Further Reading
World Business Council for
Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
http://www.wbcsd.org/home.aspx
The World Business Council
for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is a CEO-led, global association of some
200 companies dealing exclusively with business and sustainable development.
www.gvep.org
GVEP is a voluntary
partnership that brings together developing and industrialised country
governments, public and private organizations, multilateral institutions,
consumers and others in an effort to ensure access to modern energy services by
the poor.
http://wastenet.defra.gov.uk/
Wastenet is a freely
available knowledge portal for those either conducting research on or working
in the field of waste management.
www.stopclimatechaos.org
Practical Action is a
member of the Stop Climate Chaos coalition, the UK’s largest group of people
dedicated to action on climate change and limiting its impact on the world’s
poorest communities, with a combined supporter base of more than 4 million. The
coalition consists of more than 70 organisations, including environment and
development charities, unions, faith, community and women's groups.
www.schumachercollege.org.uk
Schumacher College in
Devon, UK, was founded in 1991 on the conviction that a new vision is needed
for society, its values and its relationship to the earth. Over the last decade
the college has become a centre of excellence and established an international
reputation for the inspiration, quality and breadth of its teaching.
pisces.or.ke
PISCES (Policy Innovation
Systems for Clean Energy Security) is a five-year DFID-funded research project
aimed at providing new policy-relevant knowledge and innovation around the use
of bioenergy. This will lead to more sustainable energy practices and increased
access to energy for the rural and urban poor in the target countries of Kenya,
Tanzania, India and Sri Lanka, and beyond.
www.dewpoint.org.uk
The DEW Point Resource
Centre generates and disseminates knowledge on behalf of DFID staff and their
development partners in environment, water resources, water and sanitation and
climate change.
www.sparknet.info
A formal knowledge network
on sustainable energy for low-income households in rural areas in Southern and
Eastern Africa. Key themes include household energy and health, household
energy and gender, and household energy and forestry.
www.experiencedevelopment.org
A website for students
that brings together comprehensive information on the many different aspects of
international development.
www.schumacher.org.uk
Inspired by the
philosopher, economist and author E.F. Schumacher, Schumacher UK (The
Schumacher Society) promotes human scale sustainable development in Britain and
abroad. Some of the areas covered include: sustainable development, green
issues, ecology, conservation, economy, health, education, philosophy,
spirituality, architecture, energy and technology.
www.soilassociation.org
The Soil Association is
the UK's leading campaigning and certification organisation for organic food
and farming, founded in 1946 by a group of farmers, scientists and
nutritionists who were concerned about the way our food was produced.
www.greenbooks.co.uk
Green Books is a
publishing company whose aim is to inform and inspire the general reader about
ecological, spiritual and cultural issues of our time.
New Economics Foundation
www.neweconomics.org
The New Economics
Foundation (NEF) works to construct a new economy centred on people and the
environment. Founded in 1986, it is now one of the UK's most creative and
effective independent think tanks, combining research, advocacy, training and
practical action.
www.resurgence.org
Resurgence is a bi-monthly
magazine of vision and action. Resurgence brings its readers a unique blend of
news and views on a range of topics that includes ecology, development,
education, health, science and politics, together with art, culture and
spirituality.
Agromisa – Centre for
Small-Scale Sustainable Agriculture
www.agromisa.org
The Agromisa Foundation
aim is to strengthen the social and economic position of the underprivileged
rural population in the south. To achieve its objectives, Agromisa supplies
information and advice on small-scale, sustainable agriculture and related topics
to individuals and organisations.
WOT – Working Group On
Development Techniques
www.wot.utwente.nl
WOT is active in the field
of small-scale sustainable energy for developing countries.
Energy Institute
http://www.energyinst.org/home
International (UK based)
professional body for energy industries
http://www.energy-uk.org.uk/
Forum for UK energy
industry, government and other stakeholders on sustainable energy
Envirotech.org.uk
Website concerned with
embedding sustainability principles into engineering and construction
http://www.iea.org/
Acts as energy policy
advisor to 26 Member countries
Renewable Energy
Association (REA)
http://www.r-e-a.net/
The Renewable Energy
Association represents renewable energy producers and promotes the use of all
forms of renewable energy in the UK.
RenewableUK
http://www.bwea.com/
RenewableUK is the trade
and professional body for the UK wind and marine renewables industries.
(Formally the BWEA - British Wind Energy Association).
http://scpinfonet.defra.gov.uk/
SCPinfonet is a free,
online service providing easy search and discovery of knowledge related to
Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP), provided as part of Defra’s Green
Economy Programme.