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Plants and Seeds

Information

Books and Publications

Courses and Therapists

Animal Sanctuaries

Natural Horsemanship

Equine Directories

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Organic & Natural Product Suppliers and Directories

• The UK Organic search engine  www.alotoforganics.co.uk

• The Soil Association information site with useful directories, up to date information, newsletter and competitions.   www.whyorganic.org

• Environmentally friendly cleaning products by...  www.livingclean.co.uk

• Ethical directory of businesses...  www.ethicaldirectory.co.uk

• Directory site for ethical jobs...  www.ethical-jobs.co.uk

• LIttleover Apiaries owned and run by Tony and Jan Spacey.  The only UK producers of Active honey.  An excellent alternative to shipping and flying the more widely known Manuka honey all the way from New Zealand.  They do a wide range of exquisite honeys.  Products are available for sale on the website.   www.littleoverapiaries.com

• Supporting the environment and our animals Verm-X provide a wide and effective range of herbal internal parasite control products.  They are easy to use and in the face of parasites becoming resistant to our conventional chemical products have a lot to offer for the future.  Products are available for sale on the website.  www.verm-x.com

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Plants and Seeds

• A bulk seeds supplier with selections covering forage, environmental, green manures, organic, horse leys and amenity requirements.  Particularly useful for horse's and pony's health in my view, is their Pony Paddock horse ley providing a wide variety of fescues and several useful herbs.  I was also inspired by their selections suitable for supporting our wonderful wildlife.  They mix to order allowing flexibility of choice, but also offer helpful advice and a variety of mixes if you don't know where to start.  www.cotswoldseeds.co.uk

• Refer to the Bumblebee Conservation Trust website for their page on seeds suppliers  www.bumblebeeconservationtrust.co.uk

• Plants with Purpose is an horticultural enterprise set up by Margaret Lear.  Her guiding principle is to make people aware, encourage and help them to use gardens and landscapes in a way that respects and is in harmony with nature.  www.plantswithpurpose.co.uk

• Chiltern Seeds offer an on-line mail order seed catalogue containing fresh quality seeds of over 5 000 rare and unusual seeds, all available for immediate despatch worldwide.    www.chilternseeds.co.uk

• The Organic Gardening Catalogue is an on-line mail catalogue for organic and environmentally friendly gardeners.  featuring organic seeds for vegetables, heritage and modern varieties, herbs, flowers and green manures, organic composts and fertilisers, biological pest controls, organic gardening books and gifts.  www.organiccatalog.com

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Information Sites

• The average adult uses nine personal care products daily exposing them to 126 chemicals daily.  What are you using?  See this website for useful information on how to read a cosmetic label and a toxic ingredient directory on our independant representative website.  www.cosmas.mionegroup.com/Education/Index.aspx

• For a site dedicated to providing information about clay visit website  www.aboutclay.com

• The Bumblebee Conservation Trust was founded in response to growing concerns about the plight of the bumblebee.  Recent times have seen the extinction of 3 species and dramatic declines suffered by 9 others.  They aim to prevent further declines and to raise awareness of the problems faced by the bumblebees.   They have a wide variety of members from enthusiastic and concerned amateurs right through to internationally renowned research scientists.  Working with farmers, establishing reserves, campaigning against damaging developments that threaten important habitats (which lets remember are not just for bees), highlighting the illegal use of non-native bees for polination and advising landowners and wardens on conservation issues.  www.bumblebeeconservationtrust.co.uk

• Plants For A Future is a resource centre for rare and unusual plants, particularly those which have edible, medicinal or other uses. They practice vegan-organic permaculture with the emphasis on creating an ecologically sustainable environment using perennial plants.  www.pfaf.org

• How to achieve a safe and satisfying pregnancy and birth, by combining complementary therapies and natural remedies with normal maternity care.  For information and contact details for practitioners look on the website www.expectancy.co.uk

• Puna Wai Ora Mind-Body Cancer Clinic and Well-Being Centre has created a website to try and make life a little easier for those facing the challenge of cancer.  The leg work has been done and there is a collection of 57 of the worlds best alternative cancer care sites.  www.alternative-cancer-care.com

• The Guild of Essential Oil Therapists for Animals (GEOTA) was established in January 2000 to act as a self-regulatory, governing body.  It focuses on working with animals with essential oils.  Their website offers varied education on this and related subjects.  They have a list of qualified therapists.  For members (you don't need any qualification to be a friend), they have a good newsletter.   www.geota.co.uk

• National Downshifting Week - makes a great start to a new way of living the year with lots of hints and tips.  Some good links and resources to people who subscribe to the ideal of a sustainable world and a healthy work/life balance.   www.downshiftingweek.com

• An informative and passionately run website with events, articles and suppliers.  They have an excellent free news letter with a wide variety of subjects.

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Books & Publications Sites

• INK is a trade association for the UK's alternative press. INK magazines deal with social, political and personal change and cover issues that are often ignored or distorted by mainstream media.  If you believe in an independent voice, please support INK by subscribing to independently produced magazines.  www.ink.uk.com

• Aromatherapy Today is an international journal for anyone with a strong interest in aromatherapy.  Appealing to aromatherapists, nurses, medical staff, health care workers, natural therapists and students.  www.aromatherapytoday.com

• Essential oils for love, romance and sensuous pleasure.  Free tips, recipes and one-to-one advice, plus regular special offers on our books and tempting love potions.  www.fragrantveil.com

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Courses and Therapists

• Keira Fraser is qualified with the International School of Animal Aromatics and has been trained under leading expert Caroline Ingraham.  She is also a Lay Level 1 trainer under the Syn Alia Training System.  For more information... www.whydoesmyhorse.co.uk or email at keira.fraser@whydoesmyhorse.co.uk, telephone: 07736038983

• Purely Animals provides therapies to help achieve and maintain animal health.  Key therapies that are used are Animal Aromatics and Animal Acupressure to help restore balance to the body and maintain emotional and physical health.  www.purelyanimals.co.uk

• Herbalism, Reiki master, magnetic, crystal and far infrared therapies.  Karen is a holistic practitioner and experienced horsewoman helping people and/or their animals.  www.equine-therapies.co.uk

• The holistic website of an inspiring therapist and teacher on a wide range of therapies for people and animals  www.animalaromatherapy.co.uk

• A website for people and animals covering teaching and therapy with Reiki and Essential Oils.  There is also a range of natural products.  www.animoils.co.uk

• A dedicated practitioner offering a variety of holistic therapies, courses and products to support ours and our animal's equilibrium www.essentialsforequilibrium.co.uk

• Wynter practices her skills as a trained artist doing both animal portraits and paintings.  She also consults and teaches people how to tap into their inner knowledge, in order for them to benefit from the magic of inter-species communication. She runs one and two day workshops in the UK and South Africa, including once in a life time safaris to Africa.   www.animaltalk.org.uk

• Claire is offers a range of holistic therapies for horses covering Reiki, TTeam and Aromatherapy.  As a great extra serivce for peace of mind she also offers flexible and customised house and horse sitting options.   www.helpmyhorse.co.uk

• Nicola is a qualified practitioner of Bach Flower Remedies with the British Institute of Homeopathy.  She works with both people and animals.  www.bachflowerremedies.net

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Animal Sanctuaries

• Equine Market Watch Sanctuaries UK do wonderful work with equines in trouble.  They welcome visitors and are enthusiastic in their use of natural care and well-being of the horse.  There are many ways we can support their dedicated work, please visit their website.  www.equinemarketwatch.org.uk

• Remus Memorial Horse Sanctuary has been so named in memory of the first horse they rescued.  Sadly help came too late for him, but the tragedy of Remus dying through willful neglect provided the spur needed to form the charity to save others from a similar fate.  For a really inspiring day attend one of the well organised open or event days that run regularly at the sanctuary.  With super ways to support the animals from sponsorship to pony days, or some on-line shopping.  www.remussanctuary.co.uk

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Natural Horsemanship

• Successfully combining dressage and natural horsemanship Lucinda McAlpine is leading the way.   www.lucindamcalpine.co.uk

• A resource of natural horse keeping for people with an open mind who believe in trying to do things more naturally. www.naturallyhorses.org.uk

• Natural horsemanship, Natural Horsemanship Magazine and so much more  www.vowleyfarm.co.uk

• A learning centre and livery focusing with courses on natural horsemanship subjects and therapies  www.rowanoaklivery.co.uk

• Heart of England Natural Horse Group who foster interests in managing and training horses using natural methods, covering the areas of Leicester, Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Worcestershire, Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire  www.hoenaturalhorse.co.uk

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Equine Directory Sites

• This is a website designed to help horse owners to find the best solutions for themselves and their horses by having access to exclusive articles on training methods, complimentary therapies, pasture management and equine behaviour.  It is their hope that with the right knowledge horse lovers can become empowered to make their own decisions for the good of their animals  http://www.whydoesmyhorse.co.uk

• Information on holistic horse care  http://www.holisticequine.co.uk

• A UK based site with an extensive directory listing that covers a very wide range of equine interests.

• An extensive equestrian links directory.

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