United Kingdom

Alternative Technology
Website: http://www.geocities.com/allenderd/
This is the home page of David Allender, who has recorded his experiences with alternative technology. The farmhouse he chose was described as being in glorious isolation -- meaning that it was two miles from the nearest road and without mains services of any kind. In 1991, the cost of providing mains electricity was estimated at £35,000 and the provision of a telephone £25,000; thus, he did not bother with either! The site not only contains a wealth of information for anyone in similar circumstances, but also links to other sites where help can be found.
Contact: david@offthegrid.co.uk

Badger Watch
Website: http://www.ruralimages.freeserve.co.uk/Badger%20Watch.htm
The Badger Watch at Bosence Meadow was organised by David and Sarah Chapman, who offer more than just watching a badger. They also give a complete tour of the smallholding allowing the chance to see lizards, adders, slow worms, Cetti's warblers, young birds on their nests, wildflowers, butterflies, and pond life. You will also see their pigs and sheep, along with anything else they might have! You will also learn about the things you see and have the opportunity to take part in activities. There is an admission fee, and tours are organised from May to September, typically starting around 5:00 pm (a little earlier in September) with the badger watch ending around 10:30 pm. Group sizes are small, but arrangements can often be adapted to suit your requirements.
Contact: 41 Bosence Road, Townshend, Nr Hayle, Cornwall TR27 6AL (01736-850287) or email: David@ruralimages.freeserve.co.uk

Bill Baber Knitwear
Website: http://www.billbaber.com/
Bill and Helen Baber have been designing and making sweaters since 1977. Although the business is called Bill Baber, Helen is the principal fashion designer and Bill does the more technical side. In Edinburgh, that is the name of their store, which is both a salesroom and workshop. From there, they design, manufacture, dispatch, sell, and take orders. In the studios behind the shop are the knitting and linking equipment, the stock of linen, merino, silk, and cotton the design studio and work areas for fabric grading, finishing, and linking. In other words, they have everything a design and production outfit needs to keep turning out new work.
Contact: 66 Grassmarket, Edinburgh, EH1 2JR (0131-225-3249) or email: billbaber@msn.com

Black Country Metals
Website: http://www.bcmetals.com/
This company was formed in 1986 to trade internationally in ferrous and non-ferrous recyclable (scrap) metals. It has been approved to ISO 9002 by Bureau Veritas Quality International Limited since February 1991.
Contact: 1 Bagley Street, Lye, Stourbridge, West Midlands, UK (+44-0-1384-893893) or email: trade@bcmetals.com

Car Plus
Website: http://www.carclubs.org.uk/
This UK car club network promotes a better use of the car. A not-for-profit organisation, it works with communities, local authorities, and partner associations to promote and support the development of car clubs. Formerly called the Community Car Share Network, the organisation changed its name to in 2001 to help avoid previous confusion with ride sharing and community transport. Carplus has now been awarded charitable status, and has divided into two organisations: Carplus Trust (the charitable arm that deals with all development and information work) and Carplus UK (the trading arm responsible for the leasing and insurance schemes).
Contact: The Studio, 32 The Calls, Leeds LS2 7EW (0113-234-9299) or email: info@carclubs.org.uk

Cartridges for Charity
Website: http://www.cartridges4charity.co.uk/
This company recycles printer cartridges and mobile phones in an effort to raise funds for three charity partners. It costs nothing more than a few moments of your time to donate your used printer consumables or mobile phones to them. Whether you have one cartridge or phone to donate, or you are a company with hundreds of printers and employees, it can help dispose of your waste in a more environmentally-friendly way while helping others.
Contact: Bachilton, Crieff PH7 4DZ (0870-991-4070) or email: cartridges4charity.co.uk

Casa Alpaca
Website: http://www.casa-alpaca.co.uk/
The firm sells a wide variety of clothes, ranging from scarves and shawls in silky baby alpaca through to classic designs of coats for ladies and gentlemen, as well as ladies suits and dresses, jackets, capes, and a huge selection of alpaca knitwear. Casa Alpaca is located on Pulteney Bridge in Bath, one of only three bridges in Europe on which there are shops -- the others being Ponte Vecchio in Florence and the Rialto in Venice.
Contact: 3 Pulteney Bridge, Bath, Somerset BA2 4AX United Kingdom (+44-0-1225-335-479) or email: info@alpacacompany.co.uk

Ceres Natural and Organic Foods
Website: http://www.ceresfoods.co.uk/acatalog/start.asp
The store is in Yeovil, Somerset, and has been trading since 1977. It is lacto-vegetarian and does not sell meat or fish products but does supply foods from vegan through to those containing eggs, honey, and dairy products. All foods are organic, gluten free, dairy free, sugar free, ethnic, local produce, and designed for special diet needs. Non-food items include supplements, herbals, homeopathics, aromatherapy, magnatherapy, flower remedies, ecological cleaning products, and books (self-help, cookery, natural medicine, diet, fitness, and more). Orders are filled immediately and sent out the same day.
Contact: info@ceresfoods.co.uk

Children's Scrapstore
Website: http://www.childrensscrapstore.co.uk/
This is a voluntary organisation whose aim is to take clean and safe waste products from industries and create a resource for children's art and play activities. There are many stores and resource centres listed where such items can be purchased.
Contact: O'Shed, Welsh Back, Bristol, BS1 4SL (+44-0-117-925-2229) or email: enquiries@childrensscrapstore.co.uk

Chiltern Seeds
Website: http://www.edirectory.co.uk/chilternseeds//pages/banner.asp?companyid=211
For 29 years, this seed company has been offering fresh seeds of about 5,000 species and varieties. Many are rare and unusual and unavailable elsewhere. Its range includes hardy ornamental plants, cut-flowers, grasses and ferns, annuals, wild flowers, old-fashioned sweet peas, trees, shrubs, cacti, succulents, houseplants, exotics and tropicals, vegetables (including organic and oriental), culinary herbs, mixtures, and many more.
Contact: (+44-0-1229-581137) or email: info@chilternseeds.co.uk

Christian Scot of Scotland
Website: http://www.christianscott.com/catalog/default.php?cPath=24_34
This company was founded by the daughter of one of Scotland`s most respected textile manufacturers and is one of Scotland premium cashmere brands. For over 15 years, it has provided quality cashmere and wool-related sweaters and accessories which can now be purchased on the internet.
Contact: Inverugie, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland AB42 3DH (+44-0-1779-838521) or email: info@christianscott.com

Consortium for Automotive REcycling (CARE)
Website: http://www.caregroup.org.uk/
This is a collaborative project involving the main UK motor vehicle manufacturers/importers and vehicle dismantlers. Its objective is to research and technically to prove materials re-use and recycling processes with a view to reducing the amount of scrapped vehicle waste going to landfill.
Contact: email form is provided

Cutting Your Car Use
Website: http://www.semlyen.net/transport/
As an economist and teacher, Anna Semlyen specialises in traffic reduction education and cost-effective solutions. Focusing on savings to the firm or individual, her pocket-size book on changing travel habits is Britain's first personal traffic reduction guide. It is packed with constructive, easy to follow, and best practice advice.
Contact: 24 Grange St, York, Y010 4BH (01904-654355) or email: info@cuttingyourcaruse.co.uk

Earth Friendly Supplies
Website: http://www.earthfriendly.co.uk/system/index.html
Intended for people in the United Kingdom, this site offers supplies and information on such topics as organic gardening and suppliers of organically grown foods, alternative low energy technologies, alternative medicines and therapies, and ways to become more spiritually in tune with your environment.
Contact: "Whingarth", Huby, Nr Leeds LS17 0EN United Kingdom (01423-734849) or email: sales@earthfriendly.co.uk

Eco-Lots
Website: http://www.ecolots.co.uk/1024/index.htm
This is a free service designed to help the rural economy by assisting with the environmentally sensitive and sustainable management of land, trees, and wildlife within the UK. This online advertising medium is for sales, wants, and events covering a wide range of rural products and services. Two recent categories -- Food and Woodfuel -- reflect the growing interest in these areas. There is no subscription fee, no commission fee, and no advertising charge. Eco-Lots is the result of merging two previous initiatives -- WoodLots and Eco-Ads; each of which produced a small magazine every two months containing adverts. By bringing them together on-line to form Eco-Lots, they are able to offer a wider range and more reactive service without the need for users to pay a subscription or advertising charge. Eco-Lots has a regional structure throughout Britain and Northern Ireland, and each of the 22 regions has a Co-ordinator to act as a local point of contact for advice and information.
Contact: email form is provided.

EcoZone
Website: http://www.ecozone.co.uk/
This company provides such eco-friendly products as handmade soaps, laundry balls, bodycare products, new age music, books, natural cosmetics, gifts, vitamins, herbs, minerals, and much more.
Contact: Unit 1, Tannery Close, Beckenham, Kent BR3 4BY (020-8662-7200) or email: customerservice@ecozone.co.uk

Environmental Data Service (ENDS)
Website: http://www.ends.co.uk/
An independent publisher, ENDS has served environmental professionals since 1978 and has become a byword for reliable information and analysis of developments shaping the business climate. The company has a diverse product portfolio to meet the needs of environmental consultants and managers, policy makers, regulators, lawyers, campaigners, and lobbyists worldwide.
Contact: Finsbury Business Centre, 40 Bowling Green Lane, London EC1R 0NE (+44-0-20-7814-5300) or email: post@ends.co.uk

Environmental Transport Association
Website: http://www.eta.co.uk/
The vision for the ETA is that since we will never be without cars, we can all be a part of using them more sensibly as part of Britain's sustainable transport system. The ETA is trying to address what can be done to reverse the congestion and pollution trends. It campaigns and lobbies governments directly on these issues. It is also the only alternative motoring organisation to offer a comprehensive range of breakdown and insurance services.
Contact: (01932-828-882) or email: eta@eta.co.uk

Fresh Water Filter
Website: http://www.freshwaterfilter.org.uk/
Established in 1982, this company ensures its customers a pure, clean, healthy, and tasty source of water in an economical, ecological, and time-saving manner. The company manufactures and distributes water filters, water coolers, water softeners, and water purifiers, as well as whole-house and shower filters. One of its goals is to inform people about the dangers of contaminants in tap water since many are unaware of the possible health risks involved from this source.
Contact: Gem House, 895 High Road, Chadwell Heath RM6 4HL United Kingdom (020-8597-3223) or email: mail@freshwaterfilter.com

Future Forests
Website: http://www.futureforests.com/
This UK-based company has a global vision of protecting the earth's climate. To some degree, we all contribute to global warming, but we can all do something to slow it down. FF makes it quick and easy for people and companies to find out how much carbon dioxide they produce and provides them with straightforward ways of reducing those emissions, as well as interesting options for 'neutralising' what cannot be reduced.
Contact: 4 Great James Street, London WC1N 3DB (+44-0-870-241-1932) or email: enquiries@futureforests.com

Futerra
Website: http://www.futerracom.org/
This is both a consultancy and advocacy organisation, working with a range of partners to communicate sustainable development in unique ways. Change will never be effective as long as the majority of people react to messages about sustainable development with confusion, mistrust or dismissiveness. The public sees the environmental movement in stereotype and social causes as the preserve of charities, rather than part of our daily lives. FUTERRA has identified realistic changes to attitude and behaviour that will deliver sustainable development in the UK and has developed a unique approach based on 10 Rules of Sustainable Communication, a model created after consultation with sustainable development practitioners, advertisers, and change managers.
Contact: Shakespeare Business Centre, 245a Coldharbour Lane, London, SW9 8RR (020-7733-6363) or email: info@futerracom.org

Green Beginnings
Website: http://www.greenbeginnings.eu/index.asp
Green Beginnings offers a range of natural and organic products that can be used by the whole family. Many people are expressing concern over the ingredients that are widely used in the majority of products offered in the high street stores of today. The products sold by Green Beginnings have been carefully selected from the independent sector and are produced without such chemicals as parabens and SLSs. We need to be aware of what we are applying to our skins and then washing down our drains. These affect not only us but also the environment around us and beyond. Each small change we make in our daily lives can have far reaching benefits for the world that we live in. Green Beginnings stock only natural, organic, local and fair trade products.
Contact: Phone: (01212 887 334); Email: enquiries@greenbeginnings.co.uk or write to: Green Beginnings, Unit 20, Everest Road, Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 0DG

Healthy House
Website: http://www.healthy-house.co.uk/
This small, family business was established in 1991 as a result of personal experiences with allergies and chemical sensitivities. Although doctors are now more aware of allergies, they soon realised that there was very little in the way of information or products available to help such people as themselves. Consequently, the range of products that they now offer has grown in size and technology, from a skeletal selection of goods to the wide encompassing collection now provided today.
Contact: HH, The Old Co-Op, Lower Street, Ruscombe, Stroud, Gloucestershire GL6 6BU United Kingdom (+44-0-1453-752216) or email: info@healthy-house.co.uk

International Centre for Conservation Education (ICCE)
Website: http://www.icce.org.uk/
ICCE is a small specialised charity with more than twenty-five years experience working on environmental programmes in developing countries -- especially Africa. Over the years, ICCE has provided consultancy services to many international organisations and provided training in environmental education and communication. It has undertaken work for UNESCO, IUCN, WWF International, the European Union, and a variety of governments and aid agencies. In 1996 ICCE completed a major research project for the European Union (Education and Communication for Sustainable Development in Africa -- ECoSA) and organised the first Pan-African Wildlife Clubs Generator in Malawi -- producing the Pan-African Wildlife Clubs Resource book. The Centre has also been involved in practical projects, ranging from the construction of Mobile Education Units to the production of hundreds of audiovisual programmes, as well as CDs, videos, posters and booklets.
Contact: Brocklebank, Butts Lane, Woodmancote, Cheltenham, Glos GL52 9QH (+44-0-1242-674839) or email: enquiries@icce.org.uk

Island Heritage
Website: http://www.islandheritage.co.uk/
The sheep bred at Island Heritage can be traced back to Neolithic Man and now play an important role in a program of conservation initiated by The Rare Breeds Survival Trust. Island Heritage chooses this primitive group of sheep for their rich and varied colour and luster of their fleeces. It also adds the fleece of other Rare Breeders to their own which are then spun and woven to specifications by experienced spinners and weavers. Each item is hand-tailored, crafted, or knitted into their exclusive designs. Island Heritage offers an eclectic mix of traditional and contemporary styles for adults from jackets, skirts and trousers to ties, hats, bags and rugs etc.
Contact: Pott Hall Farm, Near Leighton Reservoir, Healey, Masham, North Yorkshire HG4 4LT (+44-0-1765-689651) or email: sales@islandheritage.co.uk

JamBusters Software
Website: http://www.jbgb.com/index.htm
This software was developed by a group of industry professionals to help employers reduce traffic congestion and the consequent disruption to effective working practices as a result of travel to/from business sites by staff, visitors, and commercial traffic.
Contact: 6 Warwick Place, Worthing, West Sussex BN11 3EU (+44-0-1903-202754) or email: info@jbgb.com

LUMA
Website: http://www.lumadirect.com/
LUMA fabrics are made from luxurious organic cottons, environmentally-friendly linens and silks; and pure wools, including pashmina, merino, and angora. Bedlinens are naturally coloured organic cottons or gently oxygen-bleached. Where dyes are used, they are either vegetable or low-impact. Textiles is a very human industry, touching billions of people across the world in a myriad of ways. LUMA selects suppliers that enhance lives as well as produce wonderful products. The LUMA supplier in India is a fair trade partner with Oxfam and Greenpeace, and its Peruvian partner has led fair trade projects in Peru for over 20 years. Many of LUMA’s accessories sustain remote communities that depend on their traditional skills and support poverty relief efforts.
Contact: LUMA, PO Box 28894, London, SW13 0WH (Phone 0845-094-2598). An email form is provided on the website.

Marine Team
Website: http://www.marineteamvideo.com/
This wildlife rescue and rehabilitation project is one that no sane, commercially minded production company would ever undertake -- two years of blood, sweat, tears, and broken cameras, plus an inordinate amount of footage shot to be condensed into one 87-minute film entitled Marine Team. The film focuses on the phenomenon of interaction between humans and animals, and the dedication and skill of those who care for seals, dolphins and other marine mammals. Their life is incredibly precarious -- often a thin line between life and death, and this film reflects the lottery of survival. A powerful combination of humour, fear, joy and pain, Marine Team combines beautiful scenery with natural history, and dramatic action with human interest. It goes from cute fluffy white seal pups in rarely visited awe-inspiring caves, to dolphins stranded in creeks, and much, much, more!
Contact: Marine Team Video, Unit 4 Carrick Business Centre, Commercial Road, Penryn, Cornwall TR10 8AR United Kingdom (01326-376064) or email: info@marineteamvideo.com

Natural Collection
Website: http://www.naturalcollection.com/natcol/default2.asp?bid=543552
Over four hundred environmentally friendly gifts and household items are available on this site.
Contact: 19 Green Bank, London N12 8AS or use the forms provided on their site.

NetRegs
Website: http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/netregs/
This is a free website designed to help small businesses navigate the environmental legislation governing their activities. Set up by the UK's three environmental regulators, the site is easy-to-use, and all visitors remain anonymous as there is no need to register.
Contact: (no contact)

Organic Seeds
Website: http://www.organicseeds.co.uk/
This online seed company offers both herb and vegetable organic seeds. Order online or by mail.
Contact: PO BOX 398, Ipswich IP9 2HU (01473 310118) or email: sales@organicseeds.co.uk

Organic Western Seeds
Website: http://organic.westernseeds.com/browse.php
For almost 20 years, this specialist, independent seed company, which is not a producer of seeds and has no vested interests linked or tied to specific seed suppliers listed, remains free to choose from a whole spectrum of varieties.
Contact: Western Seeds Limited, Clover Park Farm, Narberth, Pembrokeshire SA67 8EY (01834-861904) or email organic@westernseeds.com

Orkney Angora
Website: http://www.orkneyangora.co.uk/
All of its products contain either 50% angora and 50% lambswool or 100% angora. Be assured that, when the wool is shorn from the rabbits (like sheep), there is no hardship to them and no rabbit dies in the production of angora wool. All items are hand-made and hand-dyed.
Contact: William & Elizabeth Sichel, Orkney Angora, Isle of Sanday, Orkney KW17 2AZ United Kingdom (+44-1857-600421) or use the email form provided.

Powerboss
Website: http://www.somar-int.co.uk/
This is an English invention able to reduce the electricity drawn by most refrigeration and motor driven equipment -- by as much as 40%. Applications include air conditioning, conveyors, escalators, pumps, compressors, fans, presses -- indeed most electrical equipment. Motors consume more electricity than everything else combined, yet international bodies calculate that over 50% of drivepower energy could be saved by improved efficiency. Furthermore, government bodies increasingly promote more efficient use of energy and, environmental concerns continue to make headlines. Now, something can be done about these concerns.
Contact: Somar International Ltd., Heron Way, Newham, Truro, Cornwall TR1 2XN (+44-0-1872-223000) or email: info@somar.co.uk

Responsible Travel
Website: http://www.responsibletravel.com/Home.htm
This site provides everything an eco-tourist might need. It was launched in 2001 to help travellers book more authentic holidays that would also benefit the environment and local people. It markets carefully pre-screened holidays from over 170 leading worldwide tourism brands and businesses, but does not act as middlemen. You can use the site to contact the experts who run the trips and hotels directly to make a booking.
Contact: Various areas of contact are provided on the site.

Scoraig Wind Equipment
Website: http://homepages.enterprise.net/hugh0piggott/
This is Hugh Piggott's homepage, where he offers his expertise through courses, books, and links.
Contact: Dundonnell, Ross shire, IV23 2RE, Scotland or email: hugh@scoraigwind.co.uk

Spirit of Nature
Website: http://www.spiritofnature.co.uk/
This site offers an extensive range of natural and environmentally friendly products, including organic clothing made from naturally grown raw materials, adult and organic baby clothes, natural skin care, eco-household products, and much more. It is important to wear organic clothes made from naturally grown materials because cotton is the most heavily sprayed crop in the world. Tonnes of pesticides are used; and these chemicals cannot be washed out of our clothing, ultimately damaging our health.
Contact: Units 1-2, Clipstone Brook Ind Park, Cherrycourt Way, Leighton Buzzard LU7 4GP United Kingdom (+44-0-870-725-9885) or email: mail@spiritofnature.co.uk

Tamar Organics
Website: http://www.tamarorganics.co.uk/
For ten years, Tamar Organics has produced a catalogue that offers everything for the organic gardener, including all the best in new organic seed varieties. There are many new seed varieties this season, and some are exclusive to Tamar and will not be seen in any other catalogue. Organic varieties are clearly shown by the ORGANIC SYMBOL. All other varieties are sold as conventional untreated seed, which is the next best thing. The firm does not sell any treated or GM seed and if, in the future, there is a demand for such seed, it still won’t! It also offers a new selection of organic flower varieties to complement the vegetable seeds.
Contact: Tavistock Woodlands Estate, Gulworthy, Tavistock, Devon Pl19 8DE (01822-834887) or email: tamarorganics@aol.com

Tweedglen
Website: http://www.tweedglen.co.uk/
Situated in the Scottish Borders, the heartland of the world-famous cashmere textile industry, Tweedglen has extensive knowledge in procuring the finest cashmere and pashmina products direct from their indigenous sources, thus ensuring authenticity and the high quality of its products. Tweedglen offers a superb range of luxury pashmina stoles and cashmere scarves in plain, tartan, and check designs. (Pashmina has given rise to a new language: It is not a stole, shawl, or a scarf, but a "Pash" and can be worn with jeans or the most expensive ball gown. In fact the word "Pashmina" comes from the ancient tribal people living in the Himalayas and literally means "Pash" [Cashmere] and "mina" [very fine work]).
Contact: Waukrigg Mill, Duke Street, Galashiels, Scottish Borders TD1 1QD or use the email form provided.

Welshlands Bark and Organic Mulches
Website: http://www.bark-products-uk.co.uk/
This company services a wide range of sectors, including amenity, landscape contractors, local authorities, garden centres, nurseries, builders, and large urban housing developments, and delivers anywhere in the UK.
Contact: Miners Park, Miners Road, Llay Industrial Estate North, Llay, Wrexham LL12 0PJ (01978-854666) or email: sales@bark-products-uk.co.uk

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