EDUCATION

IMAYLA - "urban rural creative connections". Not for profit enterprise set up to buy land and create a centre for multi cultural exchange between country and city.
RETHINKING SCHOOLS - A US network of activist teachers with a strong emphasis on equity and social justice in education.
NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION - America's oldest and largest organisation committed to advancing public education.
NEA has 2.3 million members who teach at every level of education, from pre-school to university.
PROMOTION OF PUBLIC EDUCATION - POPE is an independent group of rank-and-file teachers, parents and students organised in NSW to promote Public Education in the community and in trade unions.
EDUCATION LINKS - An independent magazine providing a radical critique of Australian education. It is a voice for students, educators and community members working to bring about democratic and socially progressive educational change.
EDUCATION FOR TOMORROW - A British magazine for the defence of State Education, produced by a collective of teachers of like mind most of the time and certainly on all vital matters of education and politics.

HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL

Food
Campaign to Ban Genetically Engineered Foods
Centre for Alternative Technology - Exploring practical solutions to the world's environmental problems
Leeds Earth First! - Leeds pages for the international network of radical eco-activists
Ecomall - An exhaustive list of Green resources
Friends of the Earth (England, Wales and N. Ireland) - The environmental campaign group
Friends of the Earth (Scotland) - The environmental campaign group
Green Books
Green Net - The British end of the vast Association for Progressive Communications, specifically designed for environment, peace, human rights and development groups.
Groundwork - Implementing environmental programmes within communities
UK Food Group - Promotes access to adequate, safe and culturally appropriate food, the income to buy it or the means to produce at all times.
The Alternate Press Including Natural Life Online: organic gardening, the environment, wholistic parenting, energy efficient housing, intentional communities, eco travel, socially responsible business, appropriate technology and alternative energy sources.
Medic Direct - http://www.medicdirect.co.uk

Roads and transport
Critical Mass - A loose affiliation of cyclists looking to a less car dominated culture.
National Cycle Network - Over 150 maps and guides to the network, and info on Sustrans, the organisation behind it
Reclaim the Streets - A direct action network committed to ending the rule of the car
Transcycle: Cycling for the future - Devoted to ideas and information on cycling and transport issues  www.newdream.org/transport/links.html
Transport 2000 - Working to restrain traffic, improve bus and rail systems, making walking and cycling safer and making maximum use of rail and water for freight transport.

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