Critical Mass is a celebration of non-motorised transport which happens monthly in Melbourne - and simultaneously in over 100 cities around the world. The rides involves cyclists joining together to ride through their city raising awareness of cycling and sustainable transport issues.

The Otway Ranges Environment Network (OREN) comprises individuals and groups who care about environmental issues in the Otway region of Victoria. OREN has been campaigning for seven years to end clear fell logging in the Otway Native Forest.

Help Glen Eira become a City for Climate Change.

Young Activists Collective
for Sustainability (YACS)

www.yacs.cjb.net

YACS is a statewide not-for-profit group that aims to educate young people in practical sustainability and provide a communications and research base to learn and share ideas about the environment and the future.

Get Up

www.getup.org.au

An independent, grass-roots community advocacy organisation giving everyday Australians opportunities to get involved and hold politicians accountable on important issues.

End the nuclear threat, Save the forests, Stop climate change, Eliminate toxics, Save the oceans, Stop whaling

International day of action against climate change.

Commercial Alert


www.commercialalert.org

Commercial Alert's mission is to keep the commercial culture within its proper sphere, and to prevent it from exploiting children and subverting the higher values of family, community, environmental integrity and democracy.

Critical Mass


www.criticalmass.org.au

Critical Mass is a global celebration of non-motorised transport which happens on the last Friday of every month in over 100 cities around the world. The rides involves up to several thousand cyclists joining together to ride through their cities raising awareness of cycling and sustainable transport issues.

The International Peace Pilgrimage

ttp://nuclearfreefuture.tripod.com

The International Peace Pilgrimage is a not for profit event committed to bringing attention to the devastation caused by the nuclear industry.Walking from Roxby Downs, Australia, on the November 2003 to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, August 2004

The Permaculture Research Institute


http://www.permaculture.org.au

The Permaculture Research Institute (PRI) is an international non-profit charitable organization working with communities worldwide to expand the knowledge and practice of integrated sustainable agriculture using the whole-systems approach of Permaculture Design to provide solutions for permanent abundance by training local people to become leaders of sustainable development in their communities and countries.

Borderlands has been established to facilitate reflection and action around: The development of local community networks and support; The raising of cultural awareness and understanding between communities and people of different backgrounds; Environmental regeneration and sustainability; & research that is community based and gives genuine voice to community issues, concerns and life experiences.

Collingwood Children' Farm is an inspiring urban farm open to the public. It hosts regular events and farmers markets.

www.melbourne.foe.org.au

Friends of the Earth (FoE) is a community-based activist organisation which works towards an ecologically sustainable and socially equitable society.

Provides healthy vegan organic food to people who need it. Melbourne Food Not Bombs has been operating for over 7 years... The money spent by the world on weapons in one week is enough to feed all the people on Earth for a year. If you feel that people need food more than bombs contact Food Not Bombs.

Melbourne University,
First floor, Union House.
Hours: Semester 10–4.30pm,
Monday – Friday,semester break 11–4pm.
Ph: 9347 8716
Email: foodcoop@rubens.its.unimelb.edu.au

The collectively run Melbourne Uni Food Co-op, sells both lunch foods & all bulk products (rice, beans, shampoo, spice, nuts). All products are vegan/vegetarian and are chosen with their nutritional properties, their delicious taste, environmental impact & social connections in mind. This is why you are asked to bring bottles, jars and re-useable bags for the bulk produce. Both members and non-members are welcome to shop here. The prices are reasonable but if you want 20% off your purchases become a member and work for a couple of hours a week there & participate in the collective meetings.

MCMC is an integrated environmental management agency formed in 1989 to ensure the preservation, restoration, environmental protection and ecologically sensitive development and maintenance of the Merri Creek and adjoining catchment areas.

Moon Mother Productions


www.moonmother.com.au

Event production services as seen at CERES events...

Moreland Energy Foundation

www.mefl.com.au

The Moreland Energy Foundation Ltd (MEFL) is the first independent locally based organisation devoted entirely to reducing community greenhouse gas emissions. It is a non-profit organisation that is working to bring together expertise, resources and funds to promote sustainable development. We aim to provide wide ranging assistance and, where necessary, finance to identified projects, groups - commercial or community based - that warrant support.

Permaculture Melbourne

www.permaculturemelbourne.org.au

Permaculture Melbourne is a member based non-profit association, which acts as an umbrella for a number of local and special interest groups including the Seedy Group, Education Group and the Heritage Fruit Group. Local groups include Mountain Districts, Eastern Suburbs, North East Ranges and Yarra Valley.

3CR Community Radio


www.3cr.org.au

Melbourne's Voice of Dissent - broadcasting progressive radio by the community for 26 years on 855 AM

Yarra Bicycle Users Group


http://sports.groups.yahoo.com
/group/yarrabug/

A community voluntary organisation located in the inner surburbs ofAbbotsford, Alphington, Burnley, Carlton North, Clifton Hill, Cremorne, Collingwood, Fairfield, Fitzroy, Fitzroy North, Princes Hill and Richmond, who advocate on behalf of cyclists for improved cycling conditions. YarraBUG warmly welcomes anyone with great ideas and energy to share. If you want to have a social ride, maybe want to get involved with local bike issues or simply want to know more about cycling, please free most free to contact us.

It is the Ethos Foundation's mission cultivate effective new thinking, values and action for positive, ecologically sustainable futures. The work of the Ethos Foundation facilitates and promotes education for sustainability: personal, professional, organisational and social.

ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation


www.acfonline.org.au

ACF is a non-profit, membership-based environment group. We take a solution-oriented approach to environmental issues, and seek to form partnerships with community groups, governments and business to achieve ecologically sustainable outcomes.

ATA is a non-profit community based environment group that has used and promoted technology that works in harmony with the environment. ATA are interested in the practical aspects of harnessing renewable energy sources such as the sun, wind and water, building with natural materials, conserving energy and working with appropriate technology to create a sustainable future. The ATA is the publisher of ReNew magazine. They also publish books, practical DIY booklets and provide technical advice.

Friends of the Earth (FoE) is a community-based activist organisation which works towards an ecologically sustainable and socially equitable society. It is a federation of autonomous local groups operating under an agreed set of principles. Foe Australia functions both through local groups, and on the national level through appointed spokespeople, national campaigns, the national magazine-Chain Reaction, and the National Liaison Officers.

Going Solar is committed to the promotion and retail of environmentally responsible products. Going Solar seeks to: Sell and promote renewable energy and sustainable living products Provide accurate information regarding renewable energy and sustainable living products and practices Provide reliable service and a long term commitment to customers Practice sustainability in the running of the business Actively support organisations which promote and practice sustainability.

End the nuclear threat, Save the forests, Stop climate change, Eliminate toxics,
Save the oceans, Stop whaling.

SGA is a not for profit association committed to achieving real, continually improving and easily understood environmental solutions for gardeners. Sustainable Gardening Australia provides advice on gardening practices and products.

The Wilderness Society is a national, community-based, environmental advocacy organisation whose mission is to protect, promote and secure the future of wilderness and other high conservation areas.

CAT is concerned with the search for globally sustainable, whole and ecologically sound technologies and ways of life, demonstrating ways in which people, nature and technology can live together successfully.

EarthAction is building a global action alert network which can mobilize people simultaneously around the planet to speak out for a better world. The EarthAction Network already includes more than 2000 citizen groups in over 160 countries, hundreds of members of parliament, and growing numbers of concerned individuals.

Ethical investment research service providing independent research into corporate behaviour

Looks at the ethics of the companies behind the brand names. Ethical Consumer also provides an alternative shopping guide

Australian Ethical Investment Ltd was established in 1986 for the purpose of environmental and socially responsible investment.

The GCC has been the most outspoken and confrontational industry group in the United States battling reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. It collaborates extensively with a network that includes industry trade associations, "property rights" groups affiliated with the anti-environmental Wise Use movement, and fringe groups such as Sovereignty International, which believes that global warming is a plot to enslave the world under a United Nations-led "world government."

EcoFun is Israel's award-winning Center for Ecotourism and Creative Ecology. Eco workshops and seminars, Natural health, attractions and Kibbutz Guesthouse.

A SEED is a global organisation linking youth groups and individuals on all continents. A SEED is against the exploitation of both people and nature. It initiates and co-ordinates actions and campaigns on environment, development and social justice issues.

SCN is for those who want to help make their communities more liveable. This web site increases the visibility of what has worked for other communities, and to promote a lively exchange of information to help create community sustainability in both urban and rural areas.

This resource aims to show how secondary school students as consumers can reduce household energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions by reducing energy consumption. As part of the program, students are also encouraged to communicate their energy saving knowledge to the wider community. The resource has a Teacher Resource booklet and CD-ROM, both of which have a website links page that list interesting and useful websites.

The E.P.A.Net is a place for information on the conservation of Endangered Species & other native flora & fauna, links to Eco sites, including practical information for Eco Activism & Endangered Species information, access to lists of Endangered Species in Australia, Terrestrial Orchid sites and alerts, and a base to find Activists and protests.

Free service for anyone buying or selling books on environmental issues and natural history. Also offering inexpensive web design services for environmental organisations.

Interested in building your own house, using materials and techniques that are kind to the planet? Do you want to learn many facts about conservation?
Visit the website run by Dr Bob Rich.

American group that recycle and sell heaps of stuff, like old toner cartridges, and make them into useful things.

Increadibly rich resource for global environmental and ethical issues.

The most comprehensive resource of environmental information available on the internet. It covers an enormous number of subjects ranging from acid rain and air pollution through to urban planning and wind-generated energy.

A non-profit, non-partisan organisation that uses the power of communications to help improve the global environment.

The Earth Charter is a universal code of conduct, based on fundamental values and principles, to guide people, communities, organisations and nations towards sustainable living.

Local innovative and sustainable building redevelopment.