London 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 London. It's an introduction to local networks, groups, and events. London community resources and London community climate and environment action are separate pages. The majority of our information about community action across London is collated via our place pages...Near you.
News and comment
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- The grassroots-based Islington Climate Centre is running People’s Assemblies on practical challenges brought by climate crisis - heatwaves and flooding, Daily Alternative (Oct 31, 2024)
- All hail the greengrocer buses tackling the UK’s food deserts, wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk (Oct 09, 2024)
- The Guardian view on the planning bill: new towns must be for people who need them, Editorial, theguardian.com (Mar 11, 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
- Six climate change activists sentences reduced by appeal court, BBC News (Mar 07, 2025)
- ‘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)
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
Events
Aug 25, 2025 (Mon) — EcoFair 2025, "We aim to make this event South London's & Surrey's best EcoFair", ecolocal.org.uk
- Mar 02, 2025 (Sun) — Church Action on Poverty Sunday, taking place each year on the last Sunday before Lent, church-poverty.org.uk
- Mar 21 - Apr 6, 2025 (Fri - Sun) — Great British Spring Clean, Keep Britain Tidy call to help improve local environments, keepbritaintidy.org
- Mar 24 - Apr 4, 2025 (Mon - Fri) — Sustrans Big Walk and Wheel, cycling, walking and scooting challenge for schools from Sustrans, bigwalkandwheel.org.uk
- Apr 28 - May 4, 2025 (Mon - Sun) — National Gardening Week, thousands of people sharing their love of gardening, hosting events and inspiring more people, particularly the next generation of gardeners, to experience the joy of growing and creating beautiful green spaces, rhs.org.uk
- Mar 1 - 7, 2025 (Sat - Fri) — Open Data Day, opendataday.org
- March, 2025 — Water Action Month, March each year, endwaterpoverty.org
- Mar 01, 2025 (Sat) — World Seagrass Day, Mar 1, annually. Raising awareness about seagrass and its important functions in the marine ecosystem.
- Mar 03, 2025 (Mon) — World Wildlife Day, Mar 3, annually, un.org
- Mar 08, 2025 (Sat) — International Women's Day, March 8 every year, unwomen.org
- Mar 18, 2025 (Tue) — Global Recycling Day, globalrecyclingday.com
- Mar 20, 2025 (Thu) — International Day of Happiness, every March 20, dayofhappiness.net
- Mar 20, 2025 (Thu) — World Rewilding Day, March 20, annually, rewildingeurope.com
- Mar 20 - 30, 2025 (Thu - Sun) — Pesticide Action Week, semaine-sans-pesticides.fr
- Mar 21, 2025 (Fri) — International Day of Forests, March 21 each year, fao.org
- Mar 21, 2025 (Fri) — International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, annually on 21 March, un.org
- Mar 22, 2025 (Sat) — World Water Day, March 22, annually, un.org
- Mar 22, 2025 (Sat) — Earth Hour, 8.30 p.m. local time, earthhour.org
- Apr 07, 2025 (Mon) — World Health Day, each April 7, who.int
- Apr 18, 2025 (Fri) — International Day for Monuments and Sites, April 18 each year, icomos.org
- Apr 22, 2025 (Tue) — Earth Day, April 22, annually, earthday.org
2021-2030, UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, International community action events
Community involvement, networks and sustainability initiatives
- Collective Community Action, "an assembly of individuals with a shared goal – to discuss, communicate, provoke and propose the changes needed to ensure communities are at the heart of urban change for the better."
- Transition Town Kensal to Kilburn
- Sustainable development, information from City, University of London, city.ac.uk, added 16:04, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
- London Citizens
Localism
- Supporting community business in London, powertochange.org.uk, added 10:36, 12 November 2021 (UTC)
- List of markets in London
Community and voluntary action
- Just Space, Community groups cooperating on London planning
- London Advice Services Alliance
- London Green Belt Council, protecting London's Green Belt, added 12:01, 5 November 2021 (UTC)
- About London's Green Belt includes "Benefits of the Green Belt", which include "Eco-system benefits: Different types of open land provide multiple eco-system benefits which include urban cooling, improved air quality, flood protection and carbon absorption (especially woodland areas), as well as local food production." as well as Recreation, sport, health, Future proofing, and multiple economic benefits.
- Our Message includes "Government must now:"
See also: Bioregionalism
Near you
About London
Campaigns
- Greater London National Park City
- HACAN Clearskies, representing residents under the Heathrow flight path
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of 8,866,180 in 2022. Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Western Europe, with a population of 14.9 million. London stands on the River Thames in southeast England, at the head of a 50-mile (80 km) tidal estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for nearly 2,000 years. Its ancient core and financial centre, the City of London, was founded by the Romans as Londinium and has retained its medieval boundaries. The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has been the centuries-long host of the national government and parliament. London grew rapidly in the 19th century, becoming the world's largest city at the time. Since the 19th century, the name "London" has referred to the metropolis around the City of London, historically split between the counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent, and Hertfordshire, which since 1965 has largely comprised the administrative area of Greater London, governed by 33 local authorities and the Greater London Authority.
As one of the world's major global cities, London exerts a strong influence on world art, entertainment, fashion, commerce, finance, education, healthcare, media, science, technology, tourism, transport, and communications. London is Europe’s most economically powerful city, and is one of the world's major financial centres. It hosts Europe's largest concentration of higher education institutions, including some of the highest-ranked academic institutions in the world: Imperial College London in natural and applied sciences, the London School of Economics in social sciences, and the comprehensive University College London. It is the most visited city in Europe and has the world's busiest city airport system. The London Underground is the world's oldest rapid transit system.
London's diverse cultures encompass over 300 languages. The 2023 population of Greater London of just under 10 million made it Europe's third-most populous city, accounting for 13.4% of the United Kingdom's population and over 16% of England's population. The Greater London Built-up Area is the fourth-most populous in Europe, with about 9.8 million inhabitants as of 2011. The London metropolitan area is the third-most populous in Europe, with about 14 million inhabitants as of 2016, making London a megacity.
External links
- Environment information from the Greater London Authority
- London Resilience, Greater London Authority
- London Sustainable Development Commission
- Planning Aid for London
- Greener Borough, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea