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Tir Penrhos Isaf – excellent permaculture site in Wales, check out their amazing insightful section on bracken and its place in permaculture…
http://www.konsk.co.uk/

The Essence of Permaculture – by David Holmgren
http://www.spacountry.net.au/holmgren/PCprins.html

Permaculture Research Institute
www.permaculture.org.au

Permaculture International
http://www.permacultureinternational.org/index.htm

Low Impact Living Initiative (UK)
http://www.lowimpact.org

Ragman’s Lane Farm (UK)
http://www.ragmans.co.uk

Bendalls Farm (UK)
http://www.bendallsfarm.com

Brighton Permaculture Trust
http://www.brightonpermaculture.co.uk/

Green Building

Green Architects/Organisations

Solearth, Brian O’Brien and Mike Haslam - Dublin
http://www.solearth.com/pages/projcivic.htm

Architype, London
http://www.architype.co.uk

Constructive Individuals
http://www.constructive.mcmail.com/

Gale & Snowden
http://www.ecodesign.co.uk

Feilden Clegg, Bath
http://www.feildenclegg.com

Association for Environment Conscious Building:
http://www.aecb.net/

The Ecological Building Network - lots of very useful material on ecological building http://www.ecobuildnetwork.org/

OIKOS
http://www.oikos.com/

Environmental Building News (USA)
http://www.ebuild.com/index.html

Green Design

Christopher Alexander’s Pattern Language website
http://www.patternlanguage.com/

Sustainability Works
http://www.sustainabilityworks.org.uk/index.php?plugin=yes

Centre for Sustainable Design
http://www.cfsd.org.uk

EcoDesign Checklists
http://www.cfsd.org.uk/nepd/etmuel/checklist.htm

O2 Global Network for EcoDesign
http://www.hrc.wmin.ac.uk/o2

Rocky Mountain Institute
http://www.rmi.org/

Natural Building

The Hollies Centre for Practical Sustainability
http://www.theholliesonline.com

That Roundhouse - Tony Wrenchs roundhouse in Wales
http://website.lineone.net/~tonywrench/03.htm

The Alternative Building Company - a pioneering building company in the UK
http://www.altbuilding.co.uk/

Strawbale Building

The Hollies Centre for Practical Sustainability
http://www.theholliesonline.com

Irish Natural Building Website
http://homepage.tinet.ie/~greenbuild/

Barbara Jones/Amazon Nails
http://www.strawbalefutures.org.uk/

Straw Bale Building Association (for Wales, Ireland, Scotland and England)
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~straw/index.html

The Last Straw Journal.
http://www.strawhomes.com/

Chug’s World of Strawbale Building (UK)
http://www.strawbale-building.co.uk/
http://www.ahouseofstraw.com/

Surfin’ Strawbale – the mother of all strawbale sites – if it ain’t on here, it ain’t out there…
http://www.mha-net.org/html/igor.htm

The Development Center for Appropriate Technology (DCAT)
http://www.dcat.net/

An American directory of builders, consultants, architects, and experts.
http://www.greenbuilder.com/

A report on straw bale homes by the U.S. Department of Energy.
http://www.eren.doe.gov/buildings/documents/strawbale.html.

An extensive list of links to straw bale Web sites (including sites with information on building codes).
http://moxvox.com/resources.html.

The Canelo Project
http://www.caneloproject.com/

A discussion group on strawbale construction
http://www.crest.org/

Natural/Alternative Building Photo Gallery
http://www.potkettleblack.com/natbild/

A Composting Greenhouse with Straw Bale Foundation
http://www.rdrop.com/users/krishna/greenhse.htm

GreenHomeBuilding.com
http://www.greenhomebuilding.com/

Strawbale Central - lots of information about natural building, especially straw bale.
http://www.strawbalecentral.com/

The Last Straw magazine, who had our Mallow strawbale house on the cover one time!.
http://www.strawhomes.com/

A site about strawbale construction at a Navajo Indian Reservation -
Another interesting strawbale site

extensive site devoted to straw bale projects in Europe and India.
http://www.la-maison-en-paille.com

Cob Links

The Hollies Centre for Practical Sustainability
http://www.theholliesonline.com

Groundworks (Becky Bee’s company)
http://www.cpros.com/~sequoia/

Cob Cottage Company
http://vogon.deatech.com/cobcottage/

Mayglass 2000 – a project renovating an old cob house in Co. Wexford
http://www.mayglass-2000.ie/Innerlater/inproj.html

I Love Cob! One man’s experience of building stuff out of cob …
http://www.aracnet.com/~portal/blaha/333/cob/.html

The Cob Cottage Company – where it all (re)started…
http://www.deatech.com/cobcottage/

Groundworks (Becky Bee, author of Cob Builder’s Handbook)
http://www.cpros.com/~sequoia/

Cobworks
http://www.cobworks.com/

CobCastle (some people have the most amazing imaginations!)
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/7148/

Pictures of Patricks cob cottage on Mayne Island (very tasty)
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/7148/pat_cob.html

The Down to Earth Building Bee home page - building solutions for sustainable communities.
http://www.alternatives.com/cob-building/

The Cob Construction Company (UK)
http://www.crofter.com/wotsit/market_place/cobadvert.html

Simple and Sustainable Living
http://www.innerexplorations.com/simpletext/simple.htm

mmm, another lovely cob house, at somewhere called Gypsy Farm…
http://gnat3.gnat.net/~goshawk/summer2002/index.html

Cordwood Building

Earthwood Building School
http://www.cordwoodmasonry.com/index.php

All Things Cordwood
http://www.daycreek.com/dc/HTML/allthingscordwood.htm

Hemp/Lime Construction

Isochanvre -fascinating French website (in English!)
http://www.isochanvre.com/

Rethinking Construction
http://www.rethinkingconstruction.org/

Suffolk Housing
http://www.suffolkhousing.org/pages/press2e.html

Timber Frame Construction

Walter Segal Trust – low cost timber frame system often used in social housing projects
http://www.segalselfbuild.co.uk/

UK Timber Frame Association
http://www.inet-websites.com/tfa/

Timber Frame Company Ltd
http://www.thetimberframe.co.uk

Wood For Good
http://www.woodforgood.com/living/tframe/

Earthships

Earthships Biotecture – thoroughly comprehensive, an excellent site with great articles and information…
http://www.earthship.org/

Earthships
http://www.slip.net/~ckent/earthship/

Low Carbon Network – Earthship Brighton
http://www.lowcarbon.co.uk/

Sustainable Communities Initiatives – an Earthship in Scotland
http://www.sci-scotland.org.uk/

Green Building Materials

The Traditional Lime Company (Co. Carlow)
http://www.traditionallime.com

Natural Building Technologies (UK)
http://www.natural-building.co.uk

The Healthy Buildings Consultancy
http://www.healthbuild.ie (under construction)

Construction Resources (UK)
http://www.ecoconstruct.com

Sheep Wool Insulation Ltd
http://www.sheepwoolinsulation.ie

Green Building Store – safe sustainable homes
http://www.greenbuildingstore.co.uk

The Green Building Website - Prof. Tom Woolley’s website in Belfast
http://www.qub.ac.uk/arc/research/GreenBuilding/index.htm

Building Resources – In San Francisco, a community owned building materials salvage centre. Can we have one here please?
http://www.buildingresources.org/

Stone Building

Pat McAfee’s website
http://homepage.tinet.ie/~mcafee/

Setting Up Ecological Housing Projects

Sustainable Communities Ireland
http://www.farmvillage.org/

The Village
http://www.thevillage.ie

National Association of Building Co-operatives (NABCO)
http://www.nabco.ie

Threshold
http://www.threshold.ie

Rural Resettlement Ireland
http://www.clarelibrary.ie/

The Living Village Trust (UK)
http://www.livingvillage.com

UK Cohousing Network
http://www.cohousing.co.uk

Sustainable Communities Network Scotland (SCNS)
http://www.scns.org.uk

Global Eco-Village Network (GEN) Europe
http://www.gaia.org/thegen/geneurope

Hockerton Housing Project
http://www.hockerton.demon.co.uk

Earthaven EcoVillage (very exciting US permaculture ecovillage project)
http://www.earthaven.org

Eco-Village Network UK (EVNUK)
http://www.ecovillages.org/uk/networks

Community Self Build Scotland
http://www.cableinet.co.uk/users/csbs

Urban Villages Forum
http://urban-villages-forum.org.uk

SUN (Sustainable Urban Neighbourhood) Initiative
http://www.urbed.co.uk

Handmade Stoves and Breadovens

Masonry Stove Builders – this is the best masonry stoves site I have yet to find…packed with stuff…
http://mha-net.org/msb/html/bakeoven.htm

Greg’s Earth Oven – a superb step-by-step guide based on Greg’s own oven – wonderful…all inspired by Kiko Denzer’s ‘Build Your Own Earth Oven’ book.
http://www.geocities.com/mosesrocket/

Ovencrafters – the wood fired brick oven builders
http://qa.i2net.com/ovencrafters/

Brian’s Brick Oven Project
http://www.quarterbyte.com/brian/brickoven.html

I Love Cob! One man’s experience of building stuff out of cob, an oven included…
http://www.aracnet.com/~portal/blaha/333/cob/coboven.html

The Village Bakery in Cumbria – yum yum
http://www.viIllage-bakery.com/

The Ceramic Stove Company (UK)
http://www.ceramicstove.com

Simple and Sustainable Living – their step by step bread oven building experience
http://www.innerexplorations.com/simpletext/oven.htm

Pattern Understanding

Biomimicry
http://www.biomimicry.org/intro.html

The Pattern Language of Sustainability – the dissertation of Joanne Tippett
http://www.holocene.net/dissertation.htm

Crop Circle Connector
http://www.cropcircleconnector.com

Fritjof Capra’s website
http://www.fritjofcapra.net/

Organic Gardening

The Organic Centre, Rossinver, Co. Leitrim
http://www.theorganiccentre.ie/

An tIonad Glas – Organic College, Drumcollogher, Co. Limerick
http://www.organiccollege.com/

Plan Organic – a great Irish organic resource
http://www.planorganic.com/

Irish Seed Savers Association
http://www.irishseedsavers.ie/

Journey to Forever – a wonderful site full of interesting ideas
http://www.journeytoforever.org/

Henry Doubleday Research Association (UK)
http://www.hdra.org.uk/

Organic Gardening Magazine (UK)
http://www.organicgardening.com/

Organic UK – a good organic growing site
http://www.organicgarden.org.uk/

Good Gardeners Association (UK)
http://www.goodgardeners.org.uk/

Biodynamics

Biodynamic Gardening and Farming Association (US)
http://www.biodynamics.com/

Rudolf Steiner Archive
http://www.elib.com/Steiner/

Demeter – the biodynamic certification organisation
http://www.demeter.net/

Integrating Fruit into the Garden

Penn State Agricultural Services Small Scale Fruit Production – has a great slide show on how to prune an orchard. Not organic though.
http://ssfruit.cas.psu.edu/default.htm

Growing in Small Spaces

Square Foot Gardening
http://www.squarefootgardening.com/

Square Foot Gardening in North Little Rock, Arkensas
http://www.aristotle.net/~shicks/sqft/index.html

Journey to Forever
http://www.journeytoforever.org/

Bagelhole.org – the centre for information about low-tech sustainability for individuals and communities
http://www.bagelhole.org/article.php/Food/309/

Growing Oriental Vegetables in Florida
http://www.orientmag.com/food1.htm

Involving the Kids

Journey to Forever
http://journeytoforever.org/garden.html

Gardening with Schoolkids
http://www.4children.org/news/798bugs.htm

Emily Compost.com
http://www.emilycompost.com/kid_main_page.htm

The Edible Schoolyard
http://www.edibleschoolyard.org/

BBC Gardening with Children
http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/children/

Garden Toad’s Kids Gardening Tutorial
http://www.gardentoad.com/kidsgardtutorial.html

Herbs and Flowers

The Herbalist – loads of information on all different herbs and their uses, really well set out…
http://www.info-galaxy.com/Herbs/

Growing Herbs in the Home Garden – from the Centre for Agriculture, Natural Resources and Community Development, West Virginia University
http://www.wvu.edu/~agexten/hortcult/herbs/ne208hrb.htm

Garden Guides – a useful section on herbs and their uses
http://www.gardenguides.com/forms/herbs.htm

Seed Saving and Propagation

Irish Seed Savers Association
http://www.irishseedsavers.ie/

Seedsaving and Seedsavers Resources
http://homepage.tinet.ie/~merlyn/seedsaving.html

International Seed Saving Institute
http://www.seedsave.org/

Sow Organic Seed
http://www.organicseed.com/why_heirlooms/

Path to Freedom
http://www.pathtofreedom.com/

Growing Organic Mushrooms

Fruiting Bodies – mushroom-based tinctures, teas and powders
http://www.fruiting-bodies.co.uk

Jac by the Stowl – the Humungus Fungus Project
http://www.jac-by-the-stowl.co.uk

Ragman’s Lane Farm (UK)
http://www.ragmans.co.uk

Gourmet Mushrooms and Mushroom Products (US)
http://www.gmushrooms.com/

Fungi Perfecti (US) – check this out, amazing!
http://www.fungi.com/

Golden Gourmet Mushrooms (US)
http://www.goldengourmetmushrooms.com/

Tom Volks Fungi
http://www.wisc.edu/botany/fungi/volkmyco.html

Angel Valley Farm –certified organic shiitake mushroom growers (UK)
http://www.angelvalleyfarm.com/gprocess.html

Keeping Animals

Cindy Engels’ site on animals and how they heal themselves, fascinating stuff…
http://www.animalselfmedication.com

Bee keeping websites from around the world
http://www.beehoo.com/

Federation of Irish Beekeeping Associations
http://www.irishbeekeeping.ie

The Galtee Bee Breeding Group
http://homepage.eircom.net/~eduard/

Lagore Apiary, Co. Meath
http://www.iol.ie/~msclancy/

SBC Fishace
http://www.fishace.demon.co.uk/

Companion Planting

Winnipeg Bugline
http://www.winnipeg-bugline.com/comp_pl.html

Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas
http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/complant.html

OrganicGardening.com
http://www.organicgardening.com/library/companion_planting.html

My Veggie Garden – how’s this for a gardening obsessive?
http://myveggiegarden.freeservers.com/companion_planting.htm

as relates especially to herbs…
http://www.info-galaxy.com/

Sources of Unusual Plants and Organic Supplies

Future Forests, probably the best tree nursery in the country (Co. Cork)
http://www.futureforests.net

The Organic Centre, Rossinver, Co. Leitrim
http://www.theorganiccentre.ie/

Fruit Hill Farm, Co. Cork
http://www.fruithillfarm.com/contact.shtml

Peppermint Farm and Garden, Co.Cork
http://www.peppermintfarm.com/

The Herb Garden, Co.Dublin
http://www.theherbgarden.ie/homepage.htm

Irish Seed Savers Association
http://www.irishseedsavers.ie/

Agroforestry Research Trust
http://www.agroforestry.co.uk

Cool Temperate – plants and services for a sustainable world
http://www.cooltemperate.co.uk/

Future Foods - seeds and tubers of many trees, shrubs, vegetables and herbs, many hard to find elsewhere. Also sell mushroom spawns. I challenge you to read their incredible catalogue and not buy anything!
http://www.futurefoods.com/contents.html

Plants For A Future - Resource and information centre for edible and otherwise useful plants
http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/

Suffolk Herbs, the most comprehensive stockist of organic seed varities in Europe!
http://www.suffolkherbs.com/

Agroforestry Research Trust
http://www.agroforestry.co.uk

VidaVerde Seed Collection
http://www.vidaverde.co.uk

Plants and Herbal Medicine

Hygeia Foundation Inc
http://www.hygeia.org/

Herbal Medicine and Spirit Healing the Wise Woman Way
http://www.susunweed.com/

Herbs, Hands, Healing Ltd
http://www.herbshandshealing.co.uk/

Herbs at Home Magazine
http://www.herbsathomemagazine.com/

Botanical.com
http://www.botanical.com/

Herbal Gardens
http://www.herbalgardens.com/

Medicinal Herbs Online
http://www.egregore.com/

Online Herbal Encyclopedia
http://www.naturalark.com/

HerbMed
http://www.herbmed.org/

The Urban Herb Website
http://www.clik.to/urbanherb

Henriette s Herbal Homepage
http://www.ibiblio.org/herbmed/index.html

Alternative Nature Online Herbal
http://www.altnature.com/index.html

Trees, Woodlands and Agroforestry

Lisnavagh Timber Project, Co. Carlow
http://www.lisnavagh.com/timber/background.html

The Institute for Sustainable Forestry
http://www.isf-sw.org/

Crann
http://www.crann.ie/

Forest Stewardship Council
http://www.fscoax.org/

Native Woodland Trust of Ireland
http://www.nativewoodtrust.ie/

Networks For Nature
http://www.iwt.ie/networksfornature/indexnnf.htm

Woodlands of Ireland
http://www.woodlandsofireland.com

National Council for Forest Research and Development
http://www.coford.ie/coford.html

Forest Friends Ireland – Cairde na Coille
http://cairdenacoille.org

Future Forests, probably the best tree nursery in the country (Co. Cork)
http://www.futureforests.net

Reforesting Scotland
http://www.reforestingscotland.org/

Badgersett Farm – interesting permaculture woodland farm in the US
http://www.badgersett.com

Agroforestry Research Trust
http://www.agroforestry.co.uk

Ashridge Trees - Hedging, Rose Bush and Fruit Tree Nursery
Ashridge Trees: Hedging, Rose Bush and Fruit Tree Nursery

Nutwood Nurseries, Cornwall. (UK) - nut tree specialists, many unusual trees.
http://home.btclick.com/farcourt/nutwoods.htm

Northern Nut Growers Association, Inc.
http://www.icserv.com/nnga/

Association for Temperate Agroforestry
http://www.missouri.edu/~afta/

Forest, Farm, and Community Tree Network
http://www.winrock.org/forestry/factnet.htm

Keepers Nursery - a leading specialist fruit tree nursery in the UK.
http://www.keepers-nursery.co.uk/

Special Forest Products Website
http://www.specialforestproducts.com

Festivals and Celebrations

All Species Project
http://www.allspecies.org/celeb/

Song
http://www.yewgrove.demon.co.uk/

EarthWisdom Teachings
http://earthwisdomteachings.org/

Hemp

Global Hemp
http://globalhemp.com/News/2001/March/

Historical Uses of Hemp in Ireland
http://www.shee-eire.com/

Hemp.net (US)
http://www.hemp.net/

Hemp Nation (US)
http://www.hempnation.com/

North American Industrial Hemp Council Inc.
http://naihc.org/

Hemp.com, “hemps number one home on the Internet”
http://www.hemp.com/

HempTech (US)
http://www.hemptech.com/

Industrial Hemp (US)
http://www.industrialhemp.net/

Article “Hemp production and uses in Ireland”
http://www.druglibrary.org/olsen/hemp/iha/jiha5114.html

Farming and Community Supported Agriculture

Organic Growers Region by Region in Ireland
http://www.tapin.co.uk/organic_growers_Ireland.htm

Teagasc – a report on organics in Ireland
http://www.teagasc.ie/publications/

Irish Organic Farmers’ and Growers’ Association (IOFGA)
http://www.irishorganic.ie/;

Irish Organic Trust
http://IRELAND.IOL.ie/~organic/trust.html;

Growing Awareness in Skibbereen
http://www.westcorkweb.ie/growing/

An article about organics in Ireland
http://www.organic-europe.net/country_reports/ireland/default.asp

Compassion in World Farming
http://www.ciwf.ie/.

Organic Monitor
http://www.organicmonitor.com/

Organic Matters Magazine (UK)
http://www.organicmattersmag.com/

Soil Association (UK)
http://www.soilassociation.org

Sustain – the Alliance for Better Food and Farming (UK)
http://www.sustainweb.org/index.asp

Food

For a complete listing of where to buy organic food throughout Ireland visit;
http://www.planorganic.com/where%20to%20buy.htm

To find out where the local Farmers Markets are in your area check out
http://www.farmersmarkets.net/ or http://www.farmers-markets.org/

Café Paradiso Restaurant, Cork (yum)
http://www.cafeparadiso.ie/

Fairtrade Mark Ireland
http://www.fair-mark.org

Slow Food
http://www.slowfood.com/

Ballymaloe Cookery School
http://www.ballymaloe-cookery-school.ie/

Lettercollum House
http://www.lettercollum.ie/

Here’s an excellent example of a mixed organic farm with excellent marketing (UK)
http://www.helenbrowningorganics.co.uk/

Positive Health - search for article on The Benefits of Organic Food.
www.positivehealth.com

Crafts and Cottage Industries

Enchanted Learning.com’s Crafts for Kids
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/

Family Crafts.com
http://familycrafts.about.com/

HandsOn Crafts for Kids
http://www.craftsforkids.com/

All Crafts
http://www.allcrafts.net/

Hobbies and Games
http://home.about.com/hobbies/

BasketMakers Association (UK)
http://www.basketmakers.net/

Renewable Energy

Solaris Solar Energy Systems, Co. Cork
http://www.solaris-energy.com/

Sustainable Energy Ireland/Renewable Energy Information Office:
http://www.sei.ie/

EcoPlus (Co.Kerry)
http://www.ecoplusonline.com

Cork City Energy Agency
http://www.corknrg.com/

The Centre for Alternative Technology
http://www.cat.org.uk/

Eirbyte – renewable energy systems
http://www.eirbyte.com/

Airtricity
http://www.airtricity.net/

Irish Wind Energy Assocation (IWEA)
http://www.iwea.com

International Geothermal Association
http://iga.igg.cnr.it/ireland.php

Dunstar Ltd – geothermal heat pumps, Co. Cork
http://www.solterra.ie

Biodiesel – Joshua Tickell’s Biodiesel Report
http://www.VeggieVan.org

British Wind Energy Association (BWEA)
http://www.bwea.com

British Photovoltaic Association
http://www.pv-uk.org.uk/

Solar Clubs Project – a great scheme from the UK
http://www.cse.org.uk/

SolarTwin
http://www.solartwin.com/

Nottingham Trent University – downloadable articles on micro and pico hydro Power
http://www.eee.ntu.ac.uk/research/microhydro/

European Wind Energy Association
http://www.ewea.org/

Viktor Schauberger

Centre for Implosion Research (UK)
http://www.implosionresearch.co/uk

Copper Garden Tools – based on Schauberger’s research
http://www.implementations.co.uk

Pythagoras Kepler System
http://members.aon.at/pks.or.at/index2_engl.html

Schauberger .co.uk
http://www.sulis-health.co.uk/vs/links.shtml

Institute of Ecological Technology (Sweden)
http://www.iet-community.org/

Vortex Water Systems (US)
http://www.texashillcountrymall.com/vortex/

Clean Water (Denmark)
http://www.clean-water.dk/

Encyclopedia of Free Energy
http://geoffegel.tripod.com/turbine.htm

Vortex World
http://home5.swipnet.se/~w-58759/

Water

Rainwater Harvesting Ltd
http://www.rainwaterharvesting.co.uk

SBC Fishace
http://www.fishace.demon.co.uk/

Freshwater Solutions – sustainable freshwater aquaculture systems
http://www.ecological-aquaculture.com

Living Water Charitable Trust
http://www.livingwater.org.uk/lwct/pages/about.htm

Ebb and Flow Consultancy for pond and wetland systems and flowforms
e-mail info@ebbandflow.freeserve.co.uk

Composting Links

Irish Peatland Conservation Council
http://www.ipcc.ie/

Irish Composting Association CRE (in foundation)

The Community Composting Network in the UK
http://www.othas.org.uk/ccn/

The Compost Resource Page
http://www.oldgrowth.org/compost/

The Master Composter Site – a wealth of stuff here…
http://www.mastercomposter.com/

Environmental Protection Agency -
http://www.epa.ie/

Journey to Forever has an amazing resource of stuff; their composting section is great.
http://www.journeytoforever.org/compost.html

Composting Toilets

Composting Toilet World (yes, this is a real website, and a good one too… http://www.compostingtoilet.org/international/ireland.html

Humanure Headquarters (Joseph Jenkins website, excellent…)
http://www.jenkinspublishing.com/humanure.html

BioLet Composting Toilets
http://www.biolet.com/

Oikos – green building source
http://oikos.com/library/compostingtoilet/

NatureLoo Composting Toilet
http://www.nature-loo.com.au/

A Step-by-step guide to setting up a humanure toilet
http://www.rdrop.com/users/krishna/sawdust.htm

Clivus Multrum Waterless Composting Toilet System
http://www.clivusmultrum.com.au/

Separett Waterless Toilets
http://www.separett.com/

BioLet Composting Toilets
http://www.cetsolar.com/biolet.htm

Reedbeds and Sewage

The Ark Nursery, Clones, Co. Monaghan
http://ecoflo.ie/

Feidhlim Harty Wetland Systems
http://www.ballymaloe.com/fhwetlands/

Herr Ltd., Reed Beds Ireland
http://www.reedbedsirl.com/

Reedbed Construction Guidelines For Environmental Improvement Applications Experience from the Somerset Levels and Moors, UK and the Parc des Marais du Cotentin et du Bessin, France
http://www.somerset.gov.uk/levels/LIFE/RGTitles.htm

Constructed Wetlands
http://csf.colorado.edu/archive/1999/permaculture/msg01473.html

Using plants other than reeds…
http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/celtica/enviro.htm

Living Machines
http://www.livingmachines.com

Maine Lagoon Systems
http://www.lagoonsonline.com/reedbeds.htm

Urban Sustainability

City Farmer – the original and still the best – a wealth of information on all aspects of urban agriculture
http://www.cityfarmer.org/

Chicago Permaculture Group
http://www.deatech.com/globalance/chicagourbanpermaculturesite.htm

Four Frogs Permaculture Design - Sustainable Solutions for your balcony, backyard and neighbourhood.
http://www.urbanpermaculture.net/

Urban Permaculture In Havana: Implications For Sustainable Cities Of The South And North
http://www.rosneath.com.au/ipc6/ch06/wright/

Sustain – the Alliance for Better Food and Farming – an excellent section on UK urban agriculture
http://www.sustainweb.org/urban_index.asp

Cities Feeding People (International Development Research Centre)
http://www.idrc.ca/cfp

Resources on Urban Agriculture and Forestry (RUAF)
http://www.ruaf.org

EU Sustainable Towns and Cities Campaign
http://www.sustainable-cities.org

Local Sustainability- the European good practice information service
http://cities21.com/europractice/

Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens
http://www.farmgarden.org.uk

Foundation for Local Food Iniatives
http://www.localfood.org.uk

Green Roofs for Healthy Cities (Canada)
http://www.peck.ca

Rooftop Garden Resource Group (Canada)
http://www.interlog.com/~rooftop/

Urban Gardening in Haiti
http://www.idrc.ca/reports/read_article_english.cfm?article_num=414

Transport and Travel

Organic Holidays in Ireland
http://www.aboutorganics.co.uk/

Sustrans (UK)
http://www.sustrans.org.uk

Earthwatch (opportunities for volunteers abroad)
http://www.earthwatch.org

International Voluntary Service
http://www.ivsgbn.demon.co.uk

The Idealist (other volunteering opportunities around the world)
http://www.idealist.org

Vacationwork.org
http://www.vacationwork.org.uk

Green Business

The Next Step

Economics

FEASTA
http://www.feasta.org/

The LETSystem Design Manual
http://www.gmlets.u-net.com/design/home.html

Ethical Financial, Ireland.
Email: ethicalfinancial@broker.assurelink.ie

Triodos Bank (now operating in Ireland!)
http://www.triodos.co.uk

Ecology Building Society
http://www.ecology.co.uk

Green Money guide
http://www.greenmoney.com/

BioRegional Development Group (UK)
http://www.bioregional.com

New Economics Foundation
http://www.neweconomics.org/

Natural Logic - embedding the laws of nature at the heart of enterprise
http://www.natlogic.com/

Environmental Business Network
http://www.shef.ac.uk/~ebn/

Naturesave Home Insurance (UK, unfortunately…)
http://www.naturesave.co.uk

Adbusters
http://www.adbusters.com

Downshifting

Ceifin International Institute for Value-Led Change, Co. Clare
http://www.ceifin.com

Family Friendly Work Practices
http://www.familyfriendly.ie

Financial Associates
http://www.fiassociates.org

New Road Map Foundation
http://www.newroadmap.org

Simple Living Newsletter
http://www.simpleliving.net/newsletter

Balancing Your Life
http://www.geocities.com/balancingyourlife

Health and Healing

Drgascoigne.com – Chinese medicine and acupuncture
http://www.drgascoigne.com/

Homoeopathy World – excellent site, has a free homoeopathy course…
http://www.homoeopathyworld.com

Creative Education

Learning Through Landscapes - Learning through Landscapes is the national charity dedicated to helping schools improve their grounds for the benefit of children
http://www.ltl.org.uk/

Eco-learning website
http://www.eco-learning.com

Environment Education Link - an excellent resource in the US -
http://nceet.snre.umich.edu/

Gigglemoose – exploring and preserving nature with children, parents, and teachers. Includes related merchandise for home and school.
http://www.gigglemoose.com/

Second Nature, education for sustainability
http://www.secondnature.org/home.html

South Central IowaSolid Waste Agency has a brilliant section on making Christmas decorations from recycled stuff. very good
http://www.sciswa.org/crafts.html

..or even how to do your tree as well with recycled stuff…
http://www.dep.state.pa.us/

Use Less Stuff.com, has a complete Christmas checklist for a greener Christmas…
http://www.use-less-stuff.com/ULSDAY/42ways.html

Co-operative Games

The FreeCHild Project
http://freechild.org/Firestarter/games.article.htm

American Community School, Jordan.
http://www.acsamman.edu.jo/~misc/teacher/fullerton/pe.html

Home Again
http://www.home-again.com/pages/coopgames.html

Learning for Life – a very useful pdf. file
http://www.learning-for-life.org/exploring/resources/99-720/x08.pdf

Cooperative Games, Trust Games and Initiative Activities
http://www.cwu.edu/~jefferis/unitplans/cooperativegames/

Conflict Resolution

Amy and Arny Mindell
http://www.aamindell.net/main.htm

A great list of conflict resolution links can be found at
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/8945/links.html

Archie Zariski s Conflict and Dispute Resolution Links
http://law.murdoch.edu.au/academics/zariski/bookmark/adrbook.htm

Institute of Conflict Resolution
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/depts/icr/links.html

Schools Violence Resource Centre – an excellent list of links relating to conflict resolution in schools
http://www.svrc.net/ConflictResolution.asp

Peace and Conflict Resolution Resources
http://www.ceip.org/files/news/library/peace.htm

“A Conflict Resolution Page”
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/8945/

Conflict Resolution Links
http://www.be-progressive.us/resolution-linx.html

Recycling

Wild Ireland Magazine have an excellent map of the country where you can click on your county and see all the recycling facilities in your area
http://www.wildireland.ie/recycle/

Enable Ireland – where can you recycle your clothes?
http://www.wildireland.ie/recycle/

A great list of links on recycling can be found at Patricia McKenna MEP’s website,
http://www.pmckenna.com/resource/recycling.html

Tips of All Sorts – an excellent resource of interesting recycling ideas
http://www.tipsofallsorts.com/recycle.html

See how they do it on Merseyside --
http://www.clean-merseyside.com/

-- or in Devon.
http://www.dcrn.org.uk/

or, one of the best ones, in South Central Iowa
http://www.sciswa.org/

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