ENVIRONMENT
www.gristmagazine.com - Online
magazine that tackles environmental topics with irreverence, intelligence,
and a fresh perspective. Our goal is to inform, entertain, provoke,
and encourage creative thinking about environmental problems and solutions.
We publish new content each weekday -- in-depth reporting, cartoons,
summaries of breaking news stories, diary entries from activists, book
reviews, an environmental advice column, and lots more.
www.peopleandplanet.net - Future
health and wellbeing of the human family as it presses ever more heavily on
the natural resources of our planet.
www.envirocitizen.org - Encourage
college students to be environmental citizens. Dedicated to education, training,
and organizing a diverse, national network of young leaders to protect the
environment.
www.wri.org - World Resources Institute is
an environmental research and policy organization that creates solutions to
protect the planet and improve people’s lives. WRI’s work is concentrated
on achieving progress toward four key goals: Protect Earth’s living systems,
Increase access to environmental information, Create sustainable enterprise
and opportunity and Reverse global warming.
www.actionnetwork.org- The world’s
largest online community of activism for the health of people and the planet.
www.wcs.org - The Wildlife Conservation Society
saves wildlife and wild lands. We do so through careful science, international
conservation, education, and the management of the world's largest system of
urban wildlife parks, led by the flagship Bronx Zoo. Together, these activities
change individual attitudes toward nature and help people imagine wildlife
and humans living in sustainable interaction on both a local and a global scale.
WCS is committed to this work because we believe it essential to the integrity
of life on earth.
www.ran.org - Rainforest Action Network works
to protect the Earth's rainforests and support the rights of their inhabitants
through education, grassroots organizing, and nonviolent direct action.
www.sierraclub.org - Explore, enjoy
and protect the wild places of the earth; practice and promote the responsible
use of the earth's ecosystems and resources; educate and enlist humanity to
protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environment; use all
lawful means to carry out these objectives.
www.sandiegozoo.org - The Center for Reproduction of Endangered Species is
one of the largest zoo-based research centers in the world. Dedicated to preserving
and protecting rare and endangered wildlife and their habitats, the research
conducted at CRES is critical in the war against extinction.
www.surfrider.org - Non-profit organization
dedicated to protecting our oceans, waves and beaches.
COMMUNITY / GENERAL
www.idealist.org - Provide general info
on non-profits, Action Without Borders connects people, organizations and resources
to help build a world where all people can live free and dignified lives. Action
Without Borders is independent of any government, political ideology or religious
creed. Our work is guided by the common desire of our members and supporters
to find practical solutions to social and environmental problems, in a spirit
of generosity and mutual respect.
www.blueprintrd.com - Research, design,
and strategy consulting firm serving philanthropic foundations. The company
works with foundations, corporate grantmakers, and individuals to develop effective
philanthropic programs that achieve both community results and organizational
goals. Blueprint specializes in helping foundations implement strategies to
capture, use, and share information in ways that will amplify the impact of
grant funds
www.workingforchange.com - Comprehensive
Web site made up of resources for people with progressive values. Anyone can
speak out on urgent issues, read informative news and columns, go shopping,
make a donation or volunteer their time.
www.mediarights.org - Helps media
makers, educators, librarians, nonprofits, and activists use documentaries
to encourage action and inspire dialogue on contemporary social issues.
www.dressforsuccess.org - Provides interview suits, confidence boosts and
career development to more than 45,000 women in over 75 cities each year. Dress
for Success is a not-for-profit organization that helps low-income women make
tailored transitions into the workforce.
HUMAN RIGHTS
www.oneworld.net - Bringing together
a network of people and groups working for human rights and sustainable development
from across the globe.
www.foodfirst.org - 'Peoples' think tank
and education-for-action center. Their work highlights root causes and value-based
solutions to hunger and poverty around the world, with a commitment to establishing
food as a fundamental human right.
www.milarepa.org - Milarepa Fund actively
supports the Tibetan peoples nonviolent struggle to regain independence.
www.tibet.org/sft/ - Students for a
Free Tibet (SFT) works in solidarity with the Tibetan people in their struggle
for freedom and independence.
www.cryoflove.org - Strive to be the biggest resource available on the Web
on Police Brutality.
AIDS
www.aidschannel.org - Multimedia
Web portal to foster understanding and knowledge on issues relating to HIV/AIDS,
and to emphasize that the disease is not only a health but a development, social,
economic and human rights issue.
www.stopglobalaids.org- Online
community for global aid
www.redhot.org - Produces, videos & multimedia
to promote AIDS prevention.
www.yaids.org - Africa Alive Youth
AIDS Initiative(AAYA) brings together Johns Hopkins Center for Communication
Programs (JHUCCP), Populations Services International (PSI), Global Justice
(GJ) and Youth Against AIDS (YAA) to highlight, support and empower the youth
to effectively respond to the HIV/AIDS challenge facing their generation.
www.aaaw.org - Artists Against AIDS Worldwide
is an entertainment and artist-led non-profit organization dedicated to raising
the awareness and money needed to bring direct care to those affected by AIDS,
especially in Africa. AAAW is dedicated to raising money from the general public,
governments, Corporations and through debt relief to stop the humanitarian
crisis of AIDS. AAAW aims to campaign against the causes of AIDS especially
extreme poverty.
www.globalaidsalliance.org -
Dedicated to a collaborative, aggressive Campaign to Stop Global AIDS. Our
mission is to hasten an end to the global AIDS crisis through mobilizing enhanced
awareness, increased funding, and improved policies.
FOOD / HUNGER
www.foodfirst.org - 'Peoples'
think tank and education-for-action center. Their work highlights root causes
and value-based solutions to hunger and poverty around the world, with a commitment
to establishing food as a fundamental human right.
HEALTH
www.b4bc.org - Boarding For Breast Cancer (B4BC)
is a non-profit, youth-focused education, awareness, and fundraising foundation.
Our mission is to increase awareness about breast cancer, the importance of early
detection and the value of a healthy lifestyle.
www.thetruth.com - Alert everyone to
the lies and hidden practices of the cigarette companies, while giving people
tools to have a voice in changing that.
WORLD DEBT
www.jubileeusa.org - A strong, diverse
and growing network over 60 organizations including labor, churches, religious
communities and institutions, AIDS activists, trade campaigners and over 9,000
individuals dedicated to working for a world free of debt for billions of people.
WAR / PEACE
www.peacemakersguide.org - Anyone
can be a peacemaker. The Bruderhof Peacemakers Guide was created to inspire
and empower you to work for peace, and to arm you with living proof of the
power of nonviolence to effect change and resolve conflicts. Some of the peacemakers
featured on this website are famous, others obscure, but all have dedicated
their lives to building a more peaceful and just world through nonviolent means.
For each you will find a short biography, an original portrait, and links to
further reading.
We've also supplied you with ammunition to help you convince those who doubt
the practicality of nonviolence. In this section you'll find writings on nonviolence,
reconciliation, conflict resolution, pacifism, and conscientious objection
to military service, as well as freely downloadable e-books on peace-related
themes. Don't miss our popular "This Week in Peacemaking History" calendar.
www.creativepeace.com - A conscious
step towards achieving peace though the use of artistic expression as a method
of world-wide communication.
www.unitedforpeace.org - New national
campaign that brings together a broad range of organizations throughout the
United States to help coordinate our work against a U.S. war on Iraq.
www.seedsofpeace.org - Seeds of Peace
is a non-profit, non-political organization dedicated to preparing teenagers
from areas of conflict with the leadership skills required to promote coexistence
and peace.
www.forusa.org - Fellowship of Reconciliation – seeks
to replace violence, war, racism, and economic injustice with non-violence
peace, and justice. Committed to active non-violence as a transforming way
of life and as a means of radical change.
www.changethegame.org -
Youth based movement to alter the way politics and policies are dealt with
today.
YOUTH
www.collagefoundation.org - Collage provides the information, tools and support
required for an engaged alterntative to apathy about today's complex environmental
and social issues.
These resources show young people how to recognize the problems, learn about
how role models (including celebrities, scientists, and artists) have responded,
and make their own informed decisions. It's this kind of combination that goes
beyond awareness to inspire action.
www.freedomcircles.org - Furthers
the process of world change by creating and supporting relationships between
mentor and mentee families. These relationships form a springboard for effecting
radical positive changes, personal growth, creative thinking, stability and
greater self-esteem in the lives of all who participate.
www.popsustainability.org -
Inspire positive action from youth globally through the use of mass media.
Through local and global awareness and action campaigns, we bring young adults,
organizations, mass media and popular culture together to affect lasting societal
change —simply by being aware of our choices. Pop Sustainability encourages
you to think creatively, connect with people and organizations and act for
a more sustainable world.
www.unicef.org - Voices
of Youth has been developed as part of UNICEF's 50th Anniversary celebration.
Through Voices of Youth, you can take part in an electronic discussion about
the future as we face the 21st century. We invite you to discuss with us how
this world can become a place where the rights of every child are protected,
that is, the right to live in peace, to have decent shelter, to be healthy
and well-nourished, to have clean water, to play, to go to school, and to be
protected from violence, abuse and exploitation.
www.yapi.org - Youth Advocate Program International
works with and for young people worldwide, giving voice and visibility to new
ways of improving the lives of children in the 21st century. Our program priorities
include advocacy, education and youth participation on issues such as child
labor and the commercial sexual exploitation of children.
ART / CREATIVE
www.adcny.org - The Art Directors Club,
Founded in New York in 1920, is an international not-for-profit organization
of leading creatives in advertising, graphic design, interactive media, broadcast
design, typography, packaging, environmental design, photography, illustration,
and related disciplines. The mission of the Art Directors Club is to promote
the highest standards of excellence and integrity in visual communications,
and to encourage students and young professionals entering the field. In short, "Visual
Fuel."
www.gocreate.com -
Business consultation services concerning development of new ideas through
creative thinking, innovation, problem solving in organizations, industry,
and education.
www.creativealternatives.org -
Innovative experiences based on the elements of art.
www.panos.co.uk - Panos Pictures is a
photo agency representing photojournalists around the world. Panos photographers
document current affairs stories which are underreported, misrepresented and
often ignored. The philosophy is to explain complex global issues and provide
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