Some Other Special Resources
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Some Other Special Resources
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| The envocare site contains hundreds of pointers to relevant resources. Nevertheless in our researches we came across others which seemed important but which didn't naturally fit in with our topics, so they are included here. Some deal with data services, others with job opportunities, even the odd publication. We have included international environmental organisations and government departments. Most have some claim to be environmentally or ecologically friendly but not all. Some relate to software or search engine services which helped with developing or running the site. | ||
| Although we declare them to be important or interesting, we don't necessarily agree with their content or views expressed and we cannot be responsible for individual privacy policies. | ||
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ACC Consultants (California) |
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ACC Environmental Surveying Consultants California is a firm of consultants specialising in environmental and energy optimization services. It is led by a group of professionally certified Environmental and Surveying Consultants. | ||
| Cool
Companies (US) |
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This US site appears to be a commercial venture sponsored by firms. It claims that companies can save energy, cut greenhouse emissions and as a result can also save money. Its a good idea but is it really that simple? | ||
| CNT
(US) |
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The Center for Neighbourhood Technology believe that a combination of economic growth and accelerating urbanisation can hold the promise of a better life for the world's population, because cities are the key to equitable wealth creation, efficient resource use and liveable communities. | ||
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Dept of Energy (US) |
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The US DOE claims that sustainable development provides a framework under which communities can use resources efficiently, create efficient infrastructures, protect and enhance quality of life, and create new businesses to strengthen their economies. A truly professional presentation. | ||
| ENFO (Ireland) |
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ENFO is Ireland's public information service aiming to provide easy access to wide-ranging and authoritative information on the environment, including sustainable development. Established in 1990 by the Department of the Environment & Local Government, ENFO aim to foster increased awareness of the environment, collecting and maintaining up-to-date information. Visit their site for more details. | ||
Environmental Consulting Services |
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Environmental Services Inc. offers environmental consulting services to resolve environmental land-use issues throughout Southeastern United States and Bahamas. | ||
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The EnviroLink Network has partnered with the Institute for Global Communications to provide the non-profit community working for social and environmental change with the best possible Internet services. IGC is a non-profit organization committed to many of the same principles as EnviroLink. We hope that together they will develop a comprehensive resource for individuals, organizations and businesses. |
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Freedom Towns of America |
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Freedom Towns of America is a group of like-minded individuals concerned about preserving the Earth. They promote freedom and independence by way of a peaceful, eco-friendly, economical approach. The site covers water sources, foods and health, green building, energy and transport. | ||
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Green Art Studio displays galleries by Greg Patch who is an environmentally conscious artist using beeswax and natural pigments for his paintings. He draws attention to the fact that normal art works invariably use toxic materials in their creation. Click on the ball to view his galleries. | |||
Green Student U (US) |
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Green Student U is a blog style site which introduces students to a wide variety of global environmental issues by recognizing on-campus green initiatives and personal success stories, as well as how the world is being shaped by political environmental reform. | ||
| ILSR
(US) |
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Institute for Local Self Reliance is a small organisation with a record for breaking new ground in promoting sustainable communities. ILSR has researched the feasibility of an increasing number of communities generating wealth from local resources. | ||
| Save
The Environment |
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SaveTheEnvironment.com
features environmental links, information, and activism on the world wide web. |
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| World
Environmental Organization |
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The World Environmental Organization, founded 1997, is a non-profit organization devoted to the preservation of Earth's limited and threatened natural resources. It helps individuals to promote environmental ideas to millions of people around the world in over 50 countries. Commendable site. | ||
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| Some
utilities, not directly involved with the environment but which we have
found to be of value to us in our work. |
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| Ad-Aware
from Lavasoft |
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Do you know what Spyware is? Some sites place software on your hard-disc which monitors and reports your every move when you're surfing. Lavasoft provide a free utility which can detect Spyware and remove it. | ||
| Atomz |
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Atomz provide the local search engine for our site, free. We think it is a useful asset (although, in 2004 they have introduced advertisements in the results), we didn't even have to include this link. Their support has been exemplary; altogether a professional service. They also offer commercial editions. | ||
| BigNoseBird |
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BigNoseBird.Com offer a wealth of support for Webmasters. We are indebted to them for the basic script which enables us to operate the envocare Virtual Cards. Click on the ball to go to their site. | ||
| Dynamic
Drive |
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Dynamic Drive offer an interesting range of free scripts and don't insist on a link. We did use one on our Home Page to scroll new items. Thanks. | ||
| EZmenu
from Web-Nova |
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EZmenu is a highly rated DHTML menu script being versatile, fast and compact. It features functionality, ease of use, widespread compatibility and performance. We are pleased to be able to use it on this site. | ||
Huey |
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Huey is an HTML tool that converts RGB values to Hex and v-v. Web safe colours can be specified and a pipette allows selection of colours from any part of the screen. Its a simple, useful and convenient tool and its free. | ||
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JustZIPit is a tiny ZIP program alternative to WinZip which simplifies ZIP compression to the bare bones. The author, Chad Jones, has gone for simplicity without the frills so that it ZIPs or UnZIPs with just one click from the context menu. Its free, and he offers some other choice tools as well. | |||
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Telephone Preference Services
(TPS) gives you the means to stop intrusive cold calls, and Junk Faxes
as well. You can also reduce the amount of snail mail dropping through your
letterbox. A more recent threat arises from text messages (SMS) which can
trick the unwary into replying on premium rate lines at an alarming cost.
For our summary click here  . |
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| Script
Asylum |
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ScryptAsylum provides all sorts of free Javascripts and DHTML to download. Brian Gosselin, the author, offers a selection of games, background effects, calculators (date, time and general), mouse effects, scrollers and more. | ||
| Xenu's
Link Sleuth |
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Xenu's Link Sleuth checks web sites for broken links including external links, images, frames, plug-ins, backgrounds, local image maps, style sheets, scripts and java applets. A report can be produced at any time. Its fast, its free and does what it says on the can; it comes highly recommended. | ||
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| Search
engines and directories etc |
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| Having returned
to the business of submitting to search engines and directories after
a break for a couple of years it was alarming to find the blatant commercialism
which dominated the scene. While it is understandable that the organizations
have to make their way financially, the methods used seem to mitigate
against their reasons for existence; namely independent research. For
a few personal comments on our experiences over the initial few months
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| The
Open Directory Project |
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The Open Directory
Project (ODP) is maintained by a community of volunteers and claims
to be the largest, most comprehensive human edited directory of the Web.
In these days of excessive commercialisation where many search facilities
are charging for entries and skewing their results as a consequence, the
ODP meta search directory is welcome.
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| Google |
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What can we say
that you don't already know? Its ubiquitous, comprehensive, offers to give
a rating of each link (on a scale of ten) and you can check how many sites
link to any page (approximately). You can insert a versatile task bar on
your client browser if you feel inclined and it is simply the search utility
by which the others are judged. Try it here:
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Several years
ago we came across FAST and decided that its name was appropriate;
now its technology powers the Alltheweb search engine. In our opinion
the facility seems to be undervalued. You can try it here:
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