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Environment
Green, environmental and food politics, animal rights, resources and campaigns
- Animal Aid
UK’s largest animal rights group (founded in 1977) who campaign against all forms of animal abuse and promote a cruelty-free lifestyle.
- Animal Rights Coalition
The Animal Rights Coalition is dedicated to ending the suffering, abuse, and exploitation of non-human animals through information, education, and advocacy.
- Banana Link
Information on the many social and environmental issues that effect the banana trade.
- Blatant Incitement
Internet based direct action and information exchange project: ’The Blatant Incitement Project exists to empower people to organise themselves without hierarchy, for radical action towards social change, by sharing skills, knowledge, and inspiration...’
- Big Barn
BigBarn gives details on where to buy meat, game, fish, fruit and vegetables, cheese and dairy products direct from the people who produce them.
- Biofuel Watch
Biofuelwatch campaigns against the use of bioenergy from unsustainable sources
- Centre for Human Ecology
The Centre for Human Ecology is part of a worldwide movement for ecological sustainability and social justice.
- Climate Camp
The climate camp is an annual action camp which brings together hundreds of people from the UK who want to act to stop climate change before it’s too late.
- Critical Mass
’Critical Mass is not an organization, it’s an unorganized coincidence. It’s a movement ... of bicycles, in the streets. Accordingly, this isn’t the official Critical Mass web page, because there is no official Critical Mass web page.’
- Earth First!
A radical, innovative, militant and biocentric environmental movement composed of countless small, bioregionally based groups across the country and the world that take direct action to protect nature. The international website links to the global network of EF groups (www.earthfirst.org).
- Earth Liberation Prisoners
’Earth Liberation Prisoners exists to provide information on people imprisoned for actions in defence of the earth and its inhabitants. We include people, animal and earth liberationists, those fighting on anti-nuclear and peace issues.’
- Friends of Animals
International animal rights group emphasising outreach, egalitarian principles, respect for habitat, natural and fairly traded products, vegan lifestyle.
- Friends of the Earth International
A global federation of environmental organisations with about 1.5 million members and supporters affiliated to groups in 70 countries across the world. FOEI works against the current model of corporate globalisation to promote environmentally sustainable and just societies.
- Genetic Resources Action International
International non-governmental organisation promoting sustainable management and use of agricultural biodiversity based on people’s control over genetic resources and local knowledge.
- Greenpeace International
An independent non-profit, global campaigning organisation with 2.65 million supporters worldwide using non-violent, creative confrontation to expose global environmental problems and their causes.
- League Against Cruel Sports
An animal welfare organisation campaigning against all blood sports including bull fighting, fox hunting and hare coursing.
- London rising tide
Creative direct action on the root causes of climate change and promotes socially just, ecological alternatives to fossil fuel madness.
- Oil Watch
Oilwatch is a resistance network that opposes the activities of oil companies in tropical countries.
- Peoples Food Sovereignty Network
A loose global coalition of peasant-farmer organisations and NGOs working on food and agriculture issues that grew out of the OWINFS coalition.
- Pesticide Action Network
’Working to eliminate the dangers of toxic pesticides, our exposure to them, and their presence in the environment where we live and work.’
- PLATFORM
’PLATFORM works across disciplines for social and ecological justice. It combines the transformatory power of art with the tangible goals of campaigning, the rigour of in-depth research with the vision to promote alternative futures.’
- Road Block
Road Block is an alliance of groups and individuals campaigning against road-building and in support of a move towards the sustainable transport practices that are still within our reach.
- The Ruckus Society
An organisation that sponsors skill-sharing and direct action training camps for activists from impacted communities working on social justice, human rights and environmental justice. Ruckus was founded by Mike Roselle and co-founded with Twilly Cannon and JR Roof to specialise in environmental activism and Guerrilla communication.
- Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty
SHAC is an international animal rights group campaigning to close down Huntingdon Life Sciences, Europe’s largest contract animal-testing laboratory.
- The Soil Association
UK’s leading campaigning and certification organisation for organic food and farming.
- Via Campesina
A pluralistic, democratic, multicultural movement which coordinates and develops solidarity amongst small and middle-scale farmers, agricultural workers, rural women, and indigenous communities from across the world in order to promote sustainable economic relations of equality and social justice.
- Water Justice
Virtual resource centre and meeting place for exchanging experiences, debate and strategies.
- Womens Environmental Network (WEN)
’Educating, informing and empowering women and men who care about the environment. Campaigning on environment and health issues from a female perspective.’
- Young Greens
Young Greens is a new movement harnessing the energy and ideas of young people to change the direction of our society.
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