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A selection of local and national websites with information concerning our climate and the environment.

www.washestuary.org.uk

The Wash Estuary Strategy Group was formed in 1993 and produced its first Wash Estuary Management Plan (WEMP) in June 1996. Its main aim is to promote the wise use of the area’s resources while maintaining a balance that allows local communities to prosper and safeguards the wildlife and landscape features for future generations. The Wash - described as the UK's last 'wilderness', is found on the east coast of the England with 12 percent of the area of the country draining into it via five rivers - the Steeping, Witham, Welland, Nene and Ouse.

www.realclimate.org

RealClimate is a commentary site on climate science by working climate scientists for the interested public and journalists, aiming  to provide a quick response to developing stories and provide the context sometimes missing in mainstream commentary. The discussion is restricted to scientific topics and does not involve political or economic implications of the science.

www.ageofstupid.net

The Age of Stupid is a movie from director Franny Armstrong in which Pete Postlethwaite stars as a man living alone in the devastated future world of 2055, looking at old footage from 2008 and asking: why didn’t we stop climate change when we had the chance? It was released in UK cinemas in March 2009. It has been described as possibly the most important film ever made? See it to make your own mind up.

www.marklynas.org

The website of environmentalist and climate change author Mark Lynas. His most recent book is Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet 

www.climatecrisis.net

The film An Inconvenient Truth offers a passionate and inspirational look at one man's fervent crusade to halt global warming's deadly progress in its tracks by exposing the myths and misconceptions that surround it. Former US Vice-President Al Gore brings a persuasive argument that we can no longer afford to view global warming as a political issue - rather, it is one of the biggest moral challenges facing our global civilisation.

www.fens.coop/index.php

Fenland Green Power Co-operative (known as Fens Co-op) was set up to offer community ownership of wind turbines in the Fens of south Lincolnshire. The co-operative aims to enable members of the public to own a stake in their local renewable energy resource, so benefiting from the sale of ‘green’ electricity. The wind farm at Deeping St Nicholas, near Spalding, consists of eight 2 MW wind turbines. Fens Co-op plans to offer community ownership of two of the turbines, which will produce enough electricity to power 2,100 homes and avoid the release of 9000 tonnes of carbon dioxide per annum.

www.bananalink.org.uk

Banana Link, a small and dynamic not-for-profit co-operative founded in 1996, campaigns for a fair and sustainable banana trade. It works in close partnership with Latin American banana workers trade unions, small Caribbean farmers and civil society organisations in Europe and the US.

Please note: although SimComm recommends looking at these sites it is not responsible for all of the content or views expressed.