Cardiff 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 Cardiff.
News
Cost of living: The family who gave up a car to cycle every day, BBC News (Jul 13, 2022)
Networks and sustainability initiatives
Open spaces
Cardiff is known for its extensive parkland, with parks and other such green spaces covering around 10% of the city's total area.
Arts, sport and culture
thinkARK, Social design in Wales
Cycling activism
Cardiff by bike - Cardiff Cycle City, a movement bringing different individuals and groups together in one common vision: to make Cardiff the best cycling city in the UK - Cardiff Cycling Campaign - Cycling Cardiff
Cycling in Cardiff, capital of Wales, is facilitated by its easy gradients and large parks. In the mid-2000s between 2.7% and 4.3% of people commuted to work by cycling in the city. In 2017 12.4% of workers cycled to work at least 5 days a week. However, cyclists in the city are deterred from cycling by poor facilities and aggressive traffic, according to research by Cardiff University.
As the busiest city, Cardiff is statistically the most dangerous place to cycle in Wales. Between 1999 and 2008, 1,000 cyclists were injured on the road, 20% of all cycling accidents in Wales, although the number of injuries to cyclists continues to fall.
The Cardiff cycle network is over 58 miles (94 km) long with an additional 3–6 miles (5–10 km) completed each year.
Education for sustainability
Food activism
Farm Cardiff - RCMA Farmers' Markets - St Peter's Community Garden Project - The Real Junk Food Project Cardiff on facebook
News archive
2013-2019
- First 'Cycleway' to be built in Cardiff, cardiffnewsroom.co.uk, Mar 12, 2019.
- Activists Café aims to make a change, Nov 30, 2016...altcardiff
- Wages, council tax and school dinners could be paid in Cardiff's own currency, August 31, 2015...Wales Online
- Cardiff takes cycling up a gear, but Wales left trailing overall, March 26, 2014...Sustrans
- Cardiff becomes founding member of the Sustainable Food Cities Network, August 6, 2013...Wales Online
Video
Maps
Sustainable Cardiff interactive map connecting you to activity in Cardiff
About Cardiff
Past events
- Sep 22, 2016, Cardiff Car Free Day
- June 12, 2016, Cardiff Transition Big Lunch Picnic
- February 23 – March 6, 2015, Sustainability Week 2015, Cardiff University
Cardiff ( ; Welsh: Caerdydd [kairˈdiːð, kaːɨrˈdɨːð] ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. Cardiff had a population of 372,089 in 2022 and forms a principal area officially known as the City and County of Cardiff (Welsh: Dinas a Sir Caerdydd). The city is the eleventh largest in the United Kingdom. Located in the southeast of Wales and in the Cardiff Capital Region, Cardiff is the county town of the historic county of Glamorgan and in 1974–1996 of South Glamorgan. It belongs to the Eurocities network of the largest European cities. A small town until the early 19th century, its prominence as a port for coal when mining began in the region helped its expansion. In 1905, it was ranked as a city and in 1955 proclaimed capital of Wales. The Cardiff urban area covers a larger area outside the county boundary, including the towns of Dinas Powys and Penarth.
Cardiff is part of the Eurocities network of the largest European cities.