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Websites
- The Cloud Appreciation Society
- A site dedicated to appreciating clouds
- Met Office
- Providers of environmental and weather-related services
- Riverford Vegetables
- The official Riverford Veg Box website
- Metcheck
- A company supplying meteorological, hydrological and marine instruments
- Earth As Art
- View our planet through the beautiful images taken by the Landsat-7 satellite
- Magic Seaweed
- Surf reports, pictures, news - anything surf related is on here
- British Beekeeper's Association
- The BBKA works to promote bees and beekeeping and to provide a range of member services to beekeepers in the UK
- Countryside Council for Wales
- The Countryside Council for Wales is the Government's statutory advisor on sustaining natural beauty, wildlife and the opportunity for outdoor enjoyment in Wales and its inshore waters
- Plants for Life
- About the importance of plants and why we need them
- Welsh Beekeeper's Association
- Keeping Welsh beekeepers informed
- FloralImages
- Pictures of wildflowers and garden flowers grown in West-England, Ireland and the Pyrenees, indexed by botanical and common names.
- Botanical Keys
- A database powered web application to help identify the native and naturalised flora of Great Britain.
- Plantlife
- Plantlife International - the only charity in the world working solely for the conservation of wild plants and fungi, wildflower Christmas cards.
- BGCI: Plants For The Planet
- It is estimated that up to 100,000 plants, representing more than one third of all the world's plant species, are currently threatened or face extinction in the wild. BGCI brings together the botanic gardens to work for plant conservation through science, education and horticulture.
Books
- The Earth Path
- Author: Starhawk
Description: Grounding your spirit in the rhythms of nature.
ISBN: 0060000937 - The Cloudspotter’s Guide
- Author: Gavin Pretor-Pinney
Description: This book helps us enjoy and understand the beauty of clouds
ISBN: 034089590X - The Invention of Clouds
- Author: Richard Hamblyn
Description: Telling the story of Luke Howard’s life and how he named the clouds for the love of it
ISBN: 033039195X - The Book of Clouds
- Author: John A Day
Description: Reintroduces us to the Earth’s great skyscape
ISBN: 1402728131 - The AA IIlustrated Guide to Britain's Coast
- Author: Peter Argyle and David Baird
Description: Every inch of the coastline of these islands documented beautifully and succinctly
ISBN: N/A - General System Theory
- Author: Ludwig Von Bertalanfy
Description: A collection of essays, exploring the seeds of systems theory, its foundations, development and applications
ISBN: 0807604534 - A Pig with Six Legs, and Other Clouds
- Author: Gavin Pretor-Pinney
Description: A small picture book of clouds
ISBN: 0340952423 - Philosophy of the Organism
- Author: Alfred North Whitehead
Description: Philosophy of the Organism.
ISBN: 1406775967 - The Scientific Attitude
- Author: C.H.Waddington
Description: Published in 1941 this book honours the awaking of people’s attitudes to science
ISBN: - - Design with Nature
- Author: Ian V McHarg
Description: Offers a practical blueprint for new, healthier relationship between the built environment and nature
ISBN: 047111460X - Honeybee Ecology
- Author: Thomas D Seeley
Description: Behavioural biology
ISBN: 0691083924 - Bees at the Bottom of the Garden
- Author: Alan Campion
Description: This book aims to take the mystique out of keeping bees
ISBN: 0907908977 - Bees of the World
- Author: Christopher O'Toole and Anthony Raw
Description: A reference book for naturalists and amateurs
ISBN: 0816057125 - Guide to Bees and Honey
- Author: Ted Hooper
Description: A guide to beekeeping
ISBN: 1904846246 - The Biology of the Honeybee
- Author: Mark L Winston
Description: All you need to know about the honey bee
ISBN: 0674074092 - Plants and Honeybees: Their Relationship
- Author: David Aston and Sally Bucknall
Description: How the European honey bee utilises the flowers and plants in the British Isles
ISBN: 190484619X - Wild Food
- Author: Roger Phillips
Description:
ISBN: 1 - Culpeppers Colour Herbal
- Author: David Potterton Culpepper
Description:
ISBN: 1 - Food for Free
- Author: Richard Mabey
Description:
ISBN: 1
Organisations
- Guerrilla Gardening
- An organization of people that come together and garden neglected public spaces
- Greenpeace
- Greenpeace stands for positive change through action. We defend the natural world and promote peace.
- Patagonia Land Trust
- Protection and restoration of wildland ecosystems and biodiversity in Patagonia
- The Marine Conservation Society
- The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) is the UK charity dedicated to caring for our seas, shores and wildlife
- The Woodland Trust
- Leading charity dedicated solely to the protection of our native woodland heritage.
- The Ramblers
- The UK’s biggest walking association
- Landlife
- Working mainly in urban and urban fringe areas, to bring nature and people closer together.
- Permaculture Association
- The Association is an educational charity run by its members and helps people use permaculture in their everyday lives to improve their quality of life and the environment around them
- Leave No Trace - Center for Outdoor Ethics
- Is an educational, nonprofit organization dedicated to the responsible enjoyment and active stewardship of the outdoors by all people, worldwide.
- Arboricultural Association
- The Arboricultural Association, which was founded in 1964, is the leading body in the UK for the amenity tree care professional in either civic or commercial employment at craft, technical, supervisory, managerial or consultancy level.
- Tree Advice Trust
- An independent charity whose aims are to research and disseminate practical information and guidance on the cultivation, maintenance and care of trees grown for amenity.
- Kew Garden
- To inspire and deliver science-based plant conservation worldwide, enhancing the quality of life.
- Botanic Gardens, Cambridge
- A 40 acre oasis of beautifully landscaped gardens and glasshouses right in the heart of the city
