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Topia!: Society: Activism: In Daily Life: Money Matters (40)
See Also:  Global Exchange - 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.
Good Money's Survey - Market Basket survey aims to come up with what are fair wages in all parts of the world. Feel Good is NOT ~ good enough - Motley Fool criticizes SRI as "feel good," but ineffective investing. General Electric and 3rd world workers - Corporate Monitor reported GE unions asked for minimum fairness for third world workers. Socially Responsible Investing - Information offered by Oberlin College, Ohio. Better World Member Publications - Permits both print and electronic communication of your socially responsible actions, plans or even ideas. Mind Power by John Kehoe - Can the powers of your thought lead to socially responsible citizenship? Political Activism Resources - Korean site with world wide links concerning information and activism strategies and organizations. Shell Game - Money allegedly used to destroy indigenous people's environments, rights and lives. Related to boycott of Shell Oil company. Training Materials and Resources - A directory of activism resources at enviroweb.org Tripod interactive Activism Pod - Socially responsible thoughts and actions. Activism networks and points of contact. U.S. National Debt Clock - 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. Students for Change - E Mail list for students to work together on ethical behavior of corporations. Trillium Asset Management - News - Recent releases on the impact or changes made by Socially Responsible, shareholder activism. Various Activism Connections - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) with phone numbers and links of world wide activism organizations. ShoreBank Pacific: The First Environmental Bancorporation - 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. Investors should know how their fund votes - 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. SustainAbility Ltd. - UK think tank and business consultancy on sustainable business practices. Sustainable Business.com - Inspirational Center for Environmental Business on the Web: Up to date, informative, inclusive, progressive, and networking with comprehensive library. Center for Ethics and Toxics (CETOS) - Information for making decisions about one's daily living as it pertains to money and its effects on environment, and freedom of speech. Voice of Islam S.R. - Religious Friday khutba or sermons on Social Responsibility from the Islamic Center of Southern California in Real Audio and Real Video format The World of Greenwash - Kenny Bruno teaches what is going on in the world profit versus humanity as he sees it. Is It Wise to Invest in the Stock Market? - Cautions about investing are provided in this substantial, single page paper. RTMark: Investing in Chaos - The Magic Christian Fund at RTMark enables ordinary folks to "act up," protest corporate power. Natural Wealth Seminar - October 15, 1998 begins this program in Colorado and you can join by clicking here. Wal-Mart Sweatshop Guides - People of Faith Network "Right to Know" campaign asks this multinational retailer to reveal who manufactures their products. Peace through Interamerican Community Action - PICA is an activist organization to enable dignity and human rights for workers everywhere. Based in Bangor, Maine they have confronted Wal-Mart and offer specific alternative places to buy clothing. Might As Well Face It, We're Addicted to Stuff - Hope Magazine, November 1998 editorial on materialism and money. Taking the Pledge - 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 Washington's Cascadia Revolving Fund - Community economic development through your investments. Green Pages Online - Find thousands of green, environmentally responsible, socially responsible products services. Created by Co-op America. WoodWise Consumer - Co-op America's Guide helps you conserve forests and trees by reducing consumption of wood and paper. Prodding for Disclosure of Funds' Proxy Votes - Article in Washington Post on how investors can stop the self serving decisions of mutual fund managers when it comes to proxy votes. Youth Link for Social responsibility - Foundation of America's national youth in action campaign and first national youth conventions.
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