Sustainable Communities

• Building a Sustainable Future – homes for an autonomous community (GIR53) (Copies available from BRESCU enquiry line 01923 664258 or see www.housingenergy.org.uk). 
• Can Do Exchange (www.candoexchange.org) - A place where active people and organisations in the community can access resources and contacts previously impossible for them to access.
• Catalyst Collective (www.catalystcollective.org) is a worker co-operative, who helps people set up and register co-ops. In the last ten years over 75 housing co-ops, about 30 worker co-ops, a couple of charities, and a variety of   different companies with co-operative aims have been registered through catalyst.
• Community Composting Network (www.communitycompost.org)  
• Community Development Foundation (www.cdf.org.uk)
• Community Network UK (www.intentionalcommunities.org.uk)
• Community Self Build Agency (0207 415 7092)
• Diggers and Dreamers (www.diggersanddreamers.org.uk) - News page with current stories related to communal living, searchable database of communal groups in the UK, places needing people - details of groups currently looking for members, articles on various aspects of communal life, a picture gallery, and of course how to buy a copy of the book and other publications on and about communal living.
• Eurotopia (www.eurotopia.de) – is the European directory for living in a community.
• Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens (www.farmgarden.org.uk)
• Findhorn Ecovillage Project (www.ecovillagefindhorn.com) - The eco-village at Findhorn is a tangible demonstration of the links between the spiritual, social and economic aspects of life.
• Forum for the Future (www.forumdirectory.org.uk) - database for information on credit unions and community enterprise schemes.
• Foundation for Local Food Initiatives (www.localfood.org.uk)
• Global Ecovillage Network (See www.gaia.org) - The Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) is a grassroots non-profit organisation that links together ecovillages and related projects around the world. GEN promotes and supports models of sustainable living globally, in order to inspire and encourage the creation of more viable lifestyles on this Earth.
• Intentional Communities (www.ic.org/index.php) - Alternative lifestyle and housing magazine.
• Low Impact Living Initiative (LILI) (www.lowimpact.org) is dedicated to helping protect the global environment by promoting sustainable alternatives to various aspects of everyday life. Contact us to find out more about our installations, workshops, presentations and manuals.
• Neighbourhood Initiatives Foundation (www.nifonline.org.uk) – supporting community development.
• New Economics Foundation (www.neweconomics.org) - includes Participation Works! - 21 techniques of community participation for the 21st century.
• Othona Community (www.othona.org) - a network of people across the UK and around the world, with two permanent centres to visit in Essex and Dorset. An open Christian Community, welcoming and involving people of all faiths and none. We offer individuals, families and groups the chance to slow down. To get to know themselves and each other in beautiful, peaceful surroundings with wonderful walks and beaches nearby.
• People for Action (www.peopleforaction.org.uk) - Forming networks with housing associations and solutions for sustainable action.
• Shared Garden (www.sharedgarden.co.uk) - The site provides information about a community garden project in Nottingham and has an interest in organic, bio-dynamic, healthy living, community services and related topics.
• Sustainable Communities Initiative Scotland (www.sci-scotland.org.uk) build zero waste & zero energy communities by; building and creating with waste, demonstrating the earthship zero-energy build concept, and supporting community participation in projects that make sustainability real and tangible.
• UK Co-Housing Network (www.cohousing.org.uk)