Shropshire 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 Shropshire.
‘No gear, all the ideas’: the farming collective offering up land to sustainable businesses, positive.news (Oct 28, 2024) - 'Climate change goal will be met by 2030' says Telford and Wrekin Council concerning its target for its operations to become carbon neutral by 2030, BBC News (Sep 13, 2024)
- ‘Darwin’s oak’ to be felled to make way for Shrewsbury bypass, theguardian.com (Nov 01, 2023)
Networks and sustainability initiatives
- Green Shropshire Xchange
- Newport 21, Action for a greener Newport Shropshire
Localism
Food activism
- Fordhall Organic Farm and Community Land Initiative
- Shropshire Food Poverty Alliance, consortium of organizations committed to working together to tackle food poverty in Shropshire. added 16:25, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
- Shrewsbury Food Hub added 16:25, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
- Slow Food Ludlow Marches
Community energy
Lightfoot Energy Service, Community Interest Company based in Bishops Castle
Community resources
Reduce, reuse, repair and recycle
Telford Repair Cafe, livewell.telford.gov.uk
Climate action
- Telford and-Wrekin Borough Climate Change Partnership, sustainabletelfordandwrekin.com, added 16:02, 16 September 2024 (UTC)
Sustainable transport activism
Three British Waterways canals run through Shropshire: the Shropshire Union Canal (from north of Adderley to near Knighton), the Llangollen Canal (from Chirk Aqueduct to Grindley Brook) and the Montgomery Canal (from its beginning at Frankton Junction to Llanymynech). In addition, the Shrewsbury and Newport Canal potentially could be restored in the future.
Open spaces
The Shropshire Hills National Landscape is a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) in Shropshire, England. It is located in the south of the county, extending to its border with Wales. Designated in 1958, the area encompasses 802 square kilometres (310 sq mi) of land primarily in south-west Shropshire, taking its name from the upland region of the Shropshire Hills. The A49 road and Welsh Marches Railway Line bisect the area north–south, passing through or near Shrewsbury, Church Stretton, Craven Arms and Ludlow.
About Shropshire
Shropshire (; abbreviated Salop) is a ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England, on the border with Wales. It is bordered by Cheshire to the north-east, Staffordshire to the east, Worcestershire to the south-east, Herefordshire to the south, and the Welsh principal areas of Powys and Wrexham to the west and north-west respectively. The largest settlement is Telford, while Shrewsbury is the county town.
The county has an area of 3,487 km2 (1,346 square miles) and a population of 498,073. Telford in the east and Shrewsbury in the centre are the largest towns. Shropshire is otherwise rural, and contains market towns such as Oswestry in the north-west, Market Drayton in the north-east, Bridgnorth in the south-east, and Ludlow in the south. For local government purposes the county comprises two unitary authority areas: Shropshire, and Telford and Wrekin. The county historically had a large exclave around Halesowen and Oldbury, which are now in the West Midlands county.
Shropshire is one of England's most rural and sparsely populated counties, with a population density of 136/km2 (350/sq mi).