Links

Fifediet - a local food experiment
The Fife Diet asks people to sign-up for eating fresh food from Fife, for a year, monitor their progress and share their experience.
http://fifediet.wordpress.com/

Slow Food
Slow Food promotes an attitude to food which values locally grown produce, eating food in season, artisan producers and non-industrialized farming.
http://www.slowfoodedinburgh.co.uk

Vegware - Sustainable Disposables
Vegware's cutlery and tableware are made from natural,
annually renewable resources, and are fully biodegradable.
http://www.vegware.co.uk/

GreenCity Wholefoods
A Glasgow based workers co-operative supplying retailers and restaurants throughout Scotland with over 4000 different products, all of which are vegetarian and GM -free, with a large proportion also being Vegan, Fair-Trade, Gluten Free and Organic.
http://www.greencity.co.uk/

Cube Cola
The alternative cola from Bristol's Cube Microplex. It's based on an Open Source cola recipe licensed under the GPL, so every time you drink this rather than another cola you're helping to chip away at the dominance of the soft drink companies.
http://sparror.cubecinema.com/cube/cola/

Feral Trade Coffee
Feral Trade is a public experiment trading goods over social networks.
http://www.feraltrade.org

Abundance
A project to harvest the seasonal glut of local fruit like apples, pear and plums.
http://www.growsheffield.com/pages/groShefAbund.html

spring_alpha
"spring_alpha" is a networked game system set in an industrialised council estate whose inhabitants are attempting to create their own autonomous society in contrast to that of the regime in which they live.
http://www.spring-alpha.org/

Coach House Trust
A major innovative organization in the field of mental health and environmental and social justice. The market garden provides a steady supply of fresh fruit and vegetables, which is then used in the kitchen or bought by visitors to the trust.
http://www.thecht.co.uk/

Soil Association Scotland
The devolved national office of the Soil Association. Based in Edinburgh we are helping to bring the Soil Association's expertise closer to farmers, manufacturers, consumers and policy makers in Scotland.
http://www.soilassociationscotland.org/

THE TWO DEGREES SHOW
The UK's only weekly programme dedicated to climate change.
To be found on Resonance FM
http://www.resonancefm.com/
Climate Radio shows (including The Two Degrees Show) are now archived at
http://coinet.org.uk/information/climate_radio

Document 5 : International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival
Wed 17 (launch) - Sun 21 Oct @ CCA, Glasgow
...presents a platform for both established & emerging documentary filmmakers to screen their work at the only UK festival dedicated to raising awareness of international human rights issues...
Full programme available Sept at: http://www.docfilmfest.org.uk

Radical Independent Book fair project - Glasgow
NEXT event: Thurs 18 - Sun 21 Oct
11am onwards, @ CCA, Glasgow
...there are fewer and fewer outlets for independent and radical materials, corporate bookshops rule the roost and offer little in the way of counter culture, radical voices or local independent materials. The Radical Independent Book fair project (RIB) has come about to help redress this imbalance...
For participants & events, see: http://www.ribproject.org

electronclub.org
a voluntary run space where people interested in things like free open source software, circuit bending, hardware hacking, computer recycling, streaming, audio and video editing, green technologies, and amateur radio can meet, use equipment, and share and disseminate their skills and ideas. All are welcome.
http://electronclub.org/

dear green place
A map of reusable goods in Glasgow.
http://deargreenplace.org/

North Glasgow Community Food Initiative
Our vision is to engage people in practical and sustainable food related projects that inspire health and well-being and celebrate the diverse nature of communities in North Glasgow.
http://www.ngcfi.org.uk/

Freecycle Glasgow
Helps you find a new home for reuseable items
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/glasgowfreecycle/

lifeisland.org
is a support website for Manor Gardening Society Allotments in Hackney Wick, whose future is in jeopardy due to pending eviction from the current site because of the London Olympics.
http://www.lifeisland.org/

Variant
...the free arts and culture magazine. In-depth coverage in the context of broader social, political & cultural issues
http://www.variant.org.uk

Jam 74
JAM74 is a coalition of community, environmental and sustainable transport groups. Our belief is that the M74 is a hangover from 1960s-style road planning which will cause further pollution, health problems, community breakdown and won’t free up traffic or bring the jobs that are promised.
http://www.jam74.org/

City Strolls
is a web site born out of listening to the endless hyperbole given out by faceless public relations and the advertising machines that claims to speak and act in our name.
http://www.citystrolls.com/

The Burgh Angel
is a community newspaper dedicated in to producing news and collecting information on topics that are of importance to those in the community not represented by mainline media and newspapers. We are based in the north end of the city around the Maryhill area, but are happy to publish news from all over the Glasgow and even beyond, if it has relevance to our local communities.
http://burghangel.wordpress.com/