Gambia
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| Location | Gambia, Africa |
| Coordinates | 13° 26' 47.98" N, 16° 42' 30.93" 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 Gambia.
News
Notes from a Gambian citizens’ assembly, demnext.substack.com (Nov 13, 2025) — Find out what happens when citizens take the lead on climate and community- Deliberation in The Gambia – our view from Kerewan, DemocracyNext, demnext.substack.com (Jun 26, 2025)
- African countries must protect their fish stocks from the European Union - here’s how, The Conversation (Feb 15, 2022)
- Why solarpunk is already happening in Africa [Climate Drift], Daily Alternative (Nov 13, 2025)
- ‘Politicians actually taking action’: six world mayors defying climate-sceptic populist leaders, theguardian.com (Nov 07, 2025)
- Young beekeeper’s initiative brings hope and profit to Sierra Leone communities, news.mongabay.com (Mar 31, 2025)
- The Cambodian women rising up to protect their communal land, positive.news (Nov 20, 2025)
- Bees, Community, and Shared Futures, grassecon.substack.com (Nov 20, 2025)
- ‘Robot’ buses could bring more environmental benefits than public transport with drivers, theconversation.com (Nov 20, 2025)
International events
Global or International events
Nov 05, 2025 (Wed) — Media Liberation Day, Change the Media, Change the Future, mediarevolution.org- Nov 06, 2025 (Thu) — Outdoor Classroom Day, celebrating and inspiring outdoor learning and play, outdoorclassroomday.com
- Nov 13, 2025 (Thu) — World Kindness Day, Nov 13, annually, highlighting good deeds in the community focusing on the positive power and the common thread of kindness for good which binds us, randomactsofkindness.org
- Nov 16, 2025 (Sun) — International Day for Tolerance, Nov 16 each year, fostering respect, acceptance and appreciation of the rich diversity of our world's cultures, our forms of expression and ways of being human, unesco.org
- Nov 19, 2025 (Wed) — International Men's Day, Nov 19, annually
- Nov 28 & 29, 2025 — Buy Nothing Day, en.wikipedia.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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Footsteps Ecolodge
Situated in a small community off the main road to Gunjur in Gambia, the management at Footsteps Ecolodge make every effort to reduce their ecological footprint where they can. The lodge was created to offer Gambia Holidays in 2002 and has been running ever since providing nature holidays led by locals, despite damage caused by a brush fire in February 2007. Provided here is a brief overview of the various technologies, systems, and perspectives that are continuously unfolding at Footsteps.
News archive
2009-2016
- Helping a rural Gambian community to get cycling, Apr 20, 2016...re-cycle.org
- Samba Faal, the mayor of Banjul, capital of Gambia, observed that a one metre rise in sea level near his city would result in a fifty percent loss in landmass coverage. Since most of Banjul is one metre below sea level, such a scenario would pose a serious threat to human settlements, health and food security...United Nations Environment Programme, February 27, 2009.
About the Gambia
The Gambia, officially the Republic of the Gambia, is a country in West Africa. Geographically, the Gambia is the smallest country in continental Africa; it is surrounded by Senegal on all sides except for the western part, which is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean.
The Gambia's economy is dominated by farming, fishing, and especially, tourism. In 2015, 48.6% of the population lived in poverty. In rural areas, poverty was even more widespread, at almost 70%.
| Authors | Phil Green |
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| License | CC-BY-SA-3.0 |
| Cite as | Phil Green (2014–2025). "Community action/Gambia". Appropedia. Retrieved November 28, 2025. |