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 page focuses on Community involvement USA, USA networks, and localism, followed by an outline of other USA pages.
News
Trump’s anti-climate agenda could result in 1.3m more deaths globally, analysis finds, theguardian.com (Nov 19, 2025) - 100 US cities have now abolished parking mandates, freeing up space for housing, theprogressplaybook.com (Nov 19, 2025)
- A Landmark Court Ruling Looms Over U.S. Absence at COP30, insideclimatenews.org (Nov 18, 2025) — The historic climate change advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice suggests the United States is violating international law on climate, legal experts say.
- How bison ‘reawakened’ the world’s oldest national park, positive.news (Nov 14, 2025)
- America’s super-rich are running down the planet’s safe climate spaces, says Oxfam, theguardian.com (Oct 29, 2025) — Exclusive: Data shows wealthiest 0.1% of the US burn carbon at 4,000 times the rate of the world’s poorest 10%
- 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)
- Five ways to make the ocean economy more sustainable and just, theconversation.com (Nov 19, 2025)
- Researchers say real impact of deforestation being hidden in Australia’s official figures by ‘sleight of hand’, theguardian.com (Nov 19, 2025)
USA news, resource and topic articles
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
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.
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 (2007–2025). "Community action/United States". Appropedia. Retrieved November 28, 2025. |