Arts & Crafts

• Instructables- Find out how to make practically anything yourself!

Built Environment

• 12 Ambachten- Unusual eco-building techniques from this exciting Dutch website (available in English: occasional odd translation!): underground houses, tile stoves, secondary double-glazing etc.
• Ambos- Socially and environmentally aware Cohousing collective for Falmouth
• Building with Nature- A new benchmark for the design and maintenance of green infrastructure in housing and commercial development.
• Centre for Alternative Technology- The Centre for Alternative Technology, based in Wales, has pioneered many alternative building techniques and forms of alternative energy. They publish many excellent books on a wide variety of topics and run courses.
• Chyan- Chyan Cultural Centre and Community Field. Chyan Community Field is a vibrant, well used project with visitors from near and far. Courses include fruit tree pruning and grafting, herbal medicines, growing winter veg, composting, cob building, micro-generation, dowsing, organic dyes, willow basket making, living willow sculptures, polytunnel growing as well as lots of community events.
• Cornwall Sustainable Building Trust- CSBT is a charitable company committed to making building design and construction as sustainable as possible, with minimal negative impact on the environment, both locally and globally.
• Green Building Press- Books and magazines on green building. Definitive.
• Low Impact Living Initiative- The Low Impact Living Initiative (LILI) runs courses and publishes information on low-impact building techniques such as strawbale, cob, timber, and on all sorts of things including making your own biodiesel, renewable energy etc.

Community

• Ambos- Socially and environmentally aware Cohousing collective for Falmouth
• Community Alive Falmouth- Collaborative website for Community Projects and groups in and around Falmouth. Launched at Community Alive Falmouth event, 22 May 2010 on Falmouth Moor
• Community Power Cornwall- Community owned renewable energy generation through public share issue
• Cornwall 2050- We've created this forum to enlist your help in defining how Cornwall will respond to the challenges of climate change and energy security (archived project)
• Diggers & Dreamers- UK guide and directory of intentional communities. Also notice boards with people needing people/places and places needing people, news and more.
• Energy4All- Energy4All is the UKs leading expert in community-owned renewable energy schemes.
• Intentional Communities- Intentional Community is an inclusive term for ecovillages, cohousing, residential land trusts, communes, student co-ops, urban housing cooperatives, alternative communities, and other projects where people strive together with a common vision.
• Local Works- Campaign for the Sustainable Communities Bill
• Nature Workshops- Forest school and outdoor learning in nature in Cornwall
• Positive News- Positive News from around the world.
• Radical Routes- Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change. The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (but none have more than 15 members), a few workers co-ops and a couple of so
• resilience.org- Resilience.org aims to support building community resilience in a world of multiple emerging challenges: the decline of cheap energy, the depletion of critical resources like water, complex environmental crises like climate change and biodiversity loss, and the social and economic issues which are linked to these.
• Transition Town Totnes Garden Share Project- This is a local initiative linking up people who have an unused corners of their garden with local committed growers.

Economics

• Ambos- Socially and environmentally aware Cohousing collective for Falmouth
• Chris Martenson's Crash Course- An American take on the converging lines of economics, peak oil and environment - 20 short videos on what is going on and where it is headed - and why the next 20 years will be very different from the last.
• Falmouth Freegle (was Freecycle)- Throwing something away? Stop! If you live in the Falmouth area, please offer your reusable items to other group members. Keep it out of the waste stream by giving it away to someone who can re-use it.
• Falmouth LETS- Falmouth's Local Exchange Trading Scheme
• 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.
• Kabin - Social Economy & Cooperative Development Cornwall- Kabin is the trading name of Social Economy & Co-operative Development Cornwall Limited, a Co-operative Development Body based in Cornwall.
• Kernow Credit Union- Local and ethical savings and loans
• Money as Debt- Simple animation with narrative about how money works and how it relies on growth as a paradigm.
• The Carbon Trust- Promotes a low carbon economy
• The Lean Economy- "The Lean Economy - A Vision of Civility for a World in Trouble" by David Fleming
• The Lewes Pound- Excellent website about The Lewes Pound. Launched September 2008 by Transition Lewes, the second Transition Initiative to launch a local currency
• Timebanks UK- Time Banks UK is the national umbrella charity linking and supporting time banks across the country by providing inspiration, guidance and practical help.

Education

• Autonopedia- Some very detailed information on renewable energy systems, including pedal power, making your own generators etc.
• Centre for Alternative Technology- The Centre for Alternative Technology, based in Wales, has pioneered many alternative building techniques and forms of alternative energy. They publish many excellent books on a wide variety of topics and run courses.
• Chris Martenson's Crash Course- An American take on the converging lines of economics, peak oil and environment - 20 short videos on what is going on and where it is headed - and why the next 20 years will be very different from the last.
• Chyan- Chyan Cultural Centre and Community Field. Chyan Community Field is a vibrant, well used project with visitors from near and far. Courses include fruit tree pruning and grafting, herbal medicines, growing winter veg, composting, cob building, micro-generation, dowsing, organic dyes, willow basket making, living willow sculptures, polytunnel growing as well as lots of community events.
• Climate Radio- This is the permanent archive of programmes made under the Climate Radio umbrella from 2003 to 2015 by independent journalist Phil England.
• Community Energy Plus- CEP is a registered charity and 'profit recycling' company dedicated to reducing the carbon dioxide emissions that contribute to climate change (global warming)
• education otherwise- Education Otherwise is a membership based organisation that provides support and information for families whose children are being educated outside school, and for those who wish to uphold the freedom of families to take proper responsibility for the educ
• Energy Beyond Oil- Supporting website for Paul Mobbs' excellent "Energy Beyond Oil" book
• 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.
• Instructables- Find out how to make practically anything yourself!
• Low Impact Living Initiative- The Low Impact Living Initiative (LILI) runs courses and publishes information on low-impact building techniques such as strawbale, cob, timber, and on all sorts of things including making your own biodiesel, renewable energy etc.
• Nature Workshops- Forest school and outdoor learning in nature in Cornwall
• Plants For A Future- Plants For A Future is a resource centre for rare and unusual plants, particularly those which have edible, medicinal or other uses. We practise vegan-organic permaculture with emphasis on creating an ecologically sustainable environment...
• Positive News- Positive News from around the world.
• Soil Association- We are the UK's leading environmental charity promoting sustainable, organic farming and championing human health.
• The Hesperian Foundation- The Hesperian Foundation is a non-profit publisher of books and educational materials that help people take the lead in their own health care and organize to improve health conditions in their communities.
• The Zebra Collective- Since 2003, we have been providing training, facilitation and other services to individuals and organisations in Devon and Cornwall and nationally. The work we do is guided by our core values of promoting equality, participation and good communication.
• Transition Culture- An evolving exploration into the head, heart and hands of energy descent
• Trapese Popular Education Collective- Trapese is a Popular Education Collective who offer workshops and training aimed at inspiring and promoting action for changing our world.
• www.somerset.coop (formerly UpStart)- A workers' co-op helping to start up and support social enterprises. Loads of downloadable resources. Very useful.

Energy

• Autonopedia- Some very detailed information on renewable energy systems, including pedal power, making your own generators etc.
• Carbon Calculators- Carbon calculators from Centre for Alternative Technology.
• Centre for Alternative Technology- The Centre for Alternative Technology, based in Wales, has pioneered many alternative building techniques and forms of alternative energy. They publish many excellent books on a wide variety of topics and run courses.
• Community Energy Plus- CEP is a registered charity and 'profit recycling' company dedicated to reducing the carbon dioxide emissions that contribute to climate change (global warming)
• Community Power Cornwall- Community owned renewable energy generation through public share issue
• DIY cookstoves- DIY cookstoves from first principals, from Aprovecho Research Centre.
• Energy Beyond Oil- Supporting website for Paul Mobbs' excellent "Energy Beyond Oil" book
• Energy4All- Energy4All is the UKs leading expert in community-owned renewable energy schemes.
• Fal Energy Partnership- Partnership for an integrated energy plan for Falmouth and Penryn Community Network area.
• How I built an electricity producing solar panel- Solar panels are very expensive though. So I decided to try my hand at building my own (american)
• How I home-built an electricity producing wind turbine- This is the story of how I did it. Not with an expensive, store-bought turbine, but with a home-built one that cost hardly anything. If you have some fabricating skills and some electronic know-how, you can build one too. (for charging 12 V batteries)
• Low Impact Living Initiative- The Low Impact Living Initiative (LILI) runs courses and publishes information on low-impact building techniques such as strawbale, cob, timber, and on all sorts of things including making your own biodiesel, renewable energy etc.
• Organic Power Ltd- Anaerobic Digestion for the 21st Century using the Maltin® System
• R-Eco- Renewable Energy Cooperative with Truro contact
• Wattstor- the WATTSTOR™ system saves electricity generated by your PV or other renewables systems for later use rather than exporting it to the grid. Company based in Cornwall.
• Wave Hub Project- Groundbreaking renewable energy project in the South West of England that aims to create the UK's first offshore facility for the demonstration and proving of the operation of arrays of wave energy generation devices.
• Western Renewable Energy- Western Renewable Energy is a specialist in hydro power, operating throughout the south west and beyond. We can offer services to potential developers and land owners from initial pre-feasibility studies, through design and construction, to operational s

Environment

• Building with Nature- A new benchmark for the design and maintenance of green infrastructure in housing and commercial development.
• Centre for Alternative Technology- The Centre for Alternative Technology, based in Wales, has pioneered many alternative building techniques and forms of alternative energy. They publish many excellent books on a wide variety of topics and run courses.
• Chyan- Chyan Cultural Centre and Community Field. Chyan Community Field is a vibrant, well used project with visitors from near and far. Courses include fruit tree pruning and grafting, herbal medicines, growing winter veg, composting, cob building, micro-generation, dowsing, organic dyes, willow basket making, living willow sculptures, polytunnel growing as well as lots of community events.
• Cornwall Community Climate Forum- Cornwall Community Climate Forum was formally established in 2006. The three main aims of the Forum are to provide peer support, to develop and coordinate joint networking, to provide an interface between community and strategic policy.
• DIY Cleaners You Can Make At Home- How to make your own non-toxic cleaning products for a safer health and home. It has quite a few recipes that both children and adults can make themselves.
• Future Scenarios- FutureScenarios.org presents an integrated approach to understanding the potential interaction between Climate Change and Peak Oil using a scenario planning model. By David Holmgren co-originator of the permaculture concept.
• monbiot.com- George Monbiot's blog (Author of "Heat: How to stop the planet burning")

Food

• Chyan- Chyan Cultural Centre and Community Field. Chyan Community Field is a vibrant, well used project with visitors from near and far. Courses include fruit tree pruning and grafting, herbal medicines, growing winter veg, composting, cob building, micro-generation, dowsing, organic dyes, willow basket making, living willow sculptures, polytunnel growing as well as lots of community events.
• DIY cookstoves- DIY cookstoves from first principals, from Aprovecho Research Centre.
• Grow Biointensive- Small-scale agricultural system — Grow Biointensive® Sustainable Mini-Farming — that nurtures soil, produces high yields, conserves resources and can be used successfully by almost everyone.
• Grow Sheffield- Urban food growing.
• Instructables- How to make simple seed pots out of old newspaper.
• localfood.org.uk- enabling local and sustainable food enterprise
• Plants For A Future- Plants For A Future is a resource centre for rare and unusual plants, particularly those which have edible, medicinal or other uses. We practise vegan-organic permaculture with emphasis on creating an ecologically sustainable environment...
• Seeds for Change- Training and Support for Grassroots Campaign groups. Seeds for Change can offer some free workshops and training for grassroots campaigners, as well as briefings and resources. We work together with activists and campaigners in the UK to help them organis
• Slow Food- Slow Food is a non-profit, eco-gastronomic member-supported organization that was founded in 1989 to counteract fast food and fast life, the disappearance of local food traditions and people’s dwindling interest in the food they eat...
• Soil Association- We are the UK's leading environmental charity promoting sustainable, organic farming and championing human health.
• Stroud Community Agriculture- Built on cooperation and mutual support the risks and rewards of farming are shared between the farmers and consumers. All the produce from the farm is shared between the supporting consumers or sold locally if there is a surplus.
• The Agroforestry Research Trust- The Agroforestry Trust researches and supplies information, plants and seeds for temperate agroforestry.
• The Biodynamic Agricultural Association- Founded on a holistic and spiritual understanding of nature and the human being's role within it, Biodynamic Agriculture builds on more than 75 years of world wide farming experience.
• The Cornish Food Box Company- Local Cornish produce
• The Real Seed Company- The Real Seed Company is a not-for-profit which sells and promotes non-hybridised seed, suited to our climate. They encourage seed saving.
• Transition Town Totnes Garden Share Project- This is a local initiative linking up people who have an unused corners of their garden with local committed growers.

Health & Wellbeing

• Evolutionary psychology and peak oil- I initially developed this webpage for my students, especially those in my Ecological Psychology course. The goal was to provide a succinct overview peak oil, and "heads up" about the social and personal challenges we will need to confront in the near fut
• Plants For A Future- Plants For A Future is a resource centre for rare and unusual plants, particularly those which have edible, medicinal or other uses. We practise vegan-organic permaculture with emphasis on creating an ecologically sustainable environment...
• The Happy Planet Index- The Happy Planet Index is an innovative new measure that shows the ecological efficiency with which human well-being is delivered.
• The Hesperian Foundation- The Hesperian Foundation is a non-profit publisher of books and educational materials that help people take the lead in their own health care and organize to improve health conditions in their communities.

Miscellaneous

• DIY Cleaners You Can Make At Home- How to make your own non-toxic cleaning products for a safer health and home. It has quite a few recipes that both children and adults can make themselves.
• monbiot.com- George Monbiot's blog (Author of "Heat: How to stop the planet burning")
• UnLtd- UnLtd is a charity which supports social entrepreneurs - people with vision, drive, commitment and passion who want to change the world for the better. We do this by providing a complete package of funding and support, to help these individuals make their

Municipal

• Falmouth - official website- Official destination website for those looking for information on Falmouth and holiday in Falmouth ideas. Database of accommodation, shops, galleries, attractions, events.
• Falmouth Town Council- Information on the work of the Town Council and Falmouth generally.
• Local Works- Campaign for the Sustainable Communities Bill

Other Local Websites

• Car Share Cornwall- This website aims to maximise people's travel options whilst also reducing the number of cars on the roads, cutting pollution, saving money and protecting the environment.
• Chyan- Chyan Cultural Centre and Community Field. Chyan Community Field is a vibrant, well used project with visitors from near and far. Courses include fruit tree pruning and grafting, herbal medicines, growing winter veg, composting, cob building, micro-generation, dowsing, organic dyes, willow basket making, living willow sculptures, polytunnel growing as well as lots of community events.
• Co-Cars in Falmouth- Originally planned as a not-for-profit co-op that provides cars to members for short term uses. Following sterling efforts of this group's members over the years, now successfully running under the auspices of CoCars.
• Community Alive Falmouth- Collaborative website for Community Projects and groups in and around Falmouth. Launched at Community Alive Falmouth event, 22 May 2010 on Falmouth Moor
• Community Energy Plus- CEP is a registered charity and 'profit recycling' company dedicated to reducing the carbon dioxide emissions that contribute to climate change (global warming)
• Community Power Cornwall- Community owned renewable energy generation through public share issue
• Cornwall 2050- We've created this forum to enlist your help in defining how Cornwall will respond to the challenges of climate change and energy security (archived project)
• Cornwall Community Climate Forum- Cornwall Community Climate Forum was formally established in 2006. The three main aims of the Forum are to provide peer support, to develop and coordinate joint networking, to provide an interface between community and strategic policy.
• Fal Energy Partnership- Partnership for an integrated energy plan for Falmouth and Penryn Community Network area.
• Falmouth - official website- Official destination website for those looking for information on Falmouth and holiday in Falmouth ideas. Database of accommodation, shops, galleries, attractions, events.
• Falmouth Freegle (was Freecycle)- Throwing something away? Stop! If you live in the Falmouth area, please offer your reusable items to other group members. Keep it out of the waste stream by giving it away to someone who can re-use it.
• Falmouth LETS- Falmouth's Local Exchange Trading Scheme
• Falmouth Town Council- Information on the work of the Town Council and Falmouth generally.
• Freewheelers - Falmouth- Falmouth's page on Freewheelers
• Kabin - Social Economy & Cooperative Development Cornwall- Kabin is the trading name of Social Economy & Co-operative Development Cornwall Limited, a Co-operative Development Body based in Cornwall.
• Kernow Credit Union- Local and ethical savings and loans
• Plants For A Future- Plants For A Future is a resource centre for rare and unusual plants, particularly those which have edible, medicinal or other uses. We practise vegan-organic permaculture with emphasis on creating an ecologically sustainable environment...
• The Cornish Food Box Company- Local Cornish produce
• Transition Truro- Adapting to the challenges of Climate Change and Peak Oil. We are holding regular meetings to enable local people to find out more about these issues and contribute knowledge and ideas - engaging the community in creatively developing sustainable solution
• Wattstor- the WATTSTOR™ system saves electricity generated by your PV or other renewables systems for later use rather than exporting it to the grid. Company based in Cornwall.

Partnerships

• Community Alive Falmouth- Collaborative website for Community Projects and groups in and around Falmouth. Launched at Community Alive Falmouth event, 22 May 2010 on Falmouth Moor
• Community Energy Plus- CEP is a registered charity and 'profit recycling' company dedicated to reducing the carbon dioxide emissions that contribute to climate change (global warming)
• Community Power Cornwall- Community owned renewable energy generation through public share issue
• Cornwall Community Climate Forum- Cornwall Community Climate Forum was formally established in 2006. The three main aims of the Forum are to provide peer support, to develop and coordinate joint networking, to provide an interface between community and strategic policy.
• Fal Energy Partnership- Partnership for an integrated energy plan for Falmouth and Penryn Community Network area.
• Falmouth LETS- Falmouth's Local Exchange Trading Scheme
• Local Works- Campaign for the Sustainable Communities Bill
• Transition Cornwall Network- TCN - Transition Cornwall Network - Supporting positive, resilient, and inclusive low carbon communities in Cornwall
• Transition Truro- Adapting to the challenges of Climate Change and Peak Oil. We are holding regular meetings to enable local people to find out more about these issues and contribute knowledge and ideas - engaging the community in creatively developing sustainable solution

Peak Oil and Climate Change

• Cornwall 2050- We've created this forum to enlist your help in defining how Cornwall will respond to the challenges of climate change and energy security (archived project)
• Energy Beyond Oil- Supporting website for Paul Mobbs' excellent "Energy Beyond Oil" book
• Future Scenarios- FutureScenarios.org presents an integrated approach to understanding the potential interaction between Climate Change and Peak Oil using a scenario planning model. By David Holmgren co-originator of the permaculture concept.
• Jan Lundberg's Culture Change- Blog looking at cultural changes in the transition process.
• The Carbon Trust- Promotes a low carbon economy
• Transition Culture- An evolving exploration into the head, heart and hands of energy descent

Climate Change

• Carbon Calculators- Carbon calculators from Centre for Alternative Technology.
• Climate Radio- This is the permanent archive of programmes made under the Climate Radio umbrella from 2003 to 2015 by independent journalist Phil England.
• Cornwall 2050- We've created this forum to enlist your help in defining how Cornwall will respond to the challenges of climate change and energy security (archived project)
• Cornwall Community Climate Forum- Cornwall Community Climate Forum was formally established in 2006. The three main aims of the Forum are to provide peer support, to develop and coordinate joint networking, to provide an interface between community and strategic policy.
• Future Scenarios- FutureScenarios.org presents an integrated approach to understanding the potential interaction between Climate Change and Peak Oil using a scenario planning model. By David Holmgren co-originator of the permaculture concept.
• Instant Expert: Climate Change- Excellent introduction to climate change from NewScientist magazine.
• Rising Tide- Rising Tide UK is a network of groups and individuals dedicated to taking local action and building a movement against climate change.
• Transition Culture- An evolving exploration into the head, heart and hands of energy descent

PeaK Oil

• Cornwall 2050- We've created this forum to enlist your help in defining how Cornwall will respond to the challenges of climate change and energy security (archived project)
• Evolutionary psychology and peak oil- I initially developed this webpage for my students, especially those in my Ecological Psychology course. The goal was to provide a succinct overview peak oil, and "heads up" about the social and personal challenges we will need to confront in the near fut
• Future Scenarios- FutureScenarios.org presents an integrated approach to understanding the potential interaction between Climate Change and Peak Oil using a scenario planning model. By David Holmgren co-originator of the permaculture concept.
• Post Carbon Institute- Post Carbon Institute helps individuals and communities understand and respond to the environmental, societal, and economic crises created by our dependence on fossil fuels.
• PowerSwitch- Powerswitch.org.uk is dedicated to raising awareness & discussion of the impending & permanent decline of cheap oil & gas supply, the consequences of which will affect every corner of our lives.
• resilience.org- Resilience.org aims to support building community resilience in a world of multiple emerging challenges: the decline of cheap energy, the depletion of critical resources like water, complex environmental crises like climate change and biodiversity loss, and the social and economic issues which are linked to these.
• The Oil Drum- Discussions about energy and our future (now archived but still contains a wealth of useful information)
• Transition Culture- An evolving exploration into the head, heart and hands of energy descent

Publicity

• Community Alive Falmouth- Collaborative website for Community Projects and groups in and around Falmouth. Launched at Community Alive Falmouth event, 22 May 2010 on Falmouth Moor
• Falmouth - official website- Official destination website for those looking for information on Falmouth and holiday in Falmouth ideas. Database of accommodation, shops, galleries, attractions, events.
• Positive News- Positive News from around the world.

Transition Initiatives

• Transition Culture- An evolving exploration into the head, heart and hands of energy descent
• Transition Network- The mission of Transition Network is to inspire, inform, support and train communities as they consider, adopt and implement a Transition Initiative. Huge array of links to groups and resources.

Transition Initiatives: UK: Cornwall & The Scilly Isles

• Transition Constantine- Transition group for Constantine, Cornwall, UK
• Transition Cornwall Network- TCN - Transition Cornwall Network - Supporting positive, resilient, and inclusive low carbon communities in Cornwall
• Transition Helston- Transition Helston is a new, voluntary initiative set up to work within Helston and district to engage all sectors of our community in dealing with the twin challenges of Peak Oil and Climate Change.
• Transition Ladock & Grampound Road- Transition Groups have been set up in response to the problems of Climate Change and Peak Oil. Ours was set up in the first half of 2008.
• Transition Penwith- Transition group for the Penwith area in Cornwall
• Transition Scilly- is a group driven by members of the community that aims to help everyone on Scilly reduce their carbon footprint and increase our resilience. (link is to their blog - main site at www.transitionscilly.org.uk seems to have been hijacked)
• Transition Truro- Adapting to the challenges of Climate Change and Peak Oil. We are holding regular meetings to enable local people to find out more about these issues and contribute knowledge and ideas - engaging the community in creatively developing sustainable solution

Transport

• Car Share Cornwall- This website aims to maximise people's travel options whilst also reducing the number of cars on the roads, cutting pollution, saving money and protecting the environment.
• Co-Cars in Falmouth- Originally planned as a not-for-profit co-op that provides cars to members for short term uses. Following sterling efforts of this group's members over the years, now successfully running under the auspices of CoCars.
• Eco-Drive- ecodrive is dedicated to promoting sustainable transport with a range of high quality, zero-emission, electric vehicles as a way of reducing the impact of private transport on the environment. Based in Penzance, Cornwall.
• Freewheelers- Linking drivers and passengers to share the cost of travel... Saves you money, helps other people and reduces pollution.
• Freewheelers - Falmouth- Falmouth's page on Freewheelers
• LiftShare- Save money and reduce traffic.

Waste & Recycling

• Falmouth Freegle (was Freecycle)- Throwing something away? Stop! If you live in the Falmouth area, please offer your reusable items to other group members. Keep it out of the waste stream by giving it away to someone who can re-use it.
• Organic Power Ltd- Anaerobic Digestion for the 21st Century using the Maltin® System
• Tetrapak Recycling- Excellent map showing Tetrapak Recycling for all local authorities in the UK (90%, sadly Cornwall is currently amongst the 10% that don't)
• The Humanure Handbook- Electronic version of the American classic on composting human waste.