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Community groups may be concerned about litter, pollution, traffic pollution, air quality, noise or light pollution, river quality, state of beaches, etc. | |||
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The Aarhus Convention, was signed on 25 June 1998 in the Danish city of Aarhus. It entered into force on 30 October 2001. As of March 2014, it has 47 parties—46 states and the European Union. All of the ratifying states are in [[Europe]] and Central Asia. | |||
The Aarhus Convention grants the public rights regarding access to information, public participation and access to justice, in governmental decision-making processes on matters concerning the local, national and transboundary environment. It focuses on interactions between the public and public authorities. {{W|Aarhus Convention}} | |||
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*Cleanup manual from [http://www.letsdoitworld.org/manual Let's do it! World] | |||
*[http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/reports/environmental_justice.pdf ESRC Global Environmental Change Programme (2001) Environmental justice: Rights and means to a healthy environment for all] (PDF) Special Briefing No.7, University of Sussex. | |||
*Earth Repair: A Grassroots Guide to Healing Toxic and Damaged Landscapes, [http://www.resilience.org/resource-detail/2588987-earth-repair-a-grassroots-guide-to resilience.org] | |||
* [http://aarhusclearinghouse.unece.org/ UNECE Aarhus Convention Clearinghouse website] | |||
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Featured article. . . and extract Why it matters Community groups may be concerned about litter, pollution, traffic pollution, air quality, noise or light pollution, river quality, state of beaches, etc. Aarhus Convention The Aarhus Convention, was signed on 25 June 1998 in the Danish city of Aarhus. It entered into force on 30 October 2001. As of March 2014, it has 47 parties—46 states and the European Union. All of the ratifying states are in Europe and Central Asia. The Aarhus Convention grants the public rights regarding access to information, public participation and access to justice, in governmental decision-making processes on matters concerning the local, national and transboundary environment. It focuses on interactions between the public and public authorities. W Resources
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WhatCommunity action for sustainability, or CASwiki, is information and knowledge sharing, but with a focus on what might be useful to community groups and active citizens. You can help. What can we do to make our communities more sustainable and in support of environmental, social and economic wellbeing? / About CASwiki - Join WhereAt any level from local communities through villages, towns, cities, countries, regions, continents or the whole world. Check out our current list of 269 locations. If the location you're interested in isn't there, can you help by sharing some information about that place in either an existing article, or through starting a new article? ...more Why"We start with the simple proposition that citizens should be able to influence decisions which affect the places and communities in which they live, work and visit." Sustainability isn't just something for experts. It's about everyone's quality of life and we all have a part to play. CASwiki aims to help link up community and personal action for sustainability worldwide. ...more |
HowKnowledge sharing can help! It can help with finding contacts, making connections and networking. As well as information about places CASwiki shares information and knowledge about 29 Community action for sustainability topics (what we can do - see right hand column) and Resources to help action. DoDo help! Do please help CASwiki grow! Share something today! Share your knowledge and information. Improve articles by clicking "edit" at top of the page or section. Our philosophy is: Be Bold and contribute! Any questions? Please ask via our talk page Social mediaFollow us on twitter: @caswiki CASwiki newsAs of mid-December 2015, all scheduled CASwiki articles have been copied across, updated or set up. As of early September all CASwiki topic articles have been copied across, updated or set up. August 2015, wiki name changed to Community action for sustainability, CASwiki (from Sustainable community action, scawiki) As of May 2015 half of around 60 topic articles have been set up, as well as all 269 location articles. The remaining topic articles and Sustainable community action Resources articles should get set up during 2015. After that the focus can switch to developing the wiki and its community of editors. / A brief history of scawiki
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