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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 »

a russian website

The Centre for Environment and Sustainable Development SD « ECO-Accord » was established in 1992 as a non-governmental, non-for-profit citizens’ organisation and registered in the Russian Ministry of Justice … (about 1/2).

english Homepage;
Events: in the left column; ECO Accord News; Publications; in the right column; European ECO-Forum News Digest;
Programs: Trade and SD; Pollutants; Education for SD; Aarhus Convention/PRTR;
Address: ECO-Accord, P.O.Box 43, 129010, Moscow, Russia;
Contact: Olga Ponizova, Executive Director, Tel.7-095-514-3748, e-mail.

About 2/2: … All the ECO-Accord founders have graduated from different departments of the Moscow Lomonossov State University and used to be activists of Moscow University Youth Council for Environmental Protection. Continuer la lecture de « Eco-Accord »

… To promote people-centered approaches to transforming conflicts through a process of learning, sharing and working together at all levels and to do this in a way that builds trust and creates a culture of peace … (about 1/2 /Mission).

Homepage; Sitemap;
Programmes; Participate; Internships; Partners; Blog; Resources; Gallery /workshops;
Address: North City House, Corner Jorissen and Melle Streets, Mezzanine Floor, Braamfontein, South Africa;
Contact.

About 2/2 /Background: … The ACTION Support Centre was initially established in 2002 on the basis of a mandate to set up a communications hub for the network members of ACTION global.  Continuer la lecture de « Action Support Centre ASC »

This NGO shows no own website, but is named

on NGOs INDIA: Purpose: Development (General);
Aim/Objective/Mission: The main aim of the organisation is to facilitate the development process of the socio-economically weaker sections through social action and HRD training in NGOs. The training includes skill, commitment development oriented, developing their own HRD system, facilitating in-house-strategic-planning and evaluation exercises, collecting research findings and information and circulating the same to NGOs.
Contact: Lalit Mishra, Tel: 91-6752-224747
Address: Yojana, Sarvodayanagar, Puri – 752002, Orissa, India. No e-mail.

The Word Yojana explained on wikipedia.
An Indian-Gov-website presents a magazine named Yojana, issue July 2009 is about Infrastructure Development.

la terre des enfants – Linked sur nos blogs avec Le Gouvernement des Enfants

Voix Libres est une association humanitaire internationale où les enfants des mines, des rues et des ordures de Bolivie deviennent auteurs et réalisateurs de leurs projets une fois scolarisés et diplômés… ce qui garantit un engagement solidaire et durable. (Accueil).

Qui est Voix Libres;
Programmes; Manifestations (en ch/fr/be); Référence et prix; Commerce équitable; FAQs; Newsletter;
Addresse: Voix Libres, rue des Grottes 28, 1201 Genève, Suisse;
Contacts.

Campagne de prévention et d’éradication du travail des enfants à Potosí (à 4’500 mètres d’altitude):  Depuis 1994, Voix Libres a concentré ses efforts pour prévenir et éradiquer le travail des enfants dans les mines de Potosí.  Continuer la lecture de « Voix Libres »

also in russian

Linked on our blogs with New NGO road map points the way to a more transparent EIB, and with Client Earth.

Goals of the Network:

• To create public awareness about International Financial Institutions activities in Central and Eastern European countries and their social and environmental impacts.
• To promote public participation in the decision making process about policies and projects of International Financial Institutions, on the local, national and regional levels.
• To help non-governmental environmental organisations and citizen groups to monitor what the International Financial Institutions are doing in the Central and Eastern Europe.
• To change or stop environmentally and socially destructive policies and projects of International Financial Institutions in Central and Eastern Europe, and promote alternatives.
• To cooperate with environmental citizen organisations in stopping destructive activities of Transnational Corporations and to limit their overall impacts on the environment in Central and Eastern Europe.

english Homepage and latest news;
News; Publications; Find our brochure; Campaigns/map; Annual reports; Citizen’s Guides;
Staff; Get involved; Issues: on the left column of each page; Gallery;
2 Addresses: Central Office: CEE Bankwatch Network, Na Rozcesti 6, Prague 9, 190 00, Czech Republic;
Media Coordinator: Greig Aitken, Bratislavska 31, 602 00, Brno, Czech Republic;
Contacts.

About: The CEE Bankwatch Network is an international non-governmental organisation (NGO) with member organisations currently from 12 countries across the central and eastern European region. Continuer la lecture de « CEE Bankwatch »

Linked on our blogs with New NGO road map points the way to a more transparent EIB, and with CEE Bankwatch.

Client Earth is an organisation of activist lawyers committed to securing a healthy planet. We work oin Europe and beyond, bringing together law, science and policy to create pragmatic solutions to key environmental challenges. (Homepage).

Vision; Environmental justice; Partnerships; Staff; Supporters; Jobs;
Addresses and Contacts with London, and with Brussels;
Contact with the press.

About /what we do: We work to protect the environment through advocacy, lobbying, litigation and research. We use the best scientific and policy analysis when choosing strategic directions. Legal action, whether lobbying or in cases before courts and administrative bodies, will be built on solid law and science. Continuer la lecture de « Client Earth »

Linked with South Africa: International Human Rights Exchange, call for applications.

Go to study Human Rights in South Africa with the International Human Rights Exchange (IHRE), the world’s only multidisciplinary, semester long program in human rights.  IHRE offers students from Africa and North America a unique opportunity for intense theoretical and practical engagement with human rights … (Program Homepage).

How to apply; FAQs; Courses; Internship Host Sites; Workshops; guest lectures; Apartheid Museum;
Addresses (2 of 4): for applications: Institute for International Liberal Education, Bard College, PO Box 5000, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504-5000, USA;
or: Ms. Ayesha Kajee, Program Director, International Human Rights Exchange (IHRE), Tel: +27-11-717-4391, E-mail.
Contacts.

About: Program Overview: The International Human Rights Exchange (IHRE) is the world’s only full-semester, multidisciplinary program in human rights. The program is housed at the University of Witwatersrand (Wits) in Johannesburg, South Africa and is a joint venture with Bard College. Continuer la lecture de « International Human Rights Exchange IHRE »