Community action/United States
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| Location | United States |
| Coordinates | 39° 47' 1.43" N, 100° 26' 45.18" 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 the US. The majority of our information about this is collated via our place pages...Near you. This introductory page focuses on community involvement, networks, and localism.
News
The greening of career education: US students learn new skills as climate crisis intensifies, theguardian.com (Feb 15, 2026) - Local Barley Becomes Local Booze at a Wisconsin Distillery Prioritizing Ag Sustainability, insideclimatenews.org (Feb 09, 2026)
- These US states want polluters to pay for the rising insurance costs of climate disasters, theguardian.com (Feb 08, 2026)
- A Groundbreaking Geothermal Heating and Cooling Network Saves This Colorado College Money and Water, insideclimatenews.org (Feb 07, 2026)
- Looking Ahead to When Gas Stations Vanish, insideclimatenews.org (Feb 05, 2026)
- Trump is trying to kill clean energy. The market has other plans, grist.org (Jan 16, 2026)
- A New Jersey Buyout Program for Flood-Prone Homes Is a National Model, insideclimatenews.org (Dec 25, 2025)
- Climate change has already made the United States poorer, pnas.org (Dec 16, 2025)
- 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)
Networks and sustainability initiatives
- Labor Network for Sustainability
- The Next System Project
- Sustainable Northwest
- Transition US, Transition Streets
- EarthShare, national federation that supports American environmental and conservation charities. Its stated mission is to engage individuals and organizations in creating a healthy and sustainable environment, by promoting environmental awareness and raising funds primarily through employee workplace giving.
CDC videos
Each week 3 different short videos from across the world.
Community networks, Community action/Finland, Community action/Peru / ...This week's featured UK videos / ... read more about Cosmolocalism
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
US video
Community involvement
In the US, for the first time ever, the majority lack faith in the democratic system. That decline has been rapid and recent. Before the financial crisis, more than three-quarters of Americans were satisfied with US democracy; today (Jan 2020) 55% are dissatisfied...theguardian.com
Indigenous peoples
Localism
BALLE, Business Alliance for Local Living Economies - Community-Wealth.org, a project of Democracy Collaborative - Institute for local self reliance, nonprofit organization and advocacy group that provides technical assistance to communities about local solutions for sustainable community development in areas such as banking, broadband, energy, and waste through local purchasing. The organization was founded in 1974. ILSR has two main offices, one in Washington, D.C., and the other in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- The 1990 edition of the Whole Earth Catalog summarized ILSR's mission as follows: "ILSR specializes in urban community economic development that isn't dependent on welfare handouts. Unlike many similar organizations, they develop clever technical solutions to problems - they've been particularly successful in material recovery and other schemes to reduce waste. Their experience and thoroughly professional demeanor, together with a Washington DC location, has enabled them to be influential in policy decisions."
News archive
- Nov 8, 2020, Joe's not sleepy, but he should wake up to American localism...thealternative.org.uk
- Apr 23, 2020, Towards sustainable economies US: Accessible local alternatives to Amazon Prime...@shareable
Community and voluntary action
- United We Serve, an official website of the U.S. Government
- Volunteering and Civic Life in America
See also
- Topic overview: Community involvement, Networks, Localism, Community and voluntary action
Near you
External links
- Wikipedia:United States
- Wikipedia:Sierra Club, environmental organization in the United States, founded in 1892, in San Francisco; article includes section on Criticism and Controversy
| Authors | Phil Green |
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| License | CC-BY-SA-3.0 |
| Cite as | Phil Green (2007–2026). "Community action/United States". Appropedia. Retrieved February 26, 2026. |