Community action/Bristol
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| Location | Bristol, South West England |
| Coordinates | 51° 27' 33.72" N, 2° 35' 1.06" 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 Bristol. It's an introduction to local networks, groups, and events.
- Bristol community resources and Bristol community climate and environment action are separate pages.
News
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The Public Plate: a new model for responsible restaurants that bring people together, wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk (Mar 12, 2026) - How communities are stepping up to revive our tired towns and cities, positive.news (Feb 05, 2026)
- New national forest to see 20m trees planted, BBC News (Mar 21, 2025)
- White storks: why introducing non‑native species in rewilding projects can be a good idea, theconversation.com (Jun 05, 2026)
- Citizens’ Assembly to invest £100,000 in West’s culture, westofengland-ca.gov.uk (Jan 16, 2026)
- ‘We found 23,000 worms!’ The soil project bringing life back to the land, positive.news (Oct 22, 2025)
- Across parties, across postcodes, ffcc.co.uk (Jul 17, 2026) — British people want government action on food
- Climate Change Advocacy in Libraries: Practices, Challenges and Future Research Directions, tandfonline.com (Jul 15, 2026) — libraries have significant potential to move beyond operational sustainability and become stronger agents of climate resilience and public climate action. Oladokun, B. D., Obim, I. E., Olatunbosun, I. E., Enakrire, R. T., Ajani, Y. A., & Ebhonu, S. I. (2026).
- England risks building new ‘death traps’ as experts warn of overheating crisis, theguardian.com (Jul 14, 2026) — Vulnerable people more at risk as research finds only half of local authority plans require cooling strategies
- 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
- Research looks at potential for community wealth building in Australia, thenews.coop (Jul 09, 2026) — The study says action is needed to tackle wealth and inequality, which is ‘widening, creating fissures in many communities and economies’
- How can technology strengthen citizens’ capacities? By relating the "seven muscles of deliberation" to AI [DemocracyNext], Daily Alternative (Jul 06, 2026)
- As food shocks spread, citizens are showing more leadership than governments, climatechangenews.com (Jul 03, 2026) — People support efforts to protect forests and curb industrial food production, the results of the latest Global Citizens’ Assembly show – but politicians have been slow to act
Networks and sustainability initiatives
[edit | edit source]- Heart of BS13, charitable organisation committed to sustainability, professional development, and income generation through social enterprise. added 14:16, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
- Ambition Lawrence Weston, resident-driven organisation striving to make Lawrence Weston an even better place to live and work. added 15:40, 21 July 2023 (UTC)
- Knowle West Alliance, rooted in the community, growing for the future
- Bristol 2015, European Green Capital, @Bristol 2015
- Bristol Green Capital (Partnership), the Partnership is a free membership organisation whose aim is to make Bristol "a low carbon city with a high quality of life for all". You can become a member as long as you are representatives of an organisation that wishes to play a role. Twitter: @bgreencapital
- Ecojam Bristol
- Sustainable Redland
- The Southville Centre
- Sustainability, information from the Univeristy of the West of England
- Transition Bristol
- Carbon Makeover, Knowle West
- Twin cities, information from Bristol City Council
CDC videos
[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
Events
[edit | edit source]- Bristol Repair Cafe dates on creativemedia.org.uk
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
Bristol video
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Community involvement
[edit | edit source]The Bristol Democracy Project, Getting People Involved In Decision Making In Bristol
Localism
[edit | edit source]Bristol Independents campaign
Communities online
[edit | edit source]- The Knowledge, Knowle West's community website, added 17:51, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
Community and voluntary action
[edit | edit source]About Bristol
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Bristol ( ) is a city and ceremonial county in South West England. It is on the River Avon, and bordered by Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south, with a short coastline on the Bristol Channel to the west. The county includes most of the Bristol conurbation, but the urban area extends into South Gloucestershire, Bath and North East Somerset, and North Somerset.
Bristol was ranked as Britain's most sustainable city (based on its environmental performance, quality of life, future-proofing and approaches to climate change, recycling and biodiversity), topping environmental charity Forum for the Future's 2008 Sustainable Cities Index. Local initiatives include Sustrans (creators of the National Cycle Network, founded as Cyclebag in 1977) and Resourcesaver, a non-profit business established in 1988 by Avon Friends of the Earth. In 2014 The Sunday Times named it as the best city in Britain in which to live. The city received the 2015 European Green Capital Award, becoming the first UK city to receive this award.
In 2019 Bristol City Council voted in favour of banning all privately owned diesel cars from the city centre. Since then, the plans have been revised in favour of a clean air zone whereby older and more polluting vehicles will be charged to drive through the city centre. The Clean Air Zone came into effect in November 2022. W
Bristol archive
[edit | edit source]Past events
2017
- Jun 8 - 25 Festival of Nature, a wild adventure up the River Avon
- March 25 Up Our Street Festival of Solutions 2017, Easton Community Centre, Kilburn Street. Priorirty for residents of Easton and Lawrence Hill
- February 22 Bristol Soup
2016
- Sept 2 - 4 Radical Technology Revisited conference
- Jun 4 - 5 Get-Growing-Garden-Trail-2016.pdf
- Apr 29 - May 7 Bristol Food Connections, bringing people and good food together
2015
- Bristol is European Green Capital for 2015, bbc.co.uk Events, information from bristol2015.co.uk
- August 22 Fair in the Square to "celebrate 20 years of the National Cycle Network with a fun-filled festival and Lullaby ride."
- July 4 - 5 International Fairtrade Towns' Conference @Bristol Conference Centre
2014
- February 8 Bristol Futures Forum
- February 24 - March 9 Fairtrade Fortnight in Bristol
- April 26 - May 26 Bristol Walking Festival
- May 5 Eat-In! Bristol
- June 7 - 15 Festival of Nature, June 14 - 15 Harbourside event
- June 12 Painting the Town Green event for community and voluntary organizations in the lead up to Bristol Green Capital 2015
- June 14 - 22 Bristol Big Green Week
- June 22 Bristol's Biggest Bike Ride
- September 13 -14 Bristol Green Doors 2014
- November 25 Making Bristol's Streets Special, Civic Society Annual "Big Event"
| Authors | Phil Green |
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| License | CC-BY-SA-3.0 |
| Cite as | Philralph (2013–2026). "Community action/Bristol". Appropedia. Retrieved July 25, 2026. |