Hope you like the seventies colour scheme. Ok. We've got Gardening, arty stuff, alternative media, direct action and miscellaneous good stuff links. I haven't categorised them very strictly, or put them in order of importance, so have a scroll down the whole lot and then take your pick. If you want to add anything, email it to me at actionwench@yahoo.com
The
site of the National Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens. Lots
of useful stuff especially contacts. Good starting point if you're looking
for a project near you. The list of UK Community Gardens is still being
worked on, it should be complete by the end of the summer. It's worth
mentioning that the NFCFCG (!) only lists projects that are members, so
it's not exhaustive.
NFCFCG: The Greenhouse, Hereford Street, Bristol (01179) 231 800
The
National Society of Allotment and Leisure Gardens. A good UK site with
links to regional allotment groups. Has a link to the Elder Stubbs site,
which
can also be reached directly on http://nsalg.co.uk/elder/elder2.htm. Last
time I checked, the Elder Stubbs site was down....
http://www.internetgarden.com
Very beautiful and informative site.
http://www.glaschu.demon.co.uk/allotment.html
The virtual allotment. Very good page, loads of info and links to everything
from discussion lists to the Swedish Fuchsia society.
http://www.oneworld.org/tlio/index.html
Home page for The Land is Ours campaign group. TLIO 'campaigns peacefully
for access to the land, its resources and the decision making processes
affecting them, for everyone, irrespective of race, gender or age'. Worth
looking at.
Another good American site with a good links page. Interested mainly in
urban community gardens.
www.gm-info.org.uk
Information on the nature (?!) and whereabouts of GM crops in the UK.
Needs updating, but I expect it will have been done in time for summer
season.
http://www.communitygarden.org
This is the American Community Gardening Association's home page. It is
well worth looking at, full of info and links to mainly American sites.
www.primalseeds.org
has a list of UK test sites. This is a recommended site. Both have good
campaign and info links.
www.corporatewatch.org.uk/
is a good site to read up on what the big and the bad are up to. Good
for biotechnology corporations, and links.
www.permaculture.co.uk
online permaculture magazine and introduction to the subject.
www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/
Plants for a future site. Really good. Packed full of information
on a range of stuff; forest gardening, vegan organic, edible, medicinal,
rare or unusual plants.
www.hdra.org.uk/
Comprehensive and informative site dealing with organic and sustainable
agriculture. Very good links and contact details for local UK groups.
Also has a heritage seed library (get URL) of seeds no longer on
the national seed list.
That was the gardening selection...now for a few of my personal favourites...
(and the WWOOF site, which is gardening, but I didn't make a rollover for it so it's down here...)
www.wwoof.org Willing Workers on Organic Farms. You go and work on a farm in exchange for bed and board. You can do this all over the world...mmmmm. I've never done it but I've heard good reports.
www.schnews.org 'Underground' news. i.e. stuff that matters, (direct action, political issues etc.) uncensored, independently reported. Go to this site!! Everybody should read schnews. Also on this site there is a database of campaign / direct action group contact details.
www.indymedia.org.uk Independent and open-access journalism. This site is arranged so that you can post your own account or opinion (in words, photos, video or audio). Makes full use of the internets ability to laterally spread information and ideas. Generally high quality stuff. There are thirty-ish sites, based all over the world.
squall.co.uk More good independent media stuff.
www.undercurrents.org ditto.
www.adbusters.org Turning the power of advertising on itself. Very professional. Guerrilla gardening article issue 53?
www.urban75.org Direct action, rave, piccies, drugs, football, punch a celebrity....big, informative, YES
www.subvertise.org Collection of subversive graphics, cartoons, altered adverts etc. I love this site.
www.reclaimthestreets.net You know what I'm talking about. Alcoholic thugs hell-bent on the destruction of innocent eateries. Oh no! I've been brainwashed by the media! See for yourself.
www.graffiti.org Exactly what it says on the can. Some incredible images on this site. There are millions of links, some of which are amazingly inspiring - others are bloody odd. From this site you can go to the Digital jungle graffiti site (www.graffiti.org/dj). UK graffiti site. (I nearly wet myself.) there is also a link off this site to oxfordgraffiti.co.uk.Think global act local eh.
www.partyvibe.com mmmmm. General free party stuff and piccies. If you add /headfuk to this address you can get to the T.A.A site. T.A.A stands for 'Temporary Autonomous Art' this was an art exhibition held in London at the end of May in a squatted space, celebrating creativity and tekno culture.
www.ezln.org en espanol. oh well. One of the ZAPATISTA sites. The Zapatistas are an indigenous mexican people who are staging an incredible and inspirational fight against the Mexican government for their basic rights. I put this in because it is something everyone should know about, er. not because I could find an english site. I know there is one, you just need to look a little. I only looked for about thirty seconds 'cos I was tired of screens. Try zapatista.net which has some english info. Probably a link off the Indy Media site I'd have thought.
www.guerrillagirls.org yippee.Feminist art activists who get up to loads of good stuff.
www.agp.org Peoples global action. Loose global network of people fighting for social justice and environmental sustainability.
www.explodingcinema.org London independent cinema group. Good rants on this site. More arty than activisty.
www.consciouscinema.co.uk Brighton activist group who make (mostly) campaign videos.
www.squat.net Yup, squatting info and pictures. Cool site.
www.req-n.com/anarquist/history.htm Anarcho queers of any sexuality. YIPPEE!!!
come.to/oxyace Oxyacetalene site. Oxyacetalene is an Independent Oxford newsletter, same sort of idea as schnews. Covers serious issues not too seriously.
www.zmag.org Loads of Chomsky. If you don't know who Chomsky is then you better go and have a look. He's a bloody clever bloke. Analysis of world news. Good stuff.
www.seen-unseen.com The interaction of art and science. Eco regeneration art/science projects. UK based group.
www.simonjones.org.uk Anti casualisation of the workforce. Casualisation is good for profit and terrible, in this case fatal, for the workers. Simon Jones was killed on his first day of work.
www.veganvillage.co.uk Many of the ethical arguments that apply to vegetarianism apply to the consumption of all animal products. Leaving animal products out of your diet is a more compassionate way to eat. Easy if you cook for yourself. I have only managed it for short periods though. This site gives information about veganism.
www.closecampsfield.org.uk Campsfield is one of many refugee detention centres in the UK. Talk about institutional racism. Campsfield is a prison for people whose crime is to flee persecution and search for a better life) just outside Oxford. It's disgusting and must be bulldozed. Extensive account of the close campsfield campaign. Everything you want to know, and good links. Good site.
Videoactivistsnetwork.org A network of video activists groups. Strangely enough. Video activism = using a camera as a tool to promote social and environmental sustainability. Good links.
www.oneworld.org Hugemungeous site with loads of NGO's
www.astalavista.com Free software...
www.geneticsaction.org.uk Not yet finished, but worth visiting. Looks like it will be the main UK genetics site.
www.caat.demon.co.uk Campaign against the arms trade is a broad coalition of people seeking an end to the UK's role in the international arms trade.
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