Community action/Connecticut
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 Connecticut.
News
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Rhode Island and Connecticut sue over Trump administration’s wind farm halt, theguardian.com (Sep 04, 2025)
- New England Lawmakers Weigh Plug-in Solar as Europe’s Model Spreads, insideclimatenews.org (Feb 18, 2026) — Legislation in Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Rhode Island would allow small solar panels to plug directly into home outlets, expanding access to clean energy.
- Where the wild things thrive: Finding and protecting nature’s climate change safe havens, theconversation.com (Dec 17, 2025)
- New England warming faster than most places on Earth, study finds, theguardian.com (Dec 04, 2025)
- Twenty years of Community Wealth Building, a rich global tapestry of cooperation, justice and local ambition [The Democracy Collaborative], Daily Alternative (Oct 22, 2026) — Twenty years on, Community Wealth Building is no longer an emerging conversation. It is an international movement of ideas and practice that continues to evolve in response to the crises and possibilities of our age. This compendium is both a reflection on that journey and an invitation to continue it
- Can Florida’s ‘coastal corridor’ project safeguard wildlife and boost economy?, theguardian.com (Aug 10, 2026)
- How Australia combines modern tech and Indigenous knowledge to fight wildfires, BBC News (Aug 01, 2026)
- Eva v Goliath: the 20-year-old climate activist taking on Trump and the fossil fuel industry, theguardian.com (May 20, 2026)
- US has caused $10tn worth of climate damage since 1990, research finds, theguardian.com (Mar 25, 2026)
- New York Cooks Up a Plan to Boost Energy Efficiency in Public Housing, insideclimatenews.org (Mar 16, 2026)
- Shrinking Giants, Part 6: Beyond Fossil Finance, growingcommons.substack.com (Nov 01, 2026) — Moving towards post-growth in a world where states must grow or lose their security, Ronan Murphy
- Throw the best party!, demnext.substack.com (Oct 22, 2026) — Programme Coordinator Hannah Terry on finding hope with 30 young democracy builders in Croatia
- A Modest Proposal To Improve Democracy In Canada, davidmoscrop.com (Oct 22, 2026) — We must strengthen self-government by putting more Canadians in charge of the political agenda. David Moscrop
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
Each week 3 different short videos from across the world.
Community action/Denmark, Community action/California, Cycling activism / ...This week's featured UK videos / ... read more about Cosmolocalism
Community energy
[edit | edit source]Community resources
[edit | edit source]Citizens data initiative
- Energy Data & Statistics for Connecticut, From the U.S. Department of Energy
Sustainable transport activism
[edit | edit source]Cycling activism
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U.S. Bicycle Route 7 (USBR 7) is a north–south U.S. Bicycle Route that follows the Western New England Greenway in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont in the United States.
Education for sustainability
[edit | edit source]Wikipedia:List of nature centers in Connecticut
Open spaces
[edit | edit source]- Branford Land Trust
- Connecticut Forest and Park Association
- Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
News archive
[edit | edit source]- New London Makerspace Gives Community Access to 3D Printers, Wood Shop and More, Jan 16, 2017...@WTNH
About Connecticut
[edit | edit source]Connecticut ( kə-NET-ih-kət) is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its capital is Hartford, and its most populous city is Bridgeport. Connecticut lies between the major hubs of New York City and Boston along the Northeast Corridor, where the New York metropolitan area, which includes four of Connecticut's seven largest cities, extends into the southwestern part of the state. Connecticut is the third-smallest state by area after Rhode Island and Delaware, and the 29th-most populous with more than 3.6 million residents as of 2024, ranking it fourth among the most densely populated U.S. states.
| Authors | Phil Green |
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| License | CC-BY-SA-3.0 |
| Cite as | Phil Green (2014–2026). "Community action/Connecticut". Appropedia. Retrieved November 1, 2026. |