Links

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Green Parties around the World

• Global Greens conference
• Australian Greens
  • Senator Bob Brown
• Green Party of South Africa
• The European Federation of Green Parties - has links to the websites of all the countries' Green Parties including:
  • Green Party of England and Wales
  • The Irish Greens
• Green Parties of North America
  • Green Party of Canada

Green News and Publications

• The Ecologist - 30 years of radical green comment.
• RACHEL's Environment & Health Weekly - longstanding and well-researched publication.
• Indymedia Aotearoa - independent news from the local version of the international open publishing phenomenom
• SchNEWS - independent activist news from longstanding UK Party and Protest crew
• Green Energy News - a weekly e-newsletter about renewable energy.
• Resurgence Magazine monthly magazine, most of the articles are online, has a searchable index.

Green Newsgroups

• nz.soc.green - discussion on environmental and other issues in and concerning New Zealand.
• alt.politics.greens - a world-wide newsgroup with lots of news and information about Green politics.

NZ Links

An assortment of New Zealand sites more or less relevant to the Green theme.

National Links

• Te Puna: Environment and Natural Resources - excellent list of Aotearoa/New Zealand resources maintained by the National Library.
• Greenstay Aotearoa is a home-hosting initiative of The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand.
• Trade Aid - fair trading organisation
• Cycling Advocates' Network (CAN) - promoting cycling in NZ. Coromandel Watchdog - digging the dirt on NZ's mining industry. -->
• Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society - conserving NZ's natural heritage since 1923.
• NZ Native Forests Restoration Trust - donated funds are used to purchase reserves or for restoration.
• Good Wood Guide - how to choose wood products that won't harm native bush.
• Naturespace NZ - wealth of information on nature conservation.
• New Zealand Conservancy Trust - permaculture education and promoting sustainable ways of living
• Native Forest Action - the latest news from the direct action frontline.
• Greenpeace NZ
• NORML - working to reform Marijuana Laws and allow industrial hemp to be grown in NZ.
• NZ Hemp Industries Association - a lobby group for the legalisation of a Hemp Industry in New Zealand.
• Peace Movement Aotearoa
• Incite - a left / green political ezine.
• The Rankin File - a collection of articles by Keith Rankin, political economist and economic historian.
• Ecobob - NZ eco living information.
• TripShare - a service to connect drivers and passengers around New Zealand.

Regional Links

• Canterbury Environment Diary - many local green events.
• Sustainable Wellington Network
• Christchurch Environment Centre
• Islands of the Hauraki Gulf.

Campaign Links

• Prison at Ngawha.

NZ Government Links

• Department of Conservation - information on conservation and recreation in National Parks.
• Ministry for the Environment - includes several of their publications and information on specific subjects eg. Resource Management Act.
• Environmental Risk Management Authority Official government body responsible for assessing environmental risks, including the risks of new technologies like genetic engineering. Check this site for what you should be making a submission on next.
• NZ Biodiversity Strategy - as part of NZ's commitment to the Convention on Biological Diversity and in response to the declining state of New Zealand's indigenous biodiversity.
• Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority - Jeanette's Energy Efficiency and Conservation Act can be downloaded, plus info on the developing national energy efficiency strategy, plus a Renewable Energy Products & Services database - suppliers of solar panels and wind turbines etc.

Worldwide Links

An assortment of sites more or less relevant to the Green theme.

• Informaction web site explains the environmental problems and offers solutions to fix them.
• One World - a community of over 350 leading global justice organisations under one roof, plus news and features.
• ZNet is a community of people concerned about social change and eager to learn from, enjoy, and work with one another.
• GreenNet.
• GreenNet Australia - excellent conservation resource linking to hundreds of local indigenous, community and environmental organisations.
• Global Ecovillage Network - supporting sustainable living globally, this grassroots non-profit organization links ecovillages around the world, including some NZ ones.
• The Environment Centre of Western Australia - all sorts of information, such as recipes for alternative cleaning agents and alternative pest control methods.
• Ecobytes - short facts highlighting statistics and key trends related to sustainable development.
• Worldometers - an excellent series of counters showing how we live on a planet with finite resources.
• Population Action International (PAI) - seek to slow population growth in order to enhance the quality of life for all people.
• American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy - lots of resources on energy efficiency for consumers or industry.
• Home Power a journal about practicing renewable energy in your own home with lots of resources.
• Benton's Best Practices - helping non-profit organisations make effective use of communications and information technologies.
• Adbusters Culture Jammer's Headquarters.
• Corporate Watch - exposing corporate greed by documenting the social, political, economic and environmental impacts of transnational companies.
• McSpotlight - dishing the dirt on MacDonalds. Peoples' Global Action against Free Trade and the World Trade Organisation. -->
• Organic Consumers Association - important new US advocacy group who have filed federal law suits.
• Solstice - Sustainable Energy and Development Information from the US Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology (CREST).
• Global Energy Marketplace - on-line searchable database of more than 2500 energy efficiency and renewable energy annotated Web links.
• The Green Design Network - a great resource for green design and building publications.
• Frugal Corner - Internet Frugal consumer resources.
• Sharon Beder's homepage - Australian University academic with many publications about environmental issues.