Community action/Kent
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| Location | Kent, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 51° 12' 25.47" N, 0° 43' 15.73" E |
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 Kent. The majority of our information about this is collated via our place pages...Near you.
- Kent community resources and Ecological restoration Kent are separate articles.
News
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Hedgerows the 'unsung heroes of the countryside', BBC News (Feb 16, 2026) — A group of Kent volunteers is aiming to provide vital habitat for wildlife by planting about 3,800 yards (3,500m) of hedgerows in the countryside this year.- ‘To live a normal life again, it’s a dream come true’: UK’s first climate evacuees can cast off their homes and trauma, theguardian.com (Feb 09, 2026)
- Behind the scenes as GPs face 'tidal wave of demand', BBC News (Jan 22, 2026)
- White storks: why introducing non‑native species in rewilding projects can be a good idea, theconversation.com (Jun 05, 2026)
- Record-breaking heat and dry spring leave parts of England without water, reuters.com (May 29, 2026)
- Quarter of England at risk of water shortages (Mar 28, 2026) — less water in the system than planners are currently preparing for will have a knock-on effect on new housing developments
- Met Office issues rare red weather warning for Wednesday and Thursday, theguardian.com (Jun 22, 2026)
- This city had a flooding problem. So it turned to an animal that had been extinct there for 400 years, edition.cnn.com (Jun 18, 2026)
- Rights of Nature movement grows, with the Wye and Ouse subject to new protection charters, wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk (Jun 18, 2026) — Nature sits at the heart of several new sets of rights and charters; it’s even headlining a festival this summer. Is the way that we view and value Nature within our political and cultural frameworks at a turning point? asks Hannah Marsh
- 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)
- Collaborative Finance (CoFi): rethinking finance for the commons, growingcommons.substack.com (Jun 07, 2026) — What finance looks like when communities build and govern it themselves, Michel Rauchs
- Radical change can lead to a fairer and greener world, says new report, positive.news (Jun 04, 2026) — A major new study argues that rising living standards, shorter working hours and a liveable climate are not competing dreams, but parts of the same future – if the world is willing to tackle extreme inequality
- Dutch kids declared the world’s happiest (again). Here’s why, positive.news (Jun 02, 2026) — Dutch children are consistently ranked the happiest kids in the developed world. What is the Netherlands getting right? And does the humble bike have something to do with it?
Networks and sustainability initiatives
[edit | edit source]- Alternative Estuary, promoting positive alternatives along the Thames Estuary, a number of community groups and projects listed both in Essex and Kent, added 13:11, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
- East Kent Transition
CASwiki Topic overview: Networks, UK context: Networks UK, Cosmolocal connections: Networks, news and comment, UK network news
CDC videos
[edit | edit source]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
Kent video
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Events
[edit | edit source]Farmers markets
UK events
Jul 1 - 14, 2026 (Wed - Tue) — Community Energy Fortnight, communityenergyengland.org- Jul 02, 2026 (Thu) — Cycle to Work Day, cyclescheme.co.uk
- Jul 17 - Aug 9, 2026 (Fri - Sun) — Big Butterfly Count, bigbutterflycount.butterfly-conservation.org
- Jul 19 - 25, 2026 (Sun - Sat), The theme for 2026 is JOY — Community Centre Week, octopuscommunities.org.uk
- Jul 24 - Aug 2, 2026 (Fri - Sun) — Love Parks Week, Keep Britain Tidy
Global or international events
- July 2026 — Plastic Free July, plasticfreejuly.org
- Jul 04, 2026 (Sat) — International Day of Cooperatives (CoopsDay), 1st Saturday of July. The celebration aims to showcase co-operatives’ role in building ‘inclusive, resilient, and sustainable communities’, coopsday.coop
- Jul 18, 2026 (Sat) — Mandela Day, global celebration 18 July annually, to honour the life and legacy of Nelson Mandela. A call to action for individuals, communities, and organisations to take time to reflect on Mandela's values and principles and to make a positive impact in their own communities, mandeladay.com
2021-2030, UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, International community action events
Localism
[edit | edit source]CASwiki Topic overview: Localism, UK context: Localism UK, Cosmolocal connections: Localism news, Localism UK news
Community and voluntary action
[edit | edit source]Community Action South and East Kent has been working with and for the voluntary and community sector for over 20 years
CASwiki Topic overview: Community and voluntary action, UK context: Community and voluntary action UK, Cosmolocal connections: Community and voluntary action UK news
Climate action
[edit | edit source]Networks
- Kent Climate Action Coalition, added 15:55, 17 October 2021 (UTC)
- Low Carbon Kent, network of businesses tackling and adapting to climate change
- Extinction Rebellion Kent, public group on facebook
- Kent, Summary, Google Environmental Insights Explorer, added 15:23, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
References
CASwiki Topic overview: Climate action, UK context: Climate action UK, Cosmolocal connections: Climate news, UK Climate news
Sustainable transport activism
[edit | edit source]- Active travel fund schemes, kent.gov.uk, encouraging the residents of Kent to walk and cycle more, added 16:48, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
- Kent Connected, journey planner
- Kent Community Rail Partnership
Walking: Kent Ramblers - Recreational walks in Kent W, Footpaths in Kent (category) W
Waterways: Kent and East Sussex Canal Restoration Group - Wikipedia: Canals in Kent (category)
Resources: Setting up a communtiy transport scheme in Kent and Medway, kentruralnetwork.org.uk
CASwiki Topic overview: Sustainable transport activism, UK context: Sustainable transport activism UK, Cosmolocal connections: Sustainable transport news, Sustainable transport UK news
Cycling activism
[edit | edit source]CASwiki Topic overview: Cycling activism, UK context: Cycling activism UK, Cosmolocal connections: Cycling news, Cycling UK news
Community safety
[edit | edit source]Kent County Neighbourhood Watch Association - West Kent Watch
CASwiki Topic overview: Peace and community safety, UK context: Community safety UK, Cosmolocal connections: Peace and community safety news
Road safety
[edit | edit source]- Vision Zero: The Road Safety Strategy for Kent 2020 - 2026, kccconsultations.inconsult.uk, consultation closes at 23:59 on 15 March 2021
- KCC Kent Road Safety
CASwiki Topic overview: Road safety, UK context: Road safety UK
Ecological restoration
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This page is the beginnings of a portal for Kent community action in response to Ecological emergency.
About Kent
[edit | edit source]Campaigns
- Kent quarry extension is one of the biggest threats of the 21st century. Hermitage Quarry expansion plans: If approved, the loss could even surpass ancient woodland losses from the Lower Thames Crossing and HS2 schemes combined, woodlandtrust.org.uk, added 14:05, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
- Save Kent's Green Spaces, on facebook.com, Nonprofit organization, added 18:23, 5 December 2021 (UTC)
- ePetition:End Kent County Council's £350,000,000 investment in fossil fuels, democracy.kent.gov.uk
- No Fracking in East Kent on facebook
Past events
- August 25, 2014, Kent Festival of Bees, near Bridge, Canterbury
- May 17 - 18, 2014, West Kent Green Open Homes
Kent is a ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north, the Strait of Dover to the south-east, East Sussex to the south-west, Surrey to the west, and Greater London to the north-west.
Near you
[edit | edit source]Ashford - Canterbury - Dartford - Dover - Folkestone and Hythe - Gravesham - Maidstone - Malling - Medway - Sevenoaks - Swale - Thanet - Tonbridge - Tunbridge Wells
See also
- Towards a more democratic and climate friendly way of meeting housing need across England
- London and South East England
- Saving water in South East England
| Authors | Phil Green |
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| License | CC-BY-SA-3.0 |
| Cite as | Philralph (2014–2026). "Community action/Kent". Appropedia. Retrieved June 24, 2026. |