Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire ( (listen), (listen); abbreviated Glos. (Welsh: Swydd Gaerloyw) is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean.
The county town is the city of Gloucester, and other principal towns include Cheltenham, Stroud, Tewkesbury, Cirencester, Dursley, Cinderford, and Lydney.
Gloucestershire borders Herefordshire to the north west, Wiltshire to the south, Bristol and Somerset to the south west, Worcestershire to the north, Oxfordshire to the east, Warwickshire to the north east, and the Welsh county of Monmouthshire to the west.
The current Gloucestershire County Council area does not have the same geographical boundaries as the historic county. Some northern parts of the county, including Long Marston and Welford-on-Avon, were transferred to Warwickshire in 1931. Following the Local Government Act 1972, some southern parts of the county were transferred to the new county of Avon, which ceased to exist on 1 April 1996. After 1996, the city of Bristol and South Gloucestershire became separate unitary authorities.
Gloucestershire community action[edit | edit source]
Sustainability initiatives[edit | edit source]
- Sustainable Thornbury
- Transition Cam & Dursley
- Transition Stroud
- Transition Town Cheltenham
- Vision 21, promoting a sustainable future for Gloucestershire
♥ Climate action[edit | edit source]
GlosCAN, Gloucestershire Climate Action Network
♥ Biodiversity[edit | edit source]
Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust - Stroud Valleys Project
Communities online[edit | edit source]
Community currencies activism[edit | edit source]
Fair Shares, community time banks
Cycling activism[edit | edit source]
Education for sustainability[edit | edit source]
Friends of the Wilderness Centre, Forest of Dean
Food activism[edit | edit source]
Farmers Markets (in Stroud) information from Stroud District Council - Stroud Community Agriculture Ltd - Stroudco Food Hub
Stroud, a market town in Gloucestershire was one of the birthplaces of the Organic food movement and was home to Britain's first fully organic café, Woodruffs. The Biodynamic Agricultural Association is based in the town. [1]
Localism[edit | edit source]
Stroud has a strong community of independent shops and cafés, which provide the mainstay of the retail experience in the town. [2] GLOSS FM is local radio for Thornbury and District, offering free local infomertials on-air for local not-for profit community initiatives
Reduce, reuse, repair and recycle[edit | edit source]
Thornbury Give n Take on mythornbury.co.uk
Sustainable transport activism[edit | edit source]
Cotswold Canals Trust, (Wikipedia): registered charity that aims to protect and restore the Stroudwater Navigation and the Thames and Severn Canal.
Resources[edit | edit source]
Video[edit | edit source]
Transition Stroud on Stroud Community TV
News and comment[edit | edit source]
2016
Have your say on how developments in Stroud should promote sustainable construction, Nov 10 [3]
Stroud Valleys Showcase will celebrate very best of the Five Valley’s green and sustainable projects, Sep 28 [4]
New Green council chairman Norman Kay partners with climate change awareness project Transition Stroud, May 24 [5]
An evening in Stroud: '10 years and beyond', May 9 [6]
Work starts on Dursley hospital allotments scheme, Apr 20 [7]
Events[edit | edit source]
2016
Oct 1 - 8 Stroud Valleys Showcase
2015
June 27 - 28 Edible Open Gardens
February 7 Stroud Potato Day
2014
September 20 - 21 Cheltenham Green Doors
September 20 Greener Gloucestershire Festival 2014
May 3 - 4 Stroud Eco Open Homes 2014
Campaigns[edit | edit source]
Frack off our Forest on facebook
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External links[edit | edit source]