Community action/Pennsylvania

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 Pennsylvania.

News

Networks and sustainability initiatives

• Imagine Millvale
• Penn Future, Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future. Penn Future is a statewide public interest membership organization founded in 1998 with offices in Harrisburg, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and Wilkes-Barre. The organization's activities include litigating cases before regulatory bodies and in local, state, and federal courts; advocating and advancing legislative action on a state and federal level; public education; and assisting citizens in public advocacy...Penn Future
• Pennsylvania Environmental Council
• Sustainable Pittsburgh
• Transition Town Media
• Transition Centre, added 15:39, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

International events

Global or International events

2021-2030, UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, International community action events

Pennsylvania video

Community involvement

SeeClickFix, community issues in Philadelphia

Imagine Philadelphia: Laying the Foundation (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) on Participedia

Food activism

Fair-Amount Food Forest, initiative to create a community food forest

Community energy

• Wikipedia:Solar power in Pennsylvania, Wind power in Pennsylvania

Citizens data initiative

• Energy Data & Statistics for Pennsylvania

Land activism

Maps

• Grounded in Philly, "facilitates the transitioning of vacant land into community-controlled green spaces, gardens and gathering places."
• Lots to Love, "a guide for community organizations and residents who are interested in transforming vacant lots into well-loved spaces." Strengthening and greening the Pittsburgh region.

Towards sustainable economies

Lehigh Valley

The Mutual Aid Network of the Lehigh Valley addresses the social determinants of health of communities' most vulnerable members, including formerly incarcerated people, juveniles aging out of the foster care system, homeless populations, individuals recovering from addiction, and newly settled refugees. This project address tackles these issues by tackling social isolation, one of the key factors that contributes to poor life and health outcomes...Shareable.

Community resources

Free Library of Philadelphia

The Free Library of Philadelphia has more than books for loan. From a health lending library with food scales and blood pressure cuffs to kitchen cupboards stocked with cataloged cake pans and a musical instrument collection with banjos, steel drums, and keyboards, you can find almost anything you need to borrow among its 54 branches. Philly even has a "Tiebrary" as part of one branch's Job Readiness Lab...Shareable, Paige Wolf, April 22, 2019

Other community resources

• Wikidelphia™, added 16:54, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
• Millvale Community Library
• West Philly Tool Library

Arts, sport and culture

City of Asylum, nonprofit in Pittsburgh

Sharing

Sharing City Philadelphia: At over 11,000 residents per square mile, Philadelphia is among the most densely populated cities in the country. And those miles offer a rich history of community, shared spaces, and pooled resources. From thriving open markets to urban gardens and a wealth of public art, the metropolis has vast resources to help residents make do without the need for car ownership, large homes, or mass personal consumption...Shareable, Paige Wolf, April 22, 2019.

Sustainable transport activism

• Wikipedia:category:Hiking trails in Pennsylvania (category), Philadelphia:Pedestrians and bicycling

Cycling activism

Philadelphia's bike-share system: Philadelphia's Indego bike-share system offers affordable and convenient access to two-wheeled transportation. With 120 bike stations throughout the city comprising more than 1,200 bikes, the company has announced plans to double capacity to more than 250 stations in the next few years and expand to serve an additional 15 square miles of the city. The mayor recently announced plans to build 20 miles of separated bike lanes in the next two years, making biking safer throughout the city...Shareable, Paige Wolf, April 22, 2019.

Biodiversity

Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program

Open spaces

• Centennial Commons
• Civic Commons
• Western Pennsylvania Conservancy

News archive

About Pennsylvania

Campaigns

Green Justice Philly, new coalition to protect Philadelphians' health and safety from the city's fossil fuel industry, and to create a sustainable 21st century economy that will support clean air and water and healthy communities...greenjusticephilly.org, press release, October 14, 2015.

From Wikipedia:Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, Maryland to its south, forming the Mason-Dixon Line, West Virginia to its southwest, Ohio to its west, the Canadian province of Ontario to its northwest via Lake Erie, New York to its north, and the Delaware River and New Jersey to its east. Pennsylvania's most populous city is Philadelphia, and the state capital is Harrisburg. Among all US states, Pennsylvania is the fifth-most populous with over 13 million residents as of the 2020 United States census, the ninth-highest by population density, and the 33rd-largest by land area. The largest metropolitan statistical area is the Philadelphia metropolitan area in southeastern Pennsylvania, also known as the Delaware Valley and centered on Philadelphia, the sixth-most populous U.S. city. Pennsylvania's second-largest metropolitan area, Greater Pittsburgh, is centered in and around Pittsburgh, the commonwealth's second-largest city.

Pennsylvania was founded in 1681 through a royal land grant to William Penn, the son of the commonwealth's namesake. Before that, between 1638 and 1655, a southeast portion of the state was part of New Sweden, a Swedish colony. Established as a haven for religious and political tolerance, the British colonial-era Province of Pennsylvania was known for its relatively peaceful relations with native tribes, innovative government system, and religious pluralism. Pennsylvania played a vital and historic role in the American Revolution and the ultimately successful quest for independence from the British Empire, hosting the First and Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia, the latter of which formed the Continental Army commanded by George Washington in 1775, during the American Revolutionary War, unanimously adopted the Declaration of Independence the following year. On December 12, 1787, Pennsylvania was the second state to ratify the U.S. Constitution after Delaware.

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