Community action/Wales

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 Wales. It's an introduction to local networks, groups, and events.
- Wales community resources is a separate page.
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| Location | Wales |
| Coordinates | 52° 17' 34.12" N, 3° 44' 20.15" W |
News
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How volunteers are saving the River Wye with citizen science, cpre.org.uk (Mar 30, 2026)
Plaid Cymru plans to share wind farm profits with local people – here’s how that idea has been tried elsewhere, theconversation.com (Mar 06, 2026)
How a Welsh village saved its forest … and its future, theguardian.com (Feb 22, 2026)
WL Meets: Zoe Gilbertson who is refashioning textiles from the ground up, wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk (May 13, 2026) — Nick Easen meets designer Zoe Gilbertson who wants to revive the UK textile sector, with sustainability woven in from the start
Fixing social care: Report highlights potential of co-op model in the UK, thenews.coop (May 08, 2026) — Commissioned by Co-operatives UK and Cwmpas, the study found co-ops provide ‘fairer, better quality, community-rooted care’
Our Land: who owns the countryside? New documentary explores the access divide in England and Wale, theconversation.com (May 08, 2026)
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
Networks and sustainability initiatives
[edit | edit source]- Gower Power Cooperative
- The Green Valleys, Community Interest Company set up by community members in and around the Brecon Beacons National Park in 2009. see also: Video
- Powys Transition & Low Carbon Communities network
- Sustain Wales
- Sustainable Wales An all-Wales human-scale consultancy
- Transition Bro Gwaun, Pembrokeshire
- Transition Chepstow
- Transition Tywi Trawsnewid, Carmarthenshire
- Monmouthshire GreenWeb, network of environmentally concerned organizations in Monmouthshire, SE Wales.
- Lammas, Low Impact Initiative, (Ecovillage, South West Wales)
- Wales Environment Link
- Centre for Alternative Technology
Each week 3 different short videos from across the UK or world.
Rural sustainability UK, Community energy UK, Community action/Argyll and Bute / ...This week's featured Global videos / ... read more about Cosmolocalism
Wales video
[edit | edit source]Events
[edit | edit source]UK events
May 2026 — National Walking Month, livingstreets.org.uk
May 4 - 10, 2026 (Mon - Sun) — National Hedgerow Week, hedgelink.org.uk
May 11 - 17, 2026 (Mon - Sun) — Mental Health Awareness Week, mentalhealth.org.uk
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
Community involvement
[edit | edit source]- The People's Platform Future Generations Commissioner for Wales
- Co-production Wales
- Participation Cymru
- Wales Co-production group
Social inclusion
[edit | edit source]Reduce, reuse, repair and recycle
[edit | edit source]E-inclusion Recycling - Recycle for Wales
Climate action
[edit | edit source]- Blaenau Gwent Climate Assembly, March 2021
- Renew Wales, community-based action on climate change in Wales
- Help Wales reduce its Carbon Footprint
Education for sustainability
[edit | edit source]see separate article: Centre for Alternative Technology
Urban sustainability
[edit | edit source]Ecological restoration
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This page is the beginnings of a portal for Wales community action in response to Ecological emergency.
About Wales
[edit | edit source]Campaigns
- CALM Campaign Against the Levels Motorway, on facebook
- Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales, charity in Wales that aims to secure the protection and enhancement of the country's landscapes and environment
Past events
- October 17, 2015, "Powys REconomics. (REthink! RElocalise! DEcarbonise!)" Eventbrite
- May 10 - 18, 2014, Clean Coasts Week, Keep Wales Tidy
Wales (Welsh: Cymru [ˈkəmrɨ] ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Located on the island of Great Britain, it is bordered by the Irish Sea to the north and west, England to the east, the Bristol Channel to the south, and the Celtic Sea to the south-west. As of 2021, it had a population of 3.2 million. It has a total area of 21,218 square kilometres (8,192 sq mi) and over 2,700 kilometres (1,680 mi) of coastline. It is largely mountainous with its higher peaks in the north and central areas, including Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa), its highest summit. The country lies within the north temperate zone and has a changeable, maritime climate. Its capital and largest city is Cardiff.
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[edit | edit source]| Authors | Phil Green |
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| License | CC-BY-SA-3.0 |
| Cite as | Philralph (2014–2026). "Community action/Wales". Appropedia. Retrieved May 31, 2026. |








