Yorkshire and the Humber 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 Yorkshire and the Humber. Yorkshire and the Humber community resources is a separate page.
News
The former fracking site now tapped for clean geothermal heat, BBC Future (Feb 20, 2025) - ‘Our community deserves beauty’: one man’s mission to green a UK tree desert, theguardian.com (Feb 20, 2025)
- "Our Future" is Grimsby celebrating its native resources, coming together as a community ready for the century's challenges, Daily Alternative (Nov 07, 2024)
- The Guardian view on the planning bill: new towns must be for people who need them, Editorial, theguardian.com (Mar 11, 2025)
- Six climate change activists sentences reduced by appeal court, BBC News (Mar 07, 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
- ‘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)
Video
Networks and sustainability initiatives
- Our Future, Grimsby celebrating its native resources, coming together as a community ready for the century's challenges. Our Future on youtube.com, added 10:18, 14 November 2024 (UTC)
- East Marsh United, community group from the East Marsh of Grimsby, dedicated to transforming where we live for the better. added 10:00, 9 July 2022 (UTC)
- Bradford Environmental Action Trust
- Green Futures, Grimsby
- Students for Sustainability, University of Huddersfield on facebook
- Open Shop, York
- Bradford Community Environment Project
- Kirkbymoorside Environment Group
- Marsden & Slaithwaite Transition Towns
- Transition Richmond Yorkshire
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
Community involvement
- Kirklees Democracy Commission, "We're growing a stronger local", democracycommission.org.uk, link checked 17:15, 13 October 2022 (UTC)
- Heading Upstream Published, Major report outlining Barnsley's success in promoting social justice through citizen and community action, 2017, citizen-network.org, link checked 09:19, 8 February 2025 (UTC)
Localism
- Supporting community business in Yorkshire and the Humber, powertochange.org.uk, added 11:45, 13 November 2021 (UTC)
- Yorkshire Party, building a stronger Yorkshire in a fairer UK
Community and voluntary action
Hambleton Community Action, Northallerton
Climate action
- South Yorkshire Climate Alliance, "alliance of local organisations and individuals who are pressing for fair and effective action to tackle the climate and nature emergencies." added 13:59, 11 October 2022 (UTC)
Sustainable transport activism
- i-Travel York, (iTY) programme to encourage greater use of sustainable and active modes of travel (walking, cycling, public transport, car-sharing and eco-driving).
The Leeds and Liverpool Canal is a canal in Northern England, linking the cities of Leeds and Liverpool.
Over a distance of 127 miles (204 km), crossing the Pennines, and including 91 locks on the main line. The Leeds and Liverpool Canal has several small branches, and in the early 21st century a new link was constructed into the Liverpool docks system.
Education for sustainability
Ecoversity, University of Bradford
Biodiversity
Friends of Skipwith Common - Rivelin Valley Conservation Group - Yorkshire Wildlife Trust - Yorkshire Nature Triangle
Environment quality
- Care4Air, South Yorskshire Clean Air Campaign
Trees, woodland and forest
- Long Lands Common, added 16:19, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
- South Yorkshire Forest, partnership initiative started in 1991 and closed in 2016. From its inception to its closure, SYFP planted over 1 million trees.
About Yorkshire and the Humber
Past events
- May 5 Calder Bootstrap 2017, "a group of entrepreneurs, co-operators, activists and changemakers, looking to engage our community to co-create our next economy."
Campaigns
- Frack Free East Yorkshire, Coalition of Groups Opposed to Extreme Energy
Yorkshire and the Humber is one of the nine official regions of England at the first level of ITL for statistical purposes. It is one of the three regions covering Northern England, alongside the North West England and North East England regions, and covers the historic and cultural Yorkshire area.