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This page brings together news 2008-2021, from, about and of interest to community agency networks (CANs) and community groups' activism for climate, environment and many other sustainability topics across Spain.

How to live with large predators – lessons from Spanish wolf country, Nov 15, 2021...theconversation.com

  • Spain to launch trial of four-day working week, Mar 15, 2021...theguardian.com
  • 'A role model': how Seville is turning leftover oranges into electricity, Feb 23, 2021...theguardian.com

Can we have a regenerative and circular tourism? As a Mallorca resident, Daniel Wahl thinks it's possible, Jan 19, 2020...[1]

  • Solar, thermal… Spain's historic hotels go green, Dec 30, 2018...[2]
  • News 'For me, this is paradise': life in the Spanish city that banned cars, The Guardian (Sep 18, 2018) — In Pontevedra, the usual soundtrack of a Spanish city has been replaced by the tweeting of birds and the chatter of humans
  • Balearic Islands bank on their sun to kickstart power drive, Adam Vaughan, May 4, 2018...[3]
  • Balearics launch pioneering plan to phase out emissions, Feb 15, 2018...[4]

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2017[edit | edit source]

  • New Report Shines Light on Groundbreaking Catalan Cooperative, Nov 14, 2017...[1]
  • Climate Change Related Drought Bakes the Iberian Peninsula, Nov 10, 2017...[2]
  • Degrowth Discussed in the Catalan Parliament, Oct 10, 2017...[3]

What a city in Spain learned from Sweden about promoting local food and healthier eating, Jul 21[4]

  • Behind the green door: Discover Andalucia's eco village of Los Molinos del Rio Agua, Jun 10[5]
  • How One City in Spain Launched a Local Currency, Jun 8[6]
  • Resilience, Community Action and Societal Transformation: Juan del Río, May 4[7]
  • Cataluña prohíbe la entrega gratuita de bolsas de plástico en todos los comercios, Mar 31[8]
  • El anillo ciclista que revolucionará la movilidad, Feb 27[9]
  • 10 propuestas sevillanas para luchar contra el cambio climático, Feb 26[10]
  • Pamplona presents Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan, Feb 6[11]
  • Gijón se adhiere al manifiesto a favor del Plan Estratégico Estatal de la Bicicleta. Jan 30[12]

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2016[edit | edit source]

  • La Red de Ciudades por la Bicicleta destaca el valor ecológico y económico de la bici, Nov 24[1]

Barcelona is kicking cars off many of its streets, Oct 4[2]

  • Packed beaches and gridlock loom large as tourists swap terrorism hotspots for Spain, May 14[3]
  • Growing a better future in Mollet del Vallès, Apr 15[4]
  • Vitoria-Gasteiz European green capital by design, January 6[5]

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2015[edit | edit source]

  • Primera red ciudadana libre de Barcelona para internet de las cosas, por @carmenjane, December 28, 2015...[1]
  • Barcelona empieza a perfilar su polémica moneda local, October 21, 2015...[2]
  • Each Street Redevelopment Is a Chance for the City, September 30, 2015...[3]
  • Welcome to Jun, the town that ditched bureaucracy to run on Twitter, July 2, 2015...[4]

The solidarity fridge: Spanish town's cool way to cut food waste, June 25[5]

  • Cycling share doubles in Vitoria-Gasteiz, the new cycling champion of Spain, May 27[6]
  • Spain Got 47 Percent Of Its Electricity From Renewables In March, April 2[7]

How Seville transformed itself into the cycling capital of southern Europe, January 28[8]

  • Repsol Abandons Oil and Gas Exploration Off Canary Islands, January 16[9]
  • "We Are Energy": Community Energy from Scotland to Spain, January 14[10]

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2008-2014[edit | edit source]

  • Canary Islands to vote on oil exploration, October 2, 2014...[1]
  • El Hierro to become the first island in the world to be fully energy self-sufficient through combined wind and water power, May 1[2]

Victory: no more Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining in Laciana Valley (Spain), February 27, 2014...[3]

  • Subsidy-free solar takes off in Spain, February 5, 2014...[4]

Spain: wind power becomes main source of energy, January 15, 2014...[5] "Spain is the first country in the world where wind energy was the technology that most contributed to the coverage of demand in a full year," AEE (industry association). Renewable sources of energy as a whole covered 42.4 percent of demand last year.

  • 'Cohousing': un nuevo modelo de vivienda asequible y sostenible, December 26, 2013...[6]
  • Mediterranean wildfires,,[7] July, 2009.
  • Spain cuts speed limit and introduces energy-saving measures in bid to reduce oil imports,[8] July 30, 2008.

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Created January 3, 2023 by Phil Green
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