WANT
TO MAKE THE WORLD
A BETTER PLACE?
Below
are links to my favorite:
Charities
Volunteer
Opportunities
Responsible
shopping info
Magazines
New
Age Resources
Alliance
for the New Humanity - a coming together of open hearts and
minds with a collective vision to create a more compassionate, whole and
equitable human society involving people like Deepak Chopra, Robert
Redford, Jane Goodall, and the President of India
Volunteer Match - volunteer opportunities in your area
Network For Good - volunteer opportunities in your area
Free
Arts for Abused Children - volunteer opportunities in New York City
Street
Project - volunteer opportunities in New York City
Share
Technology - donate your old computer equipment!!
Seeds
of Peace - teaches peacemaking to teenagers from regions in conflict
Women
for Women International - assists women survivors of war
Women
in Community Service - promotes economic independence
Gorilla Foundation - Koko, the gorilla who
speaks with sign language
Jane
Goodall Institute - promotes protection of the environment and
animals
Fauna
Foundation - sanctuary for former lab chimpanzees; Adopt-a-Chimp
Rainforest Foundation US - founded by Sting to save our precious rainforests
World Parrot Trust - parrots
around the world are tremendously endangered
Nature
Conservancy - purchases lands in order to protect them
Sierra
Club - one of the foremost environmental lobbying organizations
Natural
Resources Defense Council - powerful environmental organization
True
Food Now - info about companies using genetically-engineered
foods in their products
Pesticide
Action Network - advances alternatives to dangerous pesticides
Resources
for locating certified wood that has been responsibly obtained - save
trees!
Woodwise
Consumer Guide
Rainforest
Alliance (also adopt a rainforest)
Smartwood
Sustainable
Woods Cooperative
Tropical
American Tree Farms
Habitat for Humanity -builds housing for needy families around the world
Human Rights Watch - human rights violations
around the world; ways to help
Amnesty
International - promotes human rights throughout world
Global Exchange - information about
human rights
International
Medical Corps - global medical volunteer services
Pax
Fund - socially and environmentally responsible mutual funds
Eco-Artware
- earth-friendly merchandise
Wendy's
- earth-friendly merchandise
Center
for the New American Dream - ways to be a responsible consumer
Are
the merchants you buy from harming the environment or violating human
rights? Find out from Co-op America and its affiliate websites:
www.boycotts.org
www.sweatshops.org
www.responsibleshopper.org
www.greenpages.org
INSPIRING
MAGAZINES and METAPHYSICAL RESOURCES:
Yes Magazine
New Dimensions Radio
Emmanuel
Orin and Daben
