Sustainable Wallingford

Links

Note from Webmaster: When the site was first established, we aimed to maintain a comprehensive set of links, relevant to our activities. Since then (a) very many more sites have been established and (b) search engines have grown in their applicability. Hence the list below is no longer maintained; in keeping with our ethos, we have not binned it, but retain it below - just in case!

(L-local; * links to SusWal web site; read caveat)

Links for Young People

Waste
	L*	Community Action Groups	CAGs are waste action groups who join together to reduce household rubbish in their area.
	L	Don'tDumpThat	Don'tDumpThat is all about helping people reduce the amount of perfectly useful but otherwise unwanted household items going into landfill sites. By registering in a local Don'tDumpThat forum, you can post items you no longer want so that other Don'tDumpThat members who do want them, can take them off your hands.
		Friends of the Earth	FoeCampaigns to reduce waste
	L	Freecycle	The Wallingford UK Freecycle™ group is open to all who want to "recycle" that special something rather than throw it away. Whether it's a chair, a fax machine, piano or an old door, feel free to post it. Or maybe you're looking to acquire something yourself! Non-profit groups are also welcome to participate too! More...
		homerecycling.co.uk	We sell the UK's largest range of can crushers, recycling bins and other recycle containers that make it easier to recycle at home as well as in the office.
		In Kind Direct	Acts as a clearing house for surplus goods from the corporate sector, mainly manufacturers and retailers, channelling them to good causes in the voluntary sector.
	L	Jumblebaggers.co.uk	Creating eco-friendly bags by reusing textiles
	L	Little Imperfections	If you enjoy recycling and making 'pretty little things' which are not exactly perfect then I hope to share some of my ideas with you and may be do some swaps.
		Love Food Hate Waste	The Love Food Hate Waste campaign aims to raise awareness of the need to reduce food waste. The campaign shows that by doing some easy practical everyday things in the home we can all waste less food, which will ultimately benefit our purses and the environment too.
	L	Oxfordshire Master Composters	The Master Composters programme aims to reduce the amount of biodegradable waste being sent to landfill, by encouraging more people to start composting at home and supporting those already doing so.
	L	Oxfordshire Waste Partnership	A partnership of the county and district councils of Oxfordshire who are working together to continuously improve waste management services within the county.
	L	Orinoco	Orinoco is a charity, based in Oxford, committed to banishing boredom and saving the world. We promote recycling, art and creative play through education and direct action.
		Polymer Recycling	We are happy to accept postal/courier deliveries of unwanted CDs, DVDs and cases from organisations and members of the public for recycling, provided that postage/delivery is paid by the sender.
		Resource Futures	Sustainable waste management solutions
	L	SODC - Recycling	The Council's waste management pages
		Sonning Common Recycling Group	A small free advert on our website puts two people in touch. One person kindly offering something they no longer need and another only too pleased to come and collect it. No money changes hands, but you still end up with two happy people.
	L	Waste Management in Oxfordshire	The County's waste management pages
		Waste Watch	A national organisation promoting and encouraging action on the 3Rs - waste reduction, reuse and recycling.
		Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP)	A recent government-funded initiative, whose central mission is to remove barriers to waste minimisation, re-use and recycling, and to create stable and efficient markets for recycled materials and products.
Real Nappies	L	Lollipop	As the local South Oxfordshire Lollipop agent I will come to your house to demonstrate a range of different nappy systems from a wide range of real nappy manufacturers. Give me a ring if you'd like to know more - Sally Eccleston, 01491 834780
	L	Earthwise Girls	Earthwise Girls stocks a range of eco-friendly feminine hygiene products, including menstrual cups, sponges, organic tampons and both reusable and disposable sanitary towels. Based in Long Wittenham. Call Christine on 01865 408040 or visit website or e-mail .
	L	Easy Peasy Nappies	A local Real Nappy manufacturer - nappies are made in Oxford and Abingdon.
	L	From Here to Maternity	A local stockist of washable nappies. They sell 'Cotton Bottoms', 'Mother Ease' and 'Tots Bots'.
	L	Nappytales	Pure cotton nappy laundry system
	L	Plush Pants Cloth Nappies	An local independent stockist with a wide range of organic and non-organic cloth nappies always in stock. She has a Unique "try before you buy" trial scheme covering all nappies & wraps. Christine McRitchie, the owner, is a mum of four, based in Long Wittenham and a self confessed cloth nappy addict. 01865 408040 or e-mail
		The Used Nappy Company	A family run business offering a service to parents to buy and sell used real nappies. It was established to provide auctioning services at a reasonable cost, within an easy to navigate site, uniquely specialising in the sale and purchase of used real nappies.
Sanitary products	L	Plush Pants	Your local independent stockist of washable sanitary products. For more information please contact Christine McRitchie - 01865 408040 or e-mail
Energy
Energy Efficiency	L*	Thames Valley Energy Centre	Thames Valley Energy Centre offers free, expert and impartial energy saving advice to help you save money, energy and the environment.
		Centre for Sustainable Energy	Promotes sustainable energy policy & practice
		Big Green Insulation Scheme	The Big Green Insulation Scheme has teamed up with London Energy to bring a special offerto all home owners andprivate tenantsin the Thames Valley for discounted insulation measures.
		Market Transformation's Policy Briefs	MTP is a Defra programme aimed to develop policy strategy for advancing the resource efficiency of traded goods and services in the UK.
		Powerswitch	Powerswitch is dedicated to raising awareness & discussion of the impending & permanent decline of cheap oil & gas supply, the consequences of which will affect every corner of our lives.
Green energy		Ecotricity	Green energy supplier
		Good Energy	Green energy supplier
		Green Energy	Green energy supplier
		npower	Green energy supplier
		Friends of the Earth - Climate	Friends of the Earth League Table of green energy suppliers
Renewables	L	TV Energy	“To promote, educate and deliver practical sustainable energy solutions to business, organisations, communities and individuals within the Thames Valley and beyond.”
		Clear Skies	The £10 million Clear Skies Initiative aims to give homeowners and communities a chance to become more familiar with renewable energy by providing grants and advice.
		Solarsavers	An initiative led by the Vale of White Horse District Council and South Oxfordshire District Council. Domestic solar water heating at discount prices.
		Without The Hot Air	This sets out, with enormous clarity and objectivity, the various alternative low-carbon pathways that are open to us.
Buy Local
Food		Soil AssociationOrganic box schemes	Organic box schemes deliver fresh seasonal organic fruit and vegetables, normally direct to your door from local farms. This link explains everything you need to know about box schemes: from which types of schemes are available, to how to find and choose the best local scheme for you, and what benefits you and your community can enjoy.
	L	Berks, Bucks and Oxon Food Group	Gives many links to local sources. See their Links section
	L	Thames Valley Farmers' Market Association	The Thames Valley Farmers' Market Association represents small producers and farmers who sell their produce direct at Farmers' Markets in the area. Support your local Farmers' Market in Wallingford.
Other items	L	The Chilterns - rural economy	Information on local food and craft producers in the Chilterns
	L	Jumblebaggers.co.uk	Creating eco-friendly bags by reusing textiles
		It Must Be Green	Buy Green products online. (Although this sourcing is online, we've included it here, as the company is run by one of our Wallingford-based supporters.)
		Tapmagic	Cut your Water Wastage by up to 70%and save energy too.
Transport
	L	Car Sharing for Wallingford and Crowmarsh	Free to use - you simply share the travel costs Links drivers and passengers together online Part of the largest car sharing scheme in the UK Reduces the pollution and congestion on our roads
		Cholsey and Wallingford Railway	The Cholsey and Wallingford Railway is a preserved former Great Western Railway branchline that links the national railway network at Cholsey, with the historic market town of Wallingford, Oxfordshire. Trains run on selected weekends and bank holidays throughout the year and, where available, are steam hauled.
	L	Thames Travel	Thames Travel Bus Services, transport people around South Oxfordshire and West Berkshire
		Travelwise	A one-stop shop for all your travel awareness needs, this site features news and campaigns in the UK and Europe, advice for schools and businesses, and a directory of travel awareness professionals.
		Environmental Transport Association	Green Motoring Organisation
	L	goldenfuels	goldenfuels is a workers co-op which has been set up to make and distribute biodiesel in the Oxford UK area.
		The Man in Seat Sixty-One . . .	Maybe you don't like flying. Or perhaps you just prefer classic travel by express train and ocean liner, where you eat in a restaurant, sleep in a bed, and get to see where you're going... This website will tell you how to travel comfortably by train or ship for many journeys where you might think that air was now the only option.
	L	Thames Travel Bus Services	Local timetables
		Liftshare	Save Money and Reduce Traffic
		Sustrans	Works on practical projects to encourage people to walk, cycle and use public transport in order to reduce motor traffic and its adverse effects.
		Transport 2000	The official website of TRANSPORT 2000,the national environmental transport body
		Safe Routes to Schools	Works to promote sustainable travel on the journey to school through the dissemination of best practice
	L	OCC - Travel	Information on the work of Oxfordshire County Council to help you when travelling in the county.
		Internet guide to freighter travel	The most comprehensive source of information about freighter travel to be found on the Internet.
		No flights.com	Travelling without flying. Travel, holidays, hotels, etc
		Strand Voyages	The longest established company specialising in voyages on passenger carrying cargo vessels - also the market leaders.
		Travelsmart	The 'TravelSmart' initiative from Sustrans is testing an innovative technique for increasing walking, cycling and use of public transport.
		National Car Share	A free car sharing matching service on this web site and their phone line. Registered users for the telephone system undergo a certain amount of checking out or vetting prior to being given access to the service as a safety measure
Schools		Click here for our schools links in the area
		The Edible Playground	The home of the Edible Playgrounds initiative with Dorset Cereals.
Biodiversity
		British Trust for Conservation Volunteers	Offers thousands of volunteer conservation opportunities every year, including working holidays, throughout the UK and across the world. They have a directory of affiliated local voluntary groups.
		Fish on Line	Advice on which fish to buy to be sustainable
		Friends of the Earth (Biodiversity)	Part of FOE's website dedicated to biodiversity
	L	GreenGym	The BTCV Green Gym ® is a scheme that inspires you to improve your health and the environment at the same time. It offers you the opportunity to 'work out' in the open air through local, practical environmental or gardening work.
		Greenpeace
		Linking Environment and Farming (LEAF)	The LEAF Marque is about Linking Environment And Farming. It gives you the choice to buy affordable food produced by farmers who are committed to improving the environment for the benefit of wildlife and the countryside.
	L	Northmoor Trust	The Northmoor Trust is based in South Oxfordshire and manages an estate of 300 hectares, including Little Wittenham Nature Reserve, a conservation farm and a new woodland dedicated to forestry research. The Trust promotes conservation through exemplary land management, education and land science.
	L	Oxfordshire Nature Conservation Forum	ONCF was established in 1993 to draw together the many interests that touch upon wildlife and landscape in Oxfordshire.
	L	Wildlife Trust(BBOWT)	Devoted to conservation and care of wildlife and wildlife habitats. Involved with land management, scientific surveys, policy formation, marine conservation and education.
Local Environmental Groups	L	Goring & Streatley Environmental Group	Goring and Streatley Environmental Group are small but active. In the past year they have carried out surveys of hedgerows and field boundaries and other features of the natural environment and planted a 400 metre hedge along a lane.
	L	Blewbury Energy Links	A selection of links to energy related sites
	L	Brightwell-cum-Sotwell Environment Group	Includes news on thermal imaging study.
	L	Benson Environment Survey Team	The latest records from our environmental surveys, proposals and plans for future activities, as well as historical data. We cover not only Benson village, but all the Parish of Benson.
	L	The Woodcote Conservation Group	Involved in maintaining and protecting the characteristic features of this environment, and in promoting awareness and appreciation of our local plants, wildlife and habitats.
Businesses
		Envirowise	Don't let waste compromise your business. The inefficient use of raw materials, packaging and technology could be costing you thousands of pounds in lost revenue, and ruining your competitive edge.
	L	Business Link	A FREE, impartial route to the business resources you need to successfully establish and run your business.
		Carbon Trust	We work with businesses and the public sector to help them to move to a low carbon future and exploit the commercial opportunities that this presents.
		Environmental Information Exchange	The purpose of the Environmental Information Exchange (EIE) is to provide SMEs within the Oxfordshire region with a central source of information and support for resolving environmental concerns.
		Egeneration	An internet-based network of environmental information and support for businesses across south-east England.
		The Waste Book	A free guide to recycling and sustainable waste management for businesses and organisations, covering the whole of the Thames Valley area.
		Business and Biodiversity	As a company, you can make a significant contribution to conserving biodiversity in the UK. This one-stop-shop, written especially for business, aims to tell you how. Here you will find information on why biodiversity matters to business, what the UK government is doing to meet its obligations and what business needs to do to meet theirs.
		Buy Recycled	This is your guide to products available in the UK which contain recycled materials.
		Forum for the Future	Group working to encourage sustainable development in businesses by providing advice, building capacity, and sharing information. They also work with government to influence policy and they run an Education and Learning Programme to increase awareness.
General
		Ethical Consumer	Ethical Consumer magazine publishes buyer's guides designed to help you find the products which best fit with your own values.
		Environmental Law Foundation	The Environmental Law Foundation(ELF) is the national UK charity founded in 1992 that helps people use the law to protect and improve their local environment and quality of life.
	L	Goring and Streatley Sustainability Group	Read all about our neighbouring group.
		Global Action Plan	Creating practical environmental & global solutions.
		Greening Campaign	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.
		Green Seniors	Environmental Action - worldwide
		The Green Shop	At the Green Shop we encourage our customers to live lightly on the planet by providing sustainable and low impact products for their homes.
		Green ISP	The Radical ISP. We aim to run our operations in a completelyradical way, in that our energy consumption will be from Renewable sources, and all consumables will be as environmentally friendly as it is possible.
		Headcorn Sustainability Group	Headcorn Sustainability Group is a membership based, not for profit organisation that campaigns for sustainable lifestyles. Based in Kent.
		One Hundred Months	We have 100 months to save the planet...
		Planet Pledges	Planet Pledges give people the opportunity to make a promise 'to help look after our planet and to make Stafford a better place to live'.
	L	Wallingford LETS	LETS stands for Local Exchange Trading Scheme. LETS schemes enable members to exchange skills, goods and services without using money. It's a bit like an organised barter system.
	L	Sage	Oxford's Christian Environmental Group
		Sust-it	sust-it has a simple objective: to make us all more energy efficient by providing consumer information on the most energy efficient products on the market.
		The Yellow House	This site tells the story of how we turned our 1930s ex-council house into our environmental dream home. We wanted to reduce our energy consumption by two thirds and renovate our home using sustainable materials, but without losing comfort or style.
	L	Oxfordshire County Council - Environment	The aim of these pages is to provide a wealth of information relating to Oxfordshire's environment enabling a greater understanding of the county in which we live.
	L*	BBCi Oxford Website	Covers local events including those by Sustainable Wallingford
Climate
		Carbon footprint calculator	This calculator will determine your primary carbon footprint, based on your household fuel bills and your annual travel. For your annual travel you can choose to enter just your own personal travel, or the total travel taken by your full household / family.
		Carbon calculator	Calculate your household carbon emissions using the ‘carbon calculator’, and offset emissions at the site of a company putting climate change “at the heart of business strategy”.
		CRed	The C Redcommunity of partners is leading the way, and will show the rest of the UK and the world how to make deep cuts in our CO₂ emissions. The C Redcommunity plans not only to achieve that 60%cut but to do it by 2025!
		Climate Ark	The Premier Climate Change & Renewable Energy Portal
		Climate Care	Climate Care helps you contribute to repairing the climate we share. We calculate the amount of carbon dioxide you generate, and then offset your CO₂ by funding projects that reduce this greenhouse gas.
		Friends of the Earth - Climate Campaign	Global climate change is the single biggest environmental threat facing the planet. There is much that can be done to stop catastrophic climate change but decisive action is needed from governments and industry now.
		Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change	The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been established by WMO and UNEP to assess scientific, technical and socio- economic information relevant for the understanding of climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.
	L	Oxford Climate-X-Change	The Oxfordshire ClimateXChange is a new Climate Change project for Oxfordshire. It's about you, your family, your neighbour, your street, your pub, school, business, church all getting 'fantastically imaginative' about climate change. How do you feel? What do you want to know? How do you want to find it out? What do you want to do? ClimateXChange is here to help you do all that.
		Plane Stupid	Plane Stupid is a coalition of airport residents and environmentalists who use direct action to stop the destruction of the environment and communities caused by airport expansion and aviation.
		Stop Climate Chaos	We believe that civil society organisations - environment and development groups, faith groups, humanitarian organisations, women’s groups, trade unions and many others - are in a unique position to mobilise public concern, and through this the necessary political action, to stop climate chaos.
	L	Thames Valley Energy	Thames Valley Energy offers information and advice on sources of renewable energy.
		What you can do	Products and advice to combat climate change
		UK Climate Impacts Programme (UKCIP)	Get information about the latest research into climate change and its effects from the UK Climate Impacts Programme (UKCIP), based at the University of Oxford.

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Links

(L-local; * links to SusWal web site; read caveat)

Waste

Real Nappies

Sanitary products

Energy

Energy Efficiency

Green energy

Renewables