Society, Activism, In Daily Life, Money Matters
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 - Shows actions and how to accomplish change on such far ranging issues as curtailing sweatshop practices to improving the environment. Internship program, volunteer work, activism with a purpose.
- "Normal Productivity" counts oil spills, toxic cleanup, even increases in prisons as "growth." New Genuine Progress Indicator at this site, reflects truer costs of human activity, and presents a more honest economic model.
- Religious Friday khutba or sermons on Social Responsibility from the Islamic Center of Southern California in Real Audio and Real Video format
- Corporate Monitor reported GE unions asked for minimum fairness for third world workers.
- Money allegedly used to destroy indigenous people's environments, rights and lives. Related to boycott of Shell Oil company.
- Inspirational Center for Environmental Business on the Web: Up to date, informative, inclusive, progressive, and networking with comprehensive library.
- Market Basket survey aims to come up with what are fair wages in all parts of the world.
- Information offered by Oberlin College, Ohio.
- CBS.MarketWatch.com's The Gadfly writes of Domini Fund's challenge to other mutual funds to put their proxies up for all to see on the WWW. And warns shareholders to keep track of what is going on.
- Recent releases on the impact or changes made by Socially Responsible, shareholder activism.
- Dedicated to economic revitalization and ecosystem restoration. Lends to businesses in communities in Pacific Northwest. Loans support sustainably harvested timber, pollution prevention, water treatment, and affordable housing.
- Cautions about investing are provided in this substantial, single page paper.
- Seven generations from now we will all be owned by the banks and be impoverished if this continues. See the seventh and eighth links on Debt Clock home page for activists concerning the U.S. debt problem.
- Information for making decisions about one's daily living as it pertains to money and its effects on environment, and freedom of speech.
- Brown University alumni report shows Brown University groups taking a pledge to not support sweatshops in various goods that relate to the university in anyway. - December 1998
- An activist organization to enable dignity and human rights for workers everywhere. Based in Bangor, Maine.
- Article in Washington Post on how investors can stop the self serving decisions of mutual fund managers when it comes to proxy votes.
- UK think tank and business consultancy on sustainable business practices.
- Find thousands of green, environmentally responsible, socially responsible products services. Created by Co-op America.
- Non-profit organization educating people on concepts like market economics, entrepreneurship, and business ethics through educational outreach projects.
- The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) with phone numbers and links of world wide activism organizations.
- Permits both print and electronic communication of your socially responsible actions, plans or even ideas.
- Korean site with world wide links concerning information and activism strategies and organizations.
- Foundation of America's national youth in action campaign and first national youth conventions.
- The Magic Christian Fund at RTMark enables ordinary folks to "act up," protest corporate power.
- Given to corporations that put more money, time and energy into PR campaigns aimed at promoting eco-friendly images than in protecting the environment.
- Can the powers of your thought lead to socially responsible citizenship?
- Community economic development through your investments.
- Co-op America's Guide helps you conserve forests and trees by reducing consumption of wood and paper.
- E Mail list for students to work together on ethical behavior of corporations.
- Hope Magazine, November 1998 editorial on materialism and money.
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