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GOOD DEVELOPMENTS
The Tibet Society of the UK
This Fund responds to requests from Eastern Tibetan communities who live and work alongside the greater Chinese community and who want, through education, to acquire the skills to compete in a modern world, whilst supporting their own heritage and culture.
Appropriate Technology AsiaAppropriate Technology Asia (ATA) is a British international non-governmental organisation (INGO) mainly working in the Himalayan and post-Himalayan plateau belt regions, running long term and well-established programmes in India, China, and Nepal.
Siddhartha School, Ladakh, IndiaIn June 1995, through the joint efforts of the Siddhartha School Project boards (U.S. and Ladakh) and the local Stok village community, the Siddhartha School was opened in rented quarters with 25 pre-school age children. Since then the school has grown to over 190 students and five buildings.
Medecins sans FrontieresMédecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international humanitarian aid organisation that provides emergency medical assistance to populations in danger in more than 70 countries.
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SUSTAINABLE DESIGN INFORMATION
Your home
Good Residential Design Guide
Living Smart HomesLiving Smart Homes is a FREE program of the Sunshine Coast Regional Council and Moreton Bay Regional Council. Learn easy ways to reduce your household's greenhouse gas emissions and save money at the same time! You will find information, activities, games and calculators, all designed to help you to complete the four living smart modules.
Green Building Council of AustraliaLaunched in 2002, the GBCA is a national, not-for-profit organisation that is committed to developing a sustainable property industry for Australia by encouraging the adoption of green building practices. It is uniquely supported by both industry and governments across the country.
Green Roofs AustraliaGreen Roofs Australia is a not-for-profit membership organisation with an elected committee that draws together the various governmental, organisational and businesses groups and individuals interested in being kept informed about green roof science, technology, practice, regulations and specifications. We promote green roofs as an effective response to climate change and city heat island effects, and to reduce buildings' carbon footprints.
AusbaleThe Australasian Straw Bale Building Association
The Last StrawInternational Straw bale Journal
Ontario Straw Bale Building CoalitionHosts of the 2006 international straw bale building conference
Straw Bale WIKIStraw Bale Construction Related Resources & Technical Studies
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BUILDERS, TRADESPEOPLE & CONSULTANTS
Bohdan Dorniak & Co Architects & Townplanners
is a small progressive architectural practice with a focus on environmentally sustainable design based in Adelaide.
Eco Cottages Pty Ltdis a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) that integrates best practice construction training and building ecology into a real work site environment.
Their goals are:- integrating sustainable building principles and practices
- developing employability skills with students and apprentices
- building environmentally friendly relocatable cottages
Peter EastonStrawbale Building Consultant
Strawbale Building Workshops and Training
Nick Dunn & Roger SheldrickA team of carpenters and a builder specialising in strawbale construction on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland. One of the only businesses on the Sunshine Coast specialising in strawbale construction.
One Earth LandscapingThe One Earth team is reliable, hard working, highly skilled and experienced, and is committed to creating amazing gardens with passion and enthusiasm. Whether you live on a suburban block, or small to large acreage, the One Earth team can help you. If you are looking for a professional landscaping company with a 'Creative, Organic approach', then look no further. Based in Pomona, Qld.
Rammed Earth Constructions P/LRammed Earth Constructions Pty Ltd is an award winning building company specialising in rammed earth projects, taking on full building projects and also subcontracting for rammed earth walls. The company has experience in building commercial and residential projects in a variety of styles and for a range of budgets.
Roger Sheldrick, Licensed Quality CarpenterOver a decade of experience working on carpentry projects of all shapes and sizes, ranging from renovations to building from the ground up. Servicing the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Yesterday, today, tomorrow straw bale constructionLicensed builders specialising in strawbale construction. Their aim is to provide the highest quality workmanship to build healthy, environmentally friendly and energy efficient houses with an emphasis on sustainability and permaculture principles. Working throughout NSW.
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CONSTRUCTION COSTS
Home Design Directory
Construction cost estimator for new homes, renovations & extensions
Washington BrownEstimate the construction cost of your residential, commercial or industrial development.
The Blue BookDavis Langdon's handbook for the construction & property industry, produced annually since 1998, contains valuable information about current and future trends.
AllianzThis calculator estimates the replacement cost of your home using information supplied by Reed Construction Data, Australia's leading provider of building cost information.
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MATERIAL ISSUES
Good Wood Guide
Good Wood comes from ethical and ecologically sustainable sources. When you choose Good Wood, you support a solution to deforestation and related climate change, you protect unique biodiversity and you help local forest communities find alternatives to poverty and loss of livelihood.
PVC Alternatives Database - GreenpeaceAlthough it appears to be the ideal building material, PVC has high environmental and human health costs that its manufacturers fail to tell consumers.
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ENERGY & WATER USE
Climate change: A guide for the perplexed
A firm and ever-growing body of evidence points to a clear picture: the world is warming, this warming is due to human activity increasing levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and if emissions continue unabated the warming will too, with increasingly serious consequences.
Greenpeace Climate Change PagesGreenpeace campaigns to stop dangerous climate change and champion solutions like renewable energy and energy efficiency.
Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards SchemeWELS is Australia's water efficiency labelling scheme. It allows consumers to compare the water efficiency of different products.
Energy rating AustraliaFind energy-efficient appliances
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CONSUMPTION
Ethical Consumer Guide
The Ethical Consumer Group is a community based, not-for-profit network set up to help facilitate more sustainable purchasing practices for the everyday consumer.
SCRAP LtdSCRAP stands for School Communities Recycling All Paper. They are a non-profit body which exists to help schools, other educational, government, non-profit bodies, private individuals and companies become environmentally-friendly and encourage you - whether you are a student, a teacher or a member of the wider community - to understand how to do this better.
EcodirectoryAustralia's guide to Sustainable Living
The Green DirectoryPromoting Sustainable Living
Eco ShopAustralian Eco-Friendly Shopping
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BOOKS & MEDIA
Humanity Development Library
The Humanity Development Library is a large collection of practical information aimed at helping reduce poverty, increasing human potential, and providing a practical and useful education for all.
Development BookshopSome of the most useful books around.
ZNETI hesitate to call ZCom the leading samizdat of our age, because it is also one of the great newspapers of the internet, print, and video. You get more in one visit than hours of thumbing through voluminous newspaper voices of rapacious power. The range of good journalism, writing and scholarship on ZCom is astonishing: from the pen of the well-known to eyewitness reporting of 'citizen journalists'. John Pilger
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ECOLOGY
Wildlife Warriors
Wildlife Warriors Worldwide's Objectives- To protect and enhance the natural environment
- To provide information and education to the public and raise awareness of wildlife issues
- To undertake biological research
- To research, recommend and act in the protection of threatened or endangered species.
- To enter into cooperative arrangements with like-minded organisations
The Wilderness SocietyThe Wilderness Society is a community-based environmental advocacy organisation whose mission is protecting, promoting and restoring wilderness and natural processes across Australia for the survival and ongoing evolution of life on Earth
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SUNSHINE COAST ISSUES
Kin Kin Community Group Inc.
The Kin Kin Community Group is leading the opposition to a huge quarry being proposed in the community.
Save the Mary RiverDo we really want to Dam the Mary River?
Sunshine Coast Environment CouncilFor more than 25 years, the Sunshine Coast Environment Council, commonly called SCEC, has educated, engaged and advocated for the protection of our unique Sunshine Coast environment and lifestyle.
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ENERGY & SOCIAL ISSUES
Chernobyl photo essay
from New Internationalist Magazine
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FRIENDS
Nikki Bezel Photography
Nikki Bezel is Noosa's finest architectural and prestige property photographer, specializing in exteriors, interiors and lifestyle photography.
Oriental Guest House, LadakhThe best place to stay when in Leh
Aton LuminairesOrganic in material and form, aton luminares: lighting that elegantly walks the line between function and art.
IDSICreating online homes for small business.
Our ethos is about assisting small business to flourish in all areas of business including the virtual marketplace. Our customers are only ever described as cottage industry or micro-businesses that would not otherwise have opportunities, training or access to build a website to promote their products or services.
