Community action/Liverpool

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| Location | Liverpool, England |
| Coordinates | 53° 24' 25.92" N, 2° 59' 30.05" W |
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
WL Meets: Lucy Antal, on a mission to bring fresh food to the UK’s “food deserts”, wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk (Feb 09, 2026)
“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)
Public backs move to green home heating but more government support is needed, research shows, theconversation.com (May 02, 2024) — "...in Liverpool, strong local identity and a feeling of solidarity led most participants to prefer a locally-owned system to private provision."
Young Atlantic salmon seen in three English rivers for first time in a decade, theguardian.com (Dec 30, 2025)
Drought declared in north-west England amid declining reservoir levels, theguardian.com (May 29, 2025)
Whitehaven coal mine plan quashed by High Court, BBC News (Sep 13, 2024)
One in nine new homes in England built between 2022 and 2024 were constructed in areas that could now be at risk of flooding, according to new data., theguardian.com (Feb 18, 2026) — between 2013 and 2022, one in 13 new homes were in potential flooding zones.
Hedgerows the 'unsung heroes of the countryside', BBC News (Feb 16, 2026) — A group of Kent volunteers is aiming to provide vital habitat for wildlife by planting about 3,800 yards (3,500m) of hedgerows in the countryside this year.
“How do you build support for energy transition, through a scheme that structurally excludes the communities carrying the biggest burden?” [Voar], thealternative.org.uk (Feb 15, 2026)
Geothermal could replace almost half of the EU’s fossil fuel power, grist.org (Feb 10, 2026)
I developed an app that uses drone footage to track plastic litter on beaches, theconversation.com (Jan 21, 2026)
Europeans overwhelmingly support the social economy, poll finds, thenews.coop (Dec 12, 2025) — 93% of Europeans think businesses should be guided by social economy values, such as focusing on social and environmental goals, redistributing profits, and operating with democratic governance structures
Paris Court Holds Historic Climate Trial in Case Against TotalEnergies, insideclimatenews.org (Feb 19, 2026)
Introducing Katcha: An African Democratic Innovation Network, demnext.substack.com (Feb 19, 2026)
The planet’s other forest crisis, latimes.com (Feb 19, 2026)
UK and international events
UK events
Mar 13 - 29, 2026 (Fri - Sun) — Great British Spring Clean and Great Big School Clean, Keep Britain Tidy call to help improve local environments, keepbritaintidy.org
Mar 16 - 27, 2026 (Mon - Fri) — Sustrans Big Walk and Wheel, cycling, walking and scooting challenge for schools from Sustrans, bigwalkandwheel.org.uk
Global or international events
Feb 02, 2026 (Mon) — World Wetlands Day, Feb 2, annually, worldwetlandsday.org
Feb 20, 2026 (Fri) — World Day of Social Justice, Feb 20 each year, un.org
February 21 - March 1, 2026 (Sat - Sun) — Real Bread Week, annual, international celebration of additive-free bread and the people behind its rise, sustainweb.org
2021-2030, UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, International community action events
Networks and sustainability initiatives
CDC videos
Each week 3 different short videos from across the UK or world.
Community action/Surrey, Community action/West Midlands, Community action/North East England / ...This week's featured Global videos / ... read more about Cosmolocalism
Liverpool video
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)
News archive
The new enclosure: how land commissions can lead the fight against urban land-grabs, Dec 9, 2017...theconversation.com
- Steve Rotheram Launches England's First Land Commission Focused on Community Wealth Building, Sep 9, 2020...liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk
- A City Reimagined, Bernadette McBride, May 18, 2020..transitionliverpool.org
- The Liverpool app that sidesteps the banks, Sep 14, 2017...BBC News</ref>
- Love your local? Liverpool joins cohort of community currencies, Feb 3, 2017...The Guardian
Liverpool City Council to create community energy company, Nov 14, 2016...utilityweek.co.uk
- Homebaked: the cooperative bakery reviving Anfield, loaf by loaf, Nov 10, 2016...thelongandshort.org
- Liverpool City Council unveils its "cycling revolution", but are its targets unambitious? 2014...road.cc
- From derelict flyover to urban sky park, European Green capital, May, 2014.
- Roof garden opens at Liverpool University, February 26, 2010...BBC news
About Liverpool
Liverpool is a 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) north-west of London. It had a population of 508,961 in 2024 and is the administrative, cultural and economic centre of the Liverpool City Region, a combined authority area with a population of over 1.5 million.
| Authors | Phil Green |
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| License | CC-BY-SA-3.0 |
| Cite as | Phil Green (2014–2026). "Community action/Liverpool". Appropedia. Retrieved February 26, 2026. |