Rural sustainability

introducion needed, including majority world perspective

What communities can do

• develop community, town or regional sustainability groups, which might develop an interest in any sustainable community action topic. Use the Sustainable Comunity Action wiki as a collaborative web page, or pages, for your group.

some more specific examples:

• Community Transport schemes
• Community shops, pubs and cafes
• promote Cittaslow, or slow towns
• Rural heritage centres
• support local shops and services

Resources

News and comment

2020

Land inequality worse than thought and fuelling other inequalities, Nov 20 ^[1]

2018

The future of environmental planning, Tom Kenny, Dec 10 ^[2] ...Rural sustainability UK

Our Common Ground: some reflections on the RSA’s latest report, Nov 7 ^[3]

This disastrous new project will change the face of Britain, yet no debate is allowed, George Monbiot, Aug 22 ^[4] ...Oxfordshire

Green Belt 'being eroded at an alarming rate', Aug 6 ^[5]

2017

How to Set Up a Community Co-op, May 17 ^[6] ...Towards sustainable economies UK news

Green campaigners call for land ministry to halt the ‘erosion of the countryside’, Mar 5 ^[7] ...Rural sustainability UK

See also

• Rural sustainability UK
• Biodiversity
• Community currencies activism
• Community involvement
• Food, sustainable community action
• Localism
• Urban sustainability
• Community land trust
• Community resources
• South East England
• local information can be found, or shared, via our many location pages

External links

Grassroots Economics, "non-profit foundation that seeks to empower marginalized communities to take charge of their own livelihoods and economic future. We focus on community development through economic empowerment and community currency programs. Beneficiaries of our programs include small businesses and people living in informal settlements as well as rural areas." added 15:48, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

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