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24th Apr 2009
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Everyone Loves a Label
HRH The Price of Wales has a campaign to save the rainforest. A good introduction via YouTube and lots of stuff for teachers, businesses, journalists, etc.
Well, maybe not, but a label is generally understood to mean soemthing. Labour Behind The Label lifts the cover on many companies to find out how they work.
Triple Pundit
The Triple Pundit ethos: " Economy, environment, and society are interdependent. For too long business has thought of itself as separate. We aim to change that." Good food for thought on this US based site.
Environment Agency
Sign up for their monthly business and industry newsletter by sending an Email to: benews@environment-agency.gov.uk
How Much Energy Do You Use?
Plug-In Mains Power and Energy Monitors are fab for checking out your electrical gadgets. See blog for test.
Carbon Footprinting
To find out which companies have been prepared to disclose their carbon emmissions, the Carbon Disclosure Project is becoming the most popular method of making a declaration.
Water - A Precious Commodity
Anyone living in areas where water is not that plentiful will find the Friends of Water site useful. Lots of info on filtering, saving and harvesting.
Climate Questions Answered
Two linked US based sites that offer advice on a rather more comercial level are Climate.biz and Green.biz
Climate Change Ideas Factory
Based in Wales, the Centre for Alternative Technology is a great place to visit and see the alternative life style in action.
Carbon Trading
A couple of sites to help think this one through: Carbon Fund and Carbon Trade Watch
Climate science for climate scientists. A lot of link to articles and opinions on the subject.
New Energies: The path away from climate catastrophe.
The European Commission's Environmental website offer information and press releases.
Guardian Environment
This site has good articles on climate change, pollution through to conservation and ethical living.
If you are looking for good sites with a planet saving bent, here is one full of world news Planetsave.com
If you want a lot of techy answers try searching through SaveThePlanet.co.nz website.
New Scientist Environment
Another mine of information publishing all the latest news regarding enviromental issues. Offers an RSS feed.
Climate Ark - a climate change and global warming portal offering RSS and blog on all the latest news and events.
If you want a lot of techy answers try searching through SaveThePlanet.co.nz website.
It's Not Easy Being Green masses of information to help re-think our daily lives
Spirit of Nature - organic and ecologically produced shopping
For guaranteed Ethical Shopping try Get Ethical
Composting with Wiggly Wigglers and lots of wildlife friendly tips
If you are into gardening you will probably know about organicgardening.org.uk - if you want to build your own compost bin they give you a step by step guide. If you've a lot of land or are part of a project and need to do some REAL composting, you might need the help of a Compost Master. Try the HDRA for a bit of advice.
Farmer's Markets - dates and times of all market days. Go and meet your local producers. See also FARMA
Riverford - a weekly box scheme supplying organic fruit and veg to your door with the accent of seasonal quality without air miles.
For all the reasons why going organic is good for the planet go to the Why Organic site from the Soil Association
Worried about GM crops? Genewatch is the place to go.
For a site dedicated to the issues of Climate Change, try COIN
Treehuggers - A fab information site on how to be green on just about anything! Plus masses of links.
50 Things You Can Do:
Making the transition to sustainable living sounds like a big task. OneWorld.net has compiled a list of achievable things we can all do to help us make the transition.