groupes en action

Linked with Real Girl Power in Tanzania.

In 1976 Habitat for Humanity was founded with the sole aim of tackling poverty housing on a global scale. Thirty two years later we are working in over 90 countries around the world and have built 300,000 homes in partnership with people in need of safe, decent housing … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
Global housing needs; Habitat houses; Build me a home (an interactive game); Disaster reconstruction;
Advocacy; Annual review 2007-2008; Download the full review, 12 pdf pages;
Newsletter; Support; Frequently asked questions; Homeowner stories; Volunteer stories;
Address: Habitat for Humanity Great Britain, 46 West Bar Street, Banbury OX16 9RZ, England;
Contact.

About 2/2 … Our vision and values:

Homeowner family from the Dominican RepublicEvery morning one third of the world’s population – that’s two billion people – will wake up in appalling poverty … squalid, spirit-crushing poverty. Most were born into those conditions and many will die in them … too many will die as a consequence of them. Continuer la lecture de « Habitat for Humanity UK »

Linked with Consultation on education for sustainable development.

The current research agenda is to examine all the significant dimensions of sustainable development in order to integrate the resulting multi-dimensional knowledge and make it available in a form suitable for use sustainable development groups. Click here for a list of the dimensions already examined and under consideration. The issues on the « sustainable development paradox » will be incremental attempts at knowledge integration … (full text Research Agenda).

Homepage;
News; Archive; Please email your papers to the SSNV Editor; Logo;
The Google Groups website (for Solidarity, Sustainability, and Non-Violence); Search-tools;
Knowledge Taxonomy and Links Database; Free subscription; Free downloads;
Contact /feedback.

Mission Statement: There is overwhelming evidence that violence is the main obstacle to sustainable development. It is also well known that there is an intrinsic link between patriarchy and violence. Therefore, mitigating violence requires overcoming the patriarchal mindset in both secular and religious institutions.
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enabling e-inclusion

• humanITy is a not-for-profit Consultancy, Registered as a UK Charity (1059921), which works on a commercial basis with Government, Major Corporations, the Research Sector and Civil Society, using our surplus time to provide a free service to e-inclusion implementors.
• We exist to serve all those who experience a difficulty in accessing, processing and creating digital content.
• All resources not covered by official or commercial confidentiality are published on our website as free resources. (Homepage).

Who we are;
Engage our Services;
Articles and Papers;
Address: humanITy, 108 High Street, Hurstpierpoint, Hassocks, West Sussex, BN6 9PX, United Kingdom;
Contact.

What We Do: humanITy exists to serve all those who experience a difficulty in accessing, processing and creating digital content.
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of the University of Oxford

Linked with Policy Foresight and Global Catastrophic Risks, and with Probing the Improbable: Methodological Challenges for Risks with Low Probabilities and High Stakes.

The Future of Humanity Institute (FHI) is a unique multidisciplinary research institute at the University of Oxford. FHI belongs to the Faculty of Philosophy and the James Martin 21st Century School. (About).

Research; Staff; Excellence; Get involved;
Recent Publications; Press; Multimedia; Archive News; Events;
Address: The Future of Humanity Institute FHI, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford, Suite 8, Littlegate House, 16/17 St Ebbe’s Street, Oxford, OX1 1PT, England;
Contact.

Mission: FHI’s mission is to bring excellent scholarship to bear on big-picture questions for humanity. Our work centres on how anticipated technological developments may affect the human condition in fundamental ways‒-and how we can better understand, evaluate, and respond to radical change. We currently pursue four interlinked research programs:  Continuer la lecture de « Future of Humanity Institute FHI »

also en français and in nederlands

Connexions works to connect individuals and organizations working for social change with each other, with information and ideas, and with the wider community. Connexions Online features resources and organizations fostering democratization, economic justice, environmental responsibility, civil liberties, and the creation and preservation of community … (full text Homepage).

Connexions Library: Resource Centre, Programs, Visions; The Connexions/Sources Calendar;
Organizing for Change; Sources; A to Z Index: Associations Directory 2009, Topic Index;
Publicity and Media Relations; Economic Alternatives (links); Selected Links and Resources;
Contact.

Connexions exists to support individuals and groups working for freedom and social justice. We work to maintain and make available a record of the theory and practice of people struggling against oppression and for social change. We believe that the more we know about the struggles, victories, and defeats of the past, and about those who took part in them, the better equipped we will be to bring a new world into being. Continuer la lecture de « Connexions Online – Information Sharing Services, Canada »