Lancashire 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 Lancashire.
"We just flippin' do it": how a rural cooperative from Lancashire built the fastest broadband in Britain, The Daily Alternative (Sep 21, 2022) - What Preston taught New York City, theneweuropean.co.uk (Sep 17, 2022)
- Fracking: UK's only shale gas wells to be sealed and abandoned, BBC News (Feb 10, 2022)
Networks and sustainability initiatives
Community involvement
Community-powered support for Fylde on getsatisfaction.com
Food activism
- The Plot, "provides local, seasonal organic veg in North Lancashire – all grown within 8 miles of Lancaster Town Hall. We also train and support new growers who want to produce local food." added 15:13, 16 October 2024 (UTC)
- Incredible Edible Lancaster, facebook
- Incredible Edible Rossendale
Community energy
Towards sustainable economies
The Preston Co-operative Development Network – Preston City Council, councils.coop
Climate action
- Climate Action Preston on twitter.com, added 16:33, 23 August 2021 (UTC)
- Lancaster district People's Jury
Ethical consumerism
Cycling activism
In 2005, Lancaster was one of six English towns chosen to be cycling demonstration towns to promote the use of cycling as a means of transport...wikipedia:Lancaster, Lancashire#Transport
Biodiversity
Brockholes nature reserve, (Wikipedia) - Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside, (Wikipedia)
News and comment
2015-2019
- Don't frack with us: meet the victorious activist 'Nanas' of Lancashire, Oct 13, 2019...The Guardian
- In an era of brutal cuts, one ordinary place has the imagination to fight back, Aditya Chakrabortty, Mar 6, 2019...The Guardian
- Preston campaigners launch legal challenge to fracking in Lancashire, Oct 19, 2016...itv.com
- Incredible Edible Rossendale's Harvest festival attracts 1,500 revellers, September 29, 2015...rossendalefreepress.co.uk
About Lancashire
Past events
- May 6 - 7, 2017, National Festival of Making
- September 28, 2014, Incredible Edible Harvest Celebration, Incredible Edible Rossendale
Lancashire ( LAN-kə-shər, -sheer; abbreviated Lancs) is a ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Cumbria to the north, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire to the east, Greater Manchester and Merseyside to the south, and the Irish Sea to the west. The largest settlement is Preston, and the county town is the city of Lancaster.
The county has an area of 3,079 square kilometres (1,189 sq mi) and a population of 1,490,300. Preston is located near the centre of the county, which is urbanised and includes the towns of Blackburn and Burnley; the seaside resort of Blackpool lies to the west, and Lancaster is in the north. For local government purposes the ceremonial county of Lancashire comprises the non-metropolitan county of Lancashire, with twelve districts, and two unitary authority areas: Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool. Lancashire County Council and the two unitary councils collaborate through the Lancashire Combined County Authority. The county historically included northern Greater Manchester and Merseyside, the Furness and Cartmel peninsulas of Cumbria, and part of northern Cheshire, but excluded the eastern part of the Forest of Bowland.
The west of Lancashire contains flat coastal plains: the West Lancashire coastal plain to the south and the Fylde in the centre. The north-western coast is hilly and contains part of Arnside and Silverdale, a national landscape. The east of the county is upland, with the West Pennine Moors in the south-east and the Forest of Bowland in the north-east; Bowland has also been designated a national landscape. The major rivers of the county are, from north to south, the Lune, the Wyre, and the Ribble, which all flow west into the Irish Sea. The highest point in Lancashire is either Gragareth or Green Hill, both approximately 628 m (2,060 ft) high and located in the far north-east of the county.