Green organisations

Green Organisations

(categories listed alphabetically)

Alternative technology

http://www.cat.org.uk/information/info_content.tmpl?subdir=information&sku=[sku] The Centre for Alternative Technology at Machynlleth - free information service offers advice and information on all aspects of sustainable living

Freecycle try Oswestry on http://groups.freecycle.org/Oswestry-Freecycle/posts/all

Friends of the Earth

http://www.shrewsfoe.org.uk/ Shrewsbury branch and very active

Green Shropshire

http://www.greenshropshire.org.uk/ Lists local green organisations

http://www.wemlocal.org Wem Local Transition Town - a community that takes seriously the threats to our way of life caused by our diminishing oil supplies and climate changewill seek to work

http://oswestry21.com Aiming for a sustainable future for Oswestry and on the path to becoming a Transition Town.

Green spaces

http://www.green-space.org.uk/community/index.php

Low carbon communities

http://lowcarboncommunities.net/ Network site for all low carbon community organisations

http://lowcarboncommunity.org/ Marches Energy Agency low carbon community site inc. reference to Ellesmere

National Trust

http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-smallstepsbigchange.htm The National Trust's Campaign "Small Steps Big Change"

Transition town movement

http://www.wemlocal.org Wem Local Transition Town - a community that takes seriously the threats to our way of life caused by our diminishing oil supplies and climate changewill seek to work

http://www.transitiontowns.org/

Wildlife Conservation

http://www2.btcv.org.uk/display/home national body of conservation volunteer workers and also offers training courses

Water

http://www.wcl.org.uk/blueprintforwater.asp a coalition of leading environmental organisations, launched the Blueprint for Water, setting out 10 steps to sustainable water by 2015

Ellesmere Goes Green

helping Ellesmere become an environmentally responsible community