Links

Please let Bob Imrie (bob "at" creditlaw.co.uk) know of any errors or additions:

Local groups

Hill Holt Wood

Newark Transition Town

Local governmental sites

Everybody's Talking - the site for Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire

Newark and Sherwood District Council waste and recycling

Recycle for Nottinghamshire

National and international governmental sites

Climate answers

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Energy Saving Trust

Ethical Junction - a directory of ethical businesses

Fairtrade Foundation

Fairtrade Towns

Greener Together - a movement co-ordinated by UK co-operative groups

The Greening Campaign

World Fairtrade Organisation

BananaLink - a not-for-profit co-operative explaining why FairTrade is important

Act on C02 - calculate your own carbon footprint

10:10 - can the UK force its government to cut emissions by 10% by 2010?

20's plenty for us - lowering speed limits for safety and encouraging greener travel

Other useful sites

Centre for Alternative Technology

Campaign against Climate Change

The man at Seat 61 - Mark Smith's expert advice on travelling internationally by train

Eat Seasonably

BTCV Green Gym

BBC Bloom (connected to the It's Hard to Be Green series on BBC2 TV)

BBC Dig In campaign

Ashton Hayes - a Cheshire village going carbon neutral

Bollington - another Cheshire village going green

The story of stuff - a 20 min, fast paced, fact filled video on the underside or our production and consumption patterns

Local retailers selling local products

Church Farm Shop, South Scarle

Red Earth Organics, Hockerwood Park, Southwell - veg box scheme delivering to Collingham

Lime Tree Design, 14 Low Street, Collingham - eclectic design and gifts from Kate Barker

The Grey Horse, Low Street, Collingham - tel 892330 - now under management of Stuart & Diane, and offering a new menu with local produce wherever possible

Sueander Farm, North Scarle - home grown vegetables plus other fruits/veg from local markets, with free local delivery. Tels 01522 695118 / 0781 344 1910 / 07827973353. Currently no website, but email possible on sueanderfarmproduce@sky.com.

They currently run a fruit & vegetables stall in the Grey Horse car-park, every Friday morning - 9 am 12.30 pm.

Local retailers offering refilling or recycling

The Friendly Farmer - A46/A17A1 roundabout, Winthorpe (supplies and can refill some Ecover washing and cleaning products)

Local companies providing new green energy products

Freerain, 1 Rio Drive, Collingham - rainwater harvesting installations

Freewatt, Danes Farm, Stow, Lincoln - Solar PV, wind power systems

Kube Technology, 17 Carnarvon Place, Bingham - greener IT equipment