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Plans approved to transform Lincolnshire golf course into wildlife haven, birdguides.com/news (Dec 30, 2023, East Midlands; UK)- Britain’s roofs can be a huge resource for solar energy, theguardian.com (Dec 22, 2023, Cambridge; UK)
- Greenwich: Closed pub reopens as community hub, BBC News (Dec 15, 2023, Greenwich; London; UK)
- ‘We can’t afford to wait’: a Cornish town faces climate threat head on, theguardian.com (Dec 14, 2023, Cornwall; South West England; UK)
- Manchester-based artist collaborates with young activists to challenge the UK’s damaging industrial food system, greenpeace.org.uk (Dec 13, 2023, Manchester; North West England; UK) — A group of young people from Greater Manchester have been inspired to think more about activism and to challenge the UK’s damaging industrial food system through taking part in a project initiated by Manchester-based artist Fauziya Johnson
- ‘We’ve had untold support’: how farmers are getting creative with tree-planting, positive.news (Dec 12, 2023, Leicestershire; East Midlands; UK)
- Why South Yorkshire needed a citizens’ assembly for net zero, newstatesman.com (Dec 11, 2023, Yorks; UK)
- Powys and Gwynedd County Councils vote YES to public consultations on scrapping First Past the Post for their elections and bringing in the fair and proportional Single Transferable Vote, electoral-reform.org.uk (Dec 07, 2023, Wales; UK) — The Single Transferable Vote has been used in Scotland and Northern Ireland for over a decade.
- Garden transferred to community ownership, grantoncommunitygardeners.org (Nov 30, 2023, Edinburgh)
- St Andrews Men's Shed, Now officially based at Craigtoun, friendsofcraigtoun.org.uk/news (Nov 29, 2023, Fife; Scotland; UK)
- Housing crisis poses threat to survival of rural communities, CPRE Report, cpre.org.uk (Nov 28, 2023, UK) — CPRE urges government to redefine ‘affordable housing’ to directly link to average local incomes.
- "Is that a doughnut or a meringue?" No, you were right the first time... Doughnut Economics makes its arrival in Glasgow, The Daily Alternative (Nov 26, 2023, Glasgow; Scotland; UK)
- Only shop on Lismore saved after community buyout, BBC News (Nov 26, 2023, Scotland; UK)
- What are the neighbourhoods of Sheffield and why are they crucial to the city's emerging future? We're finding out, nowthenmagazine.com (Nov 23, 2023, Sheffield; Yorks; UK)
- River Dee Trust’s Million Trees Campaign, a project to save threatened salmon in the River Dee, wins one of the country’s most prestigious nature restoration awards, riverdee.org.uk (Nov 23, 2023, Aberdeenshire; Scotland; UK) — More than 460,000 trees have already been planted.
- High-street regeneration has to start with community trust and care, theconversation.com (Nov 21, 2023, North East England; UK)
- Neighbours band together to tackle energy bills and show how climate action starts at home, bigissue.com (Nov 06, 2023, Birmingham; UK)
- Former fracking site could lead UK’s renewable revolution, theguardian.com (Nov 05, 2023, Yorks; UK)
- ‘A game-changer’: the 9,000 acre project reclaiming the Fens for nature, theguardian.com (Nov 04, 2023, Cambridgeshire; UK)
- ‘Darwin’s oak’ to be felled to make way for Shrewsbury bypass, theguardian.com (Nov 01, 2023, Shropshire; West Midlands; UK)
- Barking and Dagenham Giving are putting the decisions for social enterprise investment into the hands of residents, The Daily Alternative (Oct 26, 2023, Barking and Dagenham; UK)
- Community solar is set to surge in the UK, and you can have a piece of the pie, positive.news (Oct 23, 2023, Wales; UK)
- Revealed: the UK’s ‘best’ new buildings, positive.news (Oct 23, 2023, Greenwich; London; UK)
- SUVs emit more climate damaging gas than older cars do, study finds, theguardian.com (Oct 16, 2023, London; UK; US; Earth)
- Norfolk Wildlife Trust Renews Concern Over Proposed Norwich Western Link, change.org (Oct 12, 2023, Norfolk; East of England; UK)
- Stop Climate Chaos Scotland publishes largest ever Climate Manifesto, stopclimatechaos.scot (Oct 11, 2023, Scotland; UK)
- Charity uses carbon credits to make more homes energy efficient and greener – and it’s genius, bigissue.com (Oct 07, 2023, London; UK)
- Meet the Climate Activists Who Moved Cross-Country to Build a New Civilisation, novaramedia.com (Oct 06, 2023, Hull; Yorks; UK)
- Baby beaver born in London for first time in 400 years, theguardian.com (Sep 30, 2023, Enfield; London)
- ‘I call it botanarchy’: The Hackney guerrilla gardener bringing power to the people, theguardian.com (Sep 28, 2023, Hackney; London; UK)
- Self-driving buses that go wherever you want? How the UK is trying to revolutionise public transport, theconversation.com (Sep 29, 2023, Scotland; UK; Earth)
- Social prescribing: coming to a forest near you?, positive.news (Sep 19, 2023, North East England; UK)
- Astronauts launch from Community space, neighbourhooddemocracy.org (Sep 19, 2023, Leicestershire; UK)
- Partnership project involving local communities helping nature and climate getting underway in Cambridge., climateoutreach.org (Sep 18, 2023, Cambridge) — The River Cam CAN (Climate Action through Nature) project will involve communities near the river working on initiatives that will benefit them and the environment. “The River Cam connects most of the city’s green spaces, habitats and communities – including some of the most economically and socially disadvantaged. The river system is also emblematic of the environmental challenges that Cambridge faces; it suffers from flooding, pollution, drought and over-use of water, all are getting worse, and many are connected to climate change. This has impacts on both communities and nature and this project is about encouraging people to get involved and help their rivers and streams." James Littlewood, Cambridge Past, Present & Future. The two-year project is a being delivered by a partnership of local organisations supported by the national charity Climate Outreach, with funding from The National Lottery Community Fund.
- Bristol City Councils commitment to nature's recovery being tested!, avonwildlifetrust.org.uk (Sep 01, 2023, Bristol; UK)
- 'This could be the holy grail to replace palm oil' - research team, BBC News (Sep 18, 2023, Edinburgh; Scotland; UK)
- Sustainable Tiverton preparing to open it's ShareShop, a 'community store cupboard' where people can borrow household/travel/event things at low cost., twitter.com/TransitionTog (Sep 18, 2023, Devon)
- 20mph: Wales first UK nation to drop speed limit from 30mph, BBC News (Sep 17, 2023, Wales; UK) — The Welsh government said the 20mph national speed limit would reduce road collisions, road deaths, noise and pollution while encouraging more people to walk or cycle.
- The organisation transforming derelict homes – and how you can support it, positive.news (Sep 15, 2023, Leeds; UK)
- Ammanford: Opencast coalmine plans rejected by council, BBC News (Sep 15, 2023, Wales; UK)
- Orkney islands to trial electric ferries to cut carbon emissions, theguardian.com (Sep 11, 2023, Scotland; UK)
- ‘Real’ public engagement must be prioritised for path to net zero to succeed, climateoutreach.org (Sep 05, 2023, Camden; Hull; Yorks; Hackney; Cumbria; UK) — the UPPER Coalition Reports include examples of successful co-designing and collaboration with local citizens, including Camden Think & Do’s programme, Kendal’s Climate Jury, and initiatives in Hull and Hackney
- New food hub opens in Devon, wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk (Aug 31, 2023, Devon; UK)
- Clean air ‘a right not a privilege’, says London mayor as Ulez is expanded, theguardian.com (Aug 29, 2023, London; UK)
- ‘Dead storage’ and ‘imminent risk to supplies’: documents reveal how England’s water companies struggled in last summer’s heatwaves, unearthed.greenpeace.org (Aug 23, 2023, Yorks; South East England; South West England; UK) — Internal briefings expose Environment Agency concerns that reservoir levels could drop so low the water would be untreatable and that companies might break the law
- Ministers accused of ‘environmental crime’ over South Downs oil drilling, theguardian.com (Aug 23, 2023, Hants; Surrey; South East England; UK)
- ‘Citizen scientists make a vital difference’: the locals who proved the River Wye was polluted, theguardian.com (Aug 12, 2023, Gloucestershire; West Midlands; Wales; UK)
- ‘A win for nature and those who love it’: the Dartmoor ruling – and why it matters, positive.news (Aug 04, 2023, Devon; UK)
- The pedal-powered ‘zero waste’ grocer taking on London’s supermarkets, positive.news (Aug 03, 2023, London; UK)
- Over 25,000 oppose quarry extension into ancient wood, woodlandtrust.org.uk (Aug 02, 2023, Maidstone; Malling; Kent; South East England; UK) — "Over 25,000 of you joined us in responding to the consultation on the shocking proposal."
- Insulating Britain: while politicians dither, this social enterprise gets the job done, positive.news (Aug 01, 2023, Manchester; North West England; UK)
- This Participatory City ain’t pretty, municipal-enquiry.org (Aug 01, 2023, Barking and Dagenham; UK)
- A community food supply, wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk (Jul 31, 2023, Glasgow; Barking and Dagenham; Yorks) — Urban farms are bypassing supermarkets to create their own local food systems and connect communities. Robbie Armstrong
- Birmingham's Zero Carbon House is doable, scalable and beautiful - and expresses what the "climate majority" want, says Rupert Read, The Daily Alternative (Jul 29, 2023, Birmingham; UK)
- The climate crisis leaves students feeling helpless – what universities can do to empower them, theconversation.com (Jul 24, 2023, Manchester; Yorks; Plymouth; UK)
- Locals in this British seaside town could revolutionise green energy – if the government lets them, Rebecca Willis, professor of energy and climate governance at Lancaster University, theguardian.com (Jul 18, 2023, Cumbria; UK)
- Oaken Wood: The largest destruction of ancient woodland this century, stuartjeffery.net (Jul 17, 2023, Maidstone; Malling; Kent; South East England)
- Sheffield’s Opus Network is the very ideal of a CAN - making media, doing business and connecting to a planet of ideas, The Daily Alternative (Jul 13, 2023, Sheffield; UK)
- Pumping hot: inside Britain’s first heat pump village, positive.news (Jul 12, 2023, Cambridgeshire; UK)
- The Stroud Commons aims to shift housing, energy, land, food, water, transport, social care & the means of exchange into community ownership, The Daily Alternative (Jul 08, 2023, Stroud; Gloucestershire; UK)
- Henley Rowers and Local Community Expose Sewage Pollution of the River Thames, river-action.prowly.com (Jul 03, 2023, Oxfordshire; UK)
- Horse Hill oil - a legal challenge with real climate impact, friendsoftheearth.uk (Jun 28, 2023, Surrey; UK)
- Endangered marsh fritillary butterfly makes a comeback in Lake District, The Guardian (Jun 26, 2023, Cumbria; UK)
- Barking up the wrong tree, municipal-enquiry.org (Jun 24, 2023, Barking and Dagenham; UK)
- ‘In at the deep end’: ditching the car for a cargo bike on the school run, theguardian.com (Jun 19, 2023, London; UK)
- Kent and Sussex hosepipe ban announced amid water shortage, BBC News (Jun 19, 2023, Kent; East Sussex; West Sussex; South East England; UK)
- Councils bring residents and businesses together for effective climate action, ashden.org (Jun 16, 2023, Camden; UK)
- A model for senior living? London’s commune for older women, positive.news (Jun 14, 2023, Barnet; London; UK)
- Cultural connections in the classroom, Wicked Leeks (Jun 08, 2023, London; UK)
- New food trail links people with sustainable food, Wicked Leeks (Jun 05, 2023, Wales; UK)
- A CAN at work... Look at the convening of energy and initiative going on in the Plymouth Octopus Newsletter, The Daily Alternative (Jun 06, 2023, Plymouth; UK)
- ‘I want a city which prioritises cyclists, walkers and wheelers over cars', bristol247.com (Jun 07, 2023, Bristol; UK)
- The English manor house that became a thriving commune, positive.news (Jun 07, 2023, Suffolk; UK)
- The ‘lost’ underwater forests that came back from the dead, positive.news (Jun 06, 2023, East Sussex; West Sussex; UK)
- An ordinary hope helping to power communities across Britain, ucl.ac.uk (May 23, 2023, Sheffield; UK)
- Sustainabili-tea: Is it time for an ethical brew?, Wicked Leeks (May 22, 2023, Devon; UK)
- The shop where the currency is kindness, positive.news (May 16, 2023, Cumbria; UK)
- On your marks, get set, Sparks! Avon Wildlife Trust opens first pop-up shop at creative arts and sustainability hub, avonwildlifetrust.org.uk (May 15, 2023, Bristol; UK)
- Cornish farm launches project to triple UK’s temperate rainforest, The Guardian (May 08, 2023, Cornwall; UK)
- Where property prices are set by what local people earn, BBC News (May 01, 2023, UK; London; Lewisham)
- The world’s first rewilding centre has opened in Scotland, positive.news (Apr 17, 2023, Scotland, UK)
- Northern Heartlands are a CAN that helps communities story their past, present and future, so they can act with confidence and power, The Daily Alternative (Apr 19, 2023, North East England, UK)
- One of UK’s largest seagrass beds discovered off Cornwall, The Guardian (Apr 17, 2023, Cornwall, UK)
- Protesters urge caution over St Ives climate trial amid chemical plans for bay, The Guardian (Apr 17, 2023, Cornwall, UK)
- Birmingham’s Civic Square, so inspirational to many seeking to strengthen community power, is “refounding” itself, The Daily Alternative (Mar 30, 2023, Birmingham; UK)
- The plan to create a ‘nature recovery site’ in every English county, positive.news (Mar 27, 2023, Somerset; UK)
- It’s time to rethink what citizen science really is, The Conversation (Mar 28, 2023, Wales)
- The Guardian view on Plymouth’s lost trees: an act of vandalism, Editorial, The Guardian (Mar 27, 2023, Plymouth; UK) — The protesters are right. Felling more than 100 trees at night was disrespectful to both local people and nature
- Beavers to return to London as part of urban rewilding, The Guardian (Mar 21, 2023, Ealing; London, UK)
- ‘A disgrace’: more than 100 trees cut down in Plymouth despite local opposition, The Guardian (Mar 15, 2023, Plymouth; UK)
- Edinburgh is a hotbed of community self-empowerment - with the Edinburgh Tool Library showing the way, The Daily Alternative (Mar 14, 2023, Edinburgh; Scotland; UK)
- Something radical is happening in Hastings. It might just tell us how to solve Britain’s empty homes problem, bigissue.com (Mar 03, 2023, East Sussex; UK)
- London to offer free school meals to all primary pupils for a year, The Guardian (Feb 19, 2023, London; UK)
- The ‘bin-novative’ approach to rubbish that’s slashing beach litter, positive.news (Feb 16, 2023, Dorset; UK)
- The people bringing future generations into the climate fight, bbc.com (Feb 16, 2023, Wales; UK)
- All major road building projects in Wales are scrapped, BBC News (Feb 14, 2023, Wales; UK)
- What do we think of when we think of luxury? A Walthamstow cafe that does magic with salvaged surplus food profoundly answers the question, The Daily Alternative (Feb 07, 2023, Walthamstow; UK)
- ‘We create changemakers’: the new UK college dedicated to climate crisis, The Guardian (Feb 11, 2023, Wales; UK)
- Plymouth residents fight to save trees, Wicked Leeks (Feb 08, 2023, Plymouth; UK)
- London to gain new garden in the sky, as the Camden Highline gets green light, camdenhighline.com (Jan 20, 2023, Camden; London) — Planning approval has been granted for the first section of the Camden Highline, running from Camden Gardens to Royal College Street. It will see the transformation of a section of disused railway into a new elevated urban park for London. The project is now set to offer much-needed green space to underserved communities, while creating a new global attraction for London, akin to New York’s High Line.
- Alter Natives: Deana Wildgoose from the Coalville CAN, on the creativity and joy released when communities take over buildings, The Daily Alternative (Jan 11, 2023, Leicestershire, East Midlands; UK)
- The Suffolk manor house where 60 people live together, BBC News (Jan 09, 2023, Suffolk)
