We have collected a variety of links to websites on various topics that we find interesting, important, and well presented. If you know of a website that should be here, please contact us and let us know about it.

Deforestation -

• Deforestation: Tropical Forests in Decline , January, 1999. This paper examines the extent of tropical deforestation in developing countries, its causes and consequences, and the prospects for more sustainable land use alternatives. The paper has been prepared as a contribution to the general public's better understanding of the complex social, economic, and environmental issues that surround tropical deforestation.

Biogas -

• An introduction to biogas. Very basic sight with some photos of biogas digesters of different scales.

Fair Trade - The following organizations are involved in different aspects of fair trade. These sites provide information assistance to fair trade producers and/or fair trade products to consumers.

• Agbanga Karite Group, a fair trade shea butter cooperative and wholesaler of shea butter and other indigenous oils from Togo, West Africa.
• Alaffia Fair Trade Shea Butter, a retailer of fair trade shea butter and shea butter soaps, creams and lotions.
• Co-op America , economic activity to create a just global economy for farmers and artisans.
  
• Cooperative Coffees, a green coffee importing cooperative comprised of 17 community based coffee roasters.
• Eco-labels.org, developed by the Consumers Union, compares, contrasts and rates a variety of labels of interest to consumers.
• Equiterre works towards the creation of a more equitable system of international trade through the promotion of fair trade and other consumer alternatives. It is co-sponsor ofCafe Unidos,an information clearinghouse for sustainable coffee with information in English, French, and Spanish.
• European Fair Trade Association is a coalition of European Fair Trade wholesalers.
• The Fair Trade Federation, our sister organization, is a trade association of North American Fair Trade retailers and wholesalers.
• Global Exchange conducts Fair Trade campaigns and sells Fair Trade products through its on-line catalog and retail shops.
• International Federation for Alternative Trade is a global network of Fair Trade organizations.
• Network of European World Shops World Shops sell fairly traded products from small-scale producers in developing countries.
• Oxfam is leading a campaign to respond to the global coffee crisis and help consumers become part of the solution.
• RUGMARK is a global nonprofit organization working to end child labor and offer educational opportunities for children in India, Nepal and Pakistan.
• SweatFree Communities promotes the collective bargaining power of both workers in sweatshops and communities of consumers.
• TransFair USA provides Fair Trade certification and labeling for food products in the United States.
• United Students for Fair Trade is a collaboration of students working towards economic justice through the promotion of Fair Trade products, principles and policies.