LINKS
Below is a list of links that provide information both locally and nationally, helping you to source further information about the topics mentioned on this site.
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If you find that any of the links on this page do not work, please contact us .
October Books
October Books is an independent co-operative bookshop at 243 Portswood Road, Southampton. It sells a good range of environmental books and magazines (including Car Busters, Earth first, Ecologist, Ergo, Green Events, Green World, Impact, Resurgence, Permaculture, Synergy and Ethical Consumer). It also has a good range of Fairtrade goods.
Alverstone Mead Conservation Group
Andover and Bourne Valley Wildlife Watch
Beryl & John Saunders’ Allotment Site
Bishopstoke District Woodcraft
Chessel Bay Local Nature Reserve
A wilderness in a city. Chessel Bay is situated in Southampton on the eastern bank of the river Itchen, south of Northam Bridge. The Bay is the only remaining long stretch of undeveloped, natural shoreline in the lower Itchen river.
Hampshire, Portsmouth & IOW CVS network.
Highfield Church, Southampton<
Southampton Co-operators Credit Union
Southampton Friends of the Earth
Southampton local Area information
Southampton Natural History Society
Southampton Voluntary Services – Home Page
The Chinese Association of Southampton
This is Hampshire CommuniGate Citizens Connection
Vandanamu
Fair Trade company based in Southampton and its partner Pondicherry Fair Trade in South India.
LINKS TO NATIONAL WEBSITES OF INTEREST
Centre for Sustainable Energy – promoting sustainable energy policy and practice
Community Development Foundation
Council for Environmental Education
Dirty gold
Most consumers don’t know where the gold in their products comes from, or how it is mined. Gold mining is a dirty industry: it can displace communities, contaminate drinking water, hurt workers, and destroy pristine environments.
This website provides an overview of the major social, environmental, and economic impacts of gold mining.
Foundation for Local Food Initiatives
LEAF – Linking Environment and Farming
National Association of Farmers Markets
Rail Future
Railfuture is campaigning over a wide front for a whole host of improvements to our railways.
Sustain – The alliance for better food and farming
Sustainability for Citizens and Communities
The Community Composting Network
The Henry Doubleday Research Association
UpMyStreet – The real-life guide to your neighbourhood
Villages Online. UK Village and Community Website Directory