EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI IN JAPAN

A message from the excellent Japan for Sustainability:

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EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI IN JAPAN'S TOHOKU DISTRICT
Thank you very much for your heartfelt concern for people living in Japan about disaster since March 11, 2011.
Our hearts go out to those who passed away, to those who have lost loved ones and to all those who suffer from the catastrophe.
We will keep going to deliver you articles with our utmost efforts.
We are preparing to provide disaster-related information to connect Japan and the world.
JFS has launched a disaster information portal.

We welcome your words of encouragement for people in Japan!
We translate your English message for our Japanese webpage.

We appreciate your continued attention.
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Sustainable tourism - whale and dolphin watching

WDCS, the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society owns a responsible whale and dolphin watching tour operator called Out of the Blue. All profits go back to the charity.

Out of the Blue aims to set an example to the whale watching industry - our trips don't impact on these animals and cetacean experts/researchers lead. WDCS sees responsible whale and dolphin watching as the alternative to cetacean captivity and whaling and offers holidays in Scotland, Wales and a wide range of international destinations - please go to www.wdcs.org/outoftheblue for further details.

Trees as biomass fuel

My current project is about increasing the use of biomass fuel in the UK so I was intrigued by this site, which has a lot of useful knowledge about the qualities of wood and legend and lore connected with trees and timber:

The-Tree.org.uk
'a resource and meeting place for tree lovers and green activists:
Woodland and forest knowledge, forest ecology, guide to British trees, tree-medicine, traditions, cultivation and crafts, eco-spirituality, Tree Community Message Boards, news and campaigns for conservation and sustainability.'

Scientist blogs evidence for climate change

Follow the adventures in the Antarctic of Professor Howard Dalton, Chief Scientist of the UK Department of the Environment, food and Rural Affairs (Defra) on a daily blog here.

Sustainable Development and Resources

Agenda 21
Eco-efficiency Initiative
ewise
factor4 introduction
Forum for the Future
Global Trends 2015 A Dialogue About the Future With Nongovernment Experts
Hadley Centre
Naturesave Policies Ltd
o2 - Intl net for sust design
PIU Project on Resource Productivity And Renewable Energy
PIU Project on Resource Productivity
Saving H2O in NYC
SD Commission
SD.gov.uk
STI
Sustainable Development Research Network
UK Government Sustainable Development
UN - Agenda 21

Sustainable Development

Centre for Sustainable Design
Clean, Clever, Competitive
COG - The Component Obsolescence Group
David Grayson - CSR guru
DEFRA horizon scanning
Defra, UK - Forms and Regulation - Environmental Impact Guidance
DEFRA
EEA - European Environment Agency - Home
ENDS Environmental Consultancy Directory
ENDS Report
environ - charity
ENVIRON - Environmental Consulting
Environment Agency - NetRegs
Environment Agency
Environment Business Magazine
Environmental Industries Commission
Equator Principle
ERM
EUROPA - EC Homepage
EUROPA - Environment
Future Energy Solutions (AEAT)
High Noon - 20 World problems
Japan for Sustainability (JFS)
Market Transformation Programme (DEFRA)
Market Transformation Programme (ext)
OXERA
Parliamentary Sustainable Waste Group
Poison PC-Toxic TV
Policy Studies Institute
Prince of Wales's Business & the Environment Programme
Recycle IT
Scientific Alliance
SD Innovation
Sigma Project
SustainAbility
Sustainable Europe Research Institute
Sustainable Motivation - research into consumer behaviour and attitudes
Sustainable Supply Chain Forum
UK Government Sustainable Development
World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
WRAP

Sustainable Links

These are a few links I have found useful and interesting. I will add to them in the future, why not pass on your favourites too?

Climate change

Bjorn Lomborg & The Skeptical Environmentalist
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UK)
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
UK Climate Impacts Programme (UKCIP)

Energy

AFS - Alternative Fuel Systems
British Nuclear Energy Society (BNES)
Nuclear Industry Association (NIA)
BP Solar
DOE Fossil Energy
DTI nuclear policy
The Energy and Environmental Research Unit (EERU) Open University
The Carbon Trust (UK)
Energy Saving Trust (UK)
DTI Energy White Paper page
Europositron
Fuel Cell Control Ltd
Fusion Power - UKAEA Fusion at Culham
GlobeEnergy
International Atomic Energy Authority (IAEA)
ITER Home Page
Power Technology, energy sector consultants.
Proven Energy
PV-WEB
Scolar
SolarCentury

Environment

ERM
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Natural Environment Research Council (UK)(NERC)
Royal Town Planning Institute
Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution (UK)
WWF