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Topia!: Regional: Europe: United Kingdom: Society and Culture: Activism: Environment: Organisations (22)
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The Women's Environmental Network - WEN campaigns on issues that link women, health and the environment. Campaigns promote positive alternatives to polluting practices and consumer items. Information on environmental health, food and genetic engineering. Sustrans - A charity dedicated to sustainable transport. Instrumental in creating the National Cycle Network. Information on the organisation, projects, maps, and membership details. eco-action.org - Ecological direct action and wilderness defence, provided by a pro-activism ISP. Council for the Protection of Rural England - CPRE is a national charity dedicated to the protection of rural England - protecting local coutryside where there is threat, enhancing it where there is opportunity. National Energy Foundation (UK) - A UK charity providing free advice on energy efficiency and renewable energy in the home and, through the Energy Efficiency Accreditation Scheme, also working with larger organisations. Earth Rights - Provides legal advice and assistance to environmental campaigners. Public interest law firm and environmental charity. Rising Tide UK - Information on the UK climate movement, subscription details for the newsletter, materials and resources, critiques of carbon trading and a directory of climate "skeptics". Seeds for Change - Provides training and support to grassroots groups involved in environmental and social justice issues. Aims to share campaigning skills and experience. Site describes training offered and provides pamphlets such as "Organizing Successful Meetings" as well as contact details. Friends of the Earth UK - National campaigns on the most urgent environmental and social issues of the day. Christian Ecology Link - UK organisation for Christians concerned about care of the environment. Includes CEL's Millennium Certificate, current events information, resources and prayer guide. Rare Breeds Survival Trust - Supports over 70 rare breeds of sheep, cattle, goats, pigs, horses, ponies and poultry - some of which are rarer than the Giant Panda. Includes approved conservation centres, stock exchange, accredited butchers,discussion group and membership information. The Wildlife Trusts - The Royal Society for Nature Conservation. News, information, with details of local and regional trusts and their activities in conservation work. Optimum Population Trust - Organisation carrying out research into optimum population size in relation to environmental sustainability, particularly in the UK. Information about their activities and research. Friends of the Peak District - An independent voice arguing for protection of the Peak District countryside. Information about the organisation and its campaigns. The Committee For The Paddock - Group working to protect an area of wild countryside known as The Paddock from becoming swallowed up by development. Information about the area, and the funding needed to purchase and conserve it. Ethical Consumer - Tips on ethical buying, consumer reports on a wide range of goods, information on UK and worldwide boycotts. Publishes Ethical Consumer magazine and the Corporate Critic database. Vegan Organic Network - Concerned with ethical cultivation and social justice. Advice on chemical and manure free farming, forest gardens and compost toilets. Ecovillage Network UK - Assists individuals, projects, and organisations in developing environmentally, socially and economically sustainable settlements. The Battle for Lyminge Forest - Opposition to the Rank Organisation's plans to build a holiday town for over 4,000 people in Lyminge Forest's West Wood in Kent. What is said to be wrong with the idea and what the organisation is doing about it Nine Ladies Anti-Quarry Campaign - Campaign to stop the re-opening of two dormant quarries near Stanton Moor and the Nine Ladies in the Peak District National Park, Derbyshire. South Hams Against Rural Destruction (SHARD) - Local action group dedicated on halting the proposed massive housing developments which would change the South Hams landscape forever.
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