Recommended web sites and links:
- ASP - Association of Sustainability Practitioners www.asp-online.org
- Barry Johnson – Polarity Management www.polaritymanagement.com
- Better Transport is about sustainable transport and aims to reduce the environmental and social impact of transport by encouraging less use of cars and more use of public transport, walking and cycling. www.bettertransport.org.uk
- Centre for Alternative Technology www.cat.org.uk
- Dr. Marshal Rosenberg and NonViolent Communication www.cnvc.org and, in UK, www.gnb.org.uk
- Forum for the Future www.forumforthefuture.org.uk
- Fritjof Capra on the lessons from new science, organisational change, global issues and leadership www.fritjofcapra.net
- GM Freeze campaign, supported by an alliance of 120 national organisations who share the public's deep concern over the speed at which genetic engineering is being introduced into food and farming. www.gmfreeze.org
- Garden Organic www.gardenorganic.org.uk formerly known as Henry Doubleday Research Association
- Harrison Owen, on Open Space, Spirit and Peace, his classic books www.openspaceworld.org; www.practiceofpeace.com
- Herbert Girardet, sustainable cities and communities www.bigpicture.tv/speakers/524fbf3d9/tags/sustainable_cities
- Land Value Taxation Campaign, a non-party organisation. Land value tax has a huge contribution to make to sustainable taxation and could fund a citizens' income. This campaign promotes the adoption of land value taxation in the UK and understanding of its economic benefits. The campaign is concerned with informing and, if possible, influencing politicians, academics, journalists and other opinion-formers. www.landvaluetax.org/the-campaign. LandValueScape (www.landvaluescape.org) is a further source of information.
- Margaret Wheatley on the lessons from nature, change, leadership, resistance, courage, diversity, life balance and global issues, articles, books, events and simple processes www.margaretwheatley.com and www.berkana.org
- Marvin Weisbord and Sandra Janoff and Future Search; their classic books are amongst the most valuable I have read www.futuresearch.net
- Monetary Reform, Debt and Interest: debate and initiatives www.prosperityuk.com; www.globaljusticemovement.net and www.JamesRobertson.com/news.htm; Islamic perspective, free of interest and relevance to Sustainability www.islamic-finance.com
- New Economics Foundation www.neweconomics.org independent think-and-do tank that inspires and demonstrates real economic well-being. It aims to improve quality of life by promoting innovative solutions that challenge mainstream thinking on economic, environment and social issues. It works in partnership and puts people and the planet first
- Positive News www.positivenews.org.uk
- RoadPeace www.roadpeace.org champions the rights of road crash victims, works to increase public awareness and campaigns for real road safety to reduce the causes of road crashes
- Robert Greenleaf Servant Leadership Centre www.greenleaf.org/ and in UK www.servantleadership.org.uk
- Schumacher Society www.schumachersociety.org
- Simpol - International Simultaneous Policy Organisation (SP), an international campaign for global justice and sustainability offering voters a new way to use their votes to address global issues like climate change, sustainability, fair trade and monetary reform www.simpol.org and/or www.simpol.org.uk
- Sustainable Development Network, people working for sustainability providing valuable meetings, forums and networking www.amed.org.uk/sigs/sdn
- Sustrans, UK charity working on practical projects to help reduce motor traffic, a national Cycle Network and Safe Routes to School www.sustrans.org.uk
- Transition Towns Wiki www.transitiontowns.org is a resource and inspiration for communities wanting to start grass roots initiatives for responding to the twin challenges of Peak Oil and Climate Change. This site provides a focal point for all of these towns, villages, cities and localities around the world as they implement their own Transition Initiatives. Altogether now, December 2008, there are 114 Transition Towns worldwide and many more towns and communities are in the process of considering or setting themselves up. One of these is Transition Town Berkhamsted, where I live, which started early 2008 and is now flourishing: www.transitionberkhamsted.org.uk
- Unlock Democracy www.unlockdemocracy.org.uk has replaced Charter 88 and The New Politics Network who have joined forces to campaign for continuing constitutional reform, strengthening the power of local communities, and a modern and fair democracy. Through their successful campaign for the Sustainable Communities Act, the power of local democracy and local communities will be strengthened.
- Vandana Shiva www.vshiva.net and Navdanya the Research Foundation she inspired www.navdanya.org
- World Development Movement, respected, influential NGO and reliable source of information on global issues www.wdm.org.uk
- World Future Council www.worldfuturecouncil.org/
- World Watch www.worldwatch.org a leading source of information on environmental, social, and economic issues and how to achieve an environmentally sustainable and socially just society.
Many more resources are given in my books A Better World is Possible, at
the end of the final chapter, as well as Living System: Making Sense of Sustainability, Making a Difference and Global Forces.
