Wildlife & Conservation Links Directory 

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Get Involved: Take Action for Wildlife

Individual Action

On this page: | Environmental Jobs | Green Shopping | Forums | Volunteering | Wildlife Gardening |

Environmental Jobs

• From the World Land Trust: Vacancies at the World Land Trust – Paid jobs and internships at the WLT office
• Acre Resources – A resource for people looking for jobs in the environmental and sustainability sectors, including environmental assessment, conservation, corporate social responsibility and renewable energy.
• Countryside Jobs Service – Promotes Countryside careers in the UK and environmental conservation worldwide (LE)
• EarthWorks-Jobs.com – Worldwide jobs in environmental science and related subjects (LE)
• Ethical Careers Service – People & Planet website dedicated to helping you find a socially and environmentally responsible career
• Environmentjob.co.uk – UK website for jobs and volunteering opportunities in the environmental sector (LE)
• Environmentjobs.co.uk – specialises in environmental jobs such as Ecology, Conservation, Energy, Biodiversity, Recycling, Climate Change, Renewables, Carbon, Organics, Sustainability and Transport. (LE)

Green Shopping 

• From the World Land Trust: For a green, unique gift: save an acre of rainforest – What better way to treat a friend or loved one than to give them a unique gift that lasts forever?
• Ecomall – Launched in 1994 this is the probably the oldest environmental shopping centre on the Internet
• Frugi – Specialises in colourful 100% organic cotton clothes for babies and kids 0-6yrs, including their Cut4Cloth range of clothes to fit cloth nappies. (LE)
• GiveIt – online 'individual gift' service, where you can make a one-off selection of charity gifts to celebrate someone's birthday, a wedding, Christmas or any event you care to think of. The Green Gift List has a selection of environmental and conservation charities.
• Green & Easy – Make easy eco-friendly choices for your home and garden (LE)
• Green Choices – The UK 's one-stop guide to greener living
• Green Store – offers a full range of products and information for environmentally sustainable lifestyles
• Go Green Directory – Eco-friendly products and services
• Natural Collection – A catalogue of eclectic, unusual, useful and interesting products to inspire ideas towards a sustainable future
• Summer Naturals – Supplier of natural ingredients for chemical free cleaning. Your health and our environment matters. (LE)
  
• The Green Shop – Eco friendly and fair-traded products
• The Natural Gardener – For sustainable gardening, using biodegradable products and organic methods
• The Organic Home – Directory of providers of organic products, including food, clothing and beauty products (LE)
• Tree Twist – Handmade wrist, clips and twist bands, belts and scarves. For every TreeTwist sold a tree or a seedling will be planted in Scotland (LE)

Internet Forums, Social Networks, Discussions and Questionnaires  

• Featuring the World Land Trust:
  • Rainforest Conservation in Action – World Land Trust group on MySpace.com where members can share positive rainforest and conservation news with likeminded people.
  • WLT discussion group on Facebook.com
• Ask UNEP – United Nations Environment Programme offers expert help on their website: Aks a question and join the global discussion on the environment
• Care2 – Online community for people who care to make a difference
• Happy Planet Index – Calculate your Happy Planet Index. How happy are you... and at what price to the environment?
• Irresponsible Tourism – a forum for blowing the whistle on practices in the travel and tourism industry which you think are irresponsible, and to discuss them with others.
• My.EcoEarth.Info – Environmental Campaign Social Network bringing people together to achieve Environmental Sustainability.
• SafariTalk – An initiative highlighting wildlife conservation, environmental issues, and community and social initiatives in Africa and a forum for Africa based discussions.
• Wildlife UK Forum – A forum for friendly discussion on the environment in the UK

Volunteering for Wildlife 

• From the World Land Trust: World Land Trust Internship Programme – Six-month internships in project development and conservation management at the WLT office
• Amigos de las Aves – Conservation of the Scarlet and Great Green Macaws in Costa Rica
• BTCV – British Trust for Conservation Volunteers. An good source of information on conservation volunteering all over the world
• Earthwatch Institute – engaging people worldwide in scientific field research and education to promote the understanding and action necessary for a sustainable environment
• Ecotrackers Foundation – a non-profit organisation of international volunteers and students which works to preserve the cultural and biological diversity of Ecuador (LE)
• Fundación Zoobreviven – voluntary conservation organisation (LE)
• Gapwork – works with gap year organisations to help you find out everything you need to know about your gap year (LE)
• Global Vision – Conservation expeditions, volunteer work and training courses around the world
• Green Volunteers – A guide and information network to voluntary work In nature conservation
• INFO Nepal – environmental and informal education programmes, working with local communities (LE)
• Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) – international development charity that works through volunteers
• Volunteer Latin America – Provides information on affordable volunteer work in Central and South America (LE)
• Worldwide Volunteering – Aims to make it easier for people of all ages to volunteer by providing access to information about volunteering opportunities throughout the UK and worldwide (LE)

Wildlife Gardening 

• From the World Land Trust: Green Issues – A weekly column on current environmental issues, which contains several articles on wildlife gardening:
  • Recreating meadows
  • Charity begins at home – make your garden wildlife friendly
  • Wildlife friendly gardens – Nature Reserves on a small scale
  • Gardening for wildlife
• Beautiful Britain – Has a section on wildlife gardening
• British Wildflower Plants – Norfolk-based providers of UK native wildflower plants (100% peat-free)
• Go For Green – Fact sheets on wildlife gardening
• The Natural Gardener – Gardening using biodegadable products and organic methods
• Sustainable Gardening – special report from ENN with many links to sustainable gardening resources
• UK Safari – This wildlife resource site has a good section on wildlife friendly gardening.
• Wildlife Gardener – information and ideas to help you encourage wildlife into your garden
• Wildlife Gardening with Jenny Steel – information about getting started with wildlife gardening
• Wild about Gardens – joint project between The Wildlife Trusts and the Royal Horticultural Society aiming to promote gardening for wildlife

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