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Events
• Green Week - ec.europa.eu/environment/greenweek/home.html
Annual event in the beginning of June in Brussels to bring together different target groups to discuss environmental issues in EU – basically open to everyone.

• European Day of Parks – May 24th – www.europarc.org/international/data/edp.htm
Launched by the EUROPARC Federation to raise the profile of Europe's protected areas

• World Environment Day – June 5th – www.unep.org/wed
Created by United Nations stimulates to raise worldwide environmental awareness

• Ozone Day – September 16th - www.unep.fr/ozonaction/events/ozoneday
Celebrating the day on which the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer was signed

• Buy nothing Day – November 24th/25th - www.ecoplan.org/ibnd/ib_index.htm
Dedicated to fighting against over-consumption

Lifestyle
• Ecological Footprint - www.footprintnetwork.org/gfn_sub.php
Quite good overview of the concept

• Change - ec.europa.eu/environment/climat/campaign/
European Commission’s campaign „You control climate change.”

• European Environmental Toolkit for Citizens - ec.europa.eu/environment/toolkits/index_en.htm
Look for different toolkits by country, topic, language, tool or target group.

• TreeHugger - www.treehugger.com
Many tips how to live your life in more „green” way

• World-wide Opportunities for Organic Farming (WWOOF) - www.wwoof.org
International network for volunteering in organic farms

Mobility
• myclimate - www.myclimate.org/index.php
Offset your flying impact

• European Mobility Week – September 16th-22nd – www.mobilityweek.eu
Promoting more sustainable transport in EU

Science
• Green Facts - www.greenfacts.org
Giving more simple and general overview of many scientific reports on environmental issues

• Gaia Theory - www.gaiatheory.org
Several materials about this famous „Earth as living organism” theory by James Lovelock

• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) - www.ipcc.ch
Established by WMO and UNEP - the scientific, technical and socio- economic aspects of climate change

Media
• Environment Globe - www.environmentglobe.com
Environmental news around the world

• BBC news: the Green Room - news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6569379.stm
A series of thought-provoking environmental opinion pieces by BBC writers

• Green TV - www.green.tv
Quite good choice of short movies from different features: technology, people, water etc

• National Geographic – www.nationalgeographic.org
Internet version of a well-known magazine, with lots of news and photo galleries Politics

• European Commission and environment - ec.europa.eu/environment/

• Chemical Reaction - www.chemicalreaction.org
Project created by FoEE, EEB and Greenpeace to direct EU’s chemicals’ policy

• EU Vote Watch - www.foeeurope.org/euvotewatch/index.php
Go and see how MEPs vote on environmental matters

Organisations
• Friends of the Earth Europe (FoEE) – www.foeeuropa.org
An international organisations’ network, Europe’s part.

• World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF) - www.panda.org
Global environmental conservation organisation with branches all over world

• European Environmental Bureu (EEB) - www.eeb.org
Watchdog for European environmental policies – implementation of directives etc

• The World Conservation Union (IUCN) - www.iucn.org
World’s leading nature conservation organisation, with 6 commissions and regional offices.

• European Centre of Nature Conservation - www.ecnc.nl
For the conservation and sustainable use of Europe’s nature, biodiversity and landscapes.