The Ripple Effect
The Ripplers ~ Co-Creating A World the Works for ALL!
The great wisdom traditions agree on this essential goal: "Treat others as you would like them to treat you". We train to live this "Golden Rule".
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Created: Nov 17, 2008
Updated: Feb 08, 2009
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Benjamin Melançon
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Light and Noise Pollution
(541 people) | Electric Power
(943 people) | Democracy and Civil Society
(1947 people) | Life Cycle Assessment
(1165 people) | Fair Trade
(2529 people) | Greenhouse Gases
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(3900 people) | Fair Electoral Process
(1059 people) | Economic Development
(1755 people) | Finance Policies and Institutions
(669 people) | Information and Communication Technology
(1762 people) | Sustainable Livelihoods
(2702 people) | Local Food Systems
(2845 people) | Cultural Diversity
(2539 people) | Energy Security and Sustainability
(1202 people) | Sustainable Energy Development
(3865 people) | Socially Responsible Investment
(2740 people) | Social Entrepreneurship
(3646 people) | Community Enterprise
(1844 people) | Microcredit
(1282 people) | Urban Communications
(660 people) | Health Care Access
(1057 people) | Squatter Communities
(528 people) | Advertising
(1074 people) | Nuclear Disarmament
(562 people) | Human Rights and Natural Law
(797 people) | Global Labor
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(1342 people) | Global Pollution
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(1720 people) | Green Roofs
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(3976 people) | Rural Development
(1486 people) | Fiscal Policies, Institutions and Taxation
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(3143 people) | Human Rights and Civil Liberties
(2038 people) | Refugees, Internally Displaced Persons, and Migrants
(898 people) | Community Participation
(3606 people) | Sustainable Urban and Regional Planning
(1924 people) | Sustainable Transportation
(1695 people) | Democratic Participation
(1432 people) | Pollution Prevention and Reduction
(1166 people) | Poverty Alleviation
(1728 people) | Community Service/Volunteerism
(2356 people) | Responsible Business Practices
(2950 people) | Women's Safety from Violence
(963 people) | Microfinance
(1321 people) | Distributive and Economic Justice
(1017 people) | Democracy Education
(931 people) | Democratic Reform
(1027 people) | Hunger and Food Security
(1313 people) | Photography
(1702 people) | Journalism and the Press
(1493 people) | Media and Communication
(2695 people) | Internet
(2547 people) | Climate Justice
(1196 people) | Energy Policy
(1092 people) | Access To Education
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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>.