Useful Links

http://totnes.transitionnetwork.org/ The website of Transition Town Totnes in the UK – the very first Transition Town which started in October 2005.
http://www.transitiontowns.org.nz/
The Transition Towns New Zealand national site
http://www.transitiontowns.org/
UK Transition Towns national site
http://www.relocalize.net/
The North American equivalent of Transition Towns
http://www.postcarbon.org/
Assists societies in their efforts to relocalize communities and adapt to an energy constrained world. News items, local groups, events, and publications.

 
Peak Oil
www.energybulletin.net Essential reading- make it the one website you visit daily
 http://www.peakoil.net/ Website of ASPO International (Association for the Study of Peak Oil)
www.powerswitch.org.uk One of the best UK Peak Oil websites.
 
Climate Change 
www.codered.org.nz Nelson Environment Centre’s list of actions to tackle climate change by reducing greenhouse gas pollution
http://www.carbonequity.info/ The official website of the Climate Code Red book written by David Spratt and Philip Sutton.
http://www.ipcc.ch/ Website for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
www.realclimate.org Commentary by working scientists on breaking climate news stories.
 
Reports and related information
www.netl.doe.gov/publications/others/pdf/Oil_Peaking_NETL.pdf The Hirsh Report – produced for the US Government in 2005 by an agency of experts in risk management and oil analysis.
http://peakoiltaskforce.net/The Oil Crunch: Securing the UK’s energy future released in 2008 by the UK Industry Taskforce on Peak Oil and Energy Security,warning that a peak in cheap, easily available oil production is likely to hit by 2013, posing a grave risk to the UK and world economy.
http://www.occ.gov.uk/activities/stern.htm The Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change released on October 2006 by economist Lord Stern for the British Government. The largest (700 pages) and most widely used report of its kind.
http://www.ghfgeneva.org/Portals/0/pdfs/human_impact_report.pdf
 Climate Change Human Impact Report by Global Humanitarian Forum. An excellent report looking at the impact of climate change on human life globally.