Bristol community action
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
‘Lush bread – for all.’ Placing affordable loaves where they’re most needed, positive.news (Feb 21, 2025) - New insect corridor created to boost nature, BBC News (Jan 23, 2025)
- Public assured access to a green 'haven of peace', BBC News (Jan 22, 2025)
- The Guardian view on the planning bill: new towns must be for people who need them, Editorial, theguardian.com (Mar 11, 2025)
- Six climate change activists sentences reduced by appeal court, BBC News (Mar 07, 2025)
- Dramatic fall in London’s levels of deadly pollutants after Ulez expansion, theguardian.com (Mar 07, 2025) — People in capital breathing much cleaner air, with significant improvements in capital’s most deprived areas
- ‘Global weirding’: climate whiplash hitting world’s biggest cities, study reveals, theguardian.com (Mar 12, 2025)
- Only seven countries worldwide meet WHO dirty air guidelines, study shows, theguardian.com (Mar 11, 2025) — Governments could clean their air with policies such as funding renewable energy projects and public transport; building infrastructure to encourage walking and cycling; and banning people from burning farm waste.
- Many cities are banning ads for airlines, SUVs and fossil fuels – and yours could be next, theconversation.com (Mar 10, 2025)
Networks and sustainability initiatives
- 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
Each week 3 different short videos from across the UK or world.
Wales community resources, Climate action Scotland, London community resources / ...This week's Global videos
Regular events
Bristol Repair Cafe first Saturday monthly in Fishponds
Community involvement
The Bristol Democracy Project, Getting People Involved In Decision Making In Bristol
Video
Localism
Bristol Independents campaign
Communities online
- The Knowledge, Knowle West's community website, added 17:51, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
Community and voluntary action
About Bristol
Bristol ( ) is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region. Built around the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south. The county is in the West of England combined authority area, which includes the Greater Bristol area (eleventh most populous urban area in the United Kingdom) and nearby places such as Bath. Bristol is the second largest city in Southern England, after the capital London.
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.
Bristol archive
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"