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Brighton
Eco-Centre
39-41 Surrey Street, Brighton.
Supports peace, environment and development organisations.
As well as providing office space, the centre also houses
a resource centre run by Brighton Peace and Environment
Centre.
Great new site for Kids
www.ecofriendlykids.co.uk
Centre for Alternative Technology (C.A.T) Environmental
information centre, covering renewable energy, building,
organic growing and many extensive courses.
www.cat.org.uk
Energy Saving Trust
Set up by the UK government to stimulate energy efficiency
and create a market for clean fuel vehicles - www.est.org.uk
Earth and Houses
Training in earth and straw bale.
www.EarthHandsAndHouses.org
Eco portal - www.eco-portal.com
Green Dragon Energy
Electricity from Sun, Wind & Water + courses in sustainability.
www.greendragonenergy.co.uk
HI-energy - Renewable Energy in the UK
Info on renewable energy technologies in the Highlands
and islands of Scotland.
www.hi-energy.org.uk
Action in Rural sussex
Small business support in rural communities.
www.srcc.org.uk
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Diggers and Dreamers
Information on joining or setting up some kind of intentional
community or becoming a member of one.
www.diggersanddreamers.org.uk
Yarner Trust - The Yarner Trust provides information
and practical advice in the skills needed to live a sustainable
lifestyle.
www.yarnertrust.co.uk
Green Living
Techniques and technologies for sustainable living, showing
how permaculture principles can be applied to eco-renovation,
downshifting and adapting to Peak Oil.
www.greenliving.co.uk
Greenlight Construction
Aims to increase the use, awareness and acceptance
of holistic and sustainable building methods, materials
and processes.
Green light operates as both a construction company (from
eco-extensions to whole holistic houses) and a consultancy
busines
www.greenlightconstruction.co.uk
C LEVEL is now managing the innovative Earthship Brighton
project to help highlight the opportunities available
to reduce global warming impact from building - www.clevel.co.uk
Radical Routes
Information on setting up housing co-operatives.
www.radicalroutes.org.uk
BRE complete range of consultancy, testing
and research services covering all aspects of the built
environment, and associated industries. www.bre.co.uk
Nottingham Eco House
Penney Poyzer and Gil Schalom have a terraced Victorian
house and have done a full eco-retrofit, including a rainwater
system.
www.msarch.co.uk/ecohome
The Underground House
Website of a low energy underground house in Cumbria with
drawings and construction details. www.theundergroundhouse.org.uk
International Tree foundation
Supporters can adopt a nursery and they work with Primary
schools
www.internationaltreefoundation.org
Ecoconstruction
Helps to use recycled and reclaimed building products.
www.ecoconstruction.org
URBED
Sustainability and urban design
www.urbed.co.uk
Greenspec
Good practice resources.
www.greenspec.co.uk
A registar of green providers across a broad spectrum of goods and services.
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Low Carbon Network - England's first Earthship,
sited on the south coast near Brighton, UK, offering training
courses and tours around the earthship.
www.lowcarbon.co.uk
See also the Earthships performance in the Scottish
climate.
www.sci-scotland.org.uk
Belgium's earthships.
www.earthshipbelgium.be
Earthships photos - earthship
gallery
The British Earth Sheltering Association
www.besa-uk.org
Earthship Biotecture Europe
www.earthship.co.uk
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Agroforestry Research Trust
A charity, which researches temperate agroforestry and
into all aspects of plant cropping.
www.agroforestry.co.uk
Tree Council
Promoting the improvement of the environment through the
care and planting of trees. www.treecouncil.org.uk
Wood recycling project
Based in Brighton recycled wood, doors, skirting boards
along with reclaimed sea wood. www.woodrecycling.org.uk
Timber build network
www.timberbuild.org.uk
Inwood Developments
Sustainable timber
www.in-wood.co.uk
Bespoke Oakwrights
design and construction oak framed buildings
www.bespokeoakwrights.co.uk
Sustainable build information
www.sustainablebuild.co.uk
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Reel furniture - eco design
www.reelfurniture.co.uk
Construction Resources
Excellent supplier of a wide range of environmental building
materials. www.ecoconstruct.com
Jones Nash
eco home builders
www.jones-nash.co.uk
Solar Trade Association
www.solartradeassociation.org.uk
Salvo - National association of salvage
traders. www.salvoweb.com
Recycled paints - Community Re>Paint
is a network of paint reuse schemes across England, Scotland,
Wales and Northern Ireland.
www.communityrepaint.org.uk
Second nature - natural wool insulation.
www.secondnatureuk.com
The Green Building store - building products
which promote energy-efficient, sustainable and healthy
homes.
Green building
store
Mike Wye
Suppliers of Natural Building and Decorating Products
- www.mikewye.co.uk
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Building with straw
To teach the basic principles of straw bale construction
and other related crafts in a straight forward and practical
style. www.strawbalefutures.org.uk
Strawbale information
www.strawbale-building.co.uk
World of Tents - marquees, geo-domes, historical
tents and tipi's, made of natural canvas and wood from
sustainable sources.
www.worldtents.co.uk
Buckminster Fuller - architect inventor of the Geodesic
Dome. www.bfi.org
Walter Segal - eco-friendly wood-framed
house kit. www.segalselfbuild.co.uk
BedZED - The Zero Emissions Development (ZED) project
at Beddington, London. An inspiring new build which maximises
solar heating to achieve zero emissions.
www.zedfactory.com
Hockerton Housing Project
A possible model for sustainable living. New ways of living
that reduce impact on the environment.
hockertonhousingproject.org.uk
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