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West Midlands Links
Here are a few
of the organisations working locally, nationally or internationally on
localisation in any way. This page is still in draft so please do let
us know if you find any mistakes or have new links for us to add.
Hereford
Against Supermarkets Squashing our Local Economy (HASSLE)
A cross-party
coalition of groups, businesses and individuals opposed to further expansion
of supermarkets in Hereford in favour of more local and individualistic
proposals.
A group in Bishops
Castle, South Shropshire, working on encouraging responsible use of finite
resources within their local community, with a range of interesting projects.
West
Midlands New Economics Group
Aims to promote
sustainable economics within the West Midlands: economic activity that
is designed to last and to meet people’s basic needs.
UK-based links
Common
Ground Creating
the circumstances for local knowledge and professional expertise to inform
each other, Common Ground pioneers
imaginative ways of reweaving the local world. We try to inspire people
to join in exploration of the richness in everyday places, popular culture,
common wild life, ordinary buildings and landscapes, to revalue our emotional
entanglement with places and all that they mean to us and to go on to
become actively involved in their care.
Food
Climate Research Network
The Food Climate Research Network is an interdisciplinary, intersectoral
initiative to research & promote ways of achieving absolute reductions
in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the whole UK food chain.
An independent
body set up to give a reliable structure for work on green economics as
it grows in popularity and importance.
International
Society for Ecology and Culture (ISEC)
“ISEC is a non-profit
organisation concerned with the protection of both biological and cultural
diversity. Our emphasis is on education for action: moving beyond single
issues to look at the more fundamental influences that shape our lives.”
The campaign for the Sustainable
Communities Bill, which aims to give more power to local authorities and
make all levels of government more responsive to local needs and sustainability
principles.
“nef is an independent 'think and do' tank. We believe in economics as if
people and the planet mattered.”
Quarterly international
newspaper reporting on the people, events and influences that are helping
to create a more positive future for the world and its people, and that
are rarely covered by the mainstream press.
Global links (separate webpage)