Community action/Richmond upon Thames
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| Location | Richmond upon Thames, London |
| Coordinates | 51° 26' 25.99" N, 0° 18' 27.50" W |
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 Richmond upon Thames.
News
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The climate cafe where misery is 'empowering', BBC News (Jul 26, 2026) - ‘I don’t like being stuck in an office’: the young people helping plant a ring of trees around London, theguardian.com (Jun 17, 2026) — London Tree Ring project aims to create corridors of plant and animal life around the city to strengthen its biodiversity
- London, San Francisco and Beijing achieve ‘remarkable reductions’ in air pollution, theguardian.com (Mar 12, 2026) — Cycle lanes, electric cars and other interventions have helped 19 global cities slash levels of pollutants by more than 20%
- The climate cafe where misery is 'empowering', BBC News (Jul 26, 2026)
- The UK birth, death, and rebirth of the local market, wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk (Jul 23, 2026)
- Across parties, across postcodes, ffcc.co.uk (Jul 17, 2026) — British people want government action on food
- May and June heatwaves killed about 2,700 people in England and Wales, data suggests, theguardian.com (Jul 13, 2026) — Extreme heat led to 440 deaths a day during June peak, say scientists, with climate crisis ramping up temperatures
- Europe's heatwave linked to 1,300 deaths, WHO says, as Germany hits record 41.7C, BBC News (Jun 28, 2026)
- European heatwave is worst ever and impossible without climate crisis, scientists say, theguardian.com (Jun 26, 2026) — Study also finds high humidity means people in hundreds of cities are enduring their worst ever heat stress
- 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)
Networks and sustainability initiatives
[edit | edit source]- Kew The Transition on twitter.com, added 15:50, 11 March 2022 (UTC)
- South West London Environment Network
CDC video
[edit | edit source]Each week 3 different short videos from across the UK or world.
Community action/Manchester, Community action/Essex, Community action/West Sussex / ...This week's featured Global videos / ... read more about Cosmolocalism
Richmond upon Thames video
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UK and international events
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Aug 10 - 16, 2026 (Mon - Sun) — National Allotments Week, 2026 theme is “Grow to Learn.”, thenas.org.uk
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
Reduce, reuse, repair and recycle
[edit | edit source]- Twickenham Repair Cafe, 3rd Saturday of each month, added 17:10, 25 September 2022 (UTC)
Sustainable transport activism
[edit | edit source]Thames Path W
Cycling activism
[edit | edit source]Richmond Cycling Campaign, Promoting and Encouraging cycling in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
National Cycle Route 4 W
Biodiversity
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WWT London Wetland Centre is a wetland reserve managed by the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust in the Barnes area of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, southwest London, England, by Barn Elms. The site is formed of four disused Victorian reservoirs tucked into a loop in the Thames.
The centre first opened in 2000, and in 2002 an area of 29.9 hectares was designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest as the Barn Elms Wetland Centre.
The centre occupies more than 100 acres (40 hectares) of land which was formerly occupied by several small reservoirs. These were converted into a wide range of wetland features and habitats before the centre opened in May 2000. It was the first urban project of its kind in the United Kingdom.
Open spaces
[edit | edit source]Parks take up a great deal of the borough and include Richmond Park, Bushy Park, Kew Gardens, and Hampton Court Park. There are over 100 parks and open spaces in Richmond upon Thames and 21 miles (34 km) of river frontage. 140 hectares within the borough are designated as part of the Metropolitan Green Belt. W
News archive
[edit | edit source]2007
- Richmond parking charge scheme welcomed...FoE, January 30, 2007. Friends of the Earth has welcomed Richmond Council's decision to increase parking permit charges for gas-guzzling vehicles, and called on other councils to follow suit.
About Richmond upon Thames
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- HACAN Clearskies, representing residents under the Heathrow flight path
The London Borough of Richmond upon Thames () is an Outer London borough formed in 1965 from the merger of three older boroughs. These were the Municipal Borough of Richmond and the Municipal Borough of Barnes, situated south of the Thames which was, until 1965, part of Surrey, and the Municipal Borough of Twickenham on the northern, Middlesex bank of the Thames. In this way it is the only London borough to straddle the River Thames.
The population is 198,019 and the major communities are Barnes, East Sheen, Mortlake, Kew, Richmond, Twickenham, Teddington and Hampton.
The borough includes Richmond Park, the largest park in London, along with the National Physical Laboratory and The National Archives. Kew Gardens, Hampton Court Palace, Twickenham Stadium and the WWT London Wetlands Centre are within its boundaries and draw domestic and international tourism. In 2023, the borough was ranked first in Rightmove's Happy at Home index, making it the "happiest place to live in Great Britain"; the first time a London borough has taken the top spot.
| Authors | Phil Green |
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| License | CC-BY-SA-3.0 |
| Cite as | Philralph (2014–2026). "Community action/Richmond upon Thames". Appropedia. Retrieved August 1, 2026. |