Links
For more about:
The Transition movement:
186 Plymouth's low carbon network
Bees
- Natural beekeeping www.biobees.com
- www.marchofthebees.pupa-education
Biodiversity
Buildings
- http://www.greenbuildingstore.co.uk/media/page_content/GBC/MASTT%20project/Warmer-Homes-brochure.pdf
- http://www.neweconomics.org/sites/neweconomics.org/files/Good_Foundations.pdf
- http://www.sustainablebuild.co.uk/
Cosmetics
- http://www.aveda.com/index.tmpl
- http://www.beautywithoutcruelty.com/
- http://www.biorganics.co.uk/
- http://www.drhauschka.co.uk
- http://www.faithinnature.co.uk/
- https://www.lush.co.uk/
- http://www.weleda.co.uk/
Energy
- http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/
- http://magenn.com/ wind turbines
- http://www.microgenius.org.uk/?utm_source=ProjectDirt&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=ProjectDirt1 Linking people with money to invest with projects needing funding
Fashion
Local food
- The Plymouth Food Charter http://www.foodplymouth.org/
- The Devon and Cornwall Food Association (DCFA)
- http://www.foodsecurity.ac.uk/
- http://www.devonwildlifetrust.org/sustainable-fisheries-project/
Peak Oil
- http://www.powerswitch.org.uk/
- Tar Sands, UK tar sands, and tar free towns
- http://frack-off.org.uk/ Fracking = hydraulic fracturing of shale to release gas. it causes increased climate change emissions due to methane escaping, ground water contamination from 600+ chemicals including formaldehyde and benzene, radioactive pollution, etc
Plymouth Groups
- Plymouth Tree Partnership - Organisations, groups and individuals aiming to conserve and improve the city's trees www.plymouthtrees.org
- Plymouth City Council low carbon web page
- The Oasis Project at The Crown Centre 'Promoting a healthy mind, body and spirit. Helping people live life to the full and promoting social inclusion.'
- The Stonehouse Time Bank - individuals and organisations in Stonehouse swapping time and skills. Tel 01752 395131, e-mail info@zebracoop
- http://www.plymouth.greenparty.org.uk
- Plymouth LETS
- Incineration is Wrong - latest newsletter
Recycling and Zero Waste
- Plymouth Furniture Re-Use Project Community based project that supplies second hand furniture and white goods and will collect unwanted furniture from Plymouth and surrounding areas.
- Plymouth based flourescent light recycling project
- www.lamprecycle.co.uk
- http://www.zerowarming.org
- GAIA Global alliance for incinerator alternatives
- Plymouth Play Association Scrapstore
- http://recycledevon.org
- http://bookofrubbishideas.wordpress.com/
- Timber Recycling in Plymouth 07790353000. Recycled wooden furniture made to order.
- http://www.book-cycle.org/ free libraries of books with the aim of providing books to developing countries
- http://www.constructionrecycling.co.uk/
- http://www.arcrecycling.co.uk/ The Absolute Recyling Company - Plymouth based electronic and electrical waste recycling
- Junk Mail - Devon recycling magazine http://dccn.typepad.com/files/junkmail-issue-8-web.pdf
- http://www.letsrecycle.com/
- alpha:logic making sense of waste - steve whiteway - http://www.alpha-logic.com
- http://www.recyclenow.com/
- http://www.tetrapakrecycling.co.uk/locator.asp nearest facility Tescos at Lee Mill
- http://www.wasteonline.org.uk/
- http://www.wornagain.co.uk/
- http://www.wrap.org.uk/
Renewable Energy
http://www.bicton.ac.uk/business/earth.php Courses and events in renewable energy and sustainable building
Transport
- First buses
- Plymouth Cycling Campaign
- http://www.bikehub.co.uk
- Car share Devon
- Bicycology
- http://www.eventcarshare.com
- The environmental impact of flying http://www.airportwatch.org.uk/
- Breeze cycle rides for women
- http://www.goskyride.com/ cycling support, rides and workshops
- http://ukcycling.co.uk/ Plymouth Cycling Touring Club
Ideas
- http://www.permaculture.org.uk/
- Coops
- http://www.seedsforchange.org.uk/free/resources for information about consensus and facilitation
- http://www.dralanknight.com/ Advisor on sustainable business