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www.avaaz.org
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AVAAZ: As major new challenges like climate change and escalating religious conflict threaten our common future, people from around the world are coming together to take global politics into their own hands. Avaaz.org is a community of global citizens who take action on the major issues facing the world today.
Avaaz.org members are building a powerful movement of citizens without borders. As citizens without borders, we might not have the resources of governments, corporations or the media, but working together we can bring together millions of people around the world and make global public opinion really count on major global issues like poverty, climate change, human rights and global security.
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www.bbc.co.uk/breathingplaces/doonething/
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Make this the year you do one thing for nature
Simple, easy to do things really can make a big difference. And if we all did just one simple thing, we'd be making a big difference together. |
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www.buynothingday.co.uk
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Buy Nothing Day: Everything we buy has an impact on our planet. Buy Nothing Day highlights the environmental and ethical consequences of consumerism. The developed countries - only 20% of the world population are consuming over 80% of the earth's natural resources, causing a disproportionate level of environmental damage and unfair distribution of wealth.
BND is a day where you challenge yourself, your family and friends to switch off from shopping and tune into life. The rules are simple, for 24 hours you will detox from consumerism and live without shopping. Anyone can take part provided they spend a day without spending!
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www.campaigncc.org
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Campaign against Climate Change: "Climate change is perhaps the gravest calamity our species has ever encountered. Its impact dwarfs that of any war, any plague, any famine we have confronted so far. It makes genocide and ethnic cleansing look like sideshows at the circus of human suffering."
The Campaign against Climate Change exists to push for the urgent and radical action we need to prevent the catastrophic destabilisation of global climate. The CCC acts as an umbrella group for street demonstrations designed to maximise the greatest number of people in order to push for urgent action on climate change.
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www.bettertransport.org.uk
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Campaign for Better Transport: Since 1973 Campaign for Better Transport has been helping to create transport policies and programmes that give people better lives. Working nationally and locally, collectively and as individuals, through high-level lobbying and strong public campaigning, they make good transport ideas a reality and stop bad ones from happening.
Through compelling research, high-profile campaigning and media coverage and their long-standing connections with Government and industry, they are securing many improvements in transport policies and programmes.
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www.cpre.org.uk
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Campaign to Protect Rural England: CPRE campaigns for a sustainable future for the English countryside, a vital but undervalued environmental, economic and social asset to the nation, highlighting threats and promoting positive solutions. Their in-depth research supports active campaigning, and through reasoned argument and lobbying they seek to influence public opinion and decision-makers at every level.
The continued existence and quality of so much of the English landscape is a testament to their 80 years of successful campaigning. Their campaign work focuses on the landscape, housing, planning, farming and food.
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www.canvasyourmp.com
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Canvas Your MP: This campaign exists to persuade the Government to set a binding target of an 80% cut in Britain's CO2 emissions by 2050, rather than the 60% that is currently contained in the Climate Change Bill. Launched by Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg MP and environment spokesperson Steve Webb MP, the campaign is open to anyone who believes that the climate change crisis is so urgent that we need to cut our CO2 emissions further and faster.
Its all about engaging your local MP, meeting him or her face to face, discussing your concerns about climate change and encouraging them to support proposals for a stronger Climate Change Bill. Specifically to set a target of 80% cuts in CO2 emissions by 2050 rather than the current 60% which just isn’t enough.
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www.cleanup.org.au
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Clean Up the World: Clean Up the World is a community based environmental program that inspires and empowers individuals and communities from every corner of the globe to clean up, fix up and conserve their environment.
The campaign brings together businesses, community groups, schools, governments and individuals in a range of activities and programs that positively improve local environments. While participants are encouraged to hold environmental events on or around 'Clean Up the World Weekend' (always the 3rd weekend in September), Clean Up the World is also designed to provide support to groups undertaking activities throughout the year.
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www.climaterush.co.uk
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Climate Rush: Climate Rush is inspired by the actions of the Suffragettes 100 years ago, who showed that peaceful civil disobedience could inspire positive change. We are a diverse group of women and men who are determined to raise awareness of the biggest threat facing humanity today - that of Climate Change.
Our government acknowledges the huge problems we face from Climate Change, but carries on with business as usual. We demand DEEDS NOT WORDS because individual choice alone cannot curb CO2 emissions if we are to stop runaway global warming.
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www.closethedoor.org.uk
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Close the Door Campaign: Close the Door is a well-organised campaign started by three women in Cambridge to get retailers to do simply that - Close their doors. Estimates suggest that shops waste around £300 million each year because their doors are left open. Many could slash their energy bills by 20-25% if they closed them. The excess use of energy is also contributing to climate change but could be solved by simply shutting the door and keeping the heat or air conditioning in.
By joining the Close the Door campaign, retailers can make a significant contribution to reducing their overall environmental footprint while lowering their own business costs. Find out if your area has joined the scheme - or if not, how to set your own action group.
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www.christianaid.org.uk
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Christian Aid: Christian Aid are committed to seeing a just world. Now, not just in the future. They work through local organisations to deliver direct, practical benefits, and campaign to challenge the causes of poverty. In nearly 50 countries, they work with the people at the frontline of change.
With 600 overseas partner organisations, they tackle poverty and its causes, ensuring that people can build the life they deserve. They tell governments, companies and institutions where CA thinks change needs to happen. And they know how campaigning works. Politicians, under public pressure, respond. Sooner or later.
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www.dothegreenthing.com
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Do the Green Thing: Green Thing is a community that makes it easy and enjoyable to be a bit greener. Every month you'll get a different Green Thing to do. All you have to do is do it. It aims to reach as many people as possible in as many countries as possible to do the Green Thing.
Green Thing is an easy thing, because lots of small things can add up to more than a few big things; Green Thing is a creative thing, because entertainment is very inspiring and lectures a bit less so; Green Thing is a not-for-profit thing, because people are cynical about commercial or political agendas.
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www.downshiftingweek.com
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Downshifting Week: International Downshifting Week encourages participants to ‘slow down and green up’, live more sustainably and get a better work and life balance.
On the website there are many simple living suggestions and people are encouraged to try one a day throughout the week. The net result of the slow down benefits the general health and well being of the individual, reduces their stress, can improve their personal and sexual relationships too and also benefit their local and global environments.
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www.earthday.net
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Earth Day: The Earth Day Network is a driving force steering environmental awareness around the world. Through Earth Day Network, activists connect, interact, and have an impact on their communities, and create positive change in local, national, and global policies.
EDN's international network reaches over 17,000 organizations in 174 countries, while the domestic program engages 5,000 groups and over 25,000 educators coordinating millions of community development and environmental protection activities throughout the year.
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www.earthhour.org
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Earth Hour: Created to take a stand against the greatest threat our planet has ever faced, Earth Hour uses the simple action of turning off the lights for one hour to deliver a powerful message about the need for action on global warming. Cities from across Europe, North America, Asia and Asia Pacific, including Chicago, Copenhagen, Manila, Melbourne, Sydney, Tel Aviv and Toronto are named as the flagship participants in the WWF-led event.
WWF’s inaugural Earth Hour took place in Sydney Australia in March 2007 with more than 2.2 million people participating in an effort that darkened icons such as the Sydney Opera House and the Harbour Bridge and resulted in a ten per cent drop in energy usage – double what had been predicted.
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www.ejfoundation.org
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Environmental Justice Foundation: The Environmental Justice Foundation makes a direct link between the need for environmental security and the defence of basic human rights. They campaign internationally to raise awareness of the issues our grassroots partners are working to solve locally.
EJF is a registered charity established in 2000 to empower people who suffer most from environmental abuses to find peaceful ways of preventing them. EJF provides film and advocacy training to individuals and grassroots organisations in the global south, enabling them to document, expose and create long term solutions to environmental abuses.
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www.fairtrade.org.uk
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Fairtrade Fortnight: Each year The Fairtrade Foundation 2 stages Fairtrade Fortnight. Fairtrade has improved the lives of millions of people - farmers, workers and their families - in developing countries. But, we need to keep promoting Fairtrade to ensure people know that buying Fairtrade products can make a positive diference.
The Fairtrade Foundation have lots of resources that you can order for all kinds of events and displays in your school, university, workplace, community or place of worship, to help you spread the Fairtrade message throughout Fairtrade Fortnight and the rest of the year.
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www.forumforthefuture.org.uk
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Forum for the Future: Forum for the Future are a charity committed to sustainable development. They believe that humanity faces an immense challenge and that we can no longer treat the planet without any thought for the future.
Forum for the Future want to see businesses and communities thriving in a future that’s environmentally sustainable and socially just by showing organisations what a sustainable future could look like and challenging them to make a difference, delivering practical solutions to help organisations change, training leaders to bring about change, and educating the leaders of tomorrow and communicating success stories.
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www.foe.co.uk
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Friends of the Earth:Sign up to Friend of the Earth's Campaign Express and you'll receive campaign packs in the post with simple things you can do to make your voice heard. Campaigns cover: Climate - Fighting climate change, promoting green energy and opposing nuclear power. Global Trade - Fighting the damaging effects of the global free trade system. Corporates - Exposing bad business and challenge corporate power. Real Food - Working towards greener farming and a five year ban on genetically modified (GM) food. Waste - Campaigning for increased recycling and against more incinerators and landfil sites. Tranport - Working to reduce the impace on the environment of the movement of people and goods in the UK. Biodiversity - Campaign to protect the worlds' wildlife habitats. Local - Campaigning on a local and regional level. Research - providing research and policy development for decision makers and campaigners.
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www.globalgreen.org
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Global Green: Global Green USA is the US affiliate of Green Cross International, and is a national environmental organization addressing three of the greatest challenges facing humanity - Stemming global climate change by creating green buildings and cities; Eliminating weapons of mass destruction that threaten lives and the environment and Providing clean, safe drinking water for the 2.4 billion people who lack access to clean water
Their network spans across the globe and provides unbiased environmental analysis and expertise, information dissemination, education, objective evaluations for public debate, scientific studies, and social and medical support.
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www.greenparty.org.uk
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Green Party: Campaigning for a Green Voice & Vote - The Green Party tirelessly campaign for 'One World. One Change'. The policies include Health & Wellbeing - healthcare that aims not just to cure but also to prevent illness; Greening the Economy - a stable sustainable future means one in which we all have a stake - not just those in work, or those in Europe, but for all people around the world; Learning for Life - more locally-focussed and better-funded schools, that listen more to the needs of parents and pupils alike; Reliable, Inclusive Transport - making public transport an easy option; Home & Community - a better environment putting a human dimension back into development, designing homes and neighbourhoods; Food We Can Trust - a GM-free Britain; and Clean Green Energy - investing in sources of energy like offshore wind farms, wave and solar power that don't cause global warming. |
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www.greenpeace.org.uk
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Greenpeace: Greenpeace runs campaigns across the globe and stands for positive change through action, defending the natural world and promoting peace. They investigate, expose and confront environmental abuse by governments and corporations around the world and champion environmentally responsible and socially just solutions, including scientific and technical innovation.
Their goal is to ensure the ability of the earth to nurture life in all its diversity - they organise public campaigns preventing climate change by ending our addiction to polluting fuels and promoting clean, renewable and efficient energy.
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www.globalactionplan.org.uk
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Global Action Plan: Global Action Plan was created in 1993 as a different kind of environmental organisation, focusing on people and how they can take practical action in their everyday lives for a better world. It was a simple idea with big implications. Global Action Plan offices have opened around the world to take up the challenge.
Global Action Plan delivers tangible environmental, social and financial improvements by working practically and creatively with hundreds of thousands of people from all sections of society. In homes, the workplace, schools and the wider community we help to make the small changes that have a big impact on the things that matter.
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www.greenvoice.com
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GreenVoice: Greenvoice is an internet company that raises money and awareness for environmental campaigns on a global basis, redefining campaigning and our connection with the environment - making activists out of everyone. Greenvoice enables a growing online community of people to voice their concerns and be better informed through its social networking.
Greenvoice supports campaigns on climate change, marine, forests, species, fresh water, natural resources, loss of biodiversity, pollution, waste and environmental justice and will measure the impact of activities and feedback the results. Working ethically and transparently and respect individual's opinions.
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www.stopclimatechaos.org
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I Count - Stop Climate Chaos: I Count is the campaign of the Stop Climate Chaos coalition, the ever-growing coalition of more than 50 organisations, has over 700 years’ experience working for a safer, fairer world. I Count is there to inspire people across the UK to take action.
'Together we are millions of people - and counting. The UK government is failing to take the necessary action to prevent the chaos that climate change will cause. That's why together we have launched the I Count campaign. We will build irresistible popular pressure on politicians to act – and act fast. If we choose, we can make our politicians, at home and on the international stage, take the actions needed. And that means making your voice, your actions, count.'
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www.liveearth.org
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Live Earth: SOS is the ongoing messaging campaign and larger movement behind Live Earth. The mission of the SOS campaign is to empower individuals to change their consumer behaviors and motivate corporations and political leaders to enact decisive measures to combat the climate crisis. The message of SOS is that everyone, everywhere can and must Answer the Call to solve the climate crisis.
The SOS campaign is using a powerful multimedia platform - short films, television and radio PSAs, an interactive web experience, books, the media from Live Earth concerts themselves - to provide a global audience with the tools to tackle the climate crisis. This multimedia campaign will ensure that the message of Live Earth echoes long after 7/7/07.
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www.nrdc.org
www.savebiogems.org
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National Resource Defence Council: The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is an environmental action group supported by 1.2 million members and activists. Their mission is to safeguard the earth: its people, its plants and animals, and the natural systems on which all life depends. By fighting in court, working through Congress, and mobilizing millions of people worldwide, NRDC has stopped powerful corporate interests from destroying our clean air and water, public lands and wildlife habitats.
NRDC (Natural Resources Defence Council) launched the BioGems Initiative in 2001 to help ensure that the most exceptional and imperiled wild places in the Western Hemisphere -- our BioGems -- remain wild for the sake of a sustainable planet. Each year, the BioGems Initiative mobilizes hundreds of thousands of concerned citizens to take action via the Internet in defense of these irreplaceable natural treasures and the wildlife that depends on them for survival.
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www.peaceoneday.org
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Peace One Day: Peace One Day was founded in 1999 to create an annual day of global ceasefire and non-violence with a fixed calendar date. In 2001, POD achieved its primary objective. United Nations General Assembly resolution was unanimously adopted by UN member states, formally establishing an annual day of global ceasefire and non-violence on the UN International Day of Peace, fixed in the global calendar on 21 September – Peace Day.
The two main objectives are to raise global awareness of Peace Day, 21 September annually and to engage all sectors of society, including governments, organisations of the United Nations system, regional and non-governmental organisations and individuals in observance of 21 September, and encourage action on Peace Day that creates a united and sustainable world. .
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www.peopleandplanet.org
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People & Planet: People & Planet is the largest, student network in Britain campaigning to end world poverty, defend human rights and protect the environment. The network consists of groups at Universities, Colleges and Schools, plus many other individual supporters.
People & Planet works to educate and empower students to take effective action on the root causes of social and environmental injustice. There are 65 groups at UK universities and colleges, run by students and are the core of the People & Planet network. They campaign and raise awareness about the global issues that matter to them by having speakers, debates, quizzes, colourful demonstrations, boycotts, club nights and more.
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www.restore-earth.org
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Restore the Earth: While the main focus of many environmental campaigns is to prevent further damage to ecosystems, there is also a need to restore the damage that has already been done. Even if damage to the environment stopped tomorrow, the earth’s capacity to support life will still have been dramatically reduced by human activity.
Restoration projects can make a major difference in healing the wounds inflicted on nature. They can be large in scale – for example one project to restore a mountain forest in Belize involved planting 3.5 million seedlings in a year. But they do not have to be large to be effective. Once damaging activity is halted and restoration begins, nature’s own restorative power is released to continue the recovery.
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rainforestfoundationuk.org
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The Rainforest Foundation: The Rainforest Foundation supports people living in and around the world's rainforests to protect the environment and fulfil their rights to land, life and livelihood. The work of the Rainforest Foundation spans all major tropical rainforest regions with projects in 18 countries.
The Foundation seeks to do this through practical projects in tropical rainforest areas, all of which work with local indigenous peoples or non-governmental organisations. Also by running campaigns that seek to address the underlying causes of the destruction of tropical rainforests.
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www.savethechildren.org.uk
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Save The Children: Working around the world and round the clock to change children’s lives for the better. 10 million children die every year before reaching their fifth birthday. One in three children lives in severe poverty in the UK. Save the Children are working flat out to change this.
They focus on key issues in the development and well-being of children and their families: health, protection, rights and economic justice, education, and freedom from hunger. They also work in 52 countries around the world, creating lasting improvements, and campaign for changes to unfair legislation. They lobby governments to improve children’s lives, and rally people into action to campaign along with them.
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www.sustrans.org.uk
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Sustrans: Sustrans is the UK's leading sustainable transport charity with a vision for a world in which people choose to travel in ways that benefit their health and the environment. Every day we are working on practical, innovative ways of dealing with the transport challenges that affect us all. Sustrans has set about creating an environment that will actually help people to walk and cycle much more.
Sustrans provides creative, imaginative and practical solutions to the transport, environmental and health challenges affecting us all. By working with communities, local authorities and other organisations, Sustrans creates change by putting people at the heart of our activities. Their projects have real local impact and we share skills and experience both nationally and internationally.
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www.11thhouraction.com
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The 11th Hour Action Network: After the success of The 11th Hour film which explores how we’ve arrived at this moment, and what we can do to change our course - featuring former Soviet Prime Minister Mikhail Gorbachev, renowned scientist Stephen Hawking, in addition to over 50 leading scientists, thinkers and leaders who discuss the most important issues that face our planet and people.
a community was created to help individuals and communities take sustainable action on the local, regional and national and international levels. By providing a means for people to share their ideas and solutions within our framework of sustainability goals, we hope to encourage others to take similar steps.
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www.greening-campaign.co.uk
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The Greening Campaign was set up in response to the threat of global warming. It is an innovative idea to help motivate people to reduce their energy consumption and therefore lower their personal and community carbon footprint.
The Greening Campaign is fun, structured, and makes fighting climate change visible in your community. Households are encouraged to take a branded information card, which gives them a list of ways to save energy in the home and at work. They then undertake to put into action a set number of these ideas and display the card in a front window. The messages can be reinforced by film shows, public meetings and displays in shops, libraries. Contact The Greening Campaign for a full support package and further information.
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www.thenag.net
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The Nag: is a platform that's fun and enables the crowd to solve crucial environmental and social problems. From angry rants and inspirational ideas, through to clusters of suggestions and real actions, the Nag is designed to let people be people, combine forces and collaboratively change things for the better.
The Nag platform - people helping people and making their world a better place. There’s lots of stuff in here, stuff you can see, do, and read about. It’s a bunch of people getting things off their chest and coming up with ideas that then get turned into actions that anyone can do.
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www.saveourbees.org.uk
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The Save Our Bees Campaign: Billions of the UK's bees are dying from unknown causes. One in three honey bee colonies in the UK were lost last winter alone. The UK's bumblebees are also suffering because there aren't enough wild flowers for them.
All bees need our support. Bees are vitally important for everyone. In all, they are responsible for pollinating one-third of all the foods we eat! Help save our UK bees by planting bee friendly plants across the country! This will help them to be healthier, helping them survive infection, changing weather patterns and more.
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www.treeshaverightstoo.com
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Trees Have Rights Too: Trees Have Rights Too is a campaign to encourage the United Nations to take a bold and vitally important step to call for a Universal Declaration of Planetary Rights. Laws shape our societies, and now is the time to use such a powerful tool pro-actively to help save the planet.
Help us build our World Map of planet friendly projects, activities, campaigns. We want to build a great global forest of activity, so that others can zoom in and discover what is happening in their neighbourhood
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www.voiceireland.org
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VOICE Ireland: VOICE (Voice of Irish Concern for the Environment) promotes a respectful relationship with the Earth and positive solutions to environmental destruction.
They encourage a way of life that is in harmony with nature rather than in conflict with it. Voice work with local, national and international organisations to increase environmental awareness through education, empower people to protect our environment, campaign on national environmental policy. At present their campaigns cover forestry, climate change and water quality.
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www.walktoschool.org.uk
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Walk to School Campaign: The Walk to School Campaign is run by the charity Living Streets and asks parents, pupils and teachers to think about their journey to and from school and the many benefits of making it on foot.
About 50% of children don't walk to school regularly and more and more pupils are being driven to school in a car. This trend is contributing to reduced physical activity and increased childhood obesity, urban congestion and air pollution. Each year, they organise two nationally recognised events: International Walk to School Month (October 2008) and National Walk to School Week
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www.wecansolveit.org
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WE Can Solve the Climate Crisis: The We Campaign is a project of The Alliance for Climate Protection -- a nonprofit, nonpartisan effort founded by Nobel laureate and former Vice President Al Gore. The ultimate aim is to halt global warming. Specifically, educating people in the US and around the world that the climate crisis is both urgent and solvable.
WE is a growing number of people who believe we can solve this. Not just as individuals with strong beliefs but as part of a group where our strength makes governments and corporations change. WE can put our planet on a new path. Clean energy solutions are out there waiting. Solutions that will not only save our planet but help rebuild our economy.
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www.wen.org.uk
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Women's Environmental Network: The Women's Environmental Network is a registered charity educating, empowering and informing women and men who care about the environment.
WEN runs the Real Nappy Project to raise awareness about the environmental impact of nappies and to ensure that parents and adults with incontinence have a fair choice. People should have the information they need about real nappies in order to make a fair and informed choice. Visit www.wen.org.uk/nappies for more information and contact details for the Real Nappy Exchange, Real Nappy Hotline and a national database of retailers, laundry services and incentive schemes.
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www.woodland-trust.org.uk
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Woodland Trust: The Woodland Trust campaigns to protect ancient woods, improve woodland biodiversity, increase native woodland cover and increase understanding and enjoyment of woods. They lobby and campaign in every country in the UK and in each of the nine English regions.
Woods are crucial to sustaining life on our planet. They take in carbon dioxide and return oxygen to us. They enhance the quality of our lives and environment with their richness and biodiversity, their colours and landscapes. Many species depend totally on woodland for survival. It is our responsibility to protect, restore and enhance our forests and woods in the UK.
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The Freeconomy Community's aim is to help reconnect people in their local communities through the simple act of sharing. Join the world's fastest growing alternative economy.
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