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Websites

Hack A Day
Technological gadgets.
Metcheck
A company supplying meteorological, hydrological and marine instruments
Google
The worlds most famous search engine
CERN
CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, is one of the world’s largest and most respected centres for scientific research. Its business is fundamental physics, finding out what the Universe is made of and how it works
MAKE
Blogspot about making things
Global Voices Online
A research think-tank focused on the Internet’s impact on society.
I like
Blogspot about things ‘I like’
Kevin Kelly: Cool Tools
a review site for tools, gadgets, trends, films and more
EPEA Internationale Umweltforschung GmbH
EPEA Internationale Umweltforschung GmbH in Hamburg is a scientific consultancy that focusses on improving product design, quality, utility, and environmental performance via eco-effectiveness.
MaterialConnexion
Material ConneXion is the leading global platform for material solutions and innovations
Earth As Art
View our planet through the beautiful images taken by the Landsat-7 satellite
CUIL
A new age of search engines
C2C Community Forum
MBDC is a product and process design firm dedicated to revolutionizing the design of products and services worldwide

Books

A Prosperous Way Down
Author: Howard T. Odum & Elisabeth C. Odum
Description: How can the future be peaceful and prosperous with less fuel?
ISBN: 978-0-87081-908-7
Heat: How We Can Stop the Planet Burning
Author: George Monbiot
Description: How can we stop the planet burning? One of the best books out there looking at the reality of climate change and what we can actually do about it
ISBN: 0141026626
English Bread & Yeast Cookery
Author: Elizabeth David
Description: This book looks into all aspects dealing with bread – flour milling, yeast and bread ovens.
ISBN: 0140299742
The Bread Builders
Author: Daniel Wing and Alan Scott
Description: Bakers are finding new ways to link traditions with a sophisticated new understating of natural leavens, baking science and over construction
ISBN: 1890132055
Material ConneXion
Author: George Beylerian and Andrew Dent
Description: A resource of new and innovative materials for designers
ISBN: 10500512442
Design for the Real World
Author: Victor Papanek
Description: An early edition to discussing socially responsible design
ISBN: 0500273588
Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things
Author: William McDonough and Michael Braungart
Description: This book explains how products can be designed from the outset so that, after their useful lives, they will provide nourishment for something new
ISBN: 10865475873

Organisations

Long Now Foundation
The Long Now Foundation was established in 01996 to creatively foster long-term thinking and responsibility in the framework of the next 10,000 years
Creative Commons
About copyright
My Society
Teaching people how to use the internet charitable project and work
Global Voices Online
A research think-tank focused on the Internet’s impact on society
Open Rights Group
The Open Rights Group is a grassroots technology organization, which exists to protect civil liberties wherever they are threatened by the poor implementation and regulation of digital technology. We call these rights our “digital rights”
MechE: Institute of Mechanical Engineers
Working on engineering in alignment with key event and technological advances in the world
Royal Society
Is the independent scientific academy of the UK and the Commonwealth dedicated to promoting excellence in science.
Carbon Rationing Action Groups
Is a group of people who have decided to act together to reduce their individual and collective carbon footprints
Centre for Alternative Technology
Offer solutions to some of the most serious challenges facing our planet and the human race, such as climate change, pollution and the waste of precious resources.
Centre for Alternative Technology
Offer solutions to some of the most serious challenges facing our planet and the human race, such as climate change, pollution and the waste of precious resources.