The Green Desk Green Directory
Great Social enterprises
Foodcycle are just the most wonderful people with a great idea - recycle spare food from hotels, restaurants and caterers all for those without a decent meal - We LOVE them! http://www.foodcycle.org.uk/
Green Signposting sites
The Book of Green
http://www.bookofgreen.co.uk/ We start with the most difficult to catalogue. The Book of Green is so much more than a straight directory. As well as being close friends of the Green Desk The Book of Green is a way of life, complete with iphone app, newsletter, newsletter and distinctive environmental news specific to the UK green scene.
The Green Directory
www.ethicaldirectory.org is a wide ranging directory with more of an international flavour that has been on the web for some time. Art, radio, business and relationships have their place here and there is a blog too.
The Green Directory
http://www.hitfix.co.uk/ is a specically British directory with the usual signposting service and business directory, what makes this green directory distinct is its news and comment sections.
Environmental Jobs
The Green Directory
http://www.greendirectory.net/ The third of our titled sites has a great jobs section, a news link to stopdodo.com and an events section.
Stop Dodo
http://www.stopdodo.com/ A bit of a strange brew, stopdodo has a combination of (mostly) american environmental news and locally based jobs across at least 13 countries including the UK. The jobs listings are good and it works well for employers as well as employees.
Eco Products and lifestyle
This is sort of our personal address book here are the companies that we use. The ones that we trust and the ones we admire most:
The best bicycle maintenance
http://www.green-oil.net/ If you think four wheels bad - two wheels good peddle power best this is the site for you. Green Oil bicycle maintenance will give you everything you could possibly need for your bike addiction.
The best for green news
http://www.theecologist.org We all know the campaigning work the ecologist does and the quality of the journalism. What we didn't know until a recent meeting was what brilliant all round guys they are, nor how good they are with a round...
The most stylish magazine
http:///www.eggmag.co.uk I have no Idea why they called the mag Egg but it works for us. This is serious stuff, interesting inventive, stylish, chic. If you know anyone that thinks ethical means drab give them a copy of Egg. Perhaps thats it! Doubters, haters and skeptics all with Egg on their faces - cool.
The best networking group
http://www.greencollarwoman.com I love the passion, support and collaboration that green collar woman oozes from every pore. I love the infectious buzz and enthusiasm it engenders. Intelligent, articulate debate mixed with good advice, education and campaign experience. Basically its got it all.
The best money site
http://www.yourethicalmoney.org Learn about how and where your money is invested, search for green and ethical financial products, and find out how you can help make finance more sustainableBanking, credit cards, pensions and much much more all reviewed in a simple common sense way.
The best comparison site
http://ecoswitch.com/ We are all used to the click and save website but how many compare cost and impact and how many of those look at money, travel, energy and cars? Errr well I can think of one. Hence ecoswitch is on our list.
The best use of art
http://www.tennerfilms.com/ This is really a unique resource a series of documentary films exploring the stories and social
http://dogwoof.com// Dogwoof have made some of the most pressing of environmental movies of our time - from the end of the line, through the age of stupid to the hypnotic petropolis.
We are also listed in
The Small Business Directory
The London Directory
The Big Eco Directory
EcoStreet Directory
If you would like to suggest a site or if, heaven forbid, we forgot you please contact bruce@thegreendesk.org.uk or call in on 020 7183 8365.
