Cities Feeding People (International Development
Research Centre)
Web: www.idrc.ca/cfp
This site provides information about the program initiative
on urban agriculture (UA) at Canada's International Development
Research Centre. IDRC supports applied, multidisciplinary research
on food security and urban policy issues in the South.
International Council for Local Environment
Initiatives
Web: www.iclei.org
The International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives
(ICLEI) is an association of local governments dedicated to the
prevention
and solution of local, regional, and global environmental problems
through local action.
Resources on Urban Agriculture and Forestry (RUAF)
Web:
www.ruaf.org
This is a comprehensive resource centre for urban agriculture and
food.
United Nations' Food and Agricultural Organisation
Web: www.fao.org
The Food and Agriculture Organization was founded in October 1945
with a mandate to raise levels of nutrition and standards of living, to
improve agricultural productivity, and to better the condition
of rural populations.
World Health Organisation
Web: www.who.org
The objective of WHO is the attainment by all peoples of the highest
possible level of health.
EU Sustainable Towns and Cities Campaign
Web: www.sustainable-cities.org
Campaign Interactive supports transfer of knowledge and
exchange of experience in the field of urban sustainability and
Local Agenda 21 in Europe, thereby helping implement the concept
of sustainable development. It provides central access to comprehensive
and up-to-date information relevant to all those working towards
sustainability in an urban context.
Local Sustainability- the European good practice
information service
Web: http://cities21.com/europractice/
' Local Sustainability' has been conceived and developed as a service
of many partners, disseminating and making accessible the good practice
experiences of European cities, towns, counties and their associations,
national and regional governments, research and educational
institutions, and Directorate Generals of the European Commission.
Agro Forestry Research Trust
Web: www.agroforestry.co.uk
The Agroforestry Research Trust is a non-profit making charity,
registered in England, which researches into temperate agroforestry and
into all aspects of plant cropping and uses, with a focus on tree,
shrub and perennial crops.
Common Ground
Web: www.commonground.org.uk
Common Ground is internationally recognised for playing
a unique role in the arts and environmental fields, distinguished by
the linking of nature with culture, focussing upon the positive
investment people can make in their own localities, championing popular
democratic involvement, and by inspiring celebration as a starting
point for action to improve the quality of our everyday places.
Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens
Web: www.farmgarden.org.uk
The Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens (FCFCG) is the
British (UK) organisation representing groups involved in community led
development of open space through locally managed farming and gardening.
Foundation for Local Food Iniatives
Web: www.localfood.org.uk
Our aim is to promote and support the growth of healthy local
food economies, as a key contribution to sustainable development.
Henry Doubleday Research Association (UK)
Web: www.hdra.org.uk
Researching and promoting organic gardening and food.
Learning Through Landscapes
Web: www.ltl.org.uk
Learning through Landscapes is the national charity dedicated to
helping schools improve their grounds for the benefit of children.
National Association of Farmers' Markets (UK)
Web: www.farmers-market.org
Lists farmers markets for the UK.
National Society of Allotments and Leisure Gardens
(UK)
Web: www.nsalg.demon.co.uk
The NSALG is the ONLY Organisation representing the interests of
Allotments and Allotmenteers at a National level.
Plants for a Future
Web: www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/index.html
Plants For A Future is a resource centre for rare and unusual
plants, particularly those which have edible, medicinal or other uses.
Royal Horticultural Society
Web: www.rhs.org.uk
THRIVE
Web: www.thrive.org.uk
Thrive is the national horticultural charity which exists to
enable disadvantaged, disabled and older people to participate fully in
the social and economic life of the community.
Dartford Road Allotments
Web: www.btinternet.com/~richard.wiltshire/draal.html
Green Adventure
Web: www.greenadventure.demon.co.uk
London 21
Web: www.london21.org
London Food Link
Web: www.londonfoodlink.org
London Farmers Markets
Web: www.lfm.org.uk
The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
Web: www.rbgkew.org.uk/others.html
Architecture Foundation
Web: www.architecturefoundation.org.uk
Centre for Alternative Technology
Web: www.cat.org.uk
Ecological Design Association
Web: www.eda.org
(This site goes live in late March)
Ecological Design Institute (USA)
Web: www.ecodesign.org/edi/
Green Roofs for Healthy Cities (Canada)
Web: www.peck.ca
National Sustainable Tower Blocks Initiative
The National Sustainable Tower Blocks Initiative is an informal
grouping of voluntary organisations. The Initiative is seeking to
discover and implement ways to make Tower Blocks more sustainable
places to live.
Web: www.towerblocks.org.uk
Permaculture Association (UK)
Permaculture is a way of designing and creating sustainable
environments and systems.
Web: www.permaculture.org.uk
Rooftop Garden Resource Group (Canada)
To contribute to the promotion and realization of Healthy City
principles by raising the public's awareness of the benifits of Rooftop
Gardening.
Web: www.interlog.com/~rooftop/
Scottish Ecological Design Association
Web: www.seda2.org