Links
Various links relating to the environment. Friends of the Earth does not endorse external sites, but we've collected these here for your convenience.
General
Ethical Consumer -- Designed to help you find the products which best fit with your own values.
Ethiscore -- designed to help users quickly and easily identify the best products to support and the worst companies to avoid.
Other Friends of the Earth Local Groups
Friends of the Earth -- England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Friends of the Earth -- International.
Friends of the Earth -- Scotland.
South East Essex Friends of the Earth
Harwich Peninsula Friends of the Earth
Retail
A Local Printer Ltd -- Eco friendly printing.
Bye Bye Standby -- Energy saving solution designed to reduce daily energy consumption.
DIY Kyoto -- Makers of the 'Wattson' energy monitor.
Ecos Organic Paint-- Environmentally friendly paints.
Esc Outdoor -- Retailers of solar powered back packs.
Ethical Superstore -- Sell a range of eco-friendly and fair trade products.
Friends of the Earth Shop -- Online bookstore from FoE.
Gooshing -- online shopping portal with ethical ratings.
Green Glass -- Retailers of products made from recycled glass.
The Green Shop -- Products for sustainable living.
JC Fuels -- Local producer of Biodiesel from waste cooking oil.
Natural Collection -- Distribution platform to support sustainable innovation and ideas.
People Tree -- organic and fairly traded fashion.
Energy
We strongly advise that you research companies before making your choice as some may use energy from non renewable sources, including nuclear.
Green Electricity Marketplace -- Comparison site for "green" tariffs.
Good Energy -- Supplier of renewable energy.
Green Energy UK -- Supplier of renewable energy.
Ecotricity -- Supplier of renewable energy.
Micro-Generation
Navitron -- Supply good quality, low-priced renewable energy systems.
Solar Twin -- Solar powered hot water systems.
Wind Trap -- Sell a range of wind turbines and associated products for domestic use, including DIY Wind Turbine Kits.
Windsave -- Manufacturers and retailers of wind turbines.
Jobs
Environment Jobs -- Jobs and volunteering listing in the environmental sector.
Other Campaigns / Organisations
BANNG -- Blackwater Against New Nuclear Group.
Biofuelwatch -- Highlighting the environmental impacts of the global biofuel market.
BRARE -- Campaign group for a sustainable energy policy, both at Bradwell and nationally.
Campaign Against Climate Change -- Climate Change campaign group.
Colchester Freecycle -- Advertise items to give away rather than throw away.
Colchester Quaker Meeting House -- Location of our meetings.
En-Form -- Colchester environmental information centre.
Give or Take -- Don't throw it away - give it away! If you have something you no longer want, someone else will, place it here.
Green and Easy -- Simple steps to greener living.
It's Not Easy Being Green -- Web site to help others live a 21st century lifestyle but to produce little or no waste and to remove our dependence upon fossil fuels.
Low-Impact Living Initiative (LILI) -- Non-profit organization whose mission is to help people reduce their impact on the environment.
The Man in Seat Sixty-One -- Site to help people travel by train.
MillRace IT -- Social company providing computer services to individuals; includes recycling.
RDC -- Computer recycling, secure data destruction and safe disposal (for companies).
Stop Climate Chaos -- Coalition of Non Government Organizations to stop dangerous climate change.
Sustain -- The alliance for better food and farming.
Page updated 10/12/09
