Fair Trade & Global Society

  • Low-Impact Living Initiative (LILI) -residential weekend courses on environmental topics, plus factsheets, books, online shop, events /(UK)
  • FLO - the international fair trade labeling organization linked with Transfair and Max Havelaar /(English/Español)
  • Global Exchange - an international human rights organization /(English)
  • Fair Trade Federation - an association of fair trade wholesalers, retailers and producers /(English)
  • Fair Trade Resource - fair trade consumer information gateway /(English)
  • Kuu - an eco/sustainability and Holistic medicine centre based in Sendai, has started their Eco English program (website in Japanese).
  • Equiterre - ecology & social justice promotion organization/(Francais/English)
  • WFTO - a global association of fair trade organizations /(English)
  • Consumers International - global umbrella group for consumer organizations/ (English/Español/Francais)
  • Transfair - international organization supporting disadvantaged producers/ (English/Francais)
  • Oxfam - international development, relief, and lobbying organization/ (several!)
  • Aid to Artisans - nonprofit organization dedicated to creating economic opportunities for craftspeople in developing nations/ (English/French/Spanish/Russian)
  • CARE International - global relief and development organisation/ (English/French/Portugese/Danish/Dutch/German/Norwegian/Japanese)
  • FTA - Fair Trade Association of Australia and New Zealand - provides market access for producer groups, especially in the Asia-Pacific region/ (English)
  • Bridgehead - fair trade coffee company with coffeehouses, ecommerce website, and a national mail order business /(English)
  • Craft Revival Trust - encyclopedic guide, artisan database, and resource base for the craft and textile sector/ (English)
  • People and Planet - student network in Britain campaigning to end world poverty, defend human rights and protect the environment / (English)
  • Max Havelaar Norway - national Initiative of Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International (FLO)/ (German/English/Spanish)
  • Crafts Center at CHF International - improving lives of world's poor, esp. women. Helping develop sustainable micro enterprises + preserving cultures, beliefs, and environments/ (English)
  • Solidaridad - pioneering NGO developing fair and sustainable trade models. a.o. Fair Trade Labeling (Max Havelaar/TransFair). Coffee, tropical fruit and cotton/textiles/ (Dutch/ English/Portuguese/Spanish)
  • AgroFair (Initiative of Solidaridad) - importer and distributor of (organic) Fairtrade fruit from producers based in Latin America and Africa, owned by it's producers/ (English/Dutch)
  • Utz Kapeh - (initiative of Ahold Coffee Company and Solidaridad) - World-wide certification program for responsible coffee production and sourcing/ (English, Spanish)
  • Kuyichi - (initiative of Solidaridad) - Fair trade, style conscious jeans brand/ (English, Spanish, Italian)
  • Made-By - Fair-trade textiles. Initiative of Solidaridad/ (English)
  • Earth Policy Institute - founded in 2001 to provide a vision of a sustainable future along with a roadmap of how to get from here to there/ (English (research in over 20 languages))

Environment & Energy

  • Earthwire - environmental news service from the United Kingdom/ (English)
  • Global Environment Facility - helps developing countries fund projects and programs that protect the global environment/ (English/French/Spanish)
  • European Climate Forum (ECF) - platform for joint studies and science-based stakeholder dialogues on climatic change/ (English)
  • Climate Care - carbon dioxide emissions offsetting by funding sustainable energy and reforestation projects, mainly in the developing world/ (English)
  • Transport 2000 - sustainable solutions to transport problems in the UK/ (English)
  • Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) - international campaigning organisation investigating and exposing environmental crime/ (English)
  • National Energy Foundation - educational charity that encourages the development of renewable energy and energy efficiency/ (English)
  • CADDET - Centre for Analysis and Dissemination of Demonstrated Technologies, renewable energy and energy-saving technologies/ (English/Dutch/Danish/Norwegian/French/Swedish/Japanese/German/Korean/Spanish)
  • NATTA - information service on renewable energy run by the Open University Energy and Environment Research Unit/ (Engish)
  • Information for Action - lobbying facility, database of politicians and environmental groups, environmental quizes, articles, music, videos, and a database of chemicals/ (English/French/Spanish/Portuguese/Italian/Chinese/Japanese)
  • Centre for Alternative Technology - practical solutions to environmental problems, renewable energy, environmental building, energy efficiency, organic growing and alternative sewage systems/ (English/Welsh/Portuguese/Spanish/German/French)
  • CEEI - (Center for Environmental Education and Information) - educational organization for junior high and high schools, lower div colleges and Jr. colleges/ (English)
  • Endangered Species Early Warning - A list of amphibians, birds, fish, and other animals that are in danger of going extinct/ (English)
  • CREST - Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology - advancing renewable energy technology through research and teaching/ (English)
  • The European Wind Energy Association - (EWEA) - actively promoting the utilisation of wind power in Europe and worldwide/ (English)
  • The International Association for Ecology - (INTECOL) - society for the study of the science of ecology and its applications/ (English)
  • International Network for Sustainable Energy - (INFORSE) - a network of renewable energy and energy efficiency to alleviate poverty/ (English)
  • Climate Justice Programme - supports international enforcement of the law to combat climate change/ (English/Spanish)
  • The Climate Group - creating an international leadership coalition of public and private sector institutions committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions/ (English)
  • Friends of the Earth - international federation of environmental organizations from 70 countries, campaigns on urgent environmental and social issues and promotes sustainable societies/ (English/French/Spanish)
  • Greenpeace - exposing global environmental problems and forcing solutions for a green and peaceful future/ (English)
  • Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) - environmental action NGO using law, science, and member support to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places/ (English/Spanish)
  • Ecologic - private NPO think tank for applied environmental research, policy analysis and consultancy/ (English/German)
  • Ecological Internet - group working to end deforestation, preserve primary and old-growth forests, conserve and sustainably manage other forests, water, climatic systems, and promote ecological restoration/ (English)
  • Greenhouse Gas Online - provides an up-to-date resource that distills freely available information on cutting edge climate change science and news/ (English)
  • Sustrans - the UK's leading sustainable transport charity/ (English)
  • The Imagination Factory - Visitors learn how to creatively reuse materials to make drawings, paintings, sculpture, collage, and crafts. /(English)

Independent Sources

  • AAAS - The World's Largest General Scientific Society (English)
  • National Academy of Sciences - National Academy of Sciences (English)
  • UN- United Nation organization(English)
  • UNICEF - the United Nations Children’s Fund/ (English)
  • UNEP - united nations environment programme (UNEP)/ (English)
  • IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change/ (English)
  • ScienceDirect - leading full-text scientific database/ (English)
  • POGO - Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans/ (English)
  • USCAP - United States Climate Action Partnership/ (English)
  • Science the world's leading journal of original scientific research, global news, and commentary/ (English)
  • Nature - International weekly journal of science (English)
  • Scientific American - The oldest continuously published magazine in the U.S./ (English)