Boston Community Change
"Shop Locally, Share Locally"
You care about the schools, merchants and non-profits that make up your community. Now, more than ever, the decisions that you make when you shop have a direct impact on the strength of the communities in which you live. Boston Community Change recognizes those residents that are supporting local business, and empowers shoppers to recognize those communit ...learn more
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Created: Dec 06, 2007
Updated: Sep 26, 2009
Membership: Open
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Updated: 15 days ago
We find, fund, and help execute eco-projects. These are true grassroots efforts like cleaning up a creek bed or repairing a polluted trail. If you’re a citizen, we can help you get involved. If you...
Areas: Business Firm and Organization Sustainability, Microfinance, Organizational Funding, Philanthropy, Organizational Support and Management, Social Entrepreneurship, Coastal and Marine Pollution, Community Participation, Community Resources, Community Service/Volunteerism ...
Type: Website - Author: Andrew Paterson
Type: Website - Author: Andrew Paterson
Updated: about 1 month ago
This handbook provides
the growing number of people who are developing networks for social
change with practical advice based on the experiences of network
builders, case studies of networks small ...
Areas: Organizational Governance, Global Governance, Institutional Accountability, Organizational Support and Management, Responsible Business Practices
Type: Video - Author: Peter Plastrik and Madeleine Taylor
Type: Video - Author: Peter Plastrik and Madeleine Taylor
Updated: 2 months ago
Climate change is not going away, itÕs getting out of hand. With luck it can still be reversed but not with the
kind of thinking that causes broad problems then offers narrow solutions. Humanity ne...
Areas: Land Reform, Fossil Fuels, Sustainable Minerals Industry, Arms Trading, Conflict Resolution, Militarism and Violence, Military Disarmament, Nuclear Disarmament, Peace and Peace Building, Weapons ...
Type: Other - Author: James Greyson
Type: Other - Author: James Greyson
Updated: 3 months ago
"RANT" Blogger Dashboard, open for use by all WiserEarth members.
Updated: 4 months ago
The Great Turning traces the roots of Empire to ancient times and charts the long evolution of its favored instruments of control, from monarchies and bureaucracies to the multinational institution...
Areas: Community Resources, Natural Resource Conservation, Conservation and the Commons, Community Participation, Human Rights and Civil Liberties, Democracy and Civil Society, Democratic Participation, Democratic Reform, Women's Civic Participation, Good Governance ...
Type: Book - Author: David C. Korten
Type: Book - Author: David C. Korten
Updated: 5 months ago
The Earth CharterPREAMBLEWe
stand at a critical moment in Earth's history, a time when humanity
must choose its future. As the world becomes increasingly
interdependent and fragile, the future at o...
Areas: Biodiversity Conservation, Responsible Business Practices, Ecological Economics, Natural Capitalism, Social Entrepreneurship, Philanthropy, Training for Nonprofits, Dialogue, Deliberation and Consensus-Building, Leadership Training ...
Type: Other - Author: Global civil society
Type: Other - Author: Global civil society
Updated: 5 months ago
Ceres Principles
In the fall of 1989, Ceres announced the creation of the Ceres
Principles, a ten-point code of corporate environmental conduct to be
publicly endorsed by companies as an environme...
Updated: 5 months ago
An early (alpha) version of the greenerApps product. Many changes have been made since we packaged the alpha, so please use this as a preview only. The final product includes many usability and cod...
Country: United States
Areas: Greenhouse Gases, Green Schools, Business Firm and Organization Sustainability, Sustainable Urban and Regional Planning, Sustainable Building, Responsible Business Practices, Natural Capitalism, Environmental Accounting, Sustainable Transportation, Energy Efficiency and Conservation ...Type: Other - Author: Gerry DeSeve
Updated: 5 months ago
The
American Society of Interior Designers’ Foundation and the U.S. Green
Building Council have partnered on the development of best practice
guidelines and targeted educational resources for susta...
Areas: Sustainable Living, Green Roofs, Sustainable Building, Sustainable Materials, Appropriate Technology, Sustainability and Technology, Water Supply and Conservation, Vocational Training, Indoor Air Quality, Ecological Economics ...
Type: Other - Author: American Society of Interior Designers, Inc. and U.S. Green Building Council
Type: Other - Author: American Society of Interior Designers, Inc. and U.S. Green Building Council
Updated: 5 months ago
Compiled research sites regarding (the human condition)
Areas: Arts Activism, Literature, Youth Education and Empowerment, Youth Leadership, Dialogue, Deliberation and Consensus-Building, Cultural Diversity, Education, Government and Sustainability, Sustainable Energy Development ...
Type: Video - Author: W.L.Luster
Type: Video - Author: W.L.Luster