Northern Ireland community action
The aim of this page is to recognise, celebrate and encourage the self-empowerment of community agency networks (CANs) and community groups across Northern Ireland.
Announcing a Citizens' Forum on Housing!, x.com/CivicInitNI (Aug 16, 2024) - ‘Like the flip of a switch, it’s gone’: has the ecosystem of the UK’s largest lake collapsed?, theguardian.com (Feb 19, 2024)
Networks and sustainability initiatives
- Sustainable NI Not for profit organisation established in 1997
- Transition Ireland and Northern Ireland
Community and voluntary action
- Civic Initiative, information from communityni.org: new participatory structure bringing together a wide range of civic society organisations to deliver citizen-led deliberative dialogues. 'added 09:25, 19 August 2024 (UTC)
Biodiversity
- Conservation Volunteers NI
- Northern Ireland Environment Link
- Ulster Wildlife Trust, link checked 13:24, 3 October 2022 (UTC)
see also: Ireland, Biodiversity
Environment quality
Trees, woodland and forest
Back on the Map, project in Northern Ireland started by the Woodland Trust in order to create a record of ancient woodland. Ancient woods are many times scarcer in Northern Ireland than in the rest of the UK, yet are still (January 2007) being lost at an alarming rate.
Arts, sport and culture
Community energy
Drumlin Wind Energy Co-operative - Northern Ireland Community Energy
Cycling activism
Food activism
News and comment
2022
- Belfast's Wildflower Alley was transformed from a dumping ground to a communal zone of biodiversity, The Daily Alternative (Sep 26, 2022)
2020
Who can be trusted to develop us? Yes, we the people. But local Trusts have been strengthening communities for decades. Covid-19 shows it's their time. Pat Kane. May 10[1]
2016
6000 homes in Northern Ireland are getting free solar, Jun 22[2]
2014
Going Under the Sea for Clean Energy, April 2[3]
2013
Titanic Quarter cycle and walking route opens in Belfast, May 24[4]
About Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland (Irish: Tuaisceart Éireann [ˈt̪ˠuəʃcəɾˠt̪ˠ ˈeːɾʲən̪ˠ] ; Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland that is variously described as a country, province or region. Northern Ireland shares an open border to the south and west with the Republic of Ireland. At the 2021 census, its population was 1,903,175, making up around 3% of the UK's population and 27% of the population on the island of Ireland. The Northern Ireland Assembly, established by the Northern Ireland Act 1998, holds responsibility for a range of devolved policy matters, while other areas are reserved for the UK Government. The government of Northern Ireland cooperates with the government of Ireland in several areas under the terms of the Belfast Agreement. The Republic of Ireland also has a consultative role on non-devolved governmental matters through the British–Irish Governmental Conference (BIIG).
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