Baldock: Social Policy 3e 
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www.un.org/esa/sustdev/agenda21text.htm
Agenda 21 United Nations 1992
www.defra.gov.uk/
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).Apart from the DEFRA site there is also a separate sustainable development site maintained by the government: http://www.sustainable-development.gov.uk/
www.parliament.uk/commons/selcom/eahome.htm
House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee.
www.sd-commission.org.uk/
Sustainable Development Commission - The official watchdog established to monitor government progress on sustainable development. An excellent source of authoritative reports on relevant topics.
www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Environment
For information on the work on sustainable development of the Scottish Executive.
Sustainable Development is a legal requirement for the Welsh Assembly See: www.wales.gov.uk/themessustainabledev/index.htm
http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/environment/index_en.htm
At the European Union level then the Environment Directorate General is the key body.
http://org.eea.eu.int/
The European Environment Agency has an important monitoring role.
www.neweconomics.org/gen/
The New Economics Foundation - includes research programmes on wellbeing and local economics which are worth consulting.
www.foe.co.uk
Friends of the Earth - worth visiting to get a critical perspective on environmental policy.
www.greenpeace.org.uk
Greenpeace site
http://www.letslinkuk.net/index.htm
Local Exchange Trading Scheme
http://www.timebanks.co.uk/
Time Banks
www.worldbank.org
The World Bank - contains a great deal of information on sustainable development.
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