Please note these are all external websites, we cannot be held responsible for their content.
Alternative Technology
Nearby Transition Towns, Low Carbon Communities etc
- Sustainable Hayfield
- Transition New Mills
- Transition Wilmslow
- Transition Belper
- Hope Valley Climate Action
- Transition Chesterfield
- Moorlands Climate Action Home (moorlandsclimateaction.org.uk)
- Wirksworth Community Land Trust – Energy efficiency ensures houses use less heat – reducing costs and carbon emissions! (wirksworthtclt.org)
Food And Food Production
- Food for Macc
- Incredible Edible Todmorden
- Abundance Manchester
- Farming Life Centre, Blackwell Hall Farm
- The Derbyshire Beekeepers Association
- Food Climate Research Network
- Local Food
- Soil Association – Community Supported Agriculture
- National Society of Allotment and Leisure Gardeners
- Peak Organics
- Permaculture UK
- The Big Lunch
- Commonground
Transport
- A US site showing charging points (including in the UK). You can also download an app: PlugShare
- Another site showing charging points, looks more comprehensive than PlugShare for this country. Also has an app: Zap-Map
- Travel to Buxton by Rail
- Derbyshire Car Share Scheme
- Derbyshire Bus Timetables
- National Rail Train Times
- Adventures with an electric vehicle
- International Train Travel
- Peak Cycle Links
Renewable Energy And Energy Efficiency
- Ethical Consumer article on insulating homes. Excellent article (added 16/9/22)
- CO2WhatToDo This is a new page made locally which gives lots of useful tips.
- Adding Solar Panels to Your Home
- Historic England’s Guide to improving energy efficiency in older buildings.
- Home Insulation & Energy Efficiency Guide – although this is a commercial site we thought the information in it is useful, well laid out and does not try to sell you products.
- How to make your home more environmentally friendly – another commercial site but with excellent information – strongly recommended.
- BWEA – wind and wave energy
- CAT – Centre for Alternative Technology, Machynlleth, Wales
- EST – Energy Saving Trust
- Green Home Resource Guide
- Hockerton Housing Project Derbyshire Eco Centre
- 25+ Innovative Ways To Save Energy At Home This is an American site so some advice is US biased but generally the advice is excellent.
Recycling, Waste Reduction etc
Consumerism & Local Economy
- New Economics Foundation
- NEF – The Impossible Hamster
- The Eco-Friendly Guide to Cleaning Your Home
- Eco Friendly Cleaning Recipes
- Good On You Sustainable Fashion Ratings by brand Good On You – Sustainable Fashion and Beauty Brand Ratings
- Peak District – EQM Environmental Quality Mark for businesses operating sustainably
Climate Change
Fossil Fuels
Climate & Social Justice
- Five young women of colour fighting climate change worldwide | Amnesty International UK
- Black Lives Matter in the Climate Movement – Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
- Womens Environmental Network
- 19 youth climate activists you should be following on social media – Earth Day
- Disability, Climate Justice and Eco-Ableism : Climate Fringe
- 12 Female Climate Activists Who Are Saving the Planet (globalcitizen.org)
- Why LGBTQI communities will be disproportionately affected by the climate crisis
- Vic Barrett — Earth Guardians
- https://youtu.be/6zPOL69ieIU (Historical data on countries and their responsibility for climate change)
- Key biodiversity targets have been missed. But the UN has a plan | World Economic Forum (weforum.org)
- What is climate justice? | Climate Action (friendsoftheearth.uk)
- Climate Justice – United Nations Sustainable Development
- Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice | (mrfcj.org)
On-line Training Courses
- Climate Change: Solutions: This is a free, on-line course run by the University of Exeter
