Benjamin Melançon
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Light and Noise Pollution
(433 people) | Electric Power
(668 people) | Democracy and Civil Society
(1379 people) | Life Cycle Assessment
(896 people) | Fair Trade
(1897 people) | Greenhouse Gases
(1013 people) | Renewable Energy
(2633 people) | Fair Electoral Process
(847 people) | Economic Development
(1286 people) | Finance Policies and Institutions
(455 people) | Information and Communication Technology
(1141 people) | Sustainable Livelihoods
(2044 people) | Local Food Systems
(1958 people) | Cultural Diversity
(1779 people) | Energy Security and Sustainability
(923 people) | Sustainable Energy Development
(2651 people) | Socially Responsible Investment
(1926 people) | Social Entrepreneurship
(2312 people) | Community Enterprise
(1287 people) | Microcredit
(876 people) | Urban Communications
(511 people) | Health Care Access
(756 people) | Squatter Communities
(415 people) | Advertising
(788 people) | Nuclear Disarmament
(443 people) | Human Rights and Natural Law
(597 people) | Global Labor
(542 people) | Water Pollution
(1017 people) | Global Pollution
(900 people) | Communication Training
(1160 people) | Green Roofs
(1208 people) | Sustainable Agriculture
(2471 people) | Rural Development
(1052 people) | Fiscal Policies, Institutions and Taxation
(388 people) | Community Resources
(1301 people) | Biodiversity Conservation
(1976 people) | Human Rights and Civil Liberties
(1472 people) | Refugees, Internally Displaced Persons, and Migrants
(694 people) | Community Participation
(2351 people) | Sustainable Urban and Regional Planning
(1435 people) | Sustainable Transportation
(1316 people) | Democratic Participation
(1059 people) | Pollution Prevention and Reduction
(881 people) | Poverty Alleviation
(1215 people) | Community Service/Volunteerism
(1621 people) | Responsible Business Practices
(2010 people) | Women's Safety from Violence
(706 people) | Microfinance
(845 people) | Distributive and Economic Justice
(755 people) | Democracy Education
(672 people) | Democratic Reform
(786 people) | Hunger and Food Security
(940 people) | Photography
(1198 people) | Journalism and the Press
(1093 people) | Media and Communication
(1893 people) | Internet
(1814 people) | Climate Justice
(898 people) | Energy Policy
(831 people) | Access To Education
(1489 people) | Peace and Peace Building
(2220 people)
About
Justice, liberty, and the self-organization we need for both drive Benjamin Melançon to involve himself in sundry projects. He promotes and supports several nonprofit organizations, especially public interest news sources, including the Fund for Authentic Journalism, Art For Change in Spanish Harlem New York, Gringoyo Productions, and the NewStandard. He attended the University of Massachusetts – Amherst on a Commonwealth Scholarship and studied journalism, economics, political science and information technology. In his hometown of Natick, Massachusetts, he served as a town meeting representative, bikes everywhere, and opposes the fluoridation but drinks tap water anyway. He helped found and was elected to the board of directors of the Amazing Things Arts Center, which seeks to build community through the arts, and runs the center's annual fundraising auction web site. He has worked in media, retail, and consulting. Now, as co-founder of Agaric Design Collective, he develops and maintains web sites for companies, organizations, and individuals, using open source free software. He is helping form a nonprofit organization called, and for, People Who Give a Damn.
Justice, liberty, and the self-organization we need for both drive me to get involved in sundry projects. I promote and support several nonprofit organizations, especially public interest news sources, including the <a href="http://www.authenticjournalism.org/">Fund for Authentic Journalism</a>, Art For Change in Spanish Harlem New York, <a href="http://Gringoyo.com/">Gringoyo Productions</a>, the late, great <a href="http://newstandardnews.net/">NewStandard</a>, and <a href="http://coanews.org/">COA News</a>. I attended the the University of Massachusetts – Amherst as a Commonwealth Scholar studying journalism, economics, political science and information technology and am working on an honors thesis called "Economics for a Better World". In my hometown of Natick, Massachusetts, I served as a town meeting representative, bike everywhere, and oppose fluoridation but drink tap water anyway. I helped found and was elected to the board of directors of <a href="http://AmazingThings.org/">Amazing Things Arts Center</a>, which seeks to build community through the arts, and run the center's annual <a href="http://zingspace.org/auction">fundraising auction web site</a> (now in Drupal). I've worked in media, retail, and consulting. Now, as co-founder of <a href="http://AgaricDesign.com/">Agaric Design Collective</a>, I develop and maintain web sites for companies, organizations, and individuals, using open source free software-- mostly Drupal. I am helping form a nonprofit organization called, and for, <a href="http://pwgd.org/">People Who Give a Damn</a>.