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Cornwall Disability
Forum Help and advice on awareness training, access auditing
etc.
DIAL (Disability Information and Advice Line) 01736 359077
Fax: 01736 359088
email
"Access for All - Helping to make participatory processes
accessible for everyone"
(Save the Children) [PDF 208k]
"Inclusive mobility" (including technical info) from the Department of Transport [PDF 1,200k]
Disability Discrimination Act (HMSO website) - the actual text of the Act.
Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) summaries of the various parts of the Act
Download/order DRC publications [DOCs, PDFs, RTFs]
Open for All campaign
Hearing impairments:
Cornwall Deaf Association (no www link) - arrange sign language interpreters, voice-to-text system, hearing loop hire and installation. Small selection of children's 'signed' videos. email Phone/fax: (01872) 225868 Textphone: (01872) 263664
BDA British Deaf Association
British Sign Language (BSL) alphabet - "fingerspelling"
BT guide to using 18001 text-to-speech service - coming soon
RNID Royal National Institute for Deaf people
Sight impairments:
RNIB Royal National Institute for Blind people
Website accessibility:
bobby.watchfire.com Easy website auditing tool. How accessible is your website?
Cob in
Cornwall Eco-builders specialising in earth buildings
Cornwall Sustainable
Buildings Trust
Penzance/Newlyn/Penlee development proposals:
PDC plan [PDF 559k]
Association for Environment-Conscious Building
Scottish sustainable buildings (homes) projects [PDF 448k]
"Building Sustainably: How to plan and construct new housing for the 21st century" [PDF 1,500k]
Eco homes guide (Ratings, emissions, materials use) [PDF 696k]
Sustainable Building and Planning issues
http://www.thelandisours.org/chapter7/
Wildlife Trusts (national)
Crenver Grove woodland near Praze-an-Beeble, help welcome every Saturday 10:30am [map]
British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BTCV)
Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC) Sustainable wood/timber sourcing
The Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS)
Free energy advice for homes and businesses:
Community Energy Plus, Tolvaddon, Nr. Camborne
Home Health project
BedZED Beddington Zero Energy Development
Institute for Lifecycle Environmental Assessment *NEW*
The Phone Co-op An alternative phone service provider
PDC's LA21 strategy [PDF 368k]
Calendar of PDC Committee meetings with agendas/minutes in PDF
DEFRA Dept. for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
http://www.sustainable-development.gov.uk/
Sustainable Communities Bill (New Economics Foundation website)
Text of the bill [PDF 25k]
Early Day Motion 169 (UK Government website)
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
CoaST
(Cornwall Sustainable Tourism)
Cornwall Tourism Forum Business Plan [PDF 448k]
CornishWildlife
Yahoo! discussion group
Falmouth
Green Centre (BTCV: also see Conservation)
Cornwall Friends of the Earth (including West Cornwall group)
Friends of the Earth links page... LOTS of links, to virtually everything!
West Cornwall
Community Network
West Cornwall
Together Local Strategic Partnership (LSP) covering Penwith
and Kerrier
Peacechild UN sponsored initiative working with young people
SimPol International Simultaneous Policy Organisation
www.sustainabilitysouthwest.org.uk
Trans-send A North Devon group very similar to our own
The "Climate Ark" with archived and recent (daily) news articles from around the world...
Article on the economics of oil extraction and the effects
http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net/
Citizens Committee on Oil Peak And Decline (COPAD) (petition)
http://www.copad.org/
Permaculture magazine website including courses and books
Steward Community Woodland - info and pictures about their low-impact living permaculture project near Newton Abbot / Exeter.
Aviation fuel tax Airlines currently do not pay tax on fuel
Ban the Bag Global Action Plan campaign to reduce the use of disposable plastic carrier bags
Citizens Committee on Oil Peak And Decline (COPAD) (petition)
http://www.copad.org/
Fair Trading campaign
Make Trade Fair
Land Rights Campaign and Sustainable Building and Planning
issues
http://www.thelandisours.org/
PETA People for the ethical treatment of animals
Guide to recycling in Penwith - coming soon
The Green Stationery Company Recycled and green office supplies
Aluminium recycling and re-use info (International Aluminium
Institute)
http://www.world-aluminium.org/environment/recycling/
Friends of the Earth comparison of different green energy tariffs
Gaia Energy
Centre, Delabole, North Cornwall
(including a massive photovoltaic solar array and windfarms)
Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) in Wales
BedZED Beddington Zero Energy Development, London
Solar cooking:
Solar water heating:
Make your own solar water heating panels
Another site with a different design
Personal site of someone living in the Lake District (includes domestic solar water heating experience)
http://www.nature.org.uk/Thermomax solar water heating panels
Wind power:
Aerogen manufacturers of small, low-voltage wind turbines
Rutland manufacturers of small, low-voltage wind turbines - coming soon
Baywind energy co-operative
Farm Energy Wind energy co-operative
Windworks One stop shop for farmers/landowners to develop small wind power projects
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/environment/pawslr.pdf [PDF 2,400Kb]
Air travel emissions calculator
Bio-diesel now available in Cornwall. Contact Martin Steele 01726 66763, 07950 612766
Government's Transport Strategy (Department for Transport) [PDF 1,400k]
Penzance - Market Jew St webcam
Electric Vehicle (EV) gallery Examples of EVs from around the world
Cornwall
Waste Action (formerly "Only Connect")
Mail Preference Service to stop junk mail
Royal Mail Door-to-door opt-out to stop unaddressed "circulars" delivered by Royal Mail - coming soon
Convert your toilet to flush with rainwater!