Links

There are an overwhelming number internet sites about personal and world change.  These sites offer useful information for free.  If you have any links to suggest, please email us.




Links for Giving Money and Time Wisely

American Institute of Philanthropy  Tips on giving     http://www.charitywatch.org/tips.html 

American Institute of Philanthropy   Top-Rated Charities    http://www.charitywatch.org/toprated.html

American Institute of Philanthropy   A to Z  Listing   http://www.charitywatch.org/azlist.html

Better Business Bureau   Wise Giving Alliance     Tips  http://www.give.org/tips/index.asp

Better Business Bureau   Wise Giving Alliance    Information Sources   (Other Links)   http://www.give.org/links/infosources.asp

GuideStar  The Donor's Guide to the Charitable Universe   http://www.guidestar.org/index.jsp 

Independent Sector  (Information on Volunteering)   http://www.independentsector.org/

Skill-building and capacity-building 

http://www.davidsuzuki.org/WOL/Challenge/  Although the focus is on reducing energy, this site can save you money.

Change Management Toolbook   Requires registration.  Personal growth and organizational change tools.  Written on a college level.  Sometimes using technical language.



Self-assessment

http://www.earthday.net/footprint/index.asp#   This resource allows you to roughly estimate your energy consumption compared to other people in the world.  





Computer and technology tools

http://www.stpt.com   A starting point for working the Web.

http://www.what is.com   A large listing of terms and concepts related to computers, technology and the web



Political Process and Advocacy

Proof Through The Night     The Knowledge Resources links offer twelve important kinds of political knowledge.

http://www.vote-smart.org   U.S. voting information on current candidates.  With a link to "Government 101"

http://www.lwv.org/elibrary/pub/pickacandidate_1.html    How to analyze candidate information.

http://oz.plymouth.edu/~women/lobby.html    Political advocacy-geared for women but with general pointers.

http://www.ntac.org/lobby/101/    Tips on lobbying, visiting your representatives in government, and writing letters to your officials.



Searching for ecological information of all kinds

Wiser Earth   A do-good social networking website, with links to world change organizations, too.

The Envirolink Network    another eco-change platform of many organizations, but many dead links.


Socially Responsible Investment and Shopping

http://www.coopamerica.org/  In the search box on the left you can search for Green Products and Services.  

Co op America's basics of social investing   Basic definitions and concepts.



Other useful information

http://www.obviously.com/recycle   A starting point for consumers searching the Internet for recycling information.

http://www.davidsuzuki.org/WOL/Challenge/   A list of the ten biggest environmental actions you can perform (according to one organization.)

http://www.treesftf.org   An efficient tree-planting organization.  Many similar organizations will plant only one tree per dollar, but Trees for the Future plants about six trees per dollar.

Background information

World Scientists' Warning to Humanity,  A document that was signed by a majority of Nobel Prize winning scientists and at least 1,500 other scientists that states that "a great change" is needed.  It points to some damage and problems, and also calls for five major changes.