Links (Green issues, campaigning, car usage and recycling)

This page is an index of links to external websites.

To add a link please email your request to  links@spokesgroup.com

• Bikeworks CIC - Bike Re-Cycling We recycle & refurbish used and abandoned bikes so that they can be re used or when this isn't possible materials (steel, aluminium) are put into the recycling system.

• http://www.bikeworks.org.uk/re-cycling.php

• Friends of the Earth
  Making life better for people by inspiring solutions to environmental problems.

• http://www.foe.co.uk/

• Giveacar And make a difference. Giveacar supports the Carfree movement. Our service can help reduce car usage. It gives people an ethical means of vehicle disposal, and will contribute to the reduction of cars on UK roads. We aim to lessen people’s dependence on their cars, and thus contribute to environmental sustainability.

• http://www.giveacar.co.uk/

• Green Drinks International
  Every month people who work in the environmental field meet up at informal sessions known as Green Drinks.
  We have a lively mixture of people from NGOs, academia, government and business. Come along and you'll be made welcome. Just say, "are you green?" and we will look after you and introduce you to whoever is there. It's a great way of catching up with people you know and also for making new contacts

• http://www.greendrinks.org/Hertfordshire/list

• GreenSTAT is a system that gives local residents the opportunity to comment on the quality of their open spaces and how well they feel they are being managed and maintained. It allows site managers to compare the results with others up and down the country to give a truly national voice of what we think about our open spaces.

• http://www.greenstat.org.uk

• Natural England Rights of Way - A Big Step Forward 25 March 2010
  Report highlights a new way ahead for old public rights of way
  Representatives of the key national interests in public rights of way united today in delivering a ground-breaking set of recommendations to Government designed to improve the law and procedures concerning old public rights of way.
  The Group’s report - Stepping Forward - is a blueprint for wide-ranging change that would deliver real benefits for the general public, landowners, farmers and local authorities alike.

• http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/about_us/news/2010/250310.aspx

• Open Spaces Society
  Protecting open spaces, common land, village greens and public paths in England & Wales.
  Britain's oldest conservation society
  Our aim is to protect, increase, enhance and champion the common land, village greens, open spaces and public rights of way in England and Wales, and the public's right to enjoy them.
  If you know of a blocked public path or encroachment on common land, or you want to register a 'new' green, we can help you, once you have joined the society.

• http://www.oss.org.uk/

• Ramblers At the heart of walking. Rights of way.
  We protect and enhance England and Wales' rights of way network so that the public has plenty of inspiring, convenient and safe opportunities to take a walk. Our priorities are informed by the Ramblers' Rights of Way Strategy, and our work is delivered by a small team of staff based in offices in London and Cardiff, together with around 3,000 volunteers

• http://www.ramblers.org.uk/rights_of_way

• Ramblers At the heart of walking. High Court Judge rules to save Oxfordshire footpath
  Ramblers scored a landmark legal victory last week (Feb 2010) as the High Court ordered Somerset millionaire Brian Herrick to remove 8ft iron gates erected across a public footpath on his £3.8-million Barcroft Hall estate at South Petherton, near Yeovil
  In the judgment of High Court Justice Cranston: "[T]he public is entitled to use and to enjoy everything which is in law part of a footpath ... the Barcroft Hall gateway prevented public passage and the enjoyment of amenity rights over [the] footpath."

• http://www.ramblers.org.uk/news/latest_news/...

• Re~Cycle - Relieving Poverty by Taking Bikes to New Territories. Re~Cycle's mission is to collect second-hand bicycles and ship them to Africa. Our partners distribute bikes and teach riders the skills to repair and maintain them. Our bikes also help health/AIDS workers reach remote villages and even provide an ambulance service in remote Namibia.

• http://www.re-cycle.org

• Rights Of Way: a guide to law and practice
  By John Riddall and John Trevelyan
  Published by the Ramblers’ Association and the Open Spaces Society.

• http://www.ramblers.co.uk/node/6/

• Stop Climate Change Coalition The UK’s largest group of people dedicated to action on climate change and limiting its impact on the world’s poorest communities. Our combined supporter base of more than 11 million people spans over 100 organisations, from environment and development charities to unions, faith, community and women's groups. Together we demand practical action by the UK to prevent global warming rising beyond the 2 degrees C danger threshold.

• http://www.stopclimatechaos.org/

• 20's Plenty For Us was formed in order to campaign for the implementation of 20 mph as the default speed limit on residential roads in the UK.

• http://www.20splentyforus.org.uk/