Giving , Sharing, Recycling, Reusing A-Z for Brighton
 City Car Club (Car rental by the hour. 50 vehicles available in Brighton. ~100% membership growth each year)
http://www.citycarclub.co.uk/
 City Rewards Programme (Brighton pilot starting Sept 2012)
www.spreadingthesunshine.org
www.thegoodlifeforall.com
 Community Base (Brighton -find volunteering opportunities)
http://www.communitybase.org/
 Cranks Bike maintenance (Kemptown, bike repair shop sharing tools, skills and equipment)
http://cranks.org.uk/
 CUPP (Community University Partnership Programme: academic, student with community projects)
http://www.brighton.ac.uk/cupp/
 CVSF (represents 500+ community and voluntary groups in Brighton & Hove)
http://www.cvsectorforum.org.uk/
 Ecologiccool (Sydney Street, North Laine, stocks recycled & ecological products)
http://www.ecologiccool.com/10_about-us.html
 Emmaus (Portslade, companions community. Reuse, repair, upcycling, retail outlet, café, collection service)
http://www.emmausbrighton.co.uk/
 Fare Share Brighton and Hove (Moulsecoomb and Hove, Redistributes 4.5 tonnes unwanted, discarded,
donated food to 40 local projects weekly)
http://www.faresharebrightonandhove.org.uk/
 FreegleBrighton ‘GreenCycleSussex’ (Online free reuse, 15K local membership, ~10 tonnes of reuse monthly)
http://freegle.in/Brighton
 Freegle groups in Sussex:
http://www.ilovefreegle.org/groups/south-east
 The Green Centre (East Brighton, extreme recycling, reuse, retail outlet, collections via horse and cart,
community hub)
http://www.thegreencentre.co.uk/
 Grow Your Neighbours Own (Brighton, sharing garden space)
http://www.growyourneighboursown.org.uk/
 Hubcap Creatures (Shoreham, art from recycling hubcaps)
http://www.hubcapcreatures.com/
 LETS (Local Exchange Trading System)
http://www.brightexchange.org.uk/
 Magpie Coop / Shabitat (Lewes Road, Recycling cooperative, reuse, upcycling, retail outlet, collections)
http://www.magpie.coop/
 Nappy Library
http://brightonclothbots.co.uk/
 My Swish (Variety of local venues, posh clothes swapping monthly events)
http://www.myswish.co.uk/My_Swish/Home.html
 New Life Paint (West Sussex 100% recycled paint made from unwanted paint collected at Sussex Veolia Tips)
http://www.newlifepaints.com/
 The Resource Centre (Central Brighton, equipment hire for community and voluntary sector)
http://www.resourcecentre.org.uk/
 Scrap Store (Lewes)
http://www.escis.org.uk/Entry/View/Flotsam_and_Jetsam_Scrapstore/13830
 Sussex Community Foundation (Lewes, find local charities to support and donate to)
http://www.sussexgiving.org.uk/home/index.php
 The People Who Share (Online and events, Big Society funded organisation-they talk about sharing)
http://thepeoplewhoshare.com/
 Sussex Nightstop (Brighton, volunteer to house a young homeless person overnight)
http://www.sussexnightstop.org.uk/
 Toy Library (Hove, toy borrowing system)
http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/index.cfm?request=c1261754
 The Wood Store (Central Brighton. Recycling, reuse, reprocessing, upcycling, retail outlet, café, collects 450
tonnes of ‘waste’ timber annually).
http://www.woodrecycling.org.uk/
 YMCA (Hove and Central Brighton, reuse, 4 retail outlets, Hove HWRC reuse shop, collections)
http://www.sussexcentralymca.org.uk/
BRIGHTON RECYCLING INFO
 Council Rubbish Recycling Info Link
http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/index.cfm?request=c1228662
 Find your nearest recycling point
http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/index.cfm?request=c1109641
 Community Composting
http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/index.cfm?request=c1260474#subtitle2
http://www.bhfood.org.uk/composting
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UK NATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
Stuff, space, skills
Airbandb (rent overnight accommodation in people’s homes)
https://www.airbnb.co.uk/
Bertie and Bean (children’s clothing exchange)
http://www.bertieandbean.com
Ecomodo (lend and borrow each other’s everyday objects)
http://ecomodo.com/
FabXchange (clothes swapping)
http://www.fabxchange.co.uk/
FREEGLE (Free giving locally easily: 359 UK online reuse groups)
http://www.ilovefreegle.org/groups/
Furniture Reuse Network (over 300 UK outlets and enterprises)
http://www.frn.org.uk/
Globechain (Just like Warp It. Commercial reuse for organsations, businesses and charities)
http://www.globechain.com/login.aspx
Home Swapping (home exchange)
http://www.lovehomeswap.com/
iSwap (Online swapping)
http://www.iswap.co.uk/home/home.asp
Justfortheloveofit (The freeconomy community to share skills and information)
http://www.justfortheloveofit.org/
Landshare (connecting up growers with land space)
http://www.landshare.net/
Lenderise (Copy cat site of Ecomodo. Lending and borrowing. New in Oct 2012)
https://lenderise.com/
LETS (Local Exchange Trading System)
http://www.letslinkuk.net/
Netcycler (online swapping, selling)
http://www.netcycler.co.uk/
Recyclebank UK (how, where and why recycling and rewards)
https://www.recyclebank.com/
Recyclenow UK (official Uk how and where to recycle)
http://www.recyclenow.com/
Rent My Items (rent out your stuff)
http://www.rentmyitems.com/
Shwopping (take back unwanted clothes when buying new clothes at M&S)
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/donate/donate-goods/mands-and-oxfam-shwopping
Start (sustainability inspiration for UK)
http://www.startuk.org/
Store Mates (rent spare space in homes)
http://www.storemates.co.uk/index.html
Streetbank (Connects up neighbourhoods to share goods and skills)
http://www.streetbank.com/splash
Swapz (Online swapping)
http://www.swapz.co.uk/
Swishing (posh clothes swapping)
http://www.swishing.co.uk/
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Terracycle (recycling options in the extreme and reward system)
http://www.terracycle.co.uk/en-UK/
 The Borrowers (lending and borrowing)
http://www.theborrowers.co.uk/
 UK Cloth Nappy Libraries
 Warp It (commercial reuse site for organisations, business and charities)
http://www.warp-it.co.uk/
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Books
Book Crossing (lend and borrow books)
http://www.bookcrossing.com/
Book Exchange (lend, swap, buy, sell books)
http://www.thebookexchange.co.uk/
Book Lender (lend and borrow books)
http://booklending.com/
Book Mooch (lend and borrow books)
http://bookmooch.com/
Give a Book (to people who need them)
http://www.giveabook.org.uk/
Read It Swap It (lend and borrow books with people)
http://readitswapit.co.uk/TheLibrary.aspx
Time Giving
 Fava Bank (social bartering)
http://www.favabank.co.uk/
 iVol (find local volunteering opportunities)
http://ivo.org/volunteering-brighton-hove
 TaskRabbit (get your to-do list done in your neighbourhood USA soon to be in London)
http://www.taskrabbit.com/
 Time Bank (unconventional volunteering)
http://timebank.org.uk/
Money Giving
LocalGiving (find local charities to support and donate to)
http://localgiving.com/findacharity/region.south%20east
 JustGiving (an easy way to make charitable donations online/on your phone)
http://www.justgiving.com/
 Virgin Giving (online method to donate to charities)
http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/giving/
 Everyclick (online charitable donations as you make other purchases)
http://www.everyclick.com/
 Crowd source project funding
https://spacehive.com/Home/HowItWorks
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Car and Journey Sharing
Bla Bla Car (car and journey sharing)
http://www.blablacar.com/
Liftshare (car and journey sharing)
https://www.liftshare.com/uk/
National Car Sharing (car and journey sharing)
http://www.nationalcarshare.co.uk/
Park at My House (rent out people’s driveways, car spaces)
http://www.parkatmyhouse.com/uk/
Whip Car (rent cars from local people)
https://www.whipcar.com/
Zip Car (Bristol, Cambridge, London, Maidstone, Oxford Car Clubs)
http://www.zipcar.co.uk/
 The People Who Share (Online and random events, Big Society funded organisation-they talk about sharing)
http://thepeoplewhoshare.com/
Reuse & Recycling Policy, Research, Innovators & Business Links
 WRAP: Waste and Resources Action Programme (delivery arm of Defra UK)
http://www.wrap.org.uk/content/relearning-re-use-research
 Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs UK) waste definitions
http://www.defra.gov.uk/publications/2012/08/20/pb13813-legal-def-waste/
http://www.wrap.org.uk/sites/files/wrap/Definitions1.pdf
 Dame Ellen MacArthur Foundation (accelerating transition to a Circular Economy)
http://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/
 Circular Economy Wiki
http://circulareconomy.wikispaces.com/
 Technology Strategy Board (Innovation agency UK)
http://www.innovateuk.org/
 RSA Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce
http://www.thersa.org/fellowship/journal/archive/summer-2012/features/the-great-recovery
 The Great Recovery (Redesigning the Future, new site Oct 2012 UK) http://www.greatrecovery.org.uk/
 NISP (National Industrial Symbiosis Programme UK)
http://www.nispnetwork.com/
 Interface carpets (sustainability leaders recycled carpet)
http://www.interfaceflor.co.uk/web/sustainability
 Caterpillar (world’s biggest manufacturer of mining & construction equipment, diesel and gas engines,
turbines, locomotives with $60billion turnover)
http://www.caterpillar.com/sustainability/vision-mission-strategy
 Elvis & Kresse (life-style accessories by re-engineering seemingly useless wastes like fire hoses UK)
http://www.fire-hose.co.uk/
 Freegle online network over 360 UK reuse groups
(1.4+ million end users, 800 tonnes of goods reused every month)
http://www.ilovefreegle.org/groups/
https://twitter.com/thisisfreegle
https://www.facebook.com/Freegle (18+K followers, daily photo of reuse inspiration)
 Think Vertical (sustainable developments)
http://www.thinkvertical.co.uk/
 Centre of Sustainable design (research and conferences, Surrey UK)
http://cfsd.org.uk/about-us/
http://cfsd.org.uk/events/sustainable-innovation-2012/ (excellent links from Conference 29/30 Oct12
Germany)
 Brighton and Hove Eco Open Houses 25-28 Oct 2012
http://www.ecoopenhouses.org/
Other Recycled and Reuse Art links for inspiration
http://www.reuseconnection.com (promotes all types of material reuse USA)
http://inhabitat.com/ (Design will save the world! USA)
http://www.recyclart.org/ (what it says on the tin USA)
http://inspirationgreen.com/index (zillions of reuse and upcycle images/ideas USA)
http://scraphacker.com/ (hub for scrap hacking ideas and products USA)
http://tinyhouseswoon.com/ (fabulous tiny houses, many upcycled and reusing materials USA)
http://www.helendenerley.co.uk/index.htm (metal sculptures, Scotland)
http://www.landfillart.org/index-1.html (international network over 1,400 waste artists)
http://www.michaelulman.com/ (makes motorbike sculptures from found objects, USA)
http://ericksonlongboards.com/index.php/about/ (sustainable skateboards USA)
http://www.thrashion.com/ (recycled skateboard jewellery, Cornwall)
http://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2011/11/22/skateboard-sculptures/ (sculptures by Haroshi, Japan)
http://www.drvino.com/2009/05/18/cork-dork-ten-cool-things-leftover-wine-corks/ (The Cork Dork)
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/ (saving the world one room at a time)
http://www.styleture.com/ (notable design and living spaces)
http://cargocollective.com/jasonmade/Ways-to-leave-your-can (reuse/recycling artist UK)
http://www.burrowburrow.com/robots.html (electronic component sculptures)
http://thecreatorsproject.com/blog/old-computer-parts-are-transformed-into-stunning-cityscapes-and-skylines
(computer recycling art USA)
http://opensourceecology.org/wiki (sustainable building eco system – rural/farm/machinery USA)