Mois : décembre 2009

The War Widows Association is essentially a pressure group and exists to improve the conditions of War Widows and their dependants in Great Britain. Its work encompasses those who have suffered bereavement as a result of World War II and all conflicts since then including Iraq and Afghanistan. The WWA also represents those who have suffered the loss of their husband in peacetime, when his death was attributable to his service life … (full text Homepage).

Membership; History; Political Issues; Events, news; Achievements;Links;
Address: The War Widows’ Association of Great Britain, c/o 199 Borough High Street, London SE1 1AA, UK;
Contact.

About: The War Widows’ Association is a charity (registered no. 1002656) registered with the Charity Commission … //  Continuer la lecture de « War Widows Association, Great Britain »

Be a Hero for a Better World, join the global movement for a better world – every act of compassion makes a difference

This website is dedicated to our beloved daughter/ sister/ friend and most cherished BetterWorld Hero, Emily Rachel Silverstein (1989-2009), Who was brutally murdered on April 9, 2009 by her ex-boyfriend. In her all too brief life, Emily did so many amazing things to try to make her wish for a more peaceful, just and sustainable world come true. Please don’t let our Emily be forgotten. Help spread a message of hope for a better world. Thank you. bob, Linda & James. (Homepage).

List of our 1000 Heroes; Resources; Calendar; Free e-book; Clubs; Education; Newsletter; Links/Topics;
Contact.

Movement: There is so much going on all around us for a better world. Many diverse movements for change have been converging into a more holistic, global movement for a better world. This emerging movement does not belong to any one group or organization, but together we are helping create a more peaceful, just and sustainable world, one act of compassion at a time. Connect with others and help grow the BetterWorld Movement..

also in german – Linked on this blog with our former post about Better World Links;

… What YOU can do with BETTER WORLD LINKS:

• Advance your project for a better world more effectively.
• Inform yourself about important topics and tell others your results.
• Get suggestions and pass on your own ideas or experiences.
• Investigate background information for a lecture, an essay or an article.
• Make contacts, look for allies and establish alliances.
• Ideal as an internet portal for young people, as well as schools, universities, and adult education centres.
• Ideal also for journalists, reporters and politicians, as well as for cross-references in articles and link collections

… (about 1/2 scroll down).

Homepage; Sitemap;
Register A-Z; Issues: all in the left column; Donate; FAQs; Want help?
Imprint/Impressum; Contact online.

About 2/2: WHAT WE OFFER YOU: Over 45,000 well organized links (internet addresses) in English on the following global topics: Continuer la lecture de « Better World Links »

Maximizing social change until we have a world that works for all – We are building a global collaboration for a Livable Future. Please join us

Linked on our blogs with

The mission of We, The World is to maximize social change – globally. We are working to awaken a spirit of caring and involvement in the public so that millions of people begin to see themselves as part of one global interdependent community – and actively take part in creating a world that works for all!
Working with an extraordinarily accomplished team, we have begun the process of building an unprecedented critical mass of individuals, organizations and coalitions whose efforts to create a caring world will be highly visible and accessible … (full text Mission & Objectives).

Frontpage; Homepage;
Spotlight; Where; Programs; Declaration; e-list; Join; Membership; Volunteers; Support;
Address: We, The World, 211 East 43rd St. Suite 710, New York, NY 10017, USA;
Contact.

About:
Join We, The World’s Change Agent Network – We CAN:  Continuer la lecture de « We the World.org »

This NGO shows no own website, but is named:

on NGOs INDIA: Purpose: Development(General), Disadvantaged communities;
Aim/Objective/Mission: It is working for the development of Scheduled Castes and Tribes of Mahsbubnagar district of Andhra Pradesh through adult education and income generating programmes.

on Click India: Contact: C. Francis; Phone: 08413-223287; (Also serves: Entire World);
Address: Wcadl, Plot No-98 R R Distt-501218 Andhra Pradesh, India.

reform media, transform democracy – also en espanol

• Freepress.net is a project of Free Press and the Free Press Action Fund (bottom of each page);
• Free Press is a national, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization working to reform the media. Through education, organizing and advocacy, we promote diverse and independent media ownership, strong public media, quality journalism, and universal access to communications … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
Media Issues /our work; no fake news; Fake news summary; Resources; Policy updates; News; Blog;
Addresses (1 of 2): Washington Office: 501 Third Street NW, Suite 875, Washington, DC 20001, USA (bottom of each page);
Contact: Ph 202.265.1490, Fax 202.265.1489 (bottom of each page).

About 2/2: … Free Press was launched in late 2002 by media scholar Robert W. McChesney, journalist John Nichols and Josh Silver, our executive director. Today, Free Press is the largest media reform organization in the United States, with nearly half-a-million activists and members and a full-time staff of more than 30 based in our offices in Washington, D.C., and Florence, Mass. Continuer la lecture de « Freepress.net »

Linked on our blogs with People’s World.

• The South Bay AFL-CIO Labor Council is currently celebrating over a half-century as a chartered organization. The Labor Council represents over a hundred unions in Santa Clara and San Benito counties and over 110,000 union members.
• The Labor Council is involved in many programs that are directly intended to improve the lives of working families in the Bay Area … (Homepage).

Video; Photos; Get involved; Glossary;
Address: South Bay Labor Council, 2102 Almaden Road, Suite 107, San Jose, CA 95125, USA;
Contact.

POLITICAL ADVOCACY AND ENDORSEMENT – Our Political Priorities:  Continuer la lecture de « South Bay Labor Council »

in many languages – Linked on our blogs with The video Story of Stuff.

Since The Story of Stuff was launched online on December 4, 2007, the site has been visited by millions of people in over 224 countries and territories around the world, and we have received literally thousands of requests for the film to be translated. We are pleased to launch this international site, which includes translated versions of the films with subtitles, as well as the contact information for the organizations around the world that did the translations … (full text The International Site).

Homepage of the US site;
Films; Press; Blog; Learn more; Get involved; Downloads; Updates;
Address: The Story of Stuff Project, 1442 A Walnut Street, #272, Berkeley, CA, 94709, USA;
Contacts.

About: The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute film that takes viewers on a provocative and eye-opening tour of the real costs of our consumer driven culture—from resource extraction to iPod incineration.  Continuer la lecture de « The Story of Stuff Project »

This NGO shows no own website, but is named:

on NGOs INDIA: Purpose: Aged, Child welfare, Disability;
Aim/Objective/Mission: War Widows Welfare Association is a old age home called NIMMADHI, offers their services towards the upliftment of war widows and ex-servicemen families.

on Click India: Contact: Bhama Natarajan; Phone: 044-24940092;
Address: War Widows Welfare Association, No.20, Raja Street Extension, Chennai-600028, Tamil Nadu, India.

(Distinguish with War Widows Association Great Britain).

economic development, growth and equity

… The EDGE Institute is a non-profit organisation. All our research reports are placed in the public domain, through the publication of reports, the submission of articles to both specialised and mass media, and through participation in seminars, workshops and conferences. (about 1/2).

Homepage;
Programmes; Publications; Seminars; Partners; People;
Address: The EDGE Institute, 10th Floor, Braamfontein Centre, Jorrisen Street, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, South Africa;
Contacts.

About 2/2: The EDGE Institute is an economic policy centre in Johannesburg which carries out research to promote sustainable growth, development and distributional equity. Continuer la lecture de « The Edge Institute »

Global Urban Development (GUD) is a worldwide non-profit organization founded in 2001, consisting of a rapidly growing network of more than 300 dynamic and well-known urban leaders from many different countries representing a wide range of occupations and institutions. We conduct education, research, and action to promote policy ideas that help generate more equitable urban planning and more sustainable urban development throughout the world.  To further these goals, we publish annually the state-of-the-art Global Urban Development Magazine on our website, www.globalurban.org, and we engage in projects in partnership with a wide variety of organizations, especially the United Nations UN.
Global Urban Development was founded on three basic ideas … (full long text GUD).

Homepage;
What’s new; Events; Who we are: Vision, purpose; Climate prosperity; Donate;
Issues: in the right column of the Homepage; Publications; GUD Magazine;
Address: GUD, 1050 K.Street NW, Suite 400, Washington DC, 20001, USA;
Contact: +1 202 554 5891, e-mail.

Mission statement: Looking back at the history of cities and towns, of metropolitan growth and urban development reveals important truths about their future.  Continuer la lecture de « Global Urban Development GUD »

Ann Pettifor’s blog about the Global Financial Crisis

Linked on our blogs wit New Economics Foundation NEF , and with Ann Pettifor – England.

• Welcome to my blog about the financial crisis. I’m Ann Pettifor, author and analyst of the global financial system, and co-author of the Green New Deal. I predicted an Anglo-American debt-deflationary crisis back in 2003, and am known for my work on sovereign debt and international finance, including Jubilee 2000.
• Currently a fellow of the new economics foundation and director of Advocacy International (Welcome on the Homepage’s right column).

Must Reads; Latest NEF-press release; Econoclasts/guest bloggers; Green New Deal; Newsletter;
Contact Ann.

She writes on her blog: Continuer la lecture de « Debtonation.org »

Linked on or blogs with Call-centre Labour in a Global Economy.

New unionism is about organizing, internationalism and workplace democracy. Bringing these together requires creativity. Taken together, this is the practice of New Unionism … (full long text What is New Unionism).

Homepage; Global Union Directory;
Members; Resources; News, blog; Subscribe; Join; FAQs;
Address: New Unionism Network, Suite 7, Peel House, 30 The Downs, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA142PX, UK;
Contact.

Unionism 101: Unionism is about workers standing together to improve their situation, and to help others.  Continuer la lecture de « New Unionism Network UK »

This NGO shows no own website, but is named:

on NGOs INDIA: Purpose: Development(General), Environment, Rural Development, Women’s issues;
Aim/Objective/Mission: The WWAGS monitors development of the poor and needy people of the rural areas of Manipur; creates employment opportunities for rural women; organises adult literacy and post literacy centres; encourages training of front line personnel in handicrafts and handloom cottage industry; and identifies the problems of small farmer, marginal farmers and agricultural labourers; undertakes activities like social welfare, health programmes, social forestry, preservation of traditional herbs and practices; and assists other institutions and associations by way of grants and revolving funds.

on Click India: Contact: General Secretary, Phone: 0294-2524073, Fax:  0294-241646;
Address: Udaipur Divisional Committee, City Palace, Udaipur-313001, Rajasthan, India.

on CEE Directory, Himalaya.

• The Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development is a diplomatic initiative aimed at addressing the interrelations between armed violence and development. (What is the declaration 1/2).
• The Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development strives to achieve measurable reductions in the global burden of armed violence and improvements in human security by 2015. (Homepage).

Programming; Mesurability; Advocacy; News; Newsletters; Report global burden 174 pdf-pages;
Download the Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence, 7 June 2006: in english, 2 pages; in french, 3 pages; in spanish, 3 pages.
Address: Geneva Declaration Secretariat, c/o Small Arms Survey, 47 Avenue Blanc, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland;
Contact.

What is the declaration 2/2: Although the incidence of armed conflict has declined in recent years, the number of people killed by armed violence has not. More than 740,000 men, women, and children die each year as a result of armed violence. The majority of these deaths – 490,000 – occur in countries that are not affected by armed conflicts.  Continuer la lecture de « The Geneva Declaration.org »