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DIRECTORIES IN EUROPE
(Version: 0.1 June 2005)
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PRESENTATION
The Action research network: Euromovements developed a first version of a directory of
European collectives and organizations through the databases coming from the registration
at the European Social Forum and surrounding spaces (Florence, Paris and London).
But there are also others regional or thematic directories in Europe (in paper or
online format). In this list you will find a link to the ones we know.
Hope you find it useful!
Please, let us know if there is any other directory or database you propose to be
included or any comment in relation to this list (e-mail: info(at)euromovements.info).
Thanks in advance!
Sections:
EUROPEAN INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORIES
REGIONAL DIRECTORIES
ITALY
SPANISH STATE
CATALONIA
THE NETHERLANDS
UNITED KINGDOM
THEMATIC DIRECTORIES
RACISM
ANIMALS RIGHTS
WOMEN
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
EUROPEAN INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORIES
Here you find the presentation and link to directories, databases or any other tool for
the networking in Europe or internationally.
Europe against the current: A guide to alternative independent and radical information
carriers. Editor: Tjebbe van Tijen. Amsterdam 1989.
Note: A catalogue of groups and resources of alternative groups at the Europe of 1989!!!!
Format. Book
Language: English
Access: It is available just in paper, at the International Institute of Social History
at Amsterdam
Directory of collectives and organizations registered at the European Social Forum and surroundings spaces (Florence 2003, Paris 2004 and London 2005).
Note: It contain more than 5000 entries.
Format: Online directory
Language: English
Access: http://www.euromovements.info/directory/
Contact: info(at)euromovements.info
Do or die: Voices from the Ecological Resistance Issue Ten
Note. It is mainly a UK directory but it contains two sections with international contacts:
International contacts
Journals, Magazines and publishing Projects
Format: Book and e-book
Language: English
Access: You can find it at Alternative Bookshops, ask for it through the website and also access to the online version at:
In the paper edition, that information appears on page(s) 377-382.
Contact: doordtp(at)yahoo.co.uk
Schnews Yellow Pages
Note: International but with a UK predominance presence. More than 800 contact on: Anarchism, Animal Rights, Anti-capitalism, Anti-racism, Bookshop, Cafes & Clubs, Children & Parenting, Community group, Culture, Disability Rights & action, Drugs, Economics, Education, Energy, Environment, Food & farming, Forest & Woodlands, Gardening, Generics, Health, Housing & homelessness, human rights, indigenous peoples, media, networking support, peace, prisoner support, refugees, sexuality, transport, travellers, women, workers' rights
Format: Book and online directory
Language: English
Access: Book version available at alternative bookshops and online version
Contact: SchNEWS, PO Box 2600, Brighton, BN2 0EF, England
Phone/Fax: +44 (0)1273 685913
email: schnews@brighton.co.uk
Eyfa database
Note: Database of groups subscribe of the last Ecotopias (Ukraine, Ireland, Netherlands) and Eyfa Winter meeting (Pula (Croatia)). Its specially rich on environmental groups at East Europe.
Format: Not public database
Language: English
Access: Ask for the information you require at Eyfa
Contact: http://www.eyfa.org e-mail: eyfa(at)eyfa.org
Database of Regional Women's Directories (Europe)
Note: An integrated database of 564 women's groups, organizations, and institutions from 9 countries (Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Croatia, Estonia, Hungary, Macedonia, Moldova, Serbia and Montenegro together with Kosovo, Romania). You can search through all these groups by title of the group, country, city and keywords.
Format: Online directory
Language: English
Access: Available on the Zenska infoteka web page
UNITED Againts Racism
European Address Book Against Racism (UNITED for International Action - European Network against nationalism, racism, fascism and in support of migrants and refugees.
Note: Updated every year
Format: Booklet and CD-Room
Language: English
Access: You can ask for it to United or find it at antiracism info-points.
Contact: info(at)unitedagainstracism.org
www.unitedagainstracism.org
Animals Rights Directory and contacts directory: Networking for humans, animals and the environment 2002/3. Published by Veggies. Catering campaigns (Nottingham) Ltd
Note: Mainly from UK but with an important international section
Language: English
Format: Book and online directory
Access: http://www.veggies.org.uk/acd/index.htm
Contact: e-mail:
acd(at)veggie.org.uk
Eurotopia: Directory of communities and eco-villages in Europe
Note: "The eurotopia directory is a book on intentional communities and ecovillages in Europe. It contains the addresses of more than 300 locations in 23 countries, with each intentional community or ecovillage presenting itself: including its characteristics, its aims and its particularities. All together 2000 references. At its website you can also find links to Intentional Communities and Related Organisations in Europe and abroad.
Format: Book and list of link organize by countries
Language: German, English, Castillian
Access: You can order the book and access to the online links at the webpage http://www.eurotopia.de
Following links more global than european
Environmental directories international
Note: Self-description "Selection of best internet environmental directories (list of lists), for more than 650 environmental subjects".
Links to directories on different topics related to enveromentalism.
Format: Online directory
Language: English
Access: http://www.ulb.ac.be/ceese/meta/cds.html
International directories of protests and meetings
Note: Links to colectives and to calendar of accions resources from Protest.net
Format: Links
Language: English
Access: http://protest.net/links.html
The anarchist Yellow pages 2004 edition. Your guide to anarchist and troblemakers around the world. Nihil Press. Kersplebedeb publishing
Format: Book and online directory
Language: English
Access: Online version: http://ayp.subvert.info The book is available at alternative bookshops or ordering it online.
Contact: e-mail: nihil(at)nihilpress.cjb.net
El repertorio de los movimientos sociales/Repertory of social movements
Note: It includes around 500 brief presentations social movement's particular experiences at the 5 continents of the world. It is develop by the Alternative World Forum.
Format: Database online
Language: French, English, Spanish
Access: http://www.social-movements.org
Contact: info(at)social-movements.org
Social Forums around the World
Note: Section at the World Social Forum webpage where are presented all the regional, thematic and global forums that happened since the firts WSF 2001.
Format: List of links online
Language: English, Portugues, Castillian, french
Access in English: http://www.forumsocialmundial.org.br/quadro_frc.php?cd_forum=9
AIDC Alternative Information and Development Centre
Note: Links to articles and NGO resources on a large number of topics.
Format: Online links
Language: English
Access: http://www.aidc.org.za/?q=node/view/411
REGIONAL DIRECTORIES
In this section you find links to regional directories from:
ITALY
Carta magazine: list of Italian or abroad media groups, agencies and/or information sources organise by continents or thematic.
Note: Sections: Africa, Environmental issues, Latin-American?, Communication and democracy, against racism, Rights and associations, Globalizations, Labour, Music, News and media; Peace and war; Technology and rights; travels.
Format: Online list of links
Language: Italian
Access: http://www.carta.org/assolink/index.htm#africa
Contact: Carta/Cantieri sociali via Gran Bretagna 18 00196 Roma www.carta.org
e-mail: carta(at)carta.org
Carta magazine: list of local social forums at Italy
Format: Online list of links
Language: Italian
Access: http://www.carta.org/associazioni/forum_sociali/indexForum.htm
Contact: Carta/Cantieri sociali via Gran Bretagna 18 00196 Roma www.carta.org
e-mail: carta(at)carta.org
Associazione Isole nella Rete: List of local social forums after the Firenze ESF/2002
Format: List of links and contact e-mails
Language: Italian
Access:Local Social Forums Italy after ESF Firenze
LINK:
http://www.moviments.net/euromovements/tiki-index.php?page=Associazione+Isole+nella+Rete+LSF+ESF+2002 Local Social Forums Italy after ESF Firenze]
SPANISH STATE
Nodo 50 server
Note: 932 links to collectives and organizations based mostly at Madrid or the rest of the Spanish State hosted at the www.nodo50.org server
Format: Online list of links
Language: Castilian
Access: http://www.nodo50.org
CATALONIA
Guia util per la transformacio social a Catalunya 2003 (Useful Guide for social transformation)
Note: It contains lists of collectives and resources by ambits and regions at Catalonia and presentations of particular experiences. Also there is an international section.
Format: Book and e-book
Language: Catalan
Access: You could get it at the Infoespai (Plaça del sol 19/20 baixos, Barcelona) or access to the online version at: http://www.moviments.info
Directory of social transformation at Catalonia
Format: Directory online with a search system. Done with Any data software.
Language: Catalan
Access: http://www.moviments.info
THE NETHERLANDS
Amsterdam: Linke Boekje (Adressengids van en voor Amsterdamse actiegroepen en ideële organisaties).
Format: Booket
Language: Dutch
Access: You could find it at the bookshop: Het Fort Van Sjakoo Jodenbreestraat 24, Amsterdam
Environmental issues: De groene wegwijzer 96/97 idea, organisatie-en promotieburo.
Format: Book
Language: Dutch
Contact: Arnhem 020-4459065
UNITED KINGDOM
Action map 1995 by Red Pepper.
Note: A map (poster) of alternative groups at UK in 1995.
Format: Map
Language: English
Access: You could ask for it at Red Pepper.
Contact: redpepper(at)redpepper.org.uk
www.redpepper.org.uk
Do or die: Voices from the Ecological Resistance. Issue Ten
Note: The sections that contain are:
* UK Ecological Direct Action Groups
* Other UK Contacts
* UK Newsletters and Bulletins
* International Contacts
* Journals, Magazines and Publishing Projects
* UK Distributors
Format: Book and e-book
Language: English
Access: You can find it at Alternative Bookshops, ask for it through the website and also access to the online version
In the paper edition, that information appears on page(s) 377-382.
Contact: doordtp@yahoo.co.uk
THEMATIC DIRECTORIES: Racism, Animal rights, Women and Environmental issues
RACISM
Racism:
European Address Book Against Racism (UNITED for International Action - European Network against nationalism, racism, fascism and in support of migrants and refugees.
Note: Updated every year
Format: Booklet and CD-Room
Language: English
Access: You can ask for it to United or find it at antiracism info-points.
Contact: info@unitedagainstracism.org, http://www.unitedagainstracism.org
ANIMALS RIGHTS
Animals and contacts directory: Networking for humans, animals and the environment 2002/3. Published by Veggies. Catering campaigns (Nottingham) Ltd
Note: Mainly from UK but with an important international section
Language: English
Format: Book and online directory
Access: http://www.veggies.org.uk/acd/index.htm/a>
Contact: e-mail: acd@veggie.org.uk
WOMEN
Database of Regional Women's Directories (Europe)
Note: An integrated database of 564 women's groups, organizations, and institutions from 9 countries (Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Croatia, Estonia, Hungary, Macedonia, Moldova, Serbia and Montenegro together with Kosovo, Romania). You can search through all these groups by title of the group, country, city and keywords.
Format: Online directory
Language: English
Access: Available on the Zenska infoteka web page
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
Eurotopia: Directory of communities and eco-villages in Europe
Note: "The eurotopia directory is a book on intentional communities and ecovillages in Europe. It contains the addresses of more than 300 locations in 23 countries, with each intentional community or ecovillage presenting itself: including its characteristics, its aims and its particularities. All together 2000 references. At its website you can also find links to Intentional Communities and Related Organisations in Europe and abroad.
Format: Book and list of link organize by countries
Language: German, English, Castillian
Access: You can order the book and access to the online links at the webpage http://www.eurotopia.de
Environmental directories international
Note: Self-description "Selection of best internet environmental directories (list of lists), for more than 650 environmental subjects".
Links to directories on different topics related to enveromentalism.
Format: Online directory
Language: English
Access: http://www.ulb.ac.be/ceese/meta/cds.html
Do or die: Voices from the Ecological Resistance Issue Ten
Note. It is mainly a UK directory but it contains two sections with international contacts:
International contacts
Journals, Magazines and publishing Projects
Format: Book and e-book
Language: English
Access: You can find it at Alternative Bookshops, ask for it through the website http://www.eco-action.org/dod/no10/contacts.htm and also access to the online version at:
http://www.eco-action.org/dod/no10/contacts.htm
In the paper edition, that information appears on page(s) 377-382.
Contact: doordtp(at)yahoo.co.uk
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