- Miniature Earth, The
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If the world's population were reduced to 100, it would look something like this.
www.miniature-earth.com
- Global Issues
Articles, research, and organizations on human rights, geopolitics, trade, and environmental issues.
www.globalissues.org
- ProCon.org
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Details the pros and cons of a host of controversial issues.
www.procon.org
- Elders, The
Group of world leaders, including Nelson Mandela, Graca Machel, Desmond Tutu, Kofi Annan, Ela Bhatt, Gro Harlem Brundtland, Jimmy Carter, Li Zhaoxing, Mary Robinson, and Muhammad Yunus, who seek to contribute their wisdom, independent leadership, and integrity to tackling some of the world's toughest problems.
www.theelders.org
- Global Ideas Bank
Global suggestion box for socially innovative non-technological ideas and projects.
www.globalideasbank.org
- Foundation for a Better Life
Promoting values like honesty, caring, optimism, compassion, integrity, and love through various media efforts.
www.forbetterlife.org
- Study Circles Resource Center
Provides advice and resources to help communities bring people from diverse backgrounds together in dialogue to work on tough public issues, and create sustained change.
www.studycircles.org
- Youthink!
Learn about global issues, share your stories and experiences, and figure out what you can do in your community to help with issues like AIDS, education, disabilites, the environment, and political corruption. Includes information for kids and teacher's as well as a multimedia section.
youthink.worldbank.org
- Justice Learning
Encouraging political discourse in high school students by providing articles and oral radio debates on affirmative action, gun control, civil liberties, the death penalty, juvenile justice, and web censorship.
www.justicelearning.org
- Edge Annual Question 2007, The
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160 scientists and thinkers tell the Edge foundation what they feel optimistic about in the world today.
edge.org/q2007/q07_index.html
- 10,000 Reasons Civilization Is Doomed
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started by the people, aggregated by the people, and an offering to all people everywhere that want to take solace in a list that proves that we are not being fooled.
www.10000reasons.org
- NewsMakingNews
Features commentary and links about current events and issues.
www.newsmakingnews.com
- Principal Voices
Project aimed at stimulating discussion on some of the major issues facing our world today. Throughout 2006, Time, Fortune, and CNN, in association with Shell, will be bringing together a group of globally-renowned experts -- Principal Voices -- in a series of videos, articles, and round-table discussions.
www.principalvoices.com
- Fight Mannequinism
Campaign aimed at getting youths involved in issues and causes.
www.fightmannequinism.org
- Whole Wide World, The
Seven-part radio series with Christopher Lydon encompassing the trends that could kill us - viruses, habitat collapse, starvation, terrorism, and war - and the technologies and cultural connections that could rescue us.
world.law.harvard.edu
- Be the Cause
Discusses the problems facing the world and examines possible solutions.
www.bethecause.com
- Social Age, The
Susanne Goldstein discusses cultural trends in society, touching upon issues like social justice, corporate social enterprises, government policies, and the green movement.
www.thesocialage.com
- WiseTo Social Issues
Reference site dedicated to comprehensively exploring today's most divisive topics, such as abortion, global warming, war, school violence, and others. Provided by The Gale Group.
socialissues.wiseto.com/Home
- dCult.com
Information on social equity, globalization, cultural heritage, cultural diversity, and interculturism.
www.dcult.com
- Cost of Corruption, The
Examines corruption in Peru, Georgia, and Sao Tome. From American RadioWorks.
americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/corruption
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