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Which Green Oraganisation are you a member of (if any)

Friends of the Earth

[ 2 ]

Centre for Alternative Technology

[ 2 ]

Centre for Sustainable Energy

[ 0 ]

Greenpeace

[ 0 ]

Sustrans

[ 1 ]

Local Green Organisation

[ 1 ]

Other - Details below

18%

[ 6 ]

Not a member of any

62%

[ 20 ]

Total Votes : 32

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Penny Outskirts

Joined: 18 Sep 2005
Posts: 23385
Location: Planet, not on the....

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 06 3:46 pm Post subject: Green Organisation Membership

Whilst browsing the Ecology Building Society's website, I found that they may ask you if you are a member of a green organisation before they allow you to invest with them.

We're not a member of any at the moment, although have been members of CAT, Greepeace and Friends of the Earth over the years. Perhaps we should be

I though it would be interesting to know which Green organisations, if any, Downsizer members belong to.

I've put major ones that I can think of in the poll - if there are any I've missed, can someone let me know and I'll add them.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45440
Location: Essex

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 06 3:57 pm Post subject:
I'm a member of: www.aecb.net www.fwag.org Used to be a member of (and will be again): www.hdra.org www.brogdale.org www.rhs.org

Jonnyboy

Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 23956
Location: under some rain.

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 06 4:06 pm Post subject:

Only a member of local environmental groups.

Quote:

Whilst browsing the Ecology Building Society's website, I found that they may ask you if you are a member of a green organisation before they allow you to invest with them.

That's barking, you could be a two jags driving rainforest logger with membership of the wwf.

gil
Downsizer Moderator

Joined: 08 Jun 2005
Posts: 18409

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 06 4:10 pm Post subject:
I'm not really an organisation joiner in that sense. Not at a national sort of level, at any rate.

ele

Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Posts: 814
Location: Derby

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 06 4:22 pm Post subject:

Soil Association for old times sake really as it was the first organisation I ever joined and noone had heard of it back then

Garden Organic (aka HDRA) cos you just have to if you're into organic gardening

Derbyshire Wildlife Trust Because I used to volunteer there and I like to know what's going on locally

World Development Movement Because I'm dead against water privatisation in poor countries and other subjects the WDM are really good at campaigning on.

Never realised it was so many!

Lozzie

Joined: 25 May 2005
Posts: 2595

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 06 4:29 pm Post subject:
I am (currently) only a member of my local Agenda 21 group, but that keeps me quite busy

sally_in_wales
Downsizer Moderator

Joined: 06 Mar 2005
Posts: 20809
Location: sunny wales

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 06 4:30 pm Post subject:
Woodland Trust

cab

Joined: 01 Nov 2004
Posts: 32429

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 06 4:34 pm Post subject:

tahir wrote:

Used to be a member of (and will be again):

www.hdra.org

You, of all people, let your HDRA membership slip?

That's one I'm a member of, along with their heritage seed library scheme.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45440
Location: Essex

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 06 4:35 pm Post subject:
Just came up before we'd moved so left it, will definitely rejoin soon.

Andy B

Joined: 12 Jan 2005
Posts: 3920
Location: Brum

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 06 4:48 pm Post subject:

sally_in_wales wrote:

Woodland Trust

Me too , best of the lot and you can go and see where the money is spent, that what put me off Greenpeace !

trigfa

Joined: 06 Apr 2005
Posts: 189
Location: Llangernyw, North Wales

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 06 4:54 pm Post subject:
Currently CAT HDRA (sorry Garden Organic) I can certainly recommend membership of both the above oh, and the RSPB which is generally green in its outlook and means I also get free admittance to Conwy Bird Reserve whenever I'm passing. One problem with polls like this one is that you can seemingly only select one answer!

Penny Outskirts

Joined: 18 Sep 2005
Posts: 23385
Location: Planet, not on the....

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 06 5:27 pm Post subject:

trigfa wrote:

One problem with polls like this one is that you can seemingly only select one answer!

Hadn't thought of that

Shall I take the poll out and we can just have a discussion about it, or do we think there's a value in the poll??

Miff

Joined: 24 Nov 2005
Posts: 22
Location: Somerset

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 06 5:47 pm Post subject:
I joined Friends of the Earth because they seem to make the most difference at a national level. I thought about joining Greenpeace, but while I agree with a lot of the direct action they take, I think this might stop the government from listening to them.

Goxhill

Joined: 27 Mar 2005
Posts: 245
Location: Lincolnshire

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 06 5:49 pm Post subject:
Garden Organic & thinking about CAT

trigfa

Joined: 06 Apr 2005
Posts: 189
Location: Llangernyw, North Wales

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 06 6:48 pm Post subject:

Goxhill wrote:

Garden Organic & thinking about CAT

I'd certainly recommend joining CAT. The magazine Clean Slate is usually interesting and the research work they've done over the years is certainly worth supporting

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