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		All links from this page will open in a new window Jump down page to: National WWOOF Organisations Travel Links Related sites which may interest WWOOF members National WWOOF Organisations Joining a national organisation The countries listed here have a national WWOOF organisation - to find out about WWOOFing in that county, please contact the national WWOOF organisation directly. Each national organisation has its own membership arrangements and a separate membership fee. If you want to WWOOF in a country that is not listed here, look at the List of Independent Hosts at www.wwoof.org Contact details for national WWOOF organisations WWOOF Australia WWOOF, RSD, Buchan,Vic 3885, Australia. Phone : 03-5155-0218 Fax : 03-5155-0342 Run on a fix-it-yourself basis only. Not all listings are organic farms. The Australian WWOOF Book: $50 single/ $60 for two people travelling together using one book. Worldwide Book : $27 Email wwoof@wwoof.com.au Web www.wwoof.com.au WWOOF Austria Hildegard Gottlieb, Einoedhofweg 48, A 8042 Graz, Austria. Phone +43-316-464951 Mobile : +43-676-5051639 Membership of WWOOF Austria is $20 or 18,20 Euros for farmlist. Foreigners must enclose 2 IRC to receive the farmlist. Email wwoof.welcome@telering.at Web www.wwoof.welcome.at.tf WWOOF Canada WWOOF-Canada, 4429 Carlson Road, Nelson, B.C. Canada, VIL 6X3 Tel : 250 354 4417. Membership : 30 Canadian Dollars + $5 postage (for overseas) Email wwoofcan@shaw.ca Web www.wwoofusa.com/canada WWOOF Denmark Bent & Inga Nielsen, Asenvej 35, 9881 Bindslev, Denmark. Membership : Dkr. 50 or Euro 10. Please include an addressed envelope (min 20 x 15 cm). WWOOFing is run on a fix-it-yourself basis. Email info@wwoof.dk Web www.wwoof.dk WWOOF Germany Postfach 210 259, 01263 Dresden, Germany. Membership : 18 Euros (no other currency). Email info@wwoof.de Web www.wwoof.de WWOOF Ghana Ken Nortey-Mensah, PO Box 154, Trade Fair Centre, Accra, Ghana. Membership : 25 US dollars + 3 x IRC. Tel : 23321 761091 WWOOF Hawaii 50 hosts on 4 Islands Some Hawaiian hosts are also listed by WWOOF Independents. Web www.wwoofusa.com/hawaii WWOOF Italy Bridget Matthews, 109 via Casavecchia, 57022 Castagneto Carducci, LI, ITALY. Membership for WWOOF Italia is now 24 Euros and only cash and bank drafts in Euros can now be accepted. Email info@wwoof.it Web www.wwoof.it WWOOF Côte d'Ivoire Mr. Ovidio de Souza Julien Venance, 12 BP 1235 Abidjan 12 Port-Bouêt/Abidjan. $40 US + 3 x IRC. WWOOF Japan Kita 16-jo, Higashi 16-chome, 3-22, Higashi-ku, Sapporo, 065-0016, Japan. The WWOOF Japan list has 60 hosts and is working to add quality hosts all the time. The list costs $50 Australian, or $40 American, or JPN4000 Japanese Yen and is available as a PDF file downloadable document to WWOOFers who have internet access. Email info@wwoofjapan.com Web www.wwoofjapan.com WWOOF Korea #1008 Seoul B/D 45 Jongno-1Ga Jongno-Gu Seoul, Korea. Phone 82-2-723-4458 Fax 82-2-723-9996 Email wwoof@wwoofkorea.com Web www.wwoofkorea.com WWOOF New Zealand Jane & Andrew Strange, PO Box 1172, Nelson, New Zealand. Membership : Single/Double: Euro 20/25, AUS$35/45, US$20/25, £12/15. Telephone (or Fax) +64 3 5449890 Email support@wwoof.co.nz Web www.wwoof.co.nz WWOOF Slovenia Polona Gostan, Pajerjeva 10, 4208 Sencur, Slovenia. Membership 10 Euros Email polona.gostan@s5.net Web www.wwoofslovenia.cjb.net WWOOF Switzerland WWWOOF Postfach 59, 8124 Maur, Switzerland. Membership 20 Swiss Francs. Email wwoof@gmx.ch Web www.dataway.ch/~reini/wwoof/ WWOOF Sweden Andreas Hedren, Palstorp Hunna, 340 30 Vislanda, Sweden. Phone 0470 75 43 75 WWOOF Togo Prosper Agbeko, B.P. 25 Agou-Gare, Togo. Membership US$25 + 2 x IRC. (Write with IRC before sending money) WWOOF UK England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the UK). To WWOOF in the UK, join WWOOF UK. To WWOOF in southern Ireland (The Republic of Ireland, Eire), join WWOOF Independents. United States of America There are currently a number of separate WWOOF USA lists and we are working on resolving this situation. Click here for further information from wwoof.org Return to top of page Return to Home page Travel Links Liftshare Save money and reduce traffic! Car sharing is when two or more people share a car and travel together. Anywhere in the UK! FREE to use – simply share travel costs. Find drivers and passengers on-line instantly. Find information on travel and public transport. Reduce the congestion and pollution on our roads. 36783 members and a million journeys registered www.liftshare.com UK rail journey planner The National Rail journey planner. Type in your starting station and destination to get train times. www.nationalrail.co.uk UK bus journey planner Links to various regional bus companies and timetables www.ukbus.co.uk National Express journey planner UK long distance coach journey planner www.nationalexpress.co.uk Multimap Plan your journey to those hard to find WWOOF hosts www.multimap.com Sustrans The sustainable transport charity - works on practical projects to encourage people to walk, cycle and use public transport in order to reduce motor traffic and its adverse effects. www.sustrans.org.uk Return to top of page Return to Home page Links to related sites which may interest WWOOF members NEW LINK! Organic Fayres Organic Fayres gives dates and information to customers visiting their monthly exhibitions nation wide and provide a platform for organic companies to further their internet exposure via this portal. www.organicfayres.co.uk The Royal Sports Club The Royal Sports Club is an international club for professionals and adventurers whose purpose is to promote ecological lifestyles, provide funding opportunities for eco-adventurers and support ecological charity. We provide a suite of facilities to compliment the eco-adventurer lifestyle; including access to amazing ethical and eco-tourism opportunities, organic farm homestays around the world, a phenomenal high yielding Eco-Adventurer Private Investment Club, an international forum for Eco-Adventurers around the world to network and a portal to the world's leading ecological charities. The Royal Sports Club supports the David Suzuki Foundation, Environmental Investigation Agency, Permafund, Plan International and the World Wildlife Fund. Members and guests can make a Donorary Deposit with the Royal Sports Club that we will deposit with our associate's Eco-Adventurer Private Investment Club for one year before making an annual charitable distribution to the above ecological charities. Refer your eco-adventure colleagues to join our associate's Eco-Adventurer Private Investment Club via the Royal Sports Club and you will earn extra referral rewards for the club that will be deposited along with donations to be included in the annual charitable distribution. Eco-Adventure is a new way of travelling for those who've had enough of mass tourism. The Royal Sports Club is very much about respecting and benefiting local people and the environment - but it's far, far more than that. http://royalsports.biz environmentjob.co.uk Jobs and volunteering opportunities in the environmental sector. Aiming to make it as easy and as cheap as possible for environmental organisations, however small, to advertise nationally. Sign up to receive latest vacancies every week. The first job posting is free. www.environmentjob.co.uk Organic Trade Services Find Jobs and post your vacancies in the Green and Organic Industries worldwide. Here you can also: find the latest organic industry news from around the world; buy and sell certified organic products in the Marketplace; subscribe to receive news and trade offers by email; register for free in our Directory - find suppliers, customers, certification bodies and service providers, quickly and simply; find jobs in the organic and green industries www.organicTS.com Permaculture Association The Permaculture Association supports people and projects through training, networking and research, using the ethics and principles of permaculture. Through our growing networks, we share skills and design sustainable solutions for the communities in which we live. We endeavour to be accessible to everyone in Britain and to play an active part in the developing culture of positive change. www.permaculture.org.uk Sustain The alliance for better food and farming advocates food and agriculture policies and practices that enhance the health and welfare of people and animals, improve the working and living environment, enrich society and culture and promote equity. www.sustainweb.org Low-Impact Living Initiative (LILI) Based at Redfield Community (a WWOOF host). LILI is dedicated to helping protect the global environment by promoting sustainable alternatives to various aspects of everyday life. Contact us to find out more about our installations, workshops, presentations and manuals. Contact Dave Darby www.lowimpact.org Book: Scenes from a Smallholding The book we're offering is called 'Scenes from a Smallholding', and is the story of an English suburban family's first three years' experience of setting up from scratch an organic smallholding in West Wales then trying to run it. www.thirdleafbooks.co.uk Country Garden & Smallholding magazine The UK's small farming publication and the oldest organic magazine in Britain. www.countrysmallholding.com/ Save Organic Standards The U.S. Department of Agriculture is attempting to redefine organic foods to include foods that are genetically engineered, irradiated, factory-farmed, and grown on top of toxic sewage sludge. This represents an "unfriendly take-over" of the organic foods industry by agribusiness, chemical-biotech corporations, and giant supermarket chains. On Dec. 16, the USDA announced their proposed national organic standards. These standards define what can be legally certified and labelled as organic. Currently, when we shop for foods labelled "organic," we can be reasonably certain of what we're getting. But under the proposed USDA laws, there are no explicit prohibitions against: Genetic Engineering - Using genetic engineering to produce foods. Factory Farming - Using inhumane, intensive confinement, factory farm style production methods on farm animals. Toxic Sludge - Spreading toxic sewage sludge and industrial wastes, so-called "biosolids," on pastures and farmlands where animals graze and food is grown. Animal Cannibalism - Feeding back diseased animals, waste animal body parts and blood to farm animals. Food Irradiation - Using nuclear wastes, so-called "ionising radiation," to "kill bacteria" and extend the shelf life of foods. The full text of USDA's proposed rules are available at www.ams.usda.gov/nop STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS! HERE'S WHAT YOU CAN DO TODAY TO SAVE ORGANIC STANDARDS! Join the SOS Action Network in your local area. Send a letter, fax, or email to the USDA (to the address and docket number listed below) demanding that they respect consumers' right-to-choose and maintain strict organic standards by explicitly prohibiting the unacceptable practices listed here. Demand also that the USDA reaffirm the national Organic Standards Board's statutory power to decide what is synthetic and what is natural, what is permitted and what is prohibited under the organic label. Tell the USDA to withdraw its proposed rules and resubmit new standards which adopt the NOSB's recommendations. Make copies of your comment letter to the USDA and send them to your federal and state legislators. Follow up your letter with a telephone call. Tell you legislators that, as a constituent, you want them to tell the USDA to withdraw their proposed rules on organic standards. Contact natural food stores, farmers markets, holistic health practitioners, co-ops, and community restaurants and get them to distribute SOS campaign literature and set up in-store displays. Letters to the USDA should be sent to: USDA-National Organic Standards Docket # TMD - 94 - 00 - 2 Address: USDA, AMS, Room 4007 - S AgStop 0275, P.O. Box 96456 Washington, D.C. 20090-6456 Fax Include Docket Number (202) 690-4632 www.ams.usda.gov/nop To help organise an SOS Campaign in your local area contact: Pure Food Campaign/Save Organic Standards 860 Hwy 61 Little Marais, Mn. 55614 Tel. 1-800-253-0681 or (218) 226-4164 Fax (218) 226-4157 Email alliance(@mrnet www.purefood.org Kibbutz Lotan Kibbutz Lotan is a young, sixteen-year-old intentional community in Israel's southern Arava desert, part of the beautiful Syrian-African Rift. We came together in the desire to create a community based on a modern spiritual approach to Judaism and fulfilling the values of equality between the sexes, equality in work, to actively work in improving our society, to be stewards of the earth and seek genuine communication between people. www.kibbutzlotan.com Vacation Work Publications Established in 1967, Vacation Work Publications specialise in producing books on working travel for young people: titles include ‘Taking a Gap Year’ , ‘Green Volunteers’, ‘Kibbutz Volunteer’, ‘The International Directory of Voluntary Work’, ‘Work Your Way Around the World’, ‘Summer Jobs U.S.A.’, ‘Summer Jobs Abroad', ‘Summer Jobs in Britain’, ‘Teaching English Abroad’, etc. For full catalogue details see their Website www.vacationwork.co.uk Opportunities in Southern Spain Sunseed Desert Technology is a low tech research and experimentation centre based in Southern Spain, where research, education and ecological living are uniquely combined. Our work is focused around desertification and it's effects on society and the environment. We offer:- Green Working Holidays Student/Research Placements - 5 weeks to 1 year Job Vacancies - currently available Our project incorporates a number of departments:- appropriate technology, dryland regeneration, tree planting and nursery work and organic gardening. So, if you are interested in working and living in a sustainable community, and taking part in our project, visit our website at www.sunseed.org.uk or telephone 01926 421380 to find out more. SCI.s North South Exchanges Guide Service Civil International recently published an extensive «North South Exchanges Guide». The guide is meant to support the preparation of volunteers of the North who will take part in a project in the South as well as vice versa. As such, this guide offers a helping hand for the volunteer who might be immersed for the very first time in an entirely different culture and in a society in which the economic and social environment is totally alien to what s/he has been used to. Secondly this guide is meant to help volunteer exchange organisations and other NGO's to support the volunteers who will travel to another region/continent and in organising North South exchange programmes. www.sciint.org Return to top of page