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key changes in UK’s Climate Change Act, helped bring about the UK Low Carbon Transition Plan and the
“Great British Refurb”. We need to insist governments devolve power to communities and provide the
strategic support they need. The “Big Society” is an interesting idea. Read the Blog Just how Big is the Big
Society? Use the government website, Your Freedom, “part of the most radical shake up of our politics for
decades”.
Prioritise where to put your energy and money. Focus on the issues you are most passionate about and
believe will make the biggest difference. My top priorities are New Economics Foundation, Unlock
Democracy/ Local Works, WDM, CND, Peace Direct, Garden Organic, GM Freeze, Greenpeace, Soil
Association. Use your browser:
Key Campaigns
A Just and Sustainable Global Economic System ALBA- Bolivarian Alliance of the Americas, Christian
Aid, Climate Justice Action Network, Greenpeace, International Forum on Globalisation, Jubilee Debt
Campaign, People First Campaign, New Economics Foundation, Survival International, Stop Climate
Change Chaos Coalition, Via Campesina, World Development Movement and Youth forum on climate
change
Feeding the World Compassion in World Farming, Ethical Consumer, Food and Water Watch, Friends
of the Earth, Garden Organic, GM Freeze, Soil Association, Vandana Shiva and World Hunger Project
Global Governance New Economics Foundation, One World Trust, SIMPOL, Tikkun- Rabbi Michael
Lerner, World Development Movement (WDM)
Greening the Global Economy Centre for Alternative Technology, New Economics Foundation (nef),
New Green Deal Coalition, Operation Noah, Stop Climate Chaos Coalition*, (WDM), World Watch
Institute
New Money, Debt, Citizens Income, Fair and Sustainable Taxation, Land Value Tax American
Monetary Institute, Christian Council for Monetary Justice, James Robertson – working for a sane
alternative, Land Value Taxation Campaign, Scottish Monetary Reform, Tax Justice Network, Tobin
Tax Institute, WDM
Peace - Ending War and Violence CND, Campaign Against the Arms Trade, Oxford Research Group,
Peace Direct, Peace Pledge Union, Peace Tax Seven, Responding to Conflict (RTC), Rethink Trident
coalition, RoadPeace – road violence
Sustainable buildings, cities, communities and transport. Bioregional, Campaign for Better
Transport, Centre For Alternative Technology (CAT), Coalition of Campaign to Protect Rural England
(CPRE), Keep Trade Local/Federation of Small Businesses Campaign, Local Works, New Economics
Foundation, Slow Cities and Transition Towns
Unlocking Democracy Amnesty International, Electoral Reform Society, Liberty, Local Works,
Operation Black Vote, Unlock Democracy/2010.
* Stop Climate Chaos is a coalition of more than 100 organisations and their 11 million supporters,
working together for positive action.
Further reading: Johnson, B, 1996, Polarity Management: Identifying and Managing Unsolvable Problems,
HRD. Press: Amherst, MA. A simple explanation of polarity management is on my website with other articles.
Nixon, B, Making a Difference – strategies and tools for transforming your organisation.Thich Nhat Hanh,
1999, The Miracle of Mindfulness, Beacon Press.
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