Environment quality

"'We All Live Downstream' Frank Carbone Jr."



Action Ideas

 * Traffic surveys
 * Clean up days

Why it matters
Community groups may be concerned about litter, pollution, traffic pollution, air quality, noise or light pollution, river quality, state of beaches, etc.

Related Topics

 * UK Coast
 * Sustainability indicators
 * Reduce, reuse, repair & recycle
 * Environmental justice
 * Reducing pollution - personal options

International links

 * Earth Day Network

Global news

 * Europe feels the heat as climate change tops the list of environmental challenges, 29 November 2005

UK links

 * What's in Your Backyard? Local and National environmental data from the Environment Agency
 * Environment Agency Public body responsible for protecting and improving the environment in England and Wales. Site contains Floodline webpages.
 * Environmental Protection Information from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (government)
 * Local Environmental Quality, Information from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (government)
 * Low Level Radiation Campaign
 * EnCams
 * Air Quality Archive
 * Committee on Radioactive Waste Management
 * NSCA
 * Noise Mapping England
 * riverOcean Foundation

Consultations

 * Consultation on river basin planning guidance

News UK

 * Monday, July 3 2006 - Defra warns of continuing summer smog. Defra news release
 * Friday, June 9 2006 - Defra warns of first "summer smog" of 2006. Defra news release
 * January 26 2006, Local Environment Quality information for all
 * January 25 2006, England's quiet lanes 'forgotten' by government says CPRE
 * Local environmental services 'fail to clean up' deprived neighbourhoods, November 1 2005
 * Devastating floods happen here too, October 12 2005

Resources

 * Encams, the charity which runs the Keep Britain Tidy Campaign, have a number of downloadable publications available via their website, including Litter - Organising a Cleanup (PDF download 1.42Mb) Guidelines for community groups who wish to conduct a clean up of their area.

Links checked Philralph 10:24, 10 March 2006 (UTC)