United Kingdom

< Places, projects & networks

This is a page for information about the UK as a whole. For countries within the UK see separate pages - England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

Projects and networks

 * UK Local Sustainability email list    (localsustuk)

Comment

 * New Start editorial July 5 2006 - One of the lesser-known innovations in government this year has been environment secretary David Miliband’s personal blog, in which he muses on everything from climate change to longhorned cattle.

Global connections

 * Christian Aid
 * The Fairtrade Foundation
 * Oxfam
 * Practical Action
 * World Development Movement
 * Just Change UK
 * Development Education Association
 * Department for International Development - (government)

UK non-government organisations

 * Sustainable Development Commission The Government's independent advisory body on sustainable development.
 * Friends of the Earth
 * Centre for Alternative Technology
 * Greenpeace
 * Women’s Environmental Network
 * Forum for the Future
 * Regional Futures Forum for the Future's regional programme, providing advice, research, training and support on sustainable development.
 * EnCams
 * Joseph Rowntree Foundation Independent social policy research and development
 * WWF
 * Global Action Plan

UK Research and skills

 * The Sustainable Development Research Network
 * Academy for Sustainable Communities

UK government sites

 * Sustainable Development - The Government’s Approach The Government's main sustainable development website. Information from the Sustainable Development Unit within the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
 * David Miliband's blog - www.davidmiliband.defra.gov.uk
 * Introduction to Sustainable Development additional information from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
 * Sustainable Communities Information about The Sustainable Communities Plan from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
 * Environmental Audit Committee