilityweek.co.uk
- Homebaked: the cooperative bakery reviving Anfield, loaf by loaf, Nov 10, 2016...thelongandshort.org
- Liverpool City Council unveils its "cycling revolution", but are its targets unambitious? 2014...road.cc
- From derelict flyover to urban sky park, European Green capital, May, 2014.
- Roof garden opens at Liverpool University, February 26, 2010...BBC news
About Liverpool
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From Wikipedia:Liverpool
Liverpool is a port city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, 178 miles (286 km) north-west of London. It had a population of 508,961 in 2024 and is the administrative, cultural and economic centre of the Liverpool City Region, a combined authority area with a population of over 1.5 million.
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| Cite as | Philralph (2014–2026). "Community action/Liverpool". Appropedia. Retrieved June 4, 2026. |