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.

Global Village Energy Partnership (GVEP)
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.

Wastenet
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.

Stop Climate Chaos
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.

Schumacher College
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
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.

DEW Point
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.

Sparknet
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.

Experience Development
www.experiencedevelopment.org
A website for students that brings together comprehensive information on the many different aspects of international development.

The Schumacher Society - Schumacher UK
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.

The Soil Association
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.

Green Books
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.

Resurgence
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

EnergyUK
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

International Energy Agency
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).

SCPinfonet
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.