Community action/Lebanon
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| Location | Lebanon |
| Coordinates | 33° 52' 30.23" N, 35° 50' 36.27" 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 Lebanon.
News
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Climate disasters displaced 250 million people in past 10 years, UN report finds, theguardian.com (Nov 09, 2025) — Floods, storms and droughts have uprooted people across the globe as rising temperatures intensify conflict and hunger
- 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
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- Ahla Fawda, NGO addressing “all aspects of community welfare, humanitarian, cultural and environmental, and aims to provide a support framework for communities in need.” Video: Ahla Fawda on youtube.com, added 14:28, 19 August 2024 (UTC)
Trees, woodland and forest
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News and comment
[edit | edit source]2017
The 81-year-old woman inspiring Lebanon to recycle, Jun 8[1]
Lebanon's First Bike-Sharing Service Pops Up in Beirut, Feb 1[2]
2010
Beirut Water Taxi Project new idea to help reduce congestion on Beirut's busy roads.[3] May 16
2009
Lebanon: We urgently need an environmental agenda! May 24, 2009 by Emir Bachir, Moussa Bashir,[4] March 21
Campaigns
[edit | edit source]IndyAct, global organization which has established several campaigns in the Arab region, especially Lebanon, on issues such as climate change, resource management, marine and coastal protection, and youth and women's rights.
About Lebanon
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Lebanon, officially the Lebanese Republic, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west; Cyprus lies a short distance from the coastline. Lebanon has a population of more than five million and an area of 10,452 square kilometres (4,036 sq mi). Beirut is the country's capital and largest city.
References
| Authors | Phil Green |
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| License | CC-BY-SA-3.0 |
| Cite as | Philralph (2014–2025). "Community action/Lebanon". Appropedia. Retrieved June 22, 2026. |