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On the 15th November, 2005 there were 1,030,000,000,000 sites listing the word 'environment'! 43 million containing 'ecosystem', 46.4 million relating to 'renewable energy' and 1,140,000 on 'ecological footprints'! To save you a bit of time, we have gathered what we think are the best of the bunch and listed them here for you, so hopefully, you can find what you are looking for. If you have found a good site, please e mail the address to us so we can check it out and add it to our list for other users of this site! Please note that the contents of these websites does not reflect the views or opinions of the Footprint Trust or it's employees. Although we endeavour to keep our site safe for all to use, we are unable to guarantee the content of any site given below and take no responsibility for any inappropriate content. The Isle of Wight Council site gives a good explanation about the Ecological Footprinting Ventnor Botanic Gardens - Please visit the largest drought-tolerant garden in SE England! Recycling on the Isle of Wight - for information on recycling facilities on the Island Store Room Project is an Island project that aims to re-claim furniture and redistribute it to those in need. If you would like to get involved in volunteering either restoring the furniture or driving the van for deliveries and light removal, visit their site for more details! If you would like to find out more about safe routes to school and measures that are being taken to help you to get your kids to school on time, each time and every time safely, take a look here http://eduwight.iow.gov.uk/the_lea/policies_plans/School_Travel_Plan/ Best Foot Forward provides a downloadable copy of Island State; an Ecological Footprint Analysis of the Isle of Wight (published in 2002). BTCV provides information about all things related to BTCV - holidays, Green Gym, training, merchandise and loads more. Gift to Nature gives information about the Island 2000 Trust scheme, and gives more details about how businesses can get involved. www.naturenet.net Got a question about the countryside, conservation or nature? The best thing to do is ask your local ranger! Rangers are friendly people who love to answer questions about our work. Well, maybe you can't find a ranger at the moment. Just for this very eventuality, Naturenet provides a service called... 'ASK THE RANGER'. Green Island Awards this website contains over 400 pages of information (for businesses and individuals) listing all you will ever need to know about anything and everything connected with the GIA. General Sustainable Tourism lists ways in which we can make ourselves better tourists.Isle of Wight Natural History & Archaeological Society Isle of Wight Land Care http://www.landcare.island2000.org.uk/ Isle of Wight AONB http://www.wightaonb.org.uk/ Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming http://www.sustainweb.org/ Green Buildings if you are thinking of building a house, planning an extension or just want some advice on something, try the links below. www.thesustainablebuildingdirectory.co.uk www.foe.co.uk www.cat.org.uk www.rainharvesting.co.uk www.powershift.org.uk www.greenbuilder.co.uk www.cloudsenvironmental.co.uk Association for Environment Conscious Building http://www.aecb.net/ Ecovation http://ecovation.org.uk/htmldesigns/about.html To find out some specific webpages about recycling, please click on the recycling logo below. 
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