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Ellen Macarthur Foundation - Rethink the future
Ethex - The meeting place for ethical investors
The Equality Trust - Because more equal societies work better for everyone
Fair Pensions - The campaign for responsible investment
The Finance Lab
Forum for the Future - Action for a sustainable world
Good Banking - Campaigning for better banking
Green Economy Coalition - Prosperity for all within one planet limits
Money That Works - Creating a sustainable economic system
Move Your Money
New Economics Foundation - Economics as if people and the planet mattered
Waste Watch - Waste less. Live more
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Action for Market Towns
BioRegional - Solutions for sustainability
Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES)
Locality - Communities ambitious for change
Local Works - Campaigning to implement the Sustainable Communities Act
Plunkett Foundation - Promotes and supports co-operatives and social enterprises in rural communities worldwide
Transition Network - To inspire, encourage, connect, support and train communities as they self-organise around the transition model
Food industry
The Campaign for Real Farming
Ecological Land Co-operative - Their mission is to provide affordable opportunities for ecological land-based businesses in the UK
Food Ethics Council - For a fairer food system
LandShare - A catalyst for change in the way we manage land and its resources
Soil Association - Healthy soil, healthy people, healthy planet
Sustain - The alliance for better food and farming
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