Template:Scaplaces sidebarTemplate:Caswikitopics sidebarTemplate:Caswikiresources sidebar{| style="color:green" |Scalogo1(png).png |
Welcome
. . . . What - Where - Why - How - Do . . . . places - topics - resources / category |}

I-31-ramsar.jpg
2016, Coming up

February 2 - World Wetlands Day W
Annual event. worldwetlandsday.org, 2016, Wetlands for our Future: Sustainable Livelihoods / ...more events

Template:Hdl1

Featured - Quote - article - video / Village pump

AlleeImFruehling.jpg
New articles

Recognising quiet members in community groups

CASwiki resources

A New Harvest, with Wendell Berry, Henry County, KY, 2011 - photograph by Guy Mendes.jpg

Wendell Berry

Milleniumbridge2.JPG

Community action for sustainability UK, CASwiki's new UK portal


Featured quote

Girls on a Picnic (6760195675).jpg

"Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come."


Zen proverb

...more quotes
__________

Nuvola debate3.svg.png
Recent discussion

Communities taking charge of local economies

Template:Re1

Template:Re2

Christchurch Farmers Market (8133184272).jpg

Featured article

. . . and extract

Localism

Why it matters

A vibrant, diverse local economy is a healthy and resilient economy. Meeting local needs locally can mean less pollution and CO2 emissions from unnecessary transport, as well as providing economic opportunities. Some have tried to argue that this approach is anti-trade, whilst its supporters contend it is just anti dependence on trade.

Quotes

“Every increase in local capacity to grow food, generate energy, repair, build and finance will strengthen the capacity to withstand disturbances of all kinds. Distributed energy in the form of widely disbursed solar and wind technology, for example, buffers communities from supply interruptions, failure of the electrical grid, and price shocks. Similarly, a regionally based, solar-powered food system would restore small farms, preserve soil, create local employment, rebuilt stable economies, and provide better food while reducing carbon emissions and dependence on long-distance transport from distant suppliers. The primary goal in rethinking development and economic growth is to create resilience – capacity to withstand the disturbances that will become more frequent and severe in the decades ahead”. David Orr, ‘Down to the Wire’ [1]

What

Community 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

Where

At 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

Greenwich park drawing1.jpg

How

Knowledge 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.

Do

Do 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!

Our Places, Topics, Resources

Any questions? Please ask via our talk page

Social media

Follow us on twitter: @caswiki

CASwiki news

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

Merge logs

For about the last year and over the next year some 300 to 400 articles are being merged into Appropedia from earlier versions of the scawiki. The merge logs give an overview of the process and progress: Community action for sustainability/topics merge log, Community action for sustainability/resources merge log

Featured video

Error in widget YouTube: Unable to load template 'wiki:YouTube'

from Climate news

Error in widget YouTube: Unable to load template 'wiki:YouTube'

Village pump

Under construction orange.jpg

It's likely that a 'village pump' type page (a sort of 'global' to-do list) specifically for CASwiki will be developed. In the meantime if you have any comments or suggestions please include them on our talk page

Wanted pages

Stubs


Images needed

CASwiki articles needing photos (category)

Mdinaview.jpg

Malta

Calle Vilnius, Siauliai, Lituania.JPG

Lithuania

Prague Castle from Vltava bank.jpg

Czech Republic


References

Template:Attrib sca ref

Cookies help us deliver our services. By using our services, you agree to our use of cookies.