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• ‘It bloody works’: why the world’s oldest cheddar-maker uses a ‘milk-source’ heat pump, theguardian.com (Sep 17, 2026, South West England; UK)
• The rise of the "social supermarket" in the UK is about more than cheap, nutritious food [BBC], Daily Alteranative (Sep 15, 2026, UK)
• A joyful harvest: the young Welsh farmers growing food for Birmingham, theguardian.com (Sep 13, 2026, Wales; Powys; Birmingham; UK) — A charity in Powys provides the land while growers do the hard work, producing bumper crops for city children
• Consultation opens on future of Lockmeadow site, BBC News (Sep 08, 2026, Maidstone) — A consultation exploring making further improvements to one of Maidstone's "most popular destinations" is now under way
• Plans for major overhaul of councils halted, BBC News (Sep 07, 2026, Kent; UK)
• Popular outdoor pool to remain open year round, BBC News (Sep 07, 2026, Tonbridge)
• A "Scottish Artists Minimum Income" scheme is to be piloted as soon as practicable [The Skinny], Daily Alternative (Sep 01, 2026, Scotland; UK)
• How London’s low emissions zone is helping children breathe easier, positive.news (Sep 01, 2026, London; UK)
• 'Social supermarket' to take over vacant shop, BBC News (Aug 26, 2026, Medway; UK) — A "social supermarket" offering low-cost food and support to escape financial hardship is to open at a third location in Kent: the Pentagon Shopping Centre in Chatham in October
• Share offer for UK’s biggest community development passes first target, thenews.coop (Aug 20, 2026, Frome; UK)
• What if we stopped treating social care like a service? A small village community in Yorkshire showed me another way, theconversation.com (Aug 20, 2026, Yorks; UK)
• Call for right to grow food on unused public land, BBC News (Aug 14, 2026, London; UK) — Campaigners have called on City Hall to introduce a London-wide "Right to Grow" framework to help communities turn unused public land into food gardens
• The UK towns at risk of running out of water within six weeks, inews.co.uk (Aug 12, 2026, Norwich; East of England; South East England; Kent, Hants; Dorset; UK)
• National Trust asks public to join call for urgent Government action after hundreds of wildfires break out, and full extent of nature loss at Dunwich Heath emerges, nationaltrust.org.uk (Aug 07, 2026, Suffolk; UK) — “The climate crisis long predicted by scientists is happening here and now. Ferocious wildfires, unprecedented temperatures and record-breaking droughts are already hitting communities and nature across the UK – they are not a distant threat. Tackling this emergency must be a cross-Government priority because it touches every aspect of our lives, our society and our economy. So we’ve launched a petition to demonstrate to Ministers the strength of public feeling on this issue." National Trust Director-General Hilary McGrady. To sign the petition, visit: nationaltrust.org.uk/wildfire-petition
• ‘It’s irreplaceable’: Fury over Reform plans to expand quarry in ancient Kent woodland, theguardian.com (Jul 30, 2026, Maidstone; Kent; UK)
• The five quick wins to the Land Reform challenge in Scotland [Community Land Scotland], Daily Alternative (Jul 29, 2026, Scotland; UK)
• The climate cafe where misery is 'empowering', [bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyl4yxdjzlo BBC News] (Jul 26, 2026, London; UK)
• How to make the sun shine at night, Craig Dalzell, commonweal.scot (Jul 16, 2026, Scotland; UK) — Upcoming battery technology may well finally eliminate the last disadvantage of renewable energy and turn what has been an intermittent power source into a fully dispatchable one.
• Four new councils confirmed for Kent and Medway, BBC News (Jul 16, 2026, Kent; Ashford; Canterbury; Dartford; Dover; Folkestone and Hythe; Gravesham; Maidstone; Medway; Sevenoaks; Swale; Thanet; Tunbridge Wells; Tonbridge; Malling) — North Kent: Dartford, Gravesham, and Medway; West Kent: Sevenoaks, Tonbridge and Malling, Maidstone, and Tunbridge Wells; Mid Kent: Swale, Ashford, and Folkestone and Hythe; East Kent: Canterbury, Thanet and Dover
• ‘We plant belonging’: how nature charities and asylum seekers work together in UK countryside, theguardian.com (Jul 12, 2026, Wales; Liverpool; UK) — Environmental and refugee groups have joined forces to benefit lives and wildlife in Wales and elsewhere
• Brixton Village named as asset of community value, BBC News (Jul 07, 2026, Lambeth; UK) — Lambeth Council says the new protection gives communities six months to put together a bid to purchase the site
• Village facing 'existential' threat from climate change, BBC News (Jul 05, 2026, Devon; UK)
• Scientist dubbed The Bogfather is restoring peatland to fight climate change, BBC News (Jul 03, 2026, Wales; UK)
• Council accused of 'ecocide' over quarry plan, BBC News (Jul 01, 2026, Maidstone; UK)
• Ground-mounted solar done right, cpre.org.uk (Jul 01, 2026, East Midlands; UK) — The Big Solar Co-op’s approach is simple: rooftops first, then ground-mounted solar done right. (date not found)
• Peace literacy, peace politics and Scotland’s future [Scottish Futures Forum], Daily Alternative (Jun 30, 2026, Scotland; UK)
• ‘Literally growing the future’: volunteers help save Scottish rainforest by collecting 11m seeds, theguardian.com (Jun 29, 2026, Scotland; UK) — Teams painstakingly combed endangered Atlantic habitat over several years, helping to grow 8m native trees
• "Could a little noticed Bill passed in Holyrood this spring transform Scotland into a prosperous and powerfully local country?" [Lesley Riddoch Podcast], Daily Alternative (Jun 18, 2026, Scotland; UK)
• This city had a flooding problem. So it turned to an animal that had been extinct there for 400 years, edition.cnn.com (Jun 18, 2026, Ealing; UK)
• Rights of Nature movement grows, with the Wye and Ouse subject to new protection charters, wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk (Jun 18, 2026, West Midlands; Wales; East Sussex; Maidstone; UK) — Nature sits at the heart of several new sets of rights and charters; it’s even headlining a festival this summer. Is the way that we view and value Nature within our political and cultural frameworks at a turning point? asks Hannah Marsh
• ‘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; Enfield; Barnet; UK) — London Tree Ring project aims to create corridors of plant and animal life around the city to strengthen its biodiversity
• At this grassroots festival, nature is the headline act, positive.news (Jun 09, 2026, Hants; UK) — A UK festival is swapping big-name acts for beach cleans, wildlife walks and community-led events that ‘nourish the soul’
• Village solar system model shows planets and stars, BBC News (Jun 07, 2026, Sevenoaks; UK)
• White storks: why introducing non‑native species in rewilding projects can be a good idea, theconversation.com (Jun 05, 2026, West Sussex; South East England; South West England; UK)
• The schools giving children a say in how they are run, positive.new (Jun 03, 2026, Medway; UK) — As trust in democracy declines, a project putting pupils’ voices at the heart of school life is proving its worth
• 'England's first cycle street' opens to the public, BBC News (May 29, 2026, Cambridge; Cambridgeshire; UK)
• Record-breaking heat and dry spring leave parts of England without water, reuters.com (May 29, 2026, Canterbury; South East England; UK)
• The English restaurant turning hospitality on its head, positive.news (May 27, 2026, Stroud; Gloucestershire; UK) — At a pay-as-you-can restaurant in Stroud, radical hospitality and good food are bringing strangers together
• Britain’s green transition should belong to everyone. Why is Labour so intent on stopping us having our say? George Monbiot, theguardian.com (May 27, 2026, Norfolk; UK)
• Green jobs contributing £10.2bn to Scotland's economy, says CBI report, BBC News (May 26, 2026, Perth and Kinross; Scotland; UK)
• The English community that brought its river back from the brink: ‘If we can get it right here, we can do it everywhere’, theguardian.com (May 20, 2026, West Midlands; East Midlands; UK)
• ‘A share in the delight’: the people investing in the UK’s first community-owned solar battery, theguardian.com (May 08, 2026, Oxfordshire; UK) — Oxfordshire’s Ray Valley Solar already generates clean energy for 7,000 homes, and is now crowdfunding storage to marry daylight with evening demand
• Community Covenants: Redefining local power in Market Drayton, right-here.org (May 01, 2026, Shropshire; UK) — (date not found)
• Maidstone Borough Council has become the first council in the UK to formally adopt a Rights of Nature framework, news.maidstone.gov.uk (Apr 30, 2026, Maidstone; UK)
• From a Surrey oil well to the supreme court: how an activist changed UK climate law, theguardian.com (Apr 20, 2026, Surrey; UK)
• More than 15m oysters to be released in the North Sea for UK rewilding project, theguardian.co (Apr 17, 2026, Orkney; UK)
• Rewilding project aims to restore peatland near Loch Ness, BBC News (Apr 15, 2026, Highland; Scotland; UK)
• UK’s first community-owned battery site launches share offer, thenews.coop (Apr 13, 2026, Oxfordshire; UK)
• How volunteers are saving the River Wye with citizen science, cpre.org.uk (Mar 30, 2026, West Midlands; Wales; UK)
• Amid energy market turmoil, the people taking power into their own hands, positive.news (Mar 19, 2026, Hackney; UK)
• Back to the Song: Cultural Repair in a Time of Ecological Crisis [Mairi McFadyean/Hopeful Futures], Daily Alternative (Mar 18, 2026, Scotland; UK)
• 'Not enough water supply' for planned housing, BBC News (Mar 12, 2026, Malling; Tonbridge; UK) — There is "insufficient" water supply for the number of houses planned in a Kent borough, South East Water has claimed.
• The Public Plate: a new model for responsible restaurants that bring people together, wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk (Mar 12, 2026, Bristol; UK)
• Plaid Cymru plans to share wind farm profits with local people – here’s how that idea has been tried elsewhere, theconversation.com (Mar 06, 2026, Wales; Nepal; UK)
• Wildlife visitor centre reopens after £2.1m project, BBC News (Mar 02, 2026, Sevenoaks; UK)
• As abandoned mineshafts provide heating and hot water for Scottish villages, one energy era births another, Daily Alternative (Feb 27, 2026, Stirling; UK)
• Heritage railway launches hydrogen-powered train, BBC News (Feb 27, 2026, West Midlands; UK)
• ‘Magic beneath the surface’: pioneering geothermal plant launched in Cornwall, theguardian.com (Feb 26, 2026, Cornwall; UK)
• Who Owns Scotland 2025, andywightman.scot (Mar 23, 2026, Scotland; UK) — 83% of rural land is possessed by private entities - and a tiny fraction by communities and non-profits
• How a Welsh village saved its forest … and its future, theguardian.com (Feb 22, 2026, Wales; UK)
• Community Wealth Building and the Future of Scotland’s Economy, By Neil McInroy, bellacaledonia.org.uk (Feb 21, 2026, Scotland; UK)
• Hedgerows the 'unsung heroes of the countryside', BBC News (Feb 16, 2026, Malling; Kent; UK) — A group of Kent volunteers is aiming to provide vital habitat for wildlife by planting about 3,800 yards (3,500m) of hedgerows in the countryside this year.
• “How do you build support for energy transition, through a scheme that structurally excludes the communities carrying the biggest burden?” [Voar], thealternative.org.uk (Feb 15, 2026, Shetland; Scotland; UK)
• 'Serious climate breakdown' warning over filthy rivers and flooding, BBC News (Feb 15, 2026, Wales; UK)
• Can wild swimming unite communities against single-use plastics?, positive.news (Feb 14, 2026, Brighton; UK)
• Addiction services are failing minority or marginalised communities in Bolton: a new charity aims to fill the gap, right-here.org (Feb 13, 2026, Bolton; Manchester; UK) — Date of article not found.
• East London is at high risk of extreme flooding – here’s how to limit the damage, theconversation.com (Feb 11, 2026, London; Hackney; Newham; Tower Hamlets; UK)
• WL Meets: Lucy Antal, on a mission to bring fresh food to the UK’s “food deserts”, wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk (Feb 09, 2026, Liverpool; UK)
• ‘A beaver blind date’: animals given freedom to repopulate Cornish rivers, theguardian.com (Feb 09, 2026, Cornwall; UK)
• ‘To live a normal life again, it’s a dream come true’: UK’s first climate evacuees can cast off their homes and trauma, theguardian.com (Feb 09, 2026, Wales; Kent; UK)
• Businesses face extinction unless they protect nature, major report warns, BBC News (Feb 09, 2026, Somerset; UK; Earth)
• How a London energy co-op is trying to bring power to the people, thenews.coop (Feb 06, 2026, Greenwich; Lewisham; Bromley; London; UK) — We speak to Giovanna Speciale, CEO of South East London Community Energy, about its work towards an inclusive transition
• A New Generation of Community Wind-Wealth, scottishleftreview.scot (Feb 06, 2026, Scotland; UK) — The Danish model demonstrates how Scotland’s communities could co-own wind farms, writes Calum MacDonald.
• How communities are stepping up to revive our tired towns and cities, positive.news (Feb 05, 2026, Bristol; Lewisham; Essex; UK)
• Salt Cross: Carbon neutral village plans approved by government, BBC News (Feb 04, 2026, Oxfordshire; UK)
• Stop Climate Chaos Scotland reports on community ownership of renewables, and how data-centres might knock us off our climate targets, Daily Alternative (Feb 01, 2026, Argyll and Bute; UK)
• Swift bricks to be installed on all new buildings in Scotland as MSPs back law, theguardian.com (Jan 28, 2026, Scotland; UK)
• Love, fear, anger and hope: how emotions influence climate action, theconversation.com (Jan 23, 2026, Nottingham; UK)
• Behind the scenes as GPs face 'tidal wave of demand', BBC News (Jan 22, 2026, Kent; UK)
• What happens when the taps run dry? England is about to find out, Aditya Chakrabortty, theguardian.com (Jan 22, 2026, Tunbridge Wells; London; East of England; South East England; UK)
• Judi Dench backs campaign to protect London’s green spaces from developers, theguardian.com (Jan 21, 2026, London; UK)
• Citizens’ Assembly to invest £100,000 in West’s culture, westofengland-ca.gov.uk (Jan 16, 2026, South West England; UK)
• How a ‘dysfunctional’ English farm became a biodiversity hotspot, positive.news (Jan 16, 2026, West Sussex; UK) — Two-decade ecological review of the Knepp rewilding estate in Sussex, finds 900% increase in breeding birds.
• ‘Fear of the next deluge’: flood-scarred Britons join forces to demand help, theguardian.com (Jan 12, 2026, Kent; Oxfordshire; Shropshire; UK)
• Library building sell-off is 'lazy option' - MP, BBC News (Jan 12, 2026, Folkestone; UK)
• Scotland Writes Community Wealth Building Into Law—A World First, connectioning.substack.com (Jan 07, 2026, Scotland; UK) — World's first legislation mandating democratic economics at scale—and what it means for the movement, Jessica Friday
• Council offering free use of leisure centre hall, BBC News (Jan 04, 2026, Maidstone; UK)