Community action/Hungary
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| Location | Hungary, Europe |
| Coordinates | 47° 10' 54.33" N, 19° 30' 21.94" E |
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 Hungary.
News
‘Plastic Cup’ Competitions Are Cleaning Up Rivers in Hungary, reasonstobecheerful.world (Aug 25, 2025) — Afloat on DIY boats, teams of volunteers have removed over 450 tons of plastic waste from the Danube and its tributaries- How Hungary became the world’s solar energy leader, theprogressplaybook.com (May 13, 2025)
- Cutting energy consumption in Budapest, Jan 16, 2020...foeeurope.org
- 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
- Introducing Katcha: An African Democratic Innovation Network, demnext.substack.com (Feb 19, 2026)
- The planet’s other forest crisis, latimes.com (Feb 19, 2026)
- ‘They pushed so many lies about recycling’: the fight to stop big oil pumping billions more into plastics, theguardian.com (Feb 19, 2026)
International events
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
Each week 3 different short videos from across the world.
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Hungary video
Cycling activism
Open spaces
Hungary has 10 national parks, 145 minor nature reserves, and 35 landscape protection areas.
Trees, woodland and forest
Phytogeographically, Hungary belongs to the Central European province of the Circumboreal Region within the Boreal Kingdom. According to the WWF, the territory of Hungary belongs to the terrestrial ecoregion of Pannonian mixed forests. It had a 2019 Forest Landscape Integrity Index mean score of 2.25/10, ranking it 156th globally out of 172 countries.
Resources
News archive
- How much having a "place" for hubsters makes a difference? Jul 21, 2017...transitionnetwork.org
- Soil that connects us, Jul 18, 2017...transitionnetwork.org
- Making local dreams come true by supporting local initiatives with Pro Action Cafés and seed money, Jul 17, 2017...transitionnetwork.org
- A story across Transition borders, How the "green" and the "marginalized" can become allies, Jul 15, 2017...transitionnetwork.org
- Talking about REconomy in Hungary, Jul 12, 2017...transitionnetwork.org
- Make universities, students and communities work together – a how-to, Jun 27, 2017...transitionnetwork.org
- Experimental Community Organising – Transition Hungary, Jun 22, 2017...transitionnetwork.org
- A her-story of Transition Wekerle: an experience of local community activism in Hungary, Dec 14, 2016...transitsocialinnovation.eu
- 'Small is Powerful': Transition in action in Hungary. September 14, 2015...Transition Network
Cargo bike centre in Budapest promotes sustainable transport solutions and environmentally-conscious business models, June 1, 2015...Accelerating Transitions Blog
- Last month the do-it-yourself non-profit bicycle cooperative Cyclonomia teamed up with an organic vegetable farm called Zsámboki Biokert and Kantaa a mainly cargobike-focused bike messenger enterprise to cooperate in work and build communities upon the ideas they believe in. Cargonomia is aimed not to be only a fruitful business co-op but also an example to promote environmentally conscious transport and food production solutions to citizens and businesses.
- The model leans on the distribution of bio food grown in farms near Budapest to costumers in the city on cargo bikes which are maintained and built by the Cyclonomia community.
- Cargonomia also plans to be a logistics centre for sustainable urban transport solutions where community members can borrow, rent and buy locally manufactured cargo bikes.
- As a community centre they are planning numerous activities such as cultural events, workshops, discussions on DiY culture, sustainable transitions and the idea of degrowth.
- The centre which was opened in May was acquired through the 'Lakatlan' project of KÉK (Contemporary Architecture Centre) which aims to revitalise empty buildings, shops and properties in Budapest with community activities and businesses.
- Cargonomia finds it important to promote concrete alternatives to standard profit-driven social and economic systems.
- The Budapest bike movement is back and bigger than ever, May 17, 2015...Accelerating Transitions Blog
- How a house with 120 flats turned its concrete-covered courtyard into a lovely garden, March 8, 2015...Accelerating Transitions Blog
First solar train makes way while sun shines, September 11, 2013...The Budapest Times
- Hungarian Parliamentary Commissioner for Future Generations, pieandcoffee.org, Kaihsu Tai, February 26, 2010.
- The Invisible Marsh, Global Voices Online, January 26, 2010. Marietta Le reports on the story of one of Hungary's most successful citizen campaigns, whose goal is to save an endangered marsh by preventing an allegedly illegal expansion of a shopping center.
About Hungary
Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and Slovenia to the southwest, and Austria to the west. Hungary lies within the drainage basin of the Danube River and is dominated by great lowland plains. It has a population of 9.6 million, consisting mostly of ethnic Hungarians (Magyars) and a significant Romani minority. Hungarian is the official language, and among the few in Europe outside the Indo-European family. Budapest is the country's capital and largest city, and the dominant cultural and economic centre.
| Authors | Phil Green |
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| License | CC-BY-SA-3.0 |
| Cite as | Phil Green (2014–2025). "Community action/Hungary". Appropedia. Retrieved February 26, 2026. |