Benjamin Melançon
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Light and Noise Pollution
(340 people) | Electric Power
(518 people) | Democracy and Civil Society
(1180 people) | Life Cycle Assessment
(731 people) | Fair Trade
(1579 people) | Greenhouse Gases
(831 people) | Renewable Energy
(2165 people) | Fair Electoral Process
(709 people) | Economic Development
(1062 people) | Finance Policies and Institutions
(369 people) | Information and Communication Technology
(946 people) | Sustainable Livelihoods
(1677 people) | Local Food Systems
(1593 people) | Cultural Diversity
(1438 people) | Energy Security and Sustainability
(757 people) | Sustainable Energy Development
(2153 people) | Socially Responsible Investment
(1595 people) | Social Entrepreneurship
(1961 people) | Community Enterprise
(1075 people) | Microcredit
(732 people) | Urban Communications
(395 people) | Health Care Access
(606 people) | Squatter Communities
(320 people) | Advertising
(644 people) | Nuclear Disarmament
(347 people) | Human Rights and Natural Law
(470 people) | Global Labor
(435 people) | Water Pollution
(839 people) | Global Pollution
(732 people) | Communication Training
(961 people) | Green Roofs
(970 people) | Sustainable Agriculture
(2024 people) | Rural Development
(842 people) | Fiscal Policies, Institutions and Taxation
(321 people) | Community Resources
(1058 people) | Biodiversity Conservation
(1625 people) | Human Rights and Civil Liberties
(1221 people) | Refugees, Internally Displaced Persons, and Migrants
(559 people) | Community Participation
(1963 people) | Sustainable Urban and Regional Planning
(1197 people) | Sustainable Transportation
(1067 people) | Democratic Participation
(885 people) | Pollution Prevention and Reduction
(712 people) | Poverty Alleviation
(992 people) | Community Service/Volunteerism
(1343 people) | Responsible Business Practices
(1686 people) | Women's Safety from Violence
(572 people) | Microfinance
(691 people) | Distributive and Economic Justice
(638 people) | Democracy Education
(567 people) | Democratic Reform
(661 people) | Hunger and Food Security
(749 people) | Photography
(985 people) | Journalism and the Press
(887 people) | Media and Communication
(1588 people) | Internet
(1516 people) | Climate Justice
(747 people) | Energy Policy
(680 people) | Access To Education
(1218 people) | Peace and Peace Building
(1846 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>.