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.

Ecological Footprinting and Sustainable living

  • The Isle of Wight Council site gives a good explanation about Ecological Footprinting
  • Ventnor Botanic Gardens - Please visit the largest drought-tolerant garden in SE England!
  • Best Foot Forward provides a downloadable copy of Island State; an Ecological Footprint Analysis of the Isle of Wight (published in 2002).
  • General Sustainable Tourism lists ways in which we can make ourselves better tourists.
  • http://www.sustainweb.org/ - Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming
  • http://www.landcare.island2000.org.uk/ - Isle of Wight Land Care
  • www.foe.co.uk
  • www.energysavingtrust.org.uk
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    Green Buildings

    If you are thinking of building a green home, installing renewable energy system, rainwater harvesting, try the links below.
  • www.wightarchitecture.co.uk
  • www.encraft.co.uk
  • www.cat.org.uk
  • www.rainharvesting.co.uk
  • www.greenbuilder.co.uk
  • http://www.aecb.net/ - Association for Environment Conscious Building
  • http://ecovation.org.uk/htmldesigns/about.html - Ecovation

    • Renewable Energy

  • www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/
  • www.islandturbines.co.uk
  • www.yes2wind.com
  • www.nef.org.uk

    • Renewable Energy - Solar

  • consumerfocus.org.uk
  • www.realassurance.org.uk
  • www.microgenerationcertification.org
  • www.solar-trade.org.uk
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    Climate Change

  • http://www.eco-island.org.uk/climate%20change/isle_of_wight_climate_impacts_report_issue_2.pdf [PDF]
  • http://www.naturalenterprise.co.uk/pages/projects/34-climate-change
  • http://www.changingclimate.org.uk
  • http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/footprint/climate_carbon_energy/climate_change/
  • http://www.coolkidsforacoolclimate.com/
  • http://www.medinavalleycentre.org.uk/weather-and-climate-database.php

    • Nature and Biodiversity

  • 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'.
  • Isle of Wight Natural History & Archaeological Society
  • www.plantlife.org.uk
  • www.rspb.org.uk

    • Recycling

  • Recycling on the Isle of Wight - for information on recycling facilities onthe Island
  • Store Room Project offers Island residents the opportunity to really help their community and environment by donating furniture, household items and white goods, which may otherwise have been taken to the landfill site, thereby providing a low cost service to members of the community who are not able to furnish their own homes. The local environment is helped along with our Island residents.
  • Our Recycling Page

    • Education

  • http://eduwight.iow.gov.uk/the_lea/policies_plans/School_Travel_Plan/ - If you would like to find out more about safe routes to school on the Isle of Wight, 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
    • Sustainable schools information…
  • http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/sustainableschools/
  • http://www.eco-schools.org.uk/
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    Development Organisations

  • www.practicalaction.org
  • www.tfsr.org
  • www.wateraid.org/uk
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    Population issues

  • www.ippf.org/en
  • www.optimumpopulation.org/
  • www.fpa.org.uk/Homepage
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    Healthy Matters

  • www.eatwell.gov.uk

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