Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire.
‘A game-changer’: the 9,000 acre project reclaiming the Fens for nature, theguardian.com (Nov 04, 2023) - Pumping hot: inside Britain’s first heat pump village, positive.news (Jul 12, 2023)
Climate action
- Cambridgeshire Climate Emergency
- Open Eco Homes on cambridgecarbonfootprint.org, "free home energy advice and information hub which has inspired thousands of Cambridgeshire residents to improve their home energy efficiency over the last 14 years." added 13:07, 18 November 2023 (UTC)
Biodiversity
The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire (WTBCN) is a registered charity which manages 126 nature reserves covering 3,945 hectares (15.23 square miles). It has over 35,000 members, and 95% of people in Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire live within five miles of a reserve. As of 31 March 2016 it employed 105 people and had an income of £5.1 million. It aims to conserve wildlife, inspire people to take action for wildlife, offer advice and share knowledge. The WTBCN is one of 36 wildlife trusts covering England, and 46 covering the whole of the United Kingdom.
- Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire
- Nature reserves in Cambridgeshire (category)
Open spaces
Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs.) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia. It is bordered by Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the north-east, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, Northamptonshire to the west, and Bedfordshire to the south-west. The largest settlement is the city of Peterborough, and the city of Cambridge is the county town.
Communities online
Cambridgeshire.net community directory - South Cambridge
Cycling activism
National Cycle Routes in and around Cambridgeshire include: Route 11: connecting Harlow in Essex to King's Lynn in Norfolk, via Cambridge ; Route 12: incomplete but when fully constructed it will run from Enfield Lock (London) to Grimsby (Lincolnshire) via Peterborough ; and Route 51: connecting Colchester and the port of Harwich to Oxford via Cambridge
Sustainable transport activism
Walking: Footpaths in Cambridgeshire (category)
News and comment
2017-2019
- Sleepy Cambridgeshire village invites Swedish climate experts to help tackle climate emergency, Oct 30, 2019...[1]
- Mind over natter: the English town with a big mental health plan, Sep 11, 2019...[2]
- Cambridgeshire organisation launches radical response to climate emergency, Jun 13, 2019...[3]
Need to sign on? You'll have to walk 24 miles to the jobcentre, Jan 7, 2019...[4]
- This disastrous new project will change the face of Britain, yet no debate is allowed, George Monbiot, Aug 22, 2018...[5]
- South Cambs repair cafés hailed a success, Jan 15, 2017...[6]
- Soham solar power farm produces electricity for first time, Jan 2, 2017...[7]
References
About Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs.) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia. It is bordered by Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the north-east, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, Northamptonshire to the west, and Bedfordshire to the south-west. The largest settlement is the city of Peterborough, and the city of Cambridge is the county town.
The county has an area of 3,389 km2 (1,309 sq mi) and had an estimated population of 906,814 in 2022. Peterborough, in the north-west, and Cambridge, in the south, are by far the largest settlements. The remainder of the county is rural, and contains the city of Ely in the east, Wisbech in the north-east, and St Neots and Huntingdon in the west. For local government purposes Cambridgeshire comprises a non-metropolitan county, with five districts, and the unitary authority area of Peterborough; their local authorities collaborate through Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority. The county did not historically include Huntingdonshire or the Soke of Peterborough, which was part of Northamptonshire.