Mois : mars 2010

Physicians for Global Survival PGS

in french: Médecins pour la Survie Mondiale

  • Physicians for Global Survival (PGS), a charitable organization formed in 1980, is the Canadian affiliate of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), which is the only international medical organization dedicated to preventing nuclear war.
  • PGS recognizes that the catastrophic health and environmental consequences of a nuclear war are at the extreme end of a continuum of armed violence that undermines health and security … (full text About /Mission).

Homepage;
Abolish; Prevention; Non-Violence; Social Justice; Sustainable World;Resources; Join; Newsletter;
Address: PGS Headquarters, 208-145 Spruce Street, Ottawa, ON K1R 6P1, Canada;
Contact.

Our work: PGS recognizes that the catastrophic health and environmental consequences of a nuclear war are at the extreme end of a continuum of armed violence that undermines health and security. Continuer la lecture de « Physicians for Global Survival PGS »

International Network of Engineers and Scientists' Project on Ethics INESPE

A one page website – with links to past Symposia/Courses and Publications by Antje Bultmann and Tom Børsen Hansen – Linked on our blogs with INES, and with INESAP.

INESPE is a registred project under International Network of Engineers and Scientists for global repsonsibility INES.

  • The INESPE network is lead by Ph.D. Tom Børsen, an Associate Professor at Department of Education, Learning and Philosophy at Copenhagen Institute of Technology.
  • INESPE is an international research network on science, engineering, and technology ethics. The network has as its purpose to undertake research and teaching activities in that area on an international level in collaboration with relevant partners. Our activities fall in three categories.

INESPE:

  • organizes symposia and lectures on ethical issues related to the practise and teaching of modern technoscience,
  • offers international and transdisciplinary PhD courses on techno-scientific ethics, and
  • does consultancy work on ethical issues related to the scientific and technological development and practise.

Homepage and Contact. – Link to SINAPSE, a web communication platform.

International Network for Engineers and Scientists against Proliferation INESAP

Linked on our blogs with  INES, and with INESPE.

  • INESAP is the International Network of Engineers and Scientists Against Proliferation and was founded in 1993. It is a non-profit, non-governmental network organization with participants from all over the world.
  • INESAP is part of the world-wide activities of the International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility (INES), which currently comprises more than 60 organizations from 25 countries. INES is a UN accredited NGO … (full text What is INESAP).

Homepage and News;
Bulletins; Publications;
Meetings;
Discussion List;
Membership;
Address: INESAP, c/o IANUS Darmstadt University of Technology, Alexanderstraße 35-37, Geb. S3/04, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany;
Contact.

Projects: Currently, INESAP focuses on the following issues:  Continuer la lecture de « International Network for Engineers and Scientists against Proliferation INESAP »

International Network for Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility INES

Linked on our blogs with INESAP, and with INESPE .

  • The International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility (INES) is an independent non-profit organisation committed to influencing the role and the impact that science and technology have on society.
  • INES efforts focus on disarmament and international peace; ethics in science; responsibilities of scientists and the responsible use of science and technology;just and sustainable development.
  • INES was founded in 1991 in Berlin at the international congress “Challenges – Science and Peace in a Rapidly Changing Environment“ and has become a network of over 200 organisations and individual members … (what is INES 1/2).

Homepage;
Events 2010; Campaigns; News 2010; Peace … ; Energy; Education; Member orgs; Links;
Address: INES, Schützenstr. 6a, D-10117 Berlin, Germany;
Contact.

What is INES 2/2: … Innovative Reorganisation: A thorough reorientation of science and technology is necessarily based on integrated system approaches and the acceptance that science can never claim to fully tackle all aspects of reality. Only through innovative reorganisation and public accountability can the scientific and engineering communities meet their obligation to contribute to a sustainable future. Continuer la lecture de « International Network for Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility INES »

Project Ploughshares

Project Ploughshares is an ecumenical agency of the Canadian Council of Churches established in 1976 to implement the churches’ call to be peacemakers and to work for a world in which justice will flourish and peace abound. The mandate given to Project Ploughshares is to work with churches and related organizations, as well as governments and non-governmental organizations, in Canada and abroad, to identify, develop, and advance approaches that build peace and prevent war, and promote the peaceful resolution of political conflict … (full text Homepage).

What we do; Abolish; Control; Reduce; Build; Support; Library; E-newsletter;
Address: Project Ploughshares, 57 Erb Street West, Waterloo ON N2L 6C2, UK;
Contact.

Who we are: A Commitment to Building Peace and Preventing War. Continuer la lecture de « Project Ploughshares »

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute SIPRI

a top global think thank

SIPRI is an independent international institute dedicated to research into conflict, armaments, arms control and disarmament. Established in 1966, SIPRI provides data, analysis and recommendations, based on open sources, to policymakers, researchers, media and the interested public. (Homepage).

Organization; Research; Vacancies; Left column: Links to recent Publications, Subjetcs, Series; Publications; Newsletter; Databases; Blogs;
Address: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Signalistgatan 9, SE-169 70 Solna, Sweden;
Contact.

About: SIPRI is an independent international institute dedicated to research into conflict, armaments, arms control and disarmament. Continuer la lecture de « Stockholm International Peace Research Institute SIPRI »

Canadian Pugwash Group CPG

more than 50 years of working for peace and security

The purpose of the Pugwash Conferences is to provide scholarly insights into the prevention and resolution of armed conflict, including nuclear abolition and nuclear and conventional disarmament, control of the arms trade, the peaceful resolution of ethnic and other disputes within and among states, and to contribute to the solutions for socioeconomic and environmental threats to human security.
Nuclear disarmament is and has always been of central importance to Pugwash.  Canadian Pugwash participates annually in the international conference, and on the Pugwash Council. (Nuclear Disarmament).

Homepage; Sitemap;
Global Security Issues; Corr with Gov; Member Articles; Links; Donate;
Address: Canadian Pugwash Group, ATTN: Adele Buckley, 6 Tepee Court, Toronto, ON, M2J 3A9, Canada;
Contact.

About: We are the national affiliate of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, an international organization, awarded the 1995 Nobel Peace Prize, together with its founder Sir Joseph Rotblat.  Continuer la lecture de « Canadian Pugwash Group CPG »

Science for Peace.ca

peace cannot be kept by force, it can only be achieved by understanding (Albert Einstein).

Welcome: Science for Peace is a Canadian organization consisting of natural scientists, engineers, social scientists, scholars in the humanities and people from the wider community. We seek to understand and act against the forces that make for militarism, environmental destruction, and social injustice here and abroad. Membership in Science for Peace offers one avenue to influence wider society about these crucial problems … (full text Homepage).

Sitemap;
Events: coming, past; Brochure; Newsletter; Links; Donate;
Address: Science for Peace.ca, A306 University College, 15 King’s College Circle, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3H7, Canada;
Contacts.

What we do: Conferences, forums, and seminars … Working Groups and Projects, Day to day research, information dissemination and public outreach of Science for Peace occurs through its Working Groups and through specific Projects. Continuer la lecture de « Science for Peace.ca »

Reaching Critical Will

Linked on our blogs with Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom WILPF.

  • Reaching Critical Will strives for the abolition of nuclear weapons. As a project of the oldest women’s peace organisation in the world, RCW recognises that nuclear weapons play an integral role in the militarism, ecological destruction, and social injustice plauging our world today. Therefore, RCW works not just for nuclear abolition but also for total and universal disarmament, the reduction of global military spending, and demilitarisation of politics and society.
  • Disarmament cannot be for the sake of disarmament itself. It must be for the promotion of true human security and all life on the planet. To advocate successfully for nuclear disarmament and human security, civil society needs to establish a discourse that helps us to understand the relationship between nuclear weapons and the structures that maintain them and to identify those who benefit from the maintenance of nuclear weapons. Reaching Critical Will seeks to help this discourse … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
Staff, Interns; News; Action; Critical Issues; Treaties;
Address: Reaching Critical Will, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom WILPF, UN Office, 777 UN Plaza, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10017, USA;
Contact.

About WILPF.  Continuer la lecture de « Reaching Critical Will »

Citizen Soldier

prepared to challenge U.S. militarism in the new Millenium

CITIZEN SOLDIER’s strategy for change works! But to accomplish our goals, we need your help. Individual givers provide 85% of our budget; your tax-deductible contribution makes a difference.

Homepage;
Resources: how help; pdf-Broschure; Working Class War; Ongoing work; Free downloads;
Address: Citizen Soldier, 267 Fifth Ave., #901, New York N Y 10016, USA;
(no contact found).

Depleted Uranium …
1.Why did the US military develop shells armed with depleted uranium (DU) and did they fully investigate potential health hazards from these weapons? Continuer la lecture de « Citizen Soldier »

The National Gulf War Resource Center NGWRC

Trooper – Official Trailer, 2.47 min.: Murphy OShea, an Iraq Veteran, has a hard time re-adjusting to society upon his return from a long tour. His world crumbles when he discovers his father, Bill, a Vietnam Veteran, is dying. Trooper is a story of a father and son, two veterans from two very different Wars, helping each other to get through each day, and heal the wounds of War …  (full text on YouTube).

Homepage;
Donate, to keep help veterans, by paypal.com;
Address: National Gulf War Resource Center, Inc., 2611 SW 17th Street, Topeka, KS 66604, USA;
Contact. Phone: 785-221-0162, Toll free 866-531-7183, Fax:785-235-6531, e-mail for President: James A. Bunker.

Homepage 2/2:
… The National Gulf War Resource Center asks that all Veterans and their families take the time to view scenes from Producer/Director Christopher Martini’s upcoming feature film, « Trooper ». This landmark film boldly addresses the human cost of war on our Veterans and their families through a compelling storyline that follows a soldier’s return from Iraq, only to discover that both he and his father, a Vietnam Veteran, face severe health problems resulting from their service in two very different wars.  Continuer la lecture de « The National Gulf War Resource Center NGWRC »

Federation of American Scientists FAS

Space Policy Project

The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) was founded in 1945 by scientists who had worked on the Manhattan Project to develop the first atomic bombs. These scientists recognized that science had become central to many key public policy questions. They believed that scientists had a unique responsibility to both warn the public and policy leaders of potential dangers from scientific and technical advances and to show how good policy could increase the benefits of new scientific knowledge … (about 1/2).

Homepage; Sitemap;
Policy; Energy and the Environment; Learning Technologies; Strategic Security; Membership; Programs; Publications; Press; Blogs;
Address: FAS Headquarters, Federation of American Scientists, 1725 DeSales Street, NW, 6th Floor, Washington, DC 20036, USA;
Contact.

About 2/2: … In this video Nobel Prize winner Hans Bethe, one of the founders of FAS and most influential physicists of the 20th century, reflects on his feeling of devastation on seeing pictures of Hiroshima and explains how and why the Federation of American Scientists was created. Continuer la lecture de « Federation of American Scientists FAS »

Green Jobs

Our Advanced Search facility enables you to search all of our jobs and specifically source the jobs relevant to your skills. To quickly run a search now enter the criteria below and click the Search button at the bottom of the form.
Logged in registered users can also create and save 10 searches to run again whenever you like in order to find your ideal job. To use this functionality please register, or login now if you have previously registered … (full text Job search).

Homepage; Sitemap /Job Index;
Search criteria; Jobs by e-mail; Upload your CV; Career advice; Partners, links; Green Zone; Our blog;
Address: Office 404, 4th Floor, Albany House, 324/326 Regent Street, London, W1B 3HH, UK;
Contact.

About: GreenJobs.co.uk is the No.1 jobsite for talented jobseekers and is wholly dedicated to recruitment in the green industry sector. Launched in 2008, the GreenJobs website specifically targets candidates across all areas of the Environmental and Renewable Energy market place. Continuer la lecture de « Green Jobs »

Parliamentary Network for Nuclear Disarmament PNND

Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament (PNND) is a global network of over 700 parliamentarians from more than 75 countries working to prevent nuclear proliferation and achieve nuclear disarmament. Membership is open to current members of legislatures and parliaments at state, federal, national and regional levels … (full text Homepage).

People of PNND; Docs; News; Events; Join; Newsletter in many languages; History; Donate;
Addresses (1 of 7 chapters): Aotearoa-New Zealand, Program Office, Alyn Ware, Global Coordinator, PO Box 24-429, Manners Street, Wellington, Aotearoa-New Zealand;
Contacts.

About: Mission: Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament is a network dedicated to providing parliamentarians worldwide with up to date information on nuclear weapons policies and to helping parliamentarians become engaged in nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament initiatives.  Continuer la lecture de « Parliamentary Network for Nuclear Disarmament PNND »

Physicians for Social Responsibility

Preventing What We Cannot Cure: Physicians for Social Responsibility is the medical and public health voice working to prevent the use or spread of nuclear weapons and to slow, stop and reverse global warming and the toxic degradation of the environment. (Homepage);
… Physicians for Social Responsibility is a 501(c)(3) organization and all donations are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law. Nearly eighty cents of every dollar contributed goes directly to PSR program work. (About).

Take action; Environment, Health; Nuclear Weapons; Safe Energy; Resources;News, Events; Chapters; Tax deductible Support;
Address: Physicians for Social Responsibility, 1875 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 1012, Washington, DC, 20009, USA;
Contacts.

About: Physicians for Social Responsibility is a non-profit advocacy organization that is the medical and public health voice for policies to prevent nuclear war and proliferation and to slow, stop and reverse global warming and toxic degradation of the environment. Continuer la lecture de « Physicians for Social Responsibility »