Bristol

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 Bristol. It's an introduction to local networks, groups, and events.

• Bristol community resources and Bristol community climate and environment action are separate pages.

News

Networks and sustainability initiatives

• Heart of BS13, charitable organisation committed to sustainability, professional development, and income generation through social enterprise. added 14:16, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
• Ambition Lawrence Weston, resident-driven organisation striving to make Lawrence Weston an even better place to live and work. added 15:40, 21 July 2023 (UTC)
• Knowle West Alliance, rooted in the community, growing for the future
• Bristol 2015, European Green Capital, @Bristol 2015
• Bristol Green Capital (Partnership), the Partnership is a free membership organisation whose aim is to make Bristol "a low carbon city with a high quality of life for all". You can become a member as long as you are representatives of an organisation that wishes to play a role. Twitter: @bgreencapital
• Ecojam Bristol
• Sustainable Redland
• The Southville Centre
• Sustainability, information from the Univeristy of the West of England
• Transition Bristol
• Carbon Makeover, Knowle West
• Twin cities, information from Bristol City Council

Events

Bristol video

Community involvement

The Bristol Democracy Project, Getting People Involved In Decision Making In Bristol

Localism

Bristol Independents campaign

Communities online

• The Knowledge, Knowle West's community website, added 17:51, 18 November 2022 (UTC)

Community and voluntary action

Voscur

About Bristol

From Wikipedia:Bristol

Bristol ( ) is a city and ceremonial county in South West England. It is located on the River Avon, and bordered by Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south with a short coastline on the Bristol Channel to the west. The county includes the majority of the Bristol conurbation, however, the urban area of the city extends into the neighbouring districts of South Gloucestershire, Bath and North East Somerset, and North Somerset.

Bristol was ranked as Britain's most sustainable city (based on its environmental performance, quality of life, future-proofing and approaches to climate change, recycling and biodiversity), topping environmental charity Forum for the Future's 2008 Sustainable Cities Index. Local initiatives include Sustrans (creators of the National Cycle Network, founded as Cyclebag in 1977) and Resourcesaver, a non-profit business established in 1988 by Avon Friends of the Earth. In 2014 The Sunday Times named it as the best city in Britain in which to live. The city received the 2015 European Green Capital Award, becoming the first UK city to receive this award.

In 2019 Bristol City Council voted in favour of banning all privately owned diesel cars from the city centre. Since then, the plans have been revised in favour of a clean air zone whereby older and more polluting vehicles will be charged to drive through the city centre. The Clean Air Zone came into effect in November 2022.

Bristol archive

Past events