Oxford
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| Location | Oxford, Oxfordshire |
| Coordinates | 51° 45' 7.25" N, 1° 15' 28.26" 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 Oxford.
News
‘In Delhi I can see the climate catastrophe unfolding before my eyes’, The Guardian (Nov 15, 2022)
- Oxford council backs bid to stop water firm dumping sewage in Thames, Oct 9, 2020...theguardian.com
- City Council responds to Oxford Citizens' Assembly on Climate Change and outlines £19m climate emergency budget, Dec 16, 2019...oxford.gov.uk
- Get on my land! The farmers opening up their patches for nature connection, positive.news (Nov 12, 2024)
- Oxfordshire housing development ‘should be blocked due to failing sewage system’, theguardian.com (Feb 27, 2024)
- Henley Rowers and Local Community Expose Sewage Pollution of the River Thames, river-action.prowly.com (Jul 03, 2023)
- How heat from old coal mines became a source of local pride in this northern English town – new study, theconversation.com (Nov 20, 2025)
- ‘Robot’ buses could bring more environmental benefits than public transport with drivers, theconversation.com (Nov 20, 2025)
- Beth Mead: ‘If we don’t adapt to climate change, football becomes a privilege, not a right‘, theguardian.com (Nov 19, 2025)
- Sharing soil, sweat and tears, ffcc.co.uk (Oct 30, 2025) — Are farm partnerships the future? We talk to the team behind Abunda to find out
- Renewable energy investment should come from defence budgets, say retired military leaders, theguardian.com (Oct 23, 2025) — Former European officers say spending on low-carbon power would make nations more resilient to threats from potential aggressors
- Green to Grey, How Europe is squandering the little nature it has left, greentogrey.eu (Oct 01, 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)
UK and international events
UK events
Nov 10 - 16, 2025 (Mon - Sun) — Living Wage Week, livingwage.org.uk- Nov 13, 2025 (Thu) — Kindness Day UK, Nov 13 annually, aiming to increase the value of kindness in society as well as increase the amount of kind acts that take place, making kindness a greater part in our daily life, kindnessuk.com
- Nov 16 - 22, 2025 (Sun - Sat) — Road Safety Week, brake.org.uk
- Nov 22 - 30, 2025 (Sat - Sun) — National Tree Week, The Tree Council's annual tree celebration. People across the country planting thousands of trees to mark the start of the winter tree planting season. "Trees and hedgerows are some of the most powerful tools we have in the fight against climate change.", treecouncil.org.uk
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 UK or world.
Northern Ireland community action, Haringey community action, West Midlands community action / ...This week's featured Global videos / ... read more about Cosmolocalism
Oxford video
Food activism
- Abundance Oxford, not-for-profit community harvesting, redistributing & preserving group
- Cultivate Oxford
- Good Food Oxford
- Oxford Food Surplus Café
Cripley Meadow Allotment Association is managed by an annually elected committee. Oxford City Council lease the land to the association and devolve its management to the committee. Since 2004 over 160 plots have been cleared and put back into use. It is now a thriving site supporting over 200 members in growing local food and flowers.
Cripley Island Orchard has also been established.
Towards sustainable economies
- SolidarityOxford, solidarityeconomy.coop, map of the city's solidarity economy oxford.solidarityeconomy.coop, added 20:44, 7 November 2021 (UTC)
Community resources
- Makespace Oxford, "Truly affordable workspace in central Oxford"
- SHARE Oxford- A Library of Things
Commons
Wolvercote Common is an area of grassed common land north of Port Meadow in Oxford, England.
The Wolvercote Commoners' Committee was established in 1929 to manage the common land and to preserve other amenities in the village. Along with Port Meadow and Wolvercote Green, Wolvercote Common has been a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) since 1955. In 1993, the Wolvercote Commoners' Committee resisted an attempt by Oxford City Council to take the common into its ownership.
Climate action
- Oxford Citizens Assembly on Climate Change, oxford.gov.uk, held over two weekends in September and October 2019...oxford.gov.uk. Many videos on the website.
Cycling
Among cities in England and Wales, Oxford has the second highest percentage of people cycling to work.
Biodiversity activism
The Trap Grounds (aka Trap Grounds Town Green) is a nature reserve in north Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, owned by Oxford City Council.
Environment quality
- Cleaner, Greener Oxford, Oxford City Council campaign
- OxClean, Oxford Civic Society initiative dedicated to keeping Oxford clean and tidy
- Oxford Flood Network, making a citizen-built flood detection network in Oxford, based on river levels, groundwater and local knowledge.
Open spaces
Oxford is a very green city, with several parks and nature walks within the ring road, as well as several sites just outside the ring road. In total, 28 nature reserves exist within or just outside Oxford ring road.
Oxford is at the centre of the Oxford Green Belt, which is an environmental and planning policy that regulates the rural space in Oxfordshire surrounding the city, aiming to prevent urban sprawl and minimize convergence with nearby settlements. The policy has been blamed for the large rise in house prices in Oxford, making it the least affordable city in the United Kingdom outside of London, with some estate agents calling for brownfield land inside the green belt to be released for new housing.
News archive
- 'We can go quicker than 2050' - Citizens assembly votes for ambitious city climate target, Oct 20, 2019...oxfordmail.co.uk
- The library of things: could borrowing everything from drills to disco balls cut waste and save money? Apr 24, 2019...The Guardian
- Oxford aims for world's first zero emissions zone with petrol car ban, Oct 12, 2017...The Guardian
- One part of Oxford seems to be getting more and more vegetarian, Jan 4, 2017...oxfordmail.co.uk
- OXONBIKE brings electric bike hire scheme to city centre, Oct 10, 2016...lowcarbonoxford.org
- Pupils to help raise awareness and tackle air quality around Oxford's schools, Jun 8, 2016...oxford.gov.uk
- 100 electric car charging stations to be installed around Oxford in world's biggest scheme, January 25, 2016...oxfordmail.co.uk
- Oxford's aspirations to host the first double decker wireless electric bus project, March 16, 2015...Oxfordshire County Council
- Oxford Council first UK authority to pass divestment motion, September 16, 2014...Fossil Free UK
- Pioneering community renewables in Oxford, July 11, 2014...The Ecologist
About Oxford
Campaigns
Past events
- Jun 17 - 25, 2017 Oxford Green Week, previously known as Low Carbon Oxford Week
- June 14, 2014 Good Food Oxford Launch Fest
Oxford ( ) is a cathedral city and non-metropolitan district in Oxfordshire, England, of which it is the county town.
The city is home to the University of Oxford, the oldest university in the English-speaking world; it has buildings in every style of English architecture since late Anglo-Saxon. Oxford's industries include motor manufacturing, education, publishing, science, and information technologies.
Founded in the 8th century, it was granted city status in 1542. The city is located at the confluence of the rivers Thames (locally known as the Isis) and Cherwell. It had a population of 166,034 in 2024. It is 56 miles (90 km) north-west of London, 64 miles (103 km) south-east of Birmingham and 61 miles (98 km) north-east of Bristol.
See also
| Authors | Phil Green |
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| License | CC-BY-SA-4.0 |
| Cite as | Phil Green (2021–2025). "Community action/Oxford". Appropedia. Retrieved November 28, 2025. |