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Book Steps

The Irish holistic mail order book service, opened its doors for business in September 2002. It provides practical solutions for living and growing, learning and working in harmony with our environment. All its books focus on practical solutions to day to day problems, be they environmental, physical, psychological, social, political, spiritual or educational.

Cork Green Map Project

Providers of information and direction to the sites and services you need: green spaces, cultural oasis, recycling, biking, organics, biodynamics, community centres, yoga mentors... and peat free compost for your bare tree!

Cultivate

Cultivate is a sustainable living and learning centre dedicated to inspiring healthy, balanced and creative cultural change. It emphasises an integral approach focused on improvements we can make in our own lives, in our communities and in the world.

Green Building Press Forum

The Green Building Press is the sustainable construction information specialist. We are here to help you create green, healthy and sustainable buildings. The forum is a mine of information and advice.

A list of green building web links

A page of links from Sustain's Community Solutions meeting about green building in November 2007

Growing Awareness

Growing Awareness is a food and farming group based in Skibbereen. The aim of Growing Awareness is to ensure that everyone has access to food grown and produced in a way that restores respect for the earth, respect for food and respect for farmers and growers.

Sustainability Institute (Sustainability magazine)

The Sustainability Institute is the parent organisation from which the Sustainability magazine was conceived. The Institute is committed to the propagation of ideas central to the concept of sustainability, and to providing a forum for appropriate training and instruction. Integral to this aim is the Institute’s proposed twelve month full time course in ‘Practical Sustainability’.

Sustainable Ireland

Ireland's internet portal to the world of sustainability, permaculture, ecological design, green building, renewable energy, and much more. The site highlights the network of individuals, groups and businesses helping to create an abundant future for Ireland and has articles about sustainability. There are links to Cultivate Centre, The Powerdown Community, FEASTA, The Village and GM-Free Ireland.

Sustainable Energy Ireland

Formerly the Irish Energy Centre, SEI was set up by the government in 2002 as Ireland’s national energy agency. Its mission is to promote and assist the development of sustainable energy.

Transition Culture

'An evolving exploration into the head, heart and hands of energy descent' A site by Rob Hopkins, devoted to Transition Culture.

Tree Hugger

TreeHugger is the leading media outlet dedicated to driving sustainability mainstream. Partial to a modern aesthetic, it strives to be a one-stop shop for green news, solutions, and product information.

Zone 5

'On the edge between Nature and Culture' Permaculture, issues, solutions and masses of useful and interesting articles from Kinsale College of Further Education and Graham Strouts