Save Cash & Save the Planet References29 January 2013
- Do you care for the planet
- Waste
- Energy
- Home
- DIY
- Garden
- Real Food
- Leisure time
- Work
- Money matters
- Travel & transport
- Birth to death
- Press for change - being an active citizen
Do you care for the planet?
Page 17, Redefining Progress's ecological footprint analysis is at www.redefiningprogress.org/footprint/
Page 17, The UK with approx 1 per cent of the world's population produces 2.3 per cent of the world's CO2 emissions. (Source of UK population - government stats show pop just under 60 000 000, UN site shows world pop approx 6 bill. Source of 2.3 % calculated from 1997 figures, using the online Trends, also see Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
Page 17, Tomorrow's World: Britain's share in a sustainable future, (Earthscan, 1998) by Duncan McLaren, Simon Bullock and Nusrat Yousuf
Page 19, From Reay DS (2002) Costing climate change. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society series A. 360 (1801), 2947-2962.
Page 22, See for example: The Global benefits of eating less meat (Compassion in World Farming, 2004) by Mark Gold
Page 23, The Co-operative Bank commissioned independent research among 1004 adults aged 16 and over in Great Britain (total adult population 45,974,000) between January 14 and January 16 2003 (see press release, 22 April 2003 Eco-borrowers enjoying the good life).
Waste
Page 30, Rubbish levels compared with the Albert Hall and other facts sourced from Waste watch. See http://www.wasteonline.org.uk/ (this also has a useful A-Z subject index). Also see a funkier version at www.recyclezone.org.uk/iz_wastefacts.aspx.
Page 30, The inside story: a guide to indoor air quality (United States Environmental Protection Agency and the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Radiation and Indoor Air (6604J) EPA Document # 402-K-93-007, April 1995).
Quote from intro: "In the last several years, a growing body of scientific evidence has indicated that the air within homes and other buildings can be more seriously polluted than the outdoor air in even the largest and most industrialized cities.
Other research indicates that people spend approximately 90 percent of their time indoors. Thus, for many people, the risks to health may be greater due to exposure to air pollution indoors than outdoors. In addition, people who may be exposed to indoor air pollutants for the longest periods of time are often those most susceptible to the effects of indoor air pollution. Such groups include the young, the elderly, and the chronically ill, especially those suffering from respiratory or cardiovascular disease."
Page 38, See Friends of the Earth's "Reduce resource use" campaign, http://www.foe.co.uk/campaigns/waste/. Also see Up in smoke (Friends of the Earth, October 2003) and Don't throw it all away (Friends of the Earth, Feb 2004)
Page 39, State of the world 2002: more connected, less stable (Worldwatch Institute, Jan 2002)
Page 46, revamping our stuff costing £6k a year, see Anglian Home Improvements Barometer (ref, p30)
Energy
Page 50, Stark global warning over climate change threat (Friends of the Earth press release, 24 January 2005)
Page 50/need to know, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) quoted in ministerial speeches, including Rt Hon Margaret Beckett.
Page 50, tonnes per person CO2, Take the heat off the planet (Friends of the Earth, 1993). Useful information also at Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC), Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US.
Page 50, homes CO2 emission, Recent 2005 Energy Saving Trust - an initiative backed by the Government - has been running an advert: "Household energy consumption accounts for 28 per cent of the carbon dioxide emissions that lead to climate change."
Also see www.est.org.uk/myhome/ Figures have been lower: see Performance Innovation Unit report, The energy review (Feb 2002, 2.21) which details: "UK fossil fuel use by sector, and the resulting carbon emissions. The main sources of carbon dioxide emissions are power stations (28%), industry and business (32%), transport (25%), and the domestic heating sector (17%)."
Page 51, www.foe.co.uk/campaigns/climate and see Carbon dinosaurs (Friends of the Earth, August 2003)
Page 52, Scientists agree that climate change is happening and that it is man-made. (Source: IPCC Third Assessment Report - Working Group 1. 2001). Also see Unnatural Disasters (Christian Aid, 2000)
Page 52, using alternative energy sources has positive knock on effects, eg, cutting CO2 emissions by 20% could create around 200,000 jobs in the UK. (Source: Cutting CO2 - Creating Jobs. An economic analysis of policies to cut UK CO2 emissions by 20 % or more. Written by: Energy for Sustainable Development Ltd, 1998. Table 12 p38 'Net Employment effect of the 20 % reduction target scenario' would create 235,886 jobs by 2010).
Page 52, Turning back the tide, the case for sustaining investment in flood management and defences (Association of British Insurers, March 2004)
Page 54, press release: 87 per cent of people want environmentally friendly homes (CABE, 26 July 2004) on survey by Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment, WWF and the Halifax. Also see Home Buyer's Guide (Black Dog Publishing, £7.99); http://www.thehomebuyersguide.org/ plus WWF's One Million Sustainable Homes campaign launched in August 2002 at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg.
Page 54/need to know, Global average temperatures (Source: IPCC Third Assessment Report - Working Group 1. 2001). Also see Unnatural Disasters (Christian Aid, 2000)
Page 57, US$150m to support Baku-Ceyhan pipeline is politically motivated (Friends of the Earth press release, 18 December 2003)
Page 57, Failing the challenge: the other Shell report 2002 (Friends of the Earth, Refinery Reform Campaign, Groundwork, South Durban Community Environmental Alliance, South African Exchange Program on Environmental Justice, Fundacion Ala Plastica, Global Community Monitor, Free Tibet Campaign, April 2003)
Page 60, microwaves/British Gas
Page 61, dumped fridges, various, including news item on http://www.news.telegraph.co.uk/, EU wrangle adding to the fridge mountain, by Charles Clover and Ambrose Evans-Pritchard (filed 07/02/2002).
Page 63/need to know, (DEFRA) http://www.defra.gov.uk/
Page 71/need to know, press release Elliot Morley announces an update of the assessment of national flood and erosion risk (Defra, 19 September 2001)
Page 74, Green Building Bible 2003/04 (Green Building Press), see http://www.newbuilder.co.uk/ or contact Green Building Press, PO Box 32, Llandysul, Carmarthenshire, Wales SA44 5ZA, tel: 01559 370798.
Page 86, Friends of the Earth has various reports on nuclear issues including: Why nuclear power is not the solution (Friends of the Earth, Oct 2004); Tackling climate change without nuclear power (Friends of the Earth, Sept 2002); Nuclear Power and Climate Change - Special Briefing (Friends of the Earth, Oct 2000). Also see Taxpayers face secret £30 billion bill from nuclear industry (Friends of the Earth press release, 10 November 1997); Nuclear folly (Friends of the Earth press release, 3 June 2003), Our energy future: creating a low carbon economy [Energy White Paper](DTI, 24 February 2003), also see http://www.dti.gov.uk/energy/whitepaper/index.shtml
Page 86, The UK has, in the form of wind power, the largest renewable energy resource in Europe (40 per cent of total available wind energy). See www.bwea.com/offshore or http://www.windatlas.dk/. Also see Wind power: your questions answered (Friends of the Earth, Jan 2003.
Page 100, More about Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology.
Home
Page 104, downloadable info in Chemicals in household products (Friends of the Earth, Jan 2002)
Page 104/top tip downloadable info in Latest high street retailers' survey on risky chemicals (Friends of the Earth, May 2004)
Page 108, Risky chemicals in the home and how to avoid them factsheet (Friends of the Earth, Nov 2004)
Page 109, news report Peddling poison (Guardian, 12 Jan 2000)
Page 109, Environment Agency Consultation on endocrine disrupters 'Endocrine-disrupting substances in the environment: What should be done?' (Response from Friends of the Earth, April 1998) by Dr Michael Warhurst, Friends of the Earth (England, Wales and Northern Ireland), and supported by Friends of the Earth Scotland.
Page 109, Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (Royal Society Report, June 2000). See news story summary in Nature (Vol 406, 6 July 2000) prescription read only at http://www.nature.com/.
Page 111, Into the mouths of babes (Friends of the Earth, March 2002), by Emily Diamand
Page 112, Chemical Industries Association, personal communication (2001) - figure includes all the chemical products a family would use for their household in a week including packaging.
Page 113, Sanitary items are also a problem to water companies. They cause blockages of screens pumps and drains. The cost of SRD (sanitary related debris) to UK water services back in 1993 were estimated at £2-3 million per year. More from http://www.mcsuk.org/.
Page 114, carpets rotting down, Interface (a carpet company) estimates that a nylon carpet takes a ¼ million years to rot down. Also see The Green Guide to Specification: 3rd edition, by Jane Anderson, Building Research Establishment, David E Shiers, Oxford Brookes University, Mike Sinclair (Building Research Establishment, Jan 2002) which can be bought direct from the Building Research Establishment bookshop.
Page 114, Construction Resources Product Data, see Natural flooring. Also see research by Healthy Flooring Network at http://www.healthyflooring.org/. A guide to healthy flooring alternatives can be found on the website or contact HFN, PO Box 30626, London E1 1TZ.
Page 116, Asthma UK has fact sheets.
Page 117, Dr Dust is an environmental engineer based in Seattle, US. See story in New Scientist, May 2001
Page 118, See the Government's e-digest statistics about air quality
Page 118, The Association for Environment Conscious Building promotes sustainable building - you need to join AECB to use its membership website at http://www.aecb.net/.
Page 120, London Hazards Centre factsheet, Formaldehyde.
Page 120, Brominated flame retardants contaminate blood (Friends of the Earth press release, 18 July 1999).
Also see "Evidence mounts on risks of brominated flame retardants", ENDS Report 283, p3-4, August 1998; "Developmental neurotoxicity of brominated flame-retardants, polybrominated diphenyl ethers and tetrabromo-bis-phenol a", Organohalogen Compounds, 35, p375-377, 1998; "Analysis of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in human milk", Organohalogen Compounds, 35, p387-390, 1998. "UK fish, rivers heavily polluted with brominated flame retardants", ENDS Report 291, April 1999,p7; "Polybrominated diphenylethers in sediments and biota downstream of potential sources in the UK", Environmental Pollution, 105, p197-207, 1999.
Page 123, Canaries in the kitchen: Teflon toxicosis is deadly to pet birds. Are we at risk?.
P123/top tip Food Standards Agency consultation on "migration of bisphenol A from can coatings into food" (Response from Friends of the Earth, July 2001)
Page 125, See substance information, Tetrachloroethylene (PER) (tetrachloroethene), from Scottish Environment Protection Agency.
Page 126-7, See concerns and alternatives at Greenpeace's The Chemical Home and also Greenpeace International's PVC Alternative Database. Also see 'Toxic Childrenswear by Disney', by Henrik Pedersen and Jacob Hartmann (Greenpeace, April 2004) and Chemical legacy - contamination of the child, by Catherine N Dorey (Greenpeace, Oct 2003)
Page 131, Silent spring, by Rachel Carson (Penguin Modern Classics, 2000) - originally published in 1962.
Page 132, Lindane fact sheet: a chemical from the past persists in the future, downloadable from www.pan-uk.org. On 13 July 2000 the European Union Standing Committee on Plant Health voted for a ban on lindane with the support from UK and other Member States. The European Commission ratified the decision in December 2000, so the ban (covering all agric and amateur gardening uses of lindane) came into effect at the start of 2002.
Page 134, WaterAid facts include info on water and poverty such as: "The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates 5.6 billion working days would be gained annually if there was universal access to safe water and sanitation."
Page 137, Environment Agency fact sheet Conserving water in buildings (Sep, 2001) /domestic appliances.
Page 138, evidence from Marine Conservation Society's advice to sanitary manufacturers. "In 1999 around 2.5 million tampons, 1.4 million sanitary towels and 700, 000 pantliners were flushed down the toilet every day (SEPA, 1999)."
Page 139, Also see ideas in Women's Environmental Network factsheet, Household cleaning (December, 2004)
Other sources:
Our stolen future: are we threatening our own fertility, intelligence and survival by Theo Colborn, John Peterson Myers (Plume Books, 1997)
The Good Shopping Guide: your guide to shopping with a clear conscience (Ethical Marketing Group, 2004)
Green Guide to Housing Specification, by Jane Anderson and Nigel Howard (BRE, April 2000), which can be bought direct from the Building Research Establishment, via www.brebookshop.com.
Silent spring, by Rachel Carson (Penguin, originally published 1962)
The yellow house guide to eco-renovation (CD-rom) (Climate Outreach and Information Network) 2003.
Which? magazine was launched in 1957 by Consumers' Association, an independent charity. Following a review in 2004, the organisation now works under the Which? name. The magazines (eg, Which?, Gardening Which?) are subscription only, see http://www.which.net/.
DIY
Page 150/need to know, Good wood guide (Friends of the Earth and Fauna and Flora International, Jan 2002) and see http://www.goodwoodguide.com/
Page 153/ bricks, On Using Old Bricks in New Buildings, Canadian Institute for Research into Construction
Page 155, See European Forests and protected areas: gap analysis (UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, July 2000) details woodland loss in Europe. Also see Good wood guide (Friends of the Earth and Fauna and Flora International, Jan 2002).
Page 157, See Forest Stewardship Council and the UK sitePage 158, See the GreenPro online directory from the Green Building Press.
Page 160, Good wood guide (Friends of the Earth and Fauna and Flora International, Jan 2002) and see http://www.goodwoodguide.com/
Page 171, lead/ Download the leaflet Are you redecorating? Advice on old lead paint in your home from DEFRA
Page 172, Which? http://www.which.net/
Page 172/minerals Construction Resources Product Data, Natural paints and finishes.
Page 174, See saving water in the home section on the Environment Agency website.
Other sources:
Association of Environment Conscious Builders - annual membership of approx £35 gives also gives access to subscription only website at http://www.aecb.net/.
Collins complete DIY manual, by Albert Jackson, David Day (HarperCollins, 2004)
Construction Resources, 16 Great Guildford Street, London, SE1 0HS.
Energy Saving Trust; Housing Energy Efficiency Best Practice Programme.
Explanation from www.est.org.uk/bestpractice: "Best Practice standards are defined by the Energy Efficiency Best Practice in Housing programme which provides free, impartial and authoritative information on energy efficiency techniques and technologies in housing. The programme informs procurement decisions taken by building professionals such as architects, developers, local authorities, installers and self builders. The voluntary Best Practice standards are widely used to inform mandatory standards such as the Building Regulations and Housing Corporation standards. The Housing Corporation has made it mandatory for all new build and refurbished social housing to meet standards defined by Energy Efficiency Best Practice in Housing. The scheme will not endorse individual products."
The Green Guide to Specification: 3rd edition, by Jane Anderson, Building Research Establishment, David E Shiers, Oxford Brookes University, Mike Sinclair (Building Research Establishment, Jan 2002) which can be bought direct from the Building Research Establishment.
Green Guide to Housing Specification, by Jane Anderson and Nigel Howard (BRE, April 2000), which can be bought direct from the Building Research Establishment.
New Builder website features some back issues of Building for a Future magazine which can be downloaded free. The GreenPro online directory of green building products, case studies and research information, selected by the Green Building Press to meet high environmental credentials, can be accessed for a £10 registration fee, see .
Which? http://www.which.net/
Garden
Page 190/ low water use, Conserving water in buildings (Environment Agency, September 2001). Also see Water conscious gardening leaflet, (Thames Water, 2003).
Page 197, RSPB, see A-Z of a wildlife garden.
Page 199, Gardening for wildlife step-by-step leaflet (HDRA, 1990)
Page 199, Pond heaven: how to create your own wildlife pond by Tom Langton (BBC Wildlife/Froglife, 1997)
Page 202, Garden pesticides health warning press release (Friends of the Earth, 14 July 2003) and Hundreds of pesticides banned press release (Friends of the Earth, 25 July 2003).
Other sources:
The Gaia Organic Basics Series - Pests, Weeds, Soil, Compost by Charlie Ryrie (Gaia books, 2001), available direct from HDRA.
Green Guide to Housing Specification, by Jane Anderson and Nigel Howard (BRE, April 2000), which can be bought direct from the Building Research Establishment.
Good wood guide (Friends of the Earth and Fauna and Flora International, Jan 2002).
Which? http://www.which.net/
Real food
Page 216, More on food transport in Eating Oil: food supply in a changing climate (Sustain, 2002) - summary and other materials available on www.sustainweb.org for info on food miles and how your food choices affect the climate, society and health.
Page 216, Supermarkets or corporate bullies? (Friends of the Earth, March 2003)
Page 217, Local food: benefits and opportunities (2003), by Caroline Lucas and Andy Jones.
Page 218/need to know, also see Seasonal food: a guide to what's in season when and why, by Paul Waddington (Eden Project, 2004)
Page 220, Wise moves: exploring the relationship between food, transport and carbon dioxide (Transport 2000, Nov 2003), by Tara Garnett.
Page 220, Local food better for rural economy than supermarket shopping (New Economics Foundation, 7 August 2001. Actual quote: "Cornish vegetable box scheme, Cusgarne Organics, based near Truro.
The study followed the trail of income to monitor exactly where its turnover was spent, how much of it was spent locally, what happened to this money at the next level of spending and so on. The survey found that every £10 spent with a local food initiative is worth £25 for the local area, compared with just £14 when the same amount is spent in a supermarket. The same amount is worth more with local schemes as it stays in the vicinity where its value increases as it is reinvested many times over."
Page 221, DEFRA statistics for 2002-3 - the average spend per person per week on household food and drink was £21.91, £19.42 excluding alcohol. For all food and drink (including eating out) it was £32.85.. Reference is: Family Food: A report on the 2002-03 Expenditure and Food Survey (PDF†) . A National Statistics Publication by Defra. London TSO, 2004.
Page 225, Children's exposure to pesticides in apples and pears (Friends of the Earth, 2004). Also see Into the mouths of babes (Friends of the Earth, March 2002) P225, Myth and Reality: organic versus non-organic, the facts (Soil Alliance/Sustain 2002)
Page 225, Setting aside the CAP (Consumers Assocation, undated)
Page 228, Trading Away our Rights: Women working in global supply chains, Oxfam, 2004
Page 229-234, background from GM contamination: how to prevent GM contamination of the food chain and countryside briefing (Friends of the Earth, March 2004); Unleashing a new pollution (Friends of the Earth, July 2003); GM free local areas (Friends of the Earth, March 2003); Science as smokescreen (Friends of the Earth, March 2002) and Now or never: why you should make your area GM free (Friends of the Earth, Oct 2002)
Page 242, Inconvenience food: the struggle to eat well on a low income (Demos, 2002)
Page 246, change of name and phone number after a merger - now National Farmers' Retail & Markets Association (FARMA), PO BOX 575, Southampton, SO15 7BZ. Tel: 0845 230 2150. Website of http://www.farmersmarkets.net/ remains the same.
Leisure time
Page 255/ The study was based on telephone surveys of 1,036 Ohioans. Over the limit: the association among health, race and debt, by Prof Paul J Lavrakas and Patricia Drentea, printed in the journal Social Science & Medicine (Vol 50, #4, February 2000).
Page 267, WHO Technical meeting on aircraft noise and health: meeting report (World Health Organisation, Oct 2001) also see WHO's work on noise and health.
Page 267, report: Air transport: key facts (Friends of the Earth, Nov 1998); fact sheet: Why travelling by rail is better for the environment (Friends of the Earth, Oct 2001); report: From planes to trains: realising the potential to shift short haul flights to rail (Friends of the Earth, Oct 2000)
Other sources:
The good alternative travel guide by Mark Mann (Earthscan, £9.99)
Work
Page 287, teleworking, also see: Working anywhere - exploring telework for individuals and organisations (DTI, DTER, 1998).
Page 291, See Friends of the Earth Scotland's Greening the Office Online Audit.
Other sources:
The Automatic Millionaire, by David Bach (Penguin, 2005)
Factor Four Doubling Wealth, Halving Resource Use by Ernst von Weizsacker, Amory B Lovins, L Hunter Lovins (Earthscan,1998) - and see pic of Rocky Mountain Institute on p301.
Green Guide to Housing Specification, by Jane Anderson and Nigel Howard (BRE, April 2000), which can be bought direct from the Building Research Establishment.
The Green Office Action Plan (Friends of the Earth Scotland). Also the Green office supplier's directory which updates the action plan (Friends of the Earth Scotland, 2002). Order from Friends of the Earth.
Tomorrow's World: Britain's share in a sustainable future by Duncan McLaren, Simon Bullock and Nusrat Yousuf (Earthscan, 1998)
Money matters
Page 304, Ethical Investment Research Service (Eiris) was a very useful resource. Eiris publishes The Ethical Investor magazine, available online or by subscription at http://www.eiris.org/. P306/ Balfour Beatty Faces AGM Challenge Over Dam Building press release (Friends Of The Earth 2 May 2001).
Balfour Beatty published result of our resolution to halt its involvement in the building of the Ilisu Dam in Turkey, on 4 May 2001: "The final result of the AGM vote in respect of the Resolution put to the meeting by Friends of the Earth in respect of the World Commission on Dams report was: For Friends of the Earth Resolution - 3,416,218 Against Friends of the Earth Resolution - 102,211,464."
Page 306/need to know, Useful pensions research by Just Pensions.
Page 307/tips, Also see Investing in a better future - ethical pensions, insurance and investments (Friends of the Earth, May 2003).
Page 319/need to know, Asia Pulp and Paper report (Friends of the Earth, August 2001).
Page 325, Big business, the environment and you (Friends of the Earth, Jan 2004).
Other sources:
Ethical consumer magazine, http://www.ethicalconsumer.org/
Finance initiatives for sustainable development (Friends of the Earth, August 2002) How public money funds oil (Friends of the Earth, Oct 2004).
The Good Shopping Guide: your guide to shopping with a clear conscience (Ethical Marketing Group, 2004. Also see Principles for profit (Friends of the Earth, May 2002)
Travel & transport
Page 328, More facts and figures about walking at The Ramblers.
Page 331, The walking bus: a safe way for children to walk to school (Friends of the Earth, 2000).
Page 331, Cycling towards health and safety (British Medical Association, 1992),
Page 344, Motoring Index: quarter four 2003, Drivers grim but bearing it, as cost of motoring rises press release (RAC, 1 March 2004).
Page 344, buses Transport Statistics Personal Travel (Department for Transport, March 2003). Also see National Travel Survey 2003 (Department for Transport, 10 October 2003 and modified on 26 April 2004).
Page 346/need to know, See Activists briefing: freight (Transport 2000, Jan 2003).
Page 346, See Fuel Saving Sense on AA website.
Page 347, Vehicle Certification Agency.
Page 349, Honda Environmental Annual Report, 2004
Page 356, Also see Am I a good driver? in (/Earthmatters/ #58, summer 2004)
Page 360-361, Up-to-date figures are at http://www.citycarclubs.co.uk/. Currently most car club members have to pay a monthly fee of £15 except Brighton and Hove City Car club members (which from 1 March pay £12).
Other sources:
Cutting your car use, save money, be healthy, be green by Anna Semlyen (Green Books, October 2003)
Birth to death
Page 368/costs of a kid. See article New baby? That'll be £80,000, please (The Observer, 7 September 2003). And for the £164, see Woolworths survey of 3,000 mums in May 2004. Also see UK: Mothers - undervalued and underinsured press release (Norwich Union, 10 March 2004).
Also see 2005 Childcare Costs Survey (Daycare Trust, Jan 2005) for cost of pre-school childcare (over £7,300 per year to £10,000). Creating real choices - supporting families with very young children (Daycare Trust/Maternity Alliance, Mar 2004) is a briefing paper investigating why poverty for families with very young children is harmful.
Page 368, In 1998 there were 635,901 births in England and Wales, see Birth Statistics, Review of the Registrar General on Births and Patterns of Family Building in England and Wales, 1998
Page 368/ Inland Revenue child tax credit info
Page 368/£3,500 American Express survey (summer, 2004) of more than 1,000 British parents - found that babies cost an average of £3,605 in the first 12 months: £610 on formula milk and £360 on baby food; £550 on disposable nappies and £346 on clothes; £248 on a pram and £234 on a cot and bedding; £168 on nursery furniture and decorations and £150 on toys and accessories.
Page 373/see Pesticides Action Network for more information about cotton.
Page 373/nappies. Information from Women's Environmental Network. Also see Real Nappies: Real Progress! The role of real nappies and nappy laundering services in a Zero Waste strategy by Spencer Fitz-Gibbon and Grace Gedge (Green party report for Real Nappy Week, 2004)
Page 376/breast milk. See World Health Organisation's comments and research about breastfeeding . Useful tips from the National Childbirth Trust.
Page 384/wedding costs £15,000 see survey in You & Your Wedding magazine (Feb 2004) the average cost of a wedding now £15,764.
Page 390, more detail, including extensive resources, in The Natural Death Handbook by Stephanie Wienrich and Josefine Speyer (Rider Books, 2003)
Other sources:
The Natural Death Handbook by Stephanie Wienrich and Josefine Speyer (Rider Books, 2003)
Press for change - being an active citizen
How to be an active citizen P404, "23 local authorities made the decision to go GM free", from Friends of the Earth annual review, Join in our successes Nov 2003, p2) GM opposition grows (Friends of the Earth press release, 2 Sep, 2004). Also see GM free local areas (Friends of the Earth, March 2003)
Page 405, Joan Ruddock, MP talking about the Municipal Waste Recycling Bill (Hansard, 14 March 2000)
Page 416, Change your world #38 (Friends of the Earth, Dec 2002/Jan 2003).
Other sources:
How to win: a guide to successful community campaigning (Friends of the Earth, 2000)
Silent spring, by Rachel Carson (Penguin Modern Classics, 2000) - originally published in 1962.
Which? http://www.which.net/
