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Links |
There are many other organisations and companies involved with sustainable living in Devon and beyond. Happy surfing!
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Sustainable Building |
Mike Wye & Associates: supplies natural building and decorating materials throughout the UK, specialising in cob and lime products.
WigWam Sam: Tipis for sale and hire.
Devon Earth Building Association: supporting the conservation of existing cob buildings, and encouraging the use of cob for new building.
Building Something Beautiful: specialists in repair and maintenance of cob buildings, and in constructing new cob buildings.
Yurt Workshop: Yurts, Tipis and Berber tents.
Sub-lime Renovations: Sub-lime Renovations specialize in the repairs and renovations of period and listed buildings using traditional techniques and materials such as Cob and Lime. |
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Self Sufficiency |
Smallholders Online: a resource for everyone interested in sustainable food production.
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Accommodation |
Glebe House Self-Catering: Blue Chip Vacations, who run the self-catering cottages at Glebe House, are giving a donation of £20 to the Yarner Trust for evey course booked in conjunction with a stay in one of their cottages.
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Good Food |
Devon Celebration of Food: An annual festival celebrating local food. The website provides an online guide to events and allows food and drink businesses to register their own event with organisers.
Devon Food Links: a local food initiative (now finished) which worked to develop the market for local food within the county by linking all the components of the local food supply chain. Website still has useful links.
Providence Farm: Organic small farm providing a range of Organic Meats, based in Holsworthy.
River Cottage: a website about food, where it comes from, and why that matters. |
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Creative Crafts |
Kathleen May Designer Textile Jewellery: textile jewellery and craft products stimulated by Devon and the materials and methods of the middle and far east.
PachaDesign: contemporary furniture and accessories from reclaimed materials and natural resources.
ArtDesy: An art directory |
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Sustainability |
Friends of the Earth: campaigning for solutions to environmental problems.
TAG for Sustainability: Torridge Action for Sustainability is working to create a sustainable future for the Torridge area, in Devon and beyond.
Low Impact Living Initiative: a non-profit organisation whose mission is to help people reduce their impact on the environment, improve their quality of life, gain new skills, live in a healthier and more satisfying way, have fun, and save money.
Renewable Energy and Energy Saving: alternative energy solutions and energy saving to save money and the planet. |
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Publications |
Resurgence Magazine: An international forum of radical thought on environmental and social issues – ecology, human scale education, sacred art, the economics of well-being, sustainability and a holistic philosophy infused with spirituality and creativity. In print and on line. |
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