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Science & Planet > Do your bit for the environment (the links below will take you online)
Join or contact a conservation group
	Environmental Campaigns - Links Here you can find direct links to a well categorised list of important organisations involved in the environment and conservation. They range from political links to pressure groups and organisations covering a wide range of topics.
	Friends of the Earth The largest international network of environmental groups in the world. The Friends of the Earth site has information about all their current campaigns and contains details about how you can get involved or support the organisation.
	Greenpeace The Greenpeace website has information about the activities of the organisation, educational resources about the environment and conservation, news stories and details about how you can join up and take part in campaigns. An informative site.
Learn about conservation and ecological issues
	Doing Your Bit Are you doing your bit? This government backed initiative has been set up to demonstrate how even the smallest actions can dramatically help improve bit the local; environment and the global situation. Well worth a read.
	Earth Pulse A well put together site crated by National Geographic that focuses on a wide number of conservation and environment issues. As is to be expected from this organisation, the content is of the site is well written and very informative. An excellent site.
	Earth Trends Although the first page of this site can take ages to load, it is worth the wait because it is packed with useful information. It provides country by country analysis of certain environmental factors and provides lots of data and maps.
	Ecology.com A good source of information about global conservation and ecology issues, scientific research and has gardening tips for environmentally conscious people everywhere. It is updated regularly and has some good coverage of current issues.
	Heat is Online An informative site about climate change and the actions and inactions) of organisations and governments around the world. It is regularly updated with relevant news stories and packed with well written articles and information. Well worth a visit.
	The Energy Saving Trust Set up after the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, to help reduce CO2 emissions in the UK. The site is full of information about saving energy and can help you to find simple but effective ways to reduce your impact on the environment.
	The Environment Agency From here you can access a lot of the official government information about the environment. This includes statistical information about the current state of various aspects of Britain's environment and a loads of advice about how you can do your bit.
Lobby your council or MP
	Fax Your MP This fantastic little site allows you to compose a letter that will then be faxed to your local MP. Best of all this process is completely free! It also allows you to read recent speeches and see your MPs entry on the register of interests.
	How to Contact an MP This site tells you exactly how to go about contacting your MP through the house of commons. Straightforward and easy to understand with the useful addition of tool to help you find out exactly who your MP is in the first place.
	List of MPs This is an alphabetical list of all the members of the British Parliament, along with a link to their websites where applicable and in most cases, a link to somewhere from where you can email your MP directly.
	Tagish - Local councils directory Local councils are responsible for most facilities and services in your area. Use this excellent site to visit the website of your local council and find out about all the services that they offer or to contact a local council member or committee.
Recycle your waste
	Alu Pro A nationwide organisation that deals specifically with recycling aluminium drinks cans and foil. Loads of information about how to go about organising your recycling efforts and how to go about getting cash for your old cans.
	Lets Recycle A very informative and well put together site that keeps you up to date with recycling and waste management issues from all over the country. A comprehensive guide to the recycling efforts underway in Britain.
	SCRIB The Steel Can Recycling Information Bureau website is a good source of information about recycling aimed primarily and children. There's lots to read and learn as well as information about how you can start to recycle steel and do your bit for the planet.
	The UK Recycling Database Simply tick what type of waste you want to recycle and fill in your postcode and this site finds the facilities you need and provides you with contact details for all the relevant authorities to find out more about schemes in your area.
	Waste Watch A site dedicated to recycling and reducing the amount of waste in the UK. From here you can find information about buying recycled goods and recycling schemes and activities. Loads to look at and very informative.
	WWF - Recycling Some useful information about why we should recycle our waste. Also includes information about organisations involved in recycling and how you can do more to help.
Shop ethically
	Ethical Consumer Everything you need to be an ethical consumer. Includes guides to brands and products, details of boycotts, regularly updated magazine features, buyers guides and of course, loads about why you should shop ethically in the first place.
	Ethical Junction The Ethical Junction is a gateway to the ethical sector for people in the UK and Ireland, giving a focal point for a broad range of ethical issues and trading. The information and shops you can find here can help you make environmentally sound choices.
	Green Choices A well organised site that lets you find environmentally friendly goods in a large number of different categories. Makes shopping for such goods on the web very easy and includes loads of information and tips in each category. An excellent site.
	Guide to Ethical Shopping This is a well written, concise but useful guide to the ethical shopping on the internet. It contains links within the article to all of the best sites to visit along with the reasons why. Makes shopping ethically a complete doddle and much more reliable.
Start or sign a petition online
	Global Stewards Not a very attractive site but it has links to a number of large international petitions that you can sign online. Covers a wide range of environmental and conservation issues and includes an 'activists toolkit' to help you organise a campaign.
	Go Petition Create a petition online on pretty much anything you want. This site has a specific UK section but also has other global areas so you can reach people all over the world. You can get help with creating petitions and managing any petitions that you start.
	Petition Them A good site that lets you set up petitions with potentially unlimited reach, on almost any issue. You will get help managing any petitions that you create and you can read or sign any other petitions that exist on the site.
	The Petition Site A large range of different petitions to read and sign, covering loads of different environmental, political and human rights issues. An interesting site.

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