Community action/Northern Ireland
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 Northern Ireland.
News
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Climate storytelling often ignores young people – arts-based research can change that, theconversation.com (Feb 06, 2026) - Can the use of citizens’ assemblies transform Northern Ireland’s policy landscape?, agendani.com (Jun 01, 2025)
- Announcing a Citizens' Forum on Housing!, x.com/CivicInitNI (Aug 16, 2024)
- ‘It bloody works’: why the world’s oldest cheddar-maker uses a ‘milk-source’ heat pump, theguardian.com (Sep 17, 2026)
- British people understand the climate crisis threat. Today I’m empowering them to tackle it, Andy Burnham, theguardian.com (Sep 17, 2026) — With nearly £30m of funding, I’m giving communities power over local energy. They know the gravity of global heating, and they want to be part of the solution
- The Emergency: why communities must govern environmental resources, growingcommons.substack.com (Sep 15, 2026) — Childhood environmental lessons from a Stroud river keeper, Julian Jones
- Reclaiming the streets: the architects clawing back Europe’s car-centric spaces, theguardian.com (Sep 09, 2026) — The European Prize for Urban Public Space’s shortlist highlights projects helping people cope with climate crisis
- We’re the mayors of Paris, Milan and Phoenix. The heat crisis has us all facing the same question, Emmanuel Grégoire, Giuseppe Sala and Kate Gallego, theguardian.com (Sep 07, 2026) — Our three cities are learning from each other about how to protect residents. These climate policies are also public health measures
- European farmers face ‘unprecedented crisis’ after successive heatwaves, theguardian.com (Aug 17, 2026)
- Kim Stanley Robinson won’t read aloud his climate disaster scene from ‘The Ministry for the Future’, apnews.com (Sep 17, 2026)
- The Guardian view on the Nepal-Tibet floods: a spur to action on climate, Editorial, theguardian.com (Sep 17, 2026) — New research links last month’s disaster to fossil fuel pollution. Supporting disaster-hit countries must be at the centre of climate politics
- Fifty billion trees by 2030: how Ethiopia is recruiting citizens across the country to plant, plant, plant, theguardian.com (Sep 17, 2026) — After losing much of its forests in recent decades, the country’s people have led the way in planting saplings across the country as part of the government’s Green Legacy Initiative
Events
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Sep 7 - 11, 2026 (Mon-Fri) — Zero Waste Week, zerowasteweek.co.uk- Sep 11 - 20, 2026 (Fri-Sun) — Heritage Open Days, celebrating our fantastic history and culture. Your chance to see hidden places and try out new experiences – all of which are FREE to explore, heritageopendays.org.uk
- Sep 18 - 27, 2026 (Fri-Sun) — Great British Beach Clean, mcsuk.org
Global or international events
- Sep 15, 2026 (Tue) — Free Money Day, Global invitation for people to explore, in a liberating and fun way, what it might be like if our relationship to money was a little different. Sep 15, annually, freemoneyday.org
- Sep 18, 2026 (Fri) — Park(ing) day, global, public, participatory project where people across the world temporarily repurpose curbside parking spaces and convert them into public parks and social spaces to advocate for safer, greener, and more equitable streets for people, myparkingday.org
- Sep 21-27, 2026 (Mon-Sun) — Global Week Of Action For Peace And Climate Justice, climatemilitarism.org
- Sep 21, 2026 (Mon) — International Day of Peace, Globally shared date, Sep 21 each year for all humanity to commit to Peace above all differences and to contribute to building a Culture of Peace, internationaldayofpeace.org
2021-2030, UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, International community action events
Each week 3 different short videos from across the UK or world.
Community action/Moray, Rewilding Scotland, Community action/Wiltshire / ...This week's featured Global videos / ... read more about Cosmolocalism
Northern Ireland video
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Networks and sustainability initiatives
[edit | edit source]- Sustainable NI Not for profit organisation established in 1997
- Transition Ireland and Northern Ireland
Community and voluntary action
[edit | edit source]- Civic Initiative, information from communityni.org: new participatory structure bringing together a wide range of civic society organisations to deliver citizen-led deliberative dialogues. 'added 09:25, 19 August 2024 (UTC)
Community energy
[edit | edit source]Drumlin Wind Energy Co-operative - Northern Ireland Community Energy
Cycling activism
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- Of Belfast Streets and People. (And Bicycles.), author: Jonny Gaston, on youtube.com
- Lullaby in Derry-Londonderry 2015, author: lukejerram, on vimeo.com
Biodiversity
[edit | edit source]- Conservation Volunteers NI
- Northern Ireland Environment Link
- Ulster Wildlife Trust, link checked 13:24, 3 October 2022 (UTC)
see also: Ireland, Biodiversity
Environment quality
[edit | edit source]Northern Ireland Air Pollution
Trees, woodland and forest
[edit | edit source]Back on the Map, project in Northern Ireland started by the Woodland Trust in order to create a record of ancient woodland. Ancient woods are many times scarcer in Northern Ireland than in the rest of the UK, yet are still (January 2007) being lost at an alarming rate.
News archive
[edit | edit source]- Belfast's Wildflower Alley was transformed from a dumping ground to a communal zone of biodiversity, The Daily Alternative (Sep 26, 2022)
2013-2020
- Who can be trusted to develop us? Yes, we the people. But local Trusts have been strengthening communities for decades. Covid-19 shows it's their time. Pat Kane. May 10, 2020...thealternative.org.uk
- 6000 homes in Northern Ireland are getting free solar, Jun 22, 2016...solarpowerportal.co.uk
- Going Under the Sea for Clean Energy, April 2, 2014...nytimes.com
- Titanic Quarter cycle and walking route opens in Belfast, May 24, 2013...Sustrans
About Northern Ireland
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Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It has been variously described as a country, province or region. Northern Ireland shares an open border to the south and west with the Republic of Ireland. At the 2021 census, its population was 1,903,175, making up around 3% of the UK's population and 27% of the population on the island of Ireland. The Northern Ireland Assembly, established by the Northern Ireland Act 1998, holds responsibility for a range of devolved policy matters, while other areas are reserved for the UK Government. The government of Northern Ireland cooperates with the government of Ireland in several areas under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement. The Republic of Ireland also has a consultative role on non-devolved governmental matters through the British–Irish Intergovernmental Conference.
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| Cite as | Philralph (2014–2026). "Community action/Northern Ireland". Appropedia. Retrieved September 23, 2026. |