Facilitators – Enactors of community development and action.
Issues – Matters for community awareness.
Issues of national and transnational interest can be posted here.
Collaboration Lip Service
One-Sided Cooperation Meeting the challenges of climate change, resource depletion, and ecosystem loss calls for improved collaboration and innovative models th ...
June 27, 2023 | No CommentsThe BuildAction Methodology
The BuildAction toolkit enables citizens to exercise their rights to participate in the political discourse and connects different tools within a participatory ...
June 1, 2023 | No CommentsIn the Race to the Bottom
In 2015, the United Nations (UN) adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) policy framework in which all 193 UN member states pledged to achieve the 17 S ...
May 31, 2023 | No CommentsThe BuildAction Objective and Precedents
Communities lead the transformation and drive forward SDG progress to deliver a resilient and sustainable ecosystem in their communities. Achieving the UN Sust ...
May 30, 2023 | No CommentsSDGs and Local Authorities
For taking effective legal action, the extent to which the different levels and structures of government can be held responsible for protecting the environment ...
May 15, 2023 | No CommentsCall for Circularity in the Community
Cities and urban communities represent the most powerful leverage points for the transition to circular economy (CE) models. But, the complexity of urban terri ...
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Warning – Threats to community living space and environment.
Tools – Open resources for citizen initiatives and action.
Also, see Resources and Featured Tools for resources and tools of transnational relevance.
- Norwich BID Corona Recovery Plan — The plan established a recovery strategy for Norwich of key actions to support business to move through prerecovery, to recovery from the corona crisis, and then to transformation. It recognized the need for and suggested a Key Partner Framework comprising local authority councils, the business community and academia.
- Sustainable development and architectural practice: Framing strategic approaches in the United Kingdom — In architectural practice, there exist multiple, often competing, interpretations and agendas for sustainability in the design of the built environment. This paper reveals a range of architecture practices of actual and potential paths for sustainable design in the United Kingdom, grouped into consistent strategies.
- Voluntary National Review 2019 – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland — The 2030 Agenda and the Global Goals are about changing the way we think about development and politics in the UK. It is an invitation to think about values, our responsibilities towards the environment, towards the poorest and most vulnerable, the planet, and a fuller conception of human life.
Topics – Public information on community development.
Also, see Alert! for concerns calling for urgent attention and immediate action from the community.
- Norwich Wine Week — A debut event for 2023, Norwich Wine Week will bring together the best producers, merchants, and wine experts from the region to celebrate the areas flourishing wine scene. The week kicks off with wine tasting experiences hosted at venues across the city and culminating with a two-day festival in Chapelfield Gardens.
- Five-year-old among Austrian children taking government to court over climate — A dozen Austrian children are taking their government to court to try to force it to ensure their constitutional rights are protected by taking tougher action against climate change. Their attorney says their rights to “generational justice” – guaranteed in the Austrian constitution – is breached by the climate law.
- BID renewal ballot 2022 – Notice of result — Leah Mickleborough, Deputy Ballot Holder for the Norwich BID renewal and expansion ballot, certfied the total number of valid votes cast in the BID renewal ballot 2022, the aggregate rateable value of each hereditament in respect of which a person voted, and the total number of votes cast in favour of the ballot.