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Research and campaigning sources on the Internet

Friends of the Earth is an international organisation and a good source of informa-
tion on environmental issues and action. Friends of the Earth has a set of free leaflets
covering the subjects on which it campaigns (available for the cost of postage only)
and also publishes a number of books that cover most of the subjects in the Lent
discipline:

Cutting Your Car Use
The Energy Saving House
Creative Sustainable Gardening
The Good Wood Guide
The Good Shopping Guide
Don’t Throw It Away

Type in www.foei.org and from there link to your own country

Other internet sites

For transport, search ‘Environmental transport’ plus (+) your country’s name

For the UK, the Environmental Transport Association campaigns on transport and
other green issues and publishes a magazine for members. www.eta.co.uk
For the Walking Bus Movement: www.walkingbus.com

For water, try your water supplier or Search ‘Water consumption’ plus your coun-
try’s name
For rain water harvesting: www.savetheenvironment.com

For the UK and domestic rain water harvesting: www.greenshop.co.uk

www.ecen.org gives European links for Christian ecology. For other countries type
‘Christian Ecology’ plus your country’s name into the search engine.
Your government will have an agricultural statistics source; search the main govern-
mental site.

For statistics about UK environmental issues visit the DEFRA website www.defra.
gov.uk/environment/statistics. Also worth visiting is www.sustainable-development.
gov.uk/indicators