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Page Aim The Helpful Magazines page is to help LSPs, and all those VCOs involved in SCS processes and locality working, obtain invaluable topical information on a wide range of S&P concerns Page Contents National Dailies A to Z of S&P Press Page Updates The information on this page will be occasionally updated – please let LINKS know of anything that needs amending, and if you have any further information about magazines, newspapers and other periodicals covering S&P related topics.
National Dailies There are more comprehensive roundups of the national news media. The brief contact details here are given to enable readers to send the press letters on S&P issues. Remember that letters page editors always like you to include a telephone number and, when emailing, your full postal address. Daily Express o Letters, Daily Express, Northern & Shell Building, 10 Lower Thames Street, London EC3R 6EN. 0871 434 1010. www.express.co.uk expressletters@express.co.uk Daily Mail o Daily Mail Letters, Daily Mail, Northcliff House, 2 Derry Street, London W8 5TT. 020 7937 6000. letters@dailymail.co.uk Daily Mirror o Mirror Mailbox, Daily Mirror, One Canada Square, London E14 5AP. 020 7293 3000. www.mirror.co.uk mailbox@mirror.co.uk Daily Telegraph o Letters, Daily Telegraph, 111 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 0DT. 020 7931 2000. dtletters@telegraph.co.uk The Guardian o Letters, The Guardian, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9GU. 020 3353 2000. www.guardian.co.uk letters@guardian.co.uk Morning Star o Letters, Morning Star, People's Press Printing Society, William Rust House, 52 Beachy Road, London E3 2NS. 020 8510 0815. www.morningstaronline.co.uk newsed@people-spress.com The Independent o Letters to the Editor, The Independant, 191 Marsh Wall, London E14 9RS. 020 7005 2000. www.independent.co.uk letters@independent.co.uk (no attachments please) The Times o Letters to the Editor, The Times, 1 Pennington Street, London E98 1TA. 020 7782 50000. www.timesonline.co.uk letters@thetimes.co.uk
Sustainability & Participation Press Contact details Many of the titles here are produced by VCOs whose contact details are included on the site's Helpful Addresses page. INK "A quick look at the diversity of these publications' subject matter must persuade even the most staid individual and conventional third sector organisation of the need for cultural change." INK - in an email to SustainabilityLinks Many of the titles are distributed through INK – the Independent News Collective – which is the trade association for Britain’s independent publications. You can receive News Digest, a monthly roundup of the latest articles from INK titles simply by sending them your request together with your email address. o INK, F24 Acton Business Centre, School Road, London NW10 6TO. 020 8453 1144. www.ink.uk.com gateway@ink.uk.com
a Action Available from War on Want Activate The Environmental Action Fund newsletter published by Defra. o Defra, Area 6/G9 Ashdown House, 123 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6DE. 020 7082 8680. www.defra.gov.uk/environment/eaf/pdf/current_eaf_grants.pdf Adbusters Magazine using art and design to challenge media-created misperceptions. o Adbusters Media Foundation, 1243 West 7th Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6H 1B7. +800 663 1243 A to B This covers topical developments in all aspects of car-alternative transport – a subscription comes with free maps including one of the Sustrans national cycle network. Available from: INK. o 01305 259998. www.atob.org.uk Alternative Kidz Paper for 7-ups. Environmental issues, news, views, jokes, crafts, puzzles, sports, outdoor activities, etc, with no advertising or merchandising. Available from: INK The Apple A green tabloid, launched in April 2005. o The Apple, 35 Fore Street, Wellington, Somerset TA21 8AG. 01823 663 419 subscriptions@the-apple.co.uk Ascent Ascent focuses on the different perspectives of life gained through yoga, embracing spirituality, the arts, science, anthropology. Available from INK.
b Bike for All Promotes cycling across the UK. Building for a Future Sustainable building – news, product availabilities, information to help people design, renovate and build in an ethically sourced, environmentally friendly way. Available from INK. Broadleaf The magazine for members of the Woodlands Trust. Bulb Magazine contents focus on the big issues younger generations increasingly have to address – such as trade justice, corporate power, racism, animal rights, working together and the causes of conflict. Also lifestyle decisions such as fairtrade, ethical fashion and careers and youth culture reviews. o Bulb, 42 Clapham Manor Street, London SW4 6DZ. ana@bulbmag.com
c CAAT News produced by the Campaign Against Arms Trade. Caduceus Brings a spiritual / holistic health and well being perspective to sustainability. o Caduceus, 9 Nine Acres, Midhurst, West Sussex GU29 9EP. 01730 816790. www.caduceus.info caduceus@caduceus.info Carbusters Carbusters is the car alternatives and campaigning quarterly published by the World Carfree Network and part funded by the Europea Commission via the European Voluntary Service's Youth in Action programme. A look at the May - July 2009 edition indicates typical content: Cape Town's Bicycling Empowerment Network, which uses cycles in poverty alleviation projects. The links betweet obesity and motoring. Transport in art - a review of the sustainable mobility work of two German artists whose exhibitions include sculptures, montages, performance and installations. Groningen, the Netherlands city with the highest % of cycle usage in the world, and where planners prioritise cycle infrastructure and facilities. The range of car free activities in low income cities worldwide. Bamboo bikes. The collapse of the car industry and concurrent end of twentieth century materialism and capitalism. The personal and social benefits of car free travel. A review of 1997's seminal Lyon Protocol - on how cities in the developed world could become car free - by one of the orignal authors. "Nowhere more than in urban planning are the interests of rich individuals and corporations at stake than in the adoption of a city's master plan." Joel Crawford revisiting the Lyon Protocol, Carbusters. May - July 2009. o Carbusters is published by World Car Free Network, Kratka 26, 100 00 Prague 10, Czech Republic. +420 274 810 849. CDF News The Community Development Foundation newsletter. Change Available from Oxfam. o campaigning@oxfam.org.uk Change Your World CYW looks at local Friends of the Earth groups activities and offers back-up and other support in their different campaigns. It’s available from FOE national hq. Clean Slate Information and features on practical sustainability – renewable energy, organic gardening, self-build, transport. A subscription comes with free membership of the Centre for Alternative Technology, who publish the magazine. Clearway Available from Urban Forum. Connect Regularly brings together news of Greenpeace activities. Corporate Watch Articles focus on the way multinational corporations influence public policy and decision takers. o Corporate Watch, 16b Cherwell Street, Oxford OX4 1BG. 01865 791391 mail@corporatewatch.org Cygnus Review Free newsletter reviewing recent publications about health, lifestyle, environmental issues, spirituality, etc. Available from INK.
d Do or Die Carries reports, analyses and comment on key global issues. Available from INK. Drop It! Quarterly handbook published by Jubilee Debt Campaign.
e Earth Matters Articles on environmental and social justice topics produced by Friends of the Earth. The Ecologist The online magazine reporting on sustainability and environmental issues from a scientific / social perspective. The magazine's recently launched a green collar employment service. o The Ecolgist, 116 - 118 Commercial Street, Spitalfields, London E1 6NF. 020 7422 8100. www.theecologist.org eg emagazine The sustainability practitioner’s professional journal. o Global to Local Foundation Ltd, 8 Black Croft, Clayton le Woods, Chorley PR6 7US. 01772 468112. www.egemagazine.com ELFline The quarterly newsletter of the Environmental Law Foundation. EM Hazards and Therapy Reviews the latest research published on the health concerns attending electromagnetic fields – mobiles and masts, microwaves, power lines, etc. Available from INK. ergo A reader-friendly sustainability lifestyle ‘glossy’. o Global Action Plan, Freepost Lon5465, London WC2B 6BR. 020 7405 5633 www.ergo-living.com Ethical Consumer Available from the Ethical Consumers Research Association and INK
f Fair Comment Available from the Fairtrade Foundation. Fauna & Flora The magazine distributed to members of Fauna and Flora International, the organisation helping the world’s endangered species. Festival Eye Published annually, the Glastonbury inspired magazine contains many articles on sustainability concerns, together with monthly events listings. o Festival Eye, BCM 2002, London WC1N 3XX. 0870 738 9992. www.festivaleye.com Food Ethics Published by the Food Ethics Council the quarterly magazine looks at food and farming issues. Food Magazine Food Magazine is a quarterly available from the Food Commission. It includes articles reflecting the wide range of current food production and health concerns. 2008's issues looked at such issues as:
Does your Partnership’s health theme group subscribe? See www.foodcomm.org.uk BIG is offering £165 million to projects encouraging healthier eating; www.lotteryfunding.org.uk o Food Magazine, The Food Commission (UK) Ltd, 94 White Street, London N1 9PF. 020 7837 2250. www.foodmagazine.org.uk info@foodmagazine.org.uk Fourth Door Review Magazine that looks at questions about our future through articles on design, lifestyle and cultural development and humanity’s relationship with nature. o Fourth Door Review, Box 2632, Lewes, Sussex BN7 2XZ. 01273 473501. www.fourthdoor.co.uk fourthdoor@pavilion.co.uk Funky Raw Raw food, ecology, health, recipes, spirituality. Available from INK. No longer in print? Please let LINKS know if you find that any of these titles are no longer in print, or have different contact details. Thanks. g The Gandhi Way Is a quarterly newsletter focusing on the relevance of Gandhi’s life to us all today. o Gandhi Foundation, 21 Fleetwood Court, Madeira Road, West Byfleet, Surrey KT14 6BE. 01932 343614. www.gandhifoundation.org Global Village News Monthly e-zine of articles gathered through the Positive News International Network. o www.gvnr.com Green Christian For those Christians wanting to see a greener church, each issue focuses on a different theme. Published by Christian Ecology Link. Green Events o Green Events, 48 Clifftown Gardens, Herne Bay, Kent CT6 8DE. 01227 749991. www.greenevents.co.uk/london greenevents@btconnect.com Green Health Watch How we live affects our health – and the way how we live is influenced by commercial interests. Available from INK. Green Parent Health, nutrition, family life, alternative education, birth, early years. Available from INK. Green World The Quarterly features discussion on green issues as well as Party information. Available from the Green Party and INK.
h Health Matters Health politics, such as markets in the NHS, the inequality of provision, sustainability and health. Available from INK. HSE News Covering the holistic approach to learning, this reports on current initiatives from across education. Available from Human Scale Education and INK.
I Impact Available from Campaign for Better Transport. International Journal for Green Economics Published by the Green Economics Institute. The Investigator Quarterly magazine published by the Environmental Investigation Agency.
j The Journal of Community Work and Development This is the Community Development Foundation’s newly re-launched twice yearly publication. It draws together third and public sector policy makers and practitioners and topical material on community development, health, learning, regeneration, inclusion and social justice. o www.cdf.org.uk Jubilee Research Newsletter The developing world and debt cancellation, financial crises and the structural causes of poverty are amongst the subjects covered in this quarterly bulletin. Send Jubilee Research your name and address to subscribe. o Susanna Mitchell, Jubilee Research, nef, 3 Jonathan Street, London SE11 5NH. susanna.mitchell@neweconomics.org Juno Natural parenting, sustainability, social justice, spiritual awareness covering personal stories, expertise, shared activities. Available from INK. o PO Box 592, East Grinstead, West Sussex RH19 3AQ. www.junomagazine.com For LSP members with young families Contact Juno for details of their family life magazine... k Kyoto Journal Essays, fiction, photography from an Asia perspective. o www.kyotojournal.org
l Land and Liberty The sustainability magazine that's been published for 100 years. o Henry George Foundation, 212 Piccadilly, London W1J 9HG. 0207 377 8885. www.henrygeorgefoundation.org Local Works An occasional newsheet produced by the eponymous sustainable communities’ campaign. Available from Local Works. LEISA This is an international magazine on agriculture, ecology and communities. Available from INK. Living Earth The magazine published by the Soil Association, it covers all aspects of the organisationss work. o www.soilassociation.org Living Lightly Now produced annually, the magazine brings an anthropological perspective to the increasingly urgent search for less unsustainable ways of living. Available from Positive News.
m The Mother Holistic parenting. Available from INK. Movement Christian magazine assessing faith, society, politics, culture. Available from INK.
n Namaste Health Related articles from a wider perspective, off message news, information kept from the public domain. Available from INK. Network 2015 The monthly newsletter about global sustainability concerns, published by the Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future. New Consumer How we can support sustainability through our purchasing decisions. Available from INK. New Internationalist The sustainability focused monthly you can get in many newspaper shops, NI Bbrings global poverty perspectives to related issues. Editorial office: o NI, 55 Rectory Road, Oxford OX4 1BW. 01865 728181. Subscriptions: o NI, Tower House, Lathkill Street, Market Harborough LE16 9EF. 01858 438896. www.newint.org New Leaves Sustainability and diet; available from the Movement for Compassionate Living. New Statesman The left and green politics weekly, available from larger news shops.
o Off the Hoof Contemporary diet magazine combining ethics and Viz type street cred. Mention of some article titles will give some idea of the approach: Harry Hill’s Fairtrade Nuts, Large Tone Gets Trolleyed, Stuff Yourself with Cruelty Free and Reduce Your Carbon Hoofprint. Contributors include reluctant vegan DJ Doofer, pub landlord Al Slurry and Rubber Ritchie. o Off the Hoof, PO Box 333, Bristol BS99 1NF. www.offthehoof.co.uk www.yaoh.co.uk Orbit International news stories told by the people they affect. Available from INK. Oryx The Fauna & Flora International quarterly journal which publishes papers by and for conservationists. Outreach 2015 Published by Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future during UN events.
p Peace News o Peace News, 5 Caledonian Road, London N1 9DY. 020 7278 3344. 0845 456 5183. www.peacenews.info admin@peacenews.info Covering nonviolent peace activism around the world, Peace News has been published for 70 years. Available from INK. Permaculture Sustainability, strategies for reducing climate change, growing and sourcing local food, home energy efficiency, communities, networking. o Permaculture, The Sustainability Centre, East Meon, Hampshire GU32 1HR. 0845 458 4150. info@permaculture.co.uk Also available from INK. Piffle Satirical magazine available from INK. Plantlife The quarterly magazine of the Wild Plant Conservation charity. Positive Health The leading British magazine on complementary health therapies. Available from INK. Positive News The quarterly paper focusing on hopeful developments in as the world facing systemic break down. o Positive News, 5 Bicton Enterprise Centre, Clun, Shropshire SY7 8NF. 01588 640022. office@positivenews.org.uk
q r Radical Economics Available from the New Economics Foundation. Red Pepper Political analysis monthly available from INK. 01296 489550. o www.redpepper.org.uk office@redpepper.org.uk Resurgence Published by the Resurgence Trust, the two monthly magazine brings a sustainability perspective to a wide range of themes, including social policy, enterprise, nature, people, economics, philosophy, science and the arts. A look at the contents of 2009's first edition indicates the sort of themes the magazine covers: Credit crunch and environmental collapse - the common causes. How to shift to a low carbon future. An international project to enable grandmothers to gather the wisdom of earlier generations. How the Green New Deal can establish a new economy while working within sustainable limits. The southern nations making deforestation commitments despite western intransignce. How Slow Sunday can help individual actions make a difference on a global scale one person's mission to live without oil derived products for a year. o Resurgence, Ford House, Hartland, Bideford, Devon EX39 6EE. 01237 441293. www.resurgence.co ed@resurge.demon.co.uk
s SchNews Global issues and the secrecy that distorts understanding and discussion. Available from INK. Science and Theology News Monthly paper on science, religion and health. o www.stnews.org Science in Society o The Institute of Science in Society, Omnibus Business Centre, 39 - 41 North Road, London N7 9DP. 020 8452 2729. www.i-sis.org.uk Self Sufficiency o 07504 928281. www.spanglefish.com Socialist Review o PO Box 42184, London SW8 2WD. 020 7819 1176. www.socialistreview.org.uk office@socialistreview.org.uk The Spark Making positive lifestyle changes and support networks in the west country. Available from INK. The Spokesman Contemporary political analysis focusing on peace and human rights, published by the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation and available from INK. Sustainable Development Commission Publishes an annual review. o SDC, Ground Floor, Ergon House, Horseferry Road, London SW1P 2AL. 020 7238 4999. www.sd-commission.org.uk enquiries@sd‑commission.org.uk
t Take Action Available from Christian Aid. Third Sector The VCS journal drawing together news from third sector organisations and the current initiatives and developments that affect them. o Third Sector, Haymarket Business Publications Ltd, 174 Hammersmith Road, London W6 7JP. Tribune Globalisation, wealth distribution, politics in reporting, comment, reviews, letters and cartoons. Available from INK. Toxcat Chemicals and health Cosmetics and toiletries, food, incineration, landfill emissions, recycling and zero waste, community action. Available from INK.
u Up Front Newsletter available from War on Want.
v Vegan Views Health and diet, ssentience and sustainability. o Vegan Views, A15, 20 Dean Park Road, Bournemouth BH1 1JB. www.veganviews.org.uk editor@veganviews.org.uk The Vegetarian Lifestyle mag published by the Vegetarian Society. o VSUK, Parkdale, Dunham Road, Altrincham, Cheshire WA14 4QG. 0161 925 2000. www.vegsoc.org info@vegsoc.org Veggie Health Published three times annually this links diet and health. Available from INK. VeloVision Cycling forum. Available from INK.
w Walk The UK’s best selling magazine for walkers. It includes news of current Ramblers’ Association campaigns. o The Ramblers Association, London SE1 7BR. 020 7339 8500. www.ramblers.org.uk WenNews Available from its publishers, the Women’s Environmental Network, as well as from INK. What Doctors Don’t Tell You This monthly traces medical conditions back to health service and social causes. o WDDTY, 2 Salisbury Road, London SW19 4YY. What Is Enlightenment? The environment, arts, science, business, politics under the spotlight of cultural, philosophical and spiritual re-assessment. How the sustainability movement is addressing the needs of human historical development. Available from INK
x y Your Future For graduates and students, this is to help place people in ethical careers. Available from People and Planet and from INK.
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