Surf these sites: Able Preteenagers Alert us -- Craig Kielburger''s organization and book, "Free the Children," are worth reading and joining and understanding for anyone interested in socially responsible investing issues. Absolutely unable to save for investments? -- Weidner Investments shows how a simple, Reverse Budget can help you start to save. American based Society of Professional Journalists -- Action you can take: Search the archives of the Society of Professional Journalists. When members inadvertently write about the bad guys, their peers hear about the lawsuits and all. So can you. Andes T-Shirt Company -- T-shirts and sweatshirts imprinted with the artistry of pre-Columbian Latin American cultures. Firm aims to raise awareness of this art and culture. Excellent "thumbnail" graphics of some products. Arizona newspaper web info on what was NOT published -- Unique opportunity to see what is left out of newspapers through an innovative approach. These editors will show you what they did NOT print. As You Sow -- As You Sow is a non-profit foundation Planting Seeds for Social Change. It is dedicated to promoting corporate accountability (complying with consumer, workplace and environmental laws). As You Sow helped Disney shareholders to vote "NO SWEAT SHOPS" in February, 1999 Augusta, Maine''s Good Earth School -- Action you can take includes learning to live directly from the earth through experiential workshops in Maine. Awareness to Action -- Texaco and other (allegedly) racist entities could use this 20 minute guide from Public Broadcasting Organization Campaign for Labeling Genetically Engineered Foods -- Mandatory requirement that genetically engineered foods be labeled as such. Petition organized by Mothers for Natural Law (On Line or PDF petition) Careers in the Common Good -- Can your college education set the stage for a lifetime of human good? Brown University shows a way to do that. Casa Xelaju -- Study abroad Spanish program, internships, volunteer work, tours, and travel services with university credits in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. China connection: Tobacco, Defense and Alcohol -- The largest U.S. based corporations giving "soft" political money to influence U.S. politicians are shown on this Corp Monitor piece written in June 1997 Computer Science, University of Birmingham -- School of Computer Science offers numerous opportunities to study and take action on a host of ethical matters. Creative Investment -- Learn information on Minority and Women-owned banks, thrifts, brokerage firms. Learn if Federal National Mortgage and Federal Home Loan mortgage discriminate. Earth Site -- Purpose of Earth Site, Earth Day, and related efforts Edit Pad replaces Notepad -- Edit pad is "postcardware," because the author who freely gives this well written program to users, asks for a postcard if you like it. Wins hands down over competing Microsoft products. Essential Info -- Essential "Org" hosts 44 nonprofits devoted largely to socially responsible issues. Up to date, activist oriented links. Ethical Investment Club -- Yahoo - ethical investing online group with emphasis on socially responsible investments Feel Good is NOT ~ good enough -- Rightly so, Motley Fool criticizes SRI to feel good. But this news post does not "get it." Effective SR investing requires goals and clear thinking. It is not enough to "feel good." General Electric was asked to treat 3rd world workers fairly -- Corporate Monitor reported GE unions asked for minimum fairness for third world workers. Has GE kept their side of the agreement? Get Educated on SRI via Oberlin of Ohio -- Socially Responsible Investing is something you can learn and educational sites like this help. Global Exchange ~~ Get Involved -- Global Exchange spells out what action is needed, and how you can accomplish it on such far ranging issues as curtailing abusive child labor practices to improving the environment. Internship program, volunteer work, activism with a purpose. Good Money''s Survey -- Market Basket survey aims to come up with what are fair wages in all parts of the world. Got an idea? You can tell Better World -- Better World Member Publications permits both print and electronic communication of your socially responsible actions, plans or even ideas. Green Websites -- U.K. site for taking socially responsible, "green" action. Greenwash 101 by Monsanto -- Imagine you are an old fashioned "cowboy" who does an annual "round up" of your prize cattle. Isn''t this a cute metaphor? Monsanto''s cutely named poison now can be combined with their seeds genetically engineered to tolerate increased doses of roundup. " Boycott ROUNDUP and all Monsanto products, especially Monsanto Roundup Ready Soybeans. Hindu Online -- Deaths or human right violations linked to poverty, unemployment and diseases article dated Tuesday, November 17, 1998 Human Rights - at The Mining Co. -- Stay on top of human rights efforts and issues worldwide. Link to campaigns, organizations, and learn what actions you can take. IBON meeting -- Globalization meeting of 100 international members of IBON who represent smaller countries concering lack of social responsibility of Multilateral trade agreements and firms. IGC: PeaceNet -- Through PeaceNet™, take action for positive social change in the areas of peace, social and economic justice, human rights and the struggle against racism. Journal of Industrial Ecology at MIT Press -- Creative, state of the art professional, industrial ecology. Well worth reading their sample articles. Mind Power by John Kehoe -- Can the powers of your thought lead to socially responsible citizenship? New book on Actions -- People respond when there''s a human face on problems. So Ridgeway and St Clair wrote this book identifying the "bad guys" in corporations and government, those who''ve done more to harm the earth / humanity / all our futures. NutraSweet soured on the truth -- Fox Television Stations allegedly fearful of Monsanto''s lawyers, drop a NutraSweet critique. Guess who makes Nutrasweet? Monsanto Other side of the coin -- Independent movie concerning the cultural problem of idolizing money. Seeks private investment. Oxfam Great Britain -- Oxfam tries to put an end to poverty world-wide, in partnership with local groups, Oxfam works with poor people to help them help themselves. Ozone Action Day Tips -- North Carolina State''s educational site with suggestions to minimize ozone problems on a daily, individual basis. Political Activism Resources -- Korean site with world wide links concerning information and activism strategies and organizations. REDHAT.COM -- Linux - The definitive online destination for the open source community. Read this American Scientist article -- Taking a simple case of competition between two weeds, Dr. Bergelson lets you see that no one can predict what plants will do in the real world when genetic variances are introduced. Elegantly simple case worth understanding. Save the Planet''s ten U.S. regions -- People of all ages are networking and taking action to create a cleaner, safer world for all. Site links to all regions of U.S. and additionally links to local colleges within this activist network. Shell Game -- See how the almighty dollar can be used to destroy indigenous people''s environments, rights and lives. Shell Oil company boycott can be a healthy way for us to cope. Smoking and Health (ASH) -- Founded 31 years ago, this anti tobacco, action network proudly shows its mettle. Students against Lethality -- Subscription page of students for change. Yale, Cornell and other major universities'' activist groups are forming to demand that the deep investment pockets of educational institutions pay more attention to human rights, environmental and human health concerns. Sustainable Agriculture Resource Groups -- Extensive annotated links to actions and information for sustainable agriculture Toward Freedom Online -- Toward freedom is an online and a print magazine which pulls no punches about socially responsibility Training Materials and Resources -- A directory of activism resources at enviroweb.org Tripod interactive Activism Pod -- If you''ve never read Tripod and you care about socially responsible thoughts and actions, check this out. Activism networks and points of contact. U.S. National Debt Clock -- Another National Debt clock, this one not in Java, with many useful links, and a National Debt FAQ. Various Activism Connections -- The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) with phone numbers and links of world wide activism organizations. War Child -- a campaign to help the innocent victims of war - aims background projects & news - famous patrons - David Bowie, Brian Eno, Brent Hansen, Luciano Pavarotti, Juliet Stevenson, Tom Stoppard World Confederation of Labour -- Information, news, activism links, worldwide and in several languages on labor rights. Yahoo Club: Action or obsessive inaction? -- Several hundred folks write and plan about various animal abuse issues while never commenting on earth, environment, or the human condition. Is Clan of Earth Mother just another "feel good" group staring at PCs to be behave PC? You can help recycle your computer -- Read this paper at Carnegie Mellon (download an acrobat file) to learn more about recycling, rather than tossing into the land fill, that old PC or Apple. You can take the risk of using Opera Browser -- Opera (Norway) is fast, small, powerful and very user-friendly browser! Totally customizable! Buying it is SR because you help thwart the MS-NSCP duopoly. Operan has English, German, Norwegian, Spanish, Afrikaans, Italian and French versions. Your School''s Curriculum -- Environmental Education -- Introduction to a curriculum for building a environmental action project that uses school, community, and online resources. Youth Link for Social responsibility -- youthlink, a project of the foundation of america, is the web site of the national youth in action campaign and first national youth conventions.
Help build the largest human-edited
directory on the web.