LINKS

LINKS - INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

Bioscience Resource Project – Independent science journalism and public interest science

Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) - a trade site.

Centre for Responsible Nanotechnology – SourceWatch - a US-based non-profit group reviewing the potential risks of nanotechnology.

CorpWatch - provide accurate, timely and easily accessible articles, reports and data on violations by multinational corporations to activists, media.

The Endocrine Disruptor Exchange (TEDx) - this site, one of the oldest independent science-focused sites online is closing due to lack of funding

Environmental Health News - Respected science site with a focus on toxics and endocrine disruption.

Environmental Health Perspectives. “Pharmaceuticals and personal care products in the environment: agents of subtle change?” C G Daughton

ETC Group reports- ETC Group works to address the socioeconomic and ecological issues surrounding new technologies that could have an impact on the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people. http://www.etcgroup.org/content/mission-etc-group

GENET - a European network of non-governmental non-profit organizations.

GM Contamination Register - registers GM crops

GRAIN - support small farmers and social movements to achieve community-controlled and biodiversity-based food systems.

Greenpeace International working directly with communities on the frontlines as they protect the environments they call home. Greenpeace is comprised of 27 independent national / regional organisations in over 55 countries across Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia and the Pacific, as well as a co-ordinating body, Greenpeace

GE Free Europe

GM Watch. Issue regular information updates.

Institute of Science in Society UK - one of the leading centres in Science and Technology Studies (STS) within the UK.

International Network of Concerned Farmers / MADGE Inc.

Soil Association UK - The UK's leading food and farming charity and organic certification body, working to save our soils and make good food the easy choice.

Synthetic Biology Project ensuring benefits of synthetic biology are realized through responsible development. Synthetic biology specific news, events, publications and more.

The Naked Scientists online

Physicians and Scientists for Responsible Application of Science and Technology. Their main mission is to protect DNA, the “blueprint of life”, from being seriously damaged or altered. https://ecologycenter.org/directory/directory-entries/physicians-and-scientists-for-responsible-application-of-science-and-technology-psrast/

Union of Concerned Scientists - puts rigorous, independent science to work to solve our planet's most pressing problems.

AGRICULTURE

ESSENTIAL READING

V. Shiva. Agroecology and Regenerative Agriculture. (2022)

Stephen R. Gliessman. Agroecology The Ecology of Sustainable Food Systems, Third Edition 2014.

Miguel A. Altieri. Agroecology: The Science Of Sustainable Agriculture, Second Edition 2nd Edition (1995)

REGENERATIVE/ SUSTAINABLE FARMING ORGANIZATIONS (NZ)

Bio Dynamic Farming and Gardening Association in New Zealand

Organic Dairy and Pastoral Group

Organic Winegrowers New Zealand (OWNZ)

The BHU Future Farming Centre

BHU Organic Training College

Permaculture NZ

ORGANIC CERTIFICATION OPTIONS

AsureQuality

BioGro NZ certifier for organic produce and products, providing organic certification and accredit for over 750 producers.

Demeter The Bio Dynamic Farming and Gardening Association certifier; registered as a certification trademark in 1984.

ORGANIC SEEDS

Ecoseeds Index a supplier of vegetables, flowers and herb seeds for organic growing. Online mail ordering from Wellington New Zealand.

Koanga Gardens / Koanga Institute - 100% organic, regenerative and NZ grown seeds, trees, perennials, and workshop.

Nelson Seed Library

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