Useful Links: Europe
AlimenTerra
A network of European organisations committed to developing practical and co-operative actions leading to the creation of a truly sustainable european food system
EU Environment Institute
Provides scientific and technical support to European Union strategies for the protection of the environment contributing to a sustainable development. The site provides detailed reports of current and future research projects, as well as providing useful links and training
European Environment Agency
Aims to support sustainable development and to help achieve significant and measurable improvement in Europe's environment through the provision of timely, targeted, relevant and reliable information to policy making agents and the public. This comprehensive website provides european reports, information and statistics within an environmental context
The European Environment Directorate
Initiate and define new environmental legislation and to ensure that measures, which have been agreed, are actually put into practice in the Member States. The site provides comprehensive information, including resources and current news.
European Environment and Sustainable Development Advisory Councils (EEAC)
Works to enrich the quality of policy advice on national and regional level by exchanging information with colleagues from other countries
The European Fair Trade Association
Watch out for its upcoming Europe-wide fair procurement project
European Union Sustainable Development
The Sustainable Development website of the European Union. The site includes the European Union's definition of and strategy for sustainable development.
Fair Trade
The Fair Trade Labelling Organisation certifies fair trade products – the UK Chapter, the Fair Trade Foundation can be found at www.fairtrade.org.uk
LASALA
The project (Local Authorities Self-Assessment of Local Agenda 21), carried out in conjunction with ICLEI, made use of approx. 150 LA21 case studies from across Europe.
The Network for European World Shops
The umbrella body for fair tarde shops across Europe
