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An innovative and green ISPGreen ISP is a innovative and different kind of broadbandprovider, which is environmentally-guided andplants a tree for every new broadband customer. Theinternet uses great amounts of the earth’s resourcesfor energy and as it is growing at an astonishing rate,this poses all kinds of issues for future generations.UK Internet users have the opportunity to act now.Planting a tree for every new member helps to offsetcarbon emissions. Green ISP is initially working withthe community action group Treesponsibility, plantingtrees in and around West Yorkshire.Tthe company also uses solar energy to power theiroffice and offsetting carbon emissions by tree planting.Green ISP works in a different manner to mostother Internet Service Providers, in that people who“care” answer the phone and they don’t tie their customersin to year long contracts.for ‘real’ 500k broadband with no limits and £18.50for 250k.‘I recently experienced poor customer service fromone of the larger ISPs,’ a customer said “I signed upwith a very helpful, accessible eco-friendly ISP, whohas good green credentials and who I believe is alsocheaper than the majors for the same monthly offering.It occurred to me that if such a company caresabout the planet, they are more likely to care aboutmy e-mail/internet/broadband account too.’You get free e-mail and web space, information andlinks to environmental issues and resources.Find out more about Green ISP, Lee View,Hebden Bridge HX7 8LQ T: 0845 058 0659E: info@greenisp.net W: www.greenisp.netThe service costs less than the big players – £22.50CASE STUDY: Hawthorn Press<strong>Publishing</strong> to support personal changeHawthorn Press is a small independentpublisher based in Stroud, Gloucestershire.Our aim is to produce books which contributeto a more creative, just and peaceful world –books supporting learning for personal andsocial change. Our range includes books onfestivals and crafts, early years, education,family health and parenting, personaldevelopment, art and science, and learningresources for Steiner Waldorf educators.We believe that our books – which in theirdifferent ways promote an ethical, sustainablelifestyle – must be produced in a way that strivesto be ethical and sustainable. To this end we try toensure that we reduce our environmental impactand play a positive role in supporting our localeconomy and community. We commissionillustrations and photography for our books fromthe thriving community of artists and illustratorsin our area. Our books are printed onenvironmentally friendly paper. We source ourprinting from companies in the South West andthe Midlands. We also use the Kristianstadprinting press in Sweden, which appliesecological considerations throughout its entireoperating processes, from waste managementthrough to the raw materials used in printing. Atoffice level we drink fair trade tea and coffee, andrecycle our paper, toner and printing cartridges.Contact Hawthorn Press on 01453 757040 ore-mail: info@hawthornpress.comW: www.hawthornpress.com374
Media, Arts & CommunicationsBOOKSHOPS &MAIL ORDERBlackberry Books8 Newport Road, Godshill, Ventnor, Isle of WightPO38 3HRT: 01983 840 310E: mail@blackberry-books.co.ukW: www.blackberry-books.co.ukSupplies a huge range of books about housebuilding, with a good selection about ecobuilding.See their specialist catalogue onthe web with details of nearly 300 books.Centre for Alternative TechnologyMail OrderCentre for Alternative Technology, Machynlleth,Powys SY20 9AZT: 0845 330 4592E:: mail.order@cat.org.ukW: www.cat.org.ukAn extremely popular mail order catalogue,Buy Green By Mail, supplies environmentalbooks and products around the world. Itcontains over 700 items including all CAT’spublications, plus a large selection from theshop. Aims to offer a speedy service whereveryou are. All profits go to the educationalwork of the Centre. Call for a copy of thecatalogue or visit the on-line shop.CPL Press Online BookshopSuite 36 Liberty House, The Enterprise Centre,New Greenham Park, Newbury RG19 6HWT: 01635 817 408E: orders@cplpress.com; customers@cplpress.comW: www.cplpress.comA fully searchable, subject-driven portaloffering books, CD-ROMs, videos and slidesets from major and specialist publishersworld.Cygnus Book ClubBwlch Agored, Carregsawdde,Llangadog SA19 9DBT: 01550 777 701E: enquiries@cygnus-books.co.ukW: www.cygnus-books.co.ukProvides a friendly, supportive service forbooks on transformation, healing arts,spirituality, wisdom, complementary healthand sustainable ways of living. A freemonthly magazine allows the freedom tobuy books at considerably reduced pricesand the wealth of experience gained by theclub can be shared by consulting thecomplete list of titles on the web site.EarthprintPO Box 119, Stevenage, Hertfordshire SG1 4TPT: 01438 748 111E: customerservices@earthprint.comW: www.earthprint.comEarthPrint was launched in 1999 as theofficial on-line bookshop of the UnitedNations Environment Programme (UNEP).Since then, other prominent internationalorganisations have joined this initiative toprovide a central location whereauthoritative environmental publications areavailable. EarthPrint currently offerspublications from: United Nations (UN);United Nations Environment Programme(UNEP); International Institute forEnvironment and Development (IIED);International Service for NationalAgricultural Research (ISNAR); The WorldHealth Organisation (WHO); Organisationfor Economic Co-operation andDevelopment (OECD); Tata Energy ResearchInstitute (TERI); International Commissionon Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection(ICNIRP); Asian Development Bank (ADB);Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO);International Centre for Integrated MountainDevelopment (ICIMOD); InternationalAtomic Energy Agency (IAEA); InternationalPlant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI);The International Water ManagementInstitute (IWMI); Leadership ForEnvironment and Development InternationalInc (LEAD); and Technical Centre forAgricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA).Eco-logic BooksMulberry House, 19 Maple Grove, Bath BA2 3AFT: 01225 484 472E: info@eco-logicbooks.comW: www.eco-logicbooks.comPublishes and sells mail order books thatprovide practical solutions to environmentalproblems, organic gardening, permacultureand sustainability issues. Call or write for afree catalogue. Trade orders welcomeGoddess & The Green Man, The17 High Street, Glastonbury, Somerset BA6 9DPT: 01458 834 697E: shop@goddessandgreenman.co.ukW: www.goddessandgreenman.co.ukO: Mon-Sat 10am-5.30pm; Sun 12am-5pmSells jewellery, statues, artworks, wide rangeof books, cards, and other goods relating tothe goddess and women’s spiritualityGothic Image7 High Street, Glastonbury, Somerset BA6 8JET: 01458 831 453E: publications@gothicimage.co.ukW: www.gothicimage.co.ukSells books and music, including newmusic, roots, ambient, dance, world, folk,rock, jazz and classical.Greenleaf Bookshop82 Colston Road, Bristol BS1 5BBT: 0117 921 1369E: info@greenleafbookshop.co.ukW: www.greenleafbookshop.co.ukO: Mon-Fri 9.30am-5.30pm; Sat 10am-5pmOne of Bristol’s longest surviving co-ops,Greenleaf Bookshop is one of the fewremaining independent radical bookshops,specialising in books on environmental andcontemporary politics, feminism,complementary health, psychology, organicgardening, vegetarian cookery, LGBT issuesand some fiction and carefully selectedchildren’s books. A free noticeboard isavailable for events and accommodationinfo. Fast mail order service offered.GreenMetropolis.comPO Box 1042, Newcastle upon Tyne NE99 1GLE: customersupport@greenmetropolis.comW: www.greenmetropolis.comA web site designed to encourage people torecycle their books. All books cost just£3.75 and all paperbacks include freedelivery. Plus once you’re read your bookyou can sell it on and earn £3.00 cash back.By recycling your books not only are yousaving existing trees, you’ll be helping toplant new ones, for every book sold 5p isdonated to the Woodland Trust, the UK’slargest tree planting charity.Greenspirit Books & SchumacherBook Service14 Beckford Close, Warminster,Wiltshire BA12 9LWT: 01985 215 679E: alan@gsbooks.org.ukW: www.greenspirit.org.uk/booksAssembles and offers a wide range ofresources – books, videos and audiotapes –by mail order and web site. A free,annotated catalogue is produced twice ayear, touching on most areas of greeninterest, including aspects of ecology, ‘new’science and cosmology, green economics andenlightened business, green spirituality,creation spirituality, art and creativity,spiritual traditions, aspects of psychologyand children’s books. Also offers a requestservice and fast supply of US titles.Growing Needs Bookshop11 Market Place, Glastonbury, Somerset BA6 9HHT: 01458 833 466O: Mon-Sat 9am-5pm; Sun 10.30am-5pmSupplies a wide range of titles from NewAge subjects and alternative therapies toenvironmental issues and permaculture toparenting. Call for mail order service.Inner Bookshop, The111 Magdalen Road, Oxford OX4 1RQT: 01865 245 301E: mail@innerbookshop.comW: www.innerbookshop.comO: Mon-Sat 10am-5.45pmMind, body and spirit bookshop run by ateam of friendly and knowledgeable staff.Titles stocked cover naturopathy, healing,self-help, religion, yoga, philosophies,divination, meditation and more.Secondhand books, especially out of printcopies for sale. Imports stock from all overthe world, particularly India and America.Can order on request.Developmentbookshop.comITDG <strong>Publishing</strong>, Schumacher Centre forDevelopment & Technology, Bourton Hall,Bourton-on-Dunsmore, Rugby, WarwickshireCV23 9QZT: 01926 634 501E: marketing@itpubs.org.uk;itpubs@itpubs.org.ukW: www.developmentbookshop.com;BOOKSHOPS & MAIL ORDER379
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