Liverpool 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 Liverpool.
News
“We live in a mere shadow of the world we could have”. Dil Green—building commons by means of housing and local trading, in Stroud and Liverpool—has a pathway, Daily Alternative (Nov 03, 2024) - All hail the greengrocer buses tackling the UK’s food deserts, wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk (Oct 09, 2024)
- Liverpool library torched by far-right rioters raises repair funds, theguardian.com (Aug 06, 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)
Video
Networks and sustainability initiatives
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
Food activism
- Feeding Liverpool, "the city of Liverpool’s food alliance, connecting and equipping people and organisations to work towards good food for all." Feeding Liverpool on youtube.com added 14:42, 14 October 2024 (UTC)
- Manna Community Kitchen creating lasting and sustainable solutions to poverty, hunger and social injustice
- Rice Lane City Farm on facebook
Land activism
- Our Land, The final report of the Liverpool City Region Land Commission, cles.org.uk, added 16:35, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
- Homebaked Community Land Trust, on the boundary of Everton and Anfield, just opposite Liverpool Football Club, a growing group of local residents who have been working together since 2012 to shape the place where we live and work in community ownership. added 15:58, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
- Granby Four Streets Community Land Trust
Towards sustainable economies
- Local Loop Merseyside, added 17:58, 10 December 2024 (UTC)
Community resources
- The Florrie, added 16:39, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
Visions
Arts, sport and culture
- Baltic Creative CIC, added 16:30, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
- The Hedge Arts Project, added 15:11, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
Community currencies activism
Cycling activism
Critical Mass bicycle rides in Liverpool
In May 2014, the CityBike hire scheme was launched in the city. The scheme provides access to over 1,000 bikes stationed at over 140 docking stations across the city. National Cycle Route 56, National Cycle Route 62 and National Cycle Route 810 run through Liverpool.
Environment quality
- Mersey Rivers Trust, added 14:24, 28 April 2021 (UTC)
Open spaces
- Liverpool Open and Green Spaces Community Interest Company: LOGS, added 15:08, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
- Walton Hall Park Community, campaign to "help save OUR park" on change.org
Trees, woodland and forest
- The Mersey Forest, link checked 12:06, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
About Liverpool
Liverpool is a cathedral and port city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, 178 miles (286 km) northwest of London. With a population of 496,770 (in 2022), Liverpool is the fifth largest city in the United Kingdom and the administrative, cultural and economic centre of the Liverpool City Region, a combined authority area with a population of over 1.5 million.