Food & Water Watch challenges the corporate control and abuse of our food and water resources by empowering people to take action and by transforming the public consciousness about what we eat and drink.
The Ecologist
'Rethinking basic assumptions'. Founded in 1969 by Edward Goldsmith, The Ecologist is the longest running environmental monthly in Europe. ISEC's directors form the editorial board.
Global Eco-Village Network
The GEN was founded in 1994 to support the development of Eco-villages - communities in which people strive to live and work sustainably - and to facilitate the exchange of information amongst these settlements. It makes information about eco-village concepts and demonstration sites available to the public.
International Forum on Globalization (IFG)
IFG is an alliance of sixty leading activists, scholars, economists, researchers, and writers formed to stimulate new thinking, joint activity, and public education against economic globalisation and its negative impacts on democracy, communities, human welfare, local economies, and the natural world.
Sathirakoses-Nagapradipa Foundation
The Foundation, named after two prominent Thai scholars, has become the 'mother' foundation of several 'sister' organisations struggling at the grassroots, national and international levels for freedom, traditional cultural integrity, social justice and environmental protection.
Seed Savers Network
SSN is a foundation that works to preserve traditional varieties of useful plants across Australia. It also has a strong training programme in the Pacific, Asia and Africa.
Edward Goldsmith
The personal website of Edward Goldsmith, founder of The Ecologist. The site contains a large and growing number of articles from The Ecologist and other magazines, chapters from books, and other writing dating from the 1970's to present day. All indexed and searchable.
The New Economics Foundation
NEF is unique in bringing together the ideas, people, resources and influence to challenge business-as-usual. This radical think tank creates practical and enterprising solutions to the social, environmental and economic challenges facing the local, regional, national and global economies.
Schumacher College
Schumacher College is an international center for ecological studies that welcomes course participants from all over the world. The college runs short courses on ecological issues and a one-year MSc in Holistic Science.
Findhorn Foundation
One of the best-known intentional communities in the world, Findhorn is also a major international center of adult education, and personal and spiritual transformation. It offers tours, workshops and conferences, including courses in holistic education.
Center for Human Ecology
The CHE was founded in 1972 to catalyse Systems thought and practice. This well-known institution offers ground-breaking education on ecological issues through lectures, conferences and courses, including a Masters degree/diploma/certificate in Human Ecology.
Farmers World Network
FWn raises awareness amongst UK and European rural communities of the key issues in world agricultural production, distribution and trade. FWn runs conferences, facilitates links between rural communities in the North and South, produces a journal, works with land-based colleges, and organises displays at agricultural shows.
SUSTAIN
The Alliance for Better Food and Farming advocates food and agriculture policies and practices that enhance the health and welfare of people and animals, improve the working and living environment, promote equity, and enrich society and culture.
National Association of Farmers Markets
The NAFM exists to promote Farmers' Markets and assist in the formation of new ones; to support existing Farmers' Markets and enable them to expand and remain self-sustaining; to define and accredit the Farmers' Market concept and grant accreditation only to those markets which conform to the agreed criteria; to represent the interests of Farmers' Markets and lobby for measures that would help them; and to seek support of the range of Regional, National and European agencies.
Center for Ecoliteracy
The Center was founded in 1995 to foster the experience and understanding of the natural world. It is a public nonprofit foundation that supports a network of Northern California grantees, many of which are schools and educational organizations engaged in programs like habitat restoration, school gardens and food systems.
The Edmonds Institute
The Institute is a non-profit, public interest organization committed to the health and sustainability of ecosystems and their inhabitants. Its current emphasis is on: (a) biosafety and the legally binding international regulation of modern biotechnologies, (b) intellectual property rights and just policies for the maintenance and protection of biodiversity, and (c) exploration of the ethical implications of new technologies.
Organic Consumers Association
OCA promotes food safety, organic farming, and sustainable agricultural practices in the USA and abroad. Campaign strategies include: public education, activist networking, boycotts and protest, grassroots lobbying, media and public relations, and litigation.
Since 1982, this organization has worked to promote biodiversity conservation and the protection of people's rights, their livelihoods and the environment from centralised systems of monoculture in forestry, agriculture and fisheries. Their newly founded Institute, Bija Vidyapeeth, offers courses in Ecological Education in an environment that reinvigorates our vital link with nature, and promotes contemplation, enquiry and positive action.
Third World Network (TWN)
TWN is a network of NGOs and individuals working on development issues. It conducts research on economic, social and environmental issues pertaining to the South; publishes books and magazines; organizes and participates in seminars; and seeks to provide a platform representing broad Southern interests and perspectives at international fora.
Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability (Feasta)
Feasta aims to identify the characteristics (economic, cultural and environmental) of a truly sustainable society, articulate how the necessary transition can be effected and promote the implementation of the measures required for this purpose.
Compas (Comparing and Supporting Endogenous Development)
Compas is an international network, designed to understand the diversity of rural peoples' knowledge, encourage local experimentation within farmers' worldviews, and enhance inter-cultural dialogues on farmers' knowledge and indigenous learning. Compas aims to be a forum for exchange on testing field methods, on-farm research and participatory approaches, based on farmers' own concepts, indigenous institutions and cosmovision. Compas presently works with 26 partner organisations in 12 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe and is funded by DGIS, the Netherlands.
Via Campesina
Via Campesina is an international farmers' movement that coordinates organizations of small and middle-scale producers, agricultural workers, rural women, and indigenous communities from Asia, Africa, America, and Europe.
Farming Solutions brings examples of successful, environmentally responsible farming systems to life from all over the world, illustrating how farmers can protect the environment while at the same time increasing food supply where it is most needed.
Resurgence is an internatioal forum for ecological and spiritual thinking, which publishes articles on deep ecology, holistic science and creative living, with a lively mix of arts, crafts and book reviews. Connecting readers to a world of ideas, tools and resources for sustainable living. Resurgence is available in print and on-line.
