Community action/Gambia
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 the Gambia.
News
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Notes from a Gambian citizens’ assembly, demnext.substack.com (Nov 13, 2025) — Find out what happens when citizens take the lead on climate and community- Deliberation in The Gambia – our view from Kerewan, DemocracyNext, demnext.substack.com (Jun 26, 2025)
- African countries must protect their fish stocks from the European Union - here’s how, The Conversation (Feb 15, 2022)
- Young South Africans take up sustainable agriculture for food security, climatechangenews.com (Jun 02, 2026) — Aquaponics is seeing a revival in South Africa’s schools, boosted by government support and climate concerns
- Introducing Katcha: An African Democratic Innovation Network, demnext.substack.com (Feb 19, 2026)
- One of Africa’s Most Important Water Sources Just Got Some Very Good News, insideclimatenews.org (Feb 05, 2026) — Angola’s vast highland wetlands feed rivers that deliver freshwater to millions. They just gained global recognition that could help keep it that way.
- Shift Embassy in Rotterdam is “a public park that blends art with ecology” [Positive.News], Daily Alternative (Jul 25, 2026)
- The tech party "Team Mirai” (Team Future) won 11 seats in the Japanese general election. They’re now modelling the future of democracy [Tech Policy Press], Daily Alternative (Jul 24, 2026)
- What the majority world can teach the rest of us about low-cost, high-impact systems of “coolth” [John Thackera], Daily Alternative (Jul 23, 2026)
International events
[edit | edit source]Global or International events
Aug 09, 2026 (Sun) — International Day of the World's Indigenous People, observed on 9 August each year to raise awareness and protect the rights of the world's indigenous population, un.org- Aug 12, 2026 (Wed) — International Youth Day, awareness day designated by the United Nations taking place on Aug 12 each year, un.org
2021-2030, UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, International community action events
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Footsteps Ecolodge
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Situated in a small community off the main road to Gunjur in Gambia, the management at Footsteps Ecolodge make every effort to reduce their ecological footprint where they can. The lodge was created to offer Gambia Holidays in 2002 and has been running ever since providing nature holidays led by locals, despite damage caused by a brush fire in February 2007. Provided here is a brief overview of the various technologies, systems, and perspectives that are continuously unfolding at Footsteps.
News archive
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- Helping a rural Gambian community to get cycling, Apr 20, 2016...re-cycle.org
- Samba Faal, the mayor of Banjul, capital of Gambia, observed that a one metre rise in sea level near his city would result in a fifty percent loss in landmass coverage. Since most of Banjul is one metre below sea level, such a scenario would pose a serious threat to human settlements, health and food security...United Nations Environment Programme, February 27, 2009.
About the Gambia
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The Gambia, officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in West Africa. Geographically, The Gambia is the smallest country in continental Africa; it is bounded by Senegal on all sides except for the western part, which is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean.
The Gambia's economy is dominated by farming, fishing, and especially, tourism. In 2015, 48.6% of the population lived in poverty. In rural areas, poverty was even more widespread, at almost 70%.
| Authors | Phil Green |
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| Cite as | Philralph (2014–2026). "Community action/Gambia". Appropedia. Retrieved August 3, 2026. |