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On this page: • Campaigning organisations • General information • Reduce CO2 from travel • Reduce CO2 from food • Reduce CO2: other • Campaigning video | Campaigning organisationsExtinction Rebellion https://rebellion.earth Campaign of civil disobedience launched 31 October 2018 Campaign against Climate Change www.campaigncc.org Friends of the Earth www.foe.co.uk Greenpeace www.greenpeace.org.uk Airportwatch www.airportwatch.org.uk A coalition of the national environmental organisations and airport community groups who are opposed to plans for airport expansion Stop Stansted Airport Expansion www.stopstanstedexpansion.com Transition town initiative and transition culture http://transitionculture.org/ Moving towards a sustainable economy e.g: • Transition Town Totnes in Devon www.transitiontowns.org/Totnes/ 20's Plenty for Us http://www.20splentyforus.org.uk Campaigning for 20mph to be the default speed limit in residential areas Cycle UK (was the Cycle Touring Club) www.ctc.org.uk. Environmental Law Foundation www.elflaw.org Free legal guidance and continuing support to those in need of assistance when aiming to protect and improve their local environment and quality of life Network for Climate Action www.networkforclimateaction.org.uk General informationCentre for Alternative Technology www.cat.org.uk An educational charity which researches and demonstrates technologies for a sustainable society - based in Machynlleth, mid-Wales - visit the centre (open 7 days a week, all year), or online shop, bookshop and publications Ethical Consumer magazine www.ethicalconsumer.org Bimonthly subscription magazine and website - magazine includes regular feature on low-carbon living. New Internationalist magazine www.newint.org Monthly subscription magazine featuring articles on climate change, Fair Trade and other global justice subjects Royal Society summary of the science of Climate Change http://royalsociety.org/climate-change-summary-of-science Sustainable Energy - without the hot air http://www.withouthotair.com - book on fossil fuel and sustainable energy, the contents of which can be read online, or downloaded as a .pdf file How Cuba survived its oil crisis www.powerofcommunity.org/cm/index.php Contains a short (2 min) summary video about the coming oil crisis and Cuba's response to its crisis Reduce CO2 from travelTraveline https://www.traveline.info/ For public transport information. NationalRail information www.nationalrail.co.uk Cheap train tickets www.cheaptraintickets.info Claiming for train delays www.traindelays.co.uk Seat 61 www.seat61.com International rail information Sustrans www.sustrans.org.uk Sustainable transport charity - information on long distance cycle routes, including online UK maps at small, medium and large scales. Travel Independent www.travelindependent.org.uk Our sister site: travel information relevant to transport policy Ramblers Association coaches www.ramblers.org.uk The Ramblers Association runs coaches every weekend to walking areas from many towns and cities in the UK through their local groups. Yorkshire Dales Public Transport Users Group www.dalesbus.org Details of bus and train services in the Yorkshire Dales plus links to sites of interest to visitors VCA car fuel data www.vcacarfueldata.org.uk/search/search.asp Gives official fuel consumption figures so that you can make any car purchase as non-polluting as possible. Reduce CO2 from foodFarmers' markets • www.localfoods.org.uk Find a farmers' market near you and purchase food that has been produced locally and has not been driven all around the country (although these sites do not list every farmers' market). Local milkman www.findmeamilkman.net Gives a link to your local doorstep deliverers via your postcode. Some now deliver organic milk. Reduce CO2: otherFreecycle http://uk.freecycle.org UK branch of a global movement to match people who have things they want to get rid of with people who can use them - there will be a local online branch in your area where you can find a home for things you don't want to keep but cannot bear to throw away Earthpill www.earthpill.com Earthpill allows people with energy monitors to upload their readings into a free online database so that people without energy monitors can find out where they are using electricity. Campaigning videoRobert Newman's History of Oil http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-5267640865741878159 Hilarious and shocking at the same time (45 mins) |
First published: Feb 2007 Last updated: 16 Nov 2018 |