Benjamin Melançon
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Light and Noise Pollution
(435 people) | Electric Power
(669 people) | Democracy and Civil Society
(1389 people) | Life Cycle Assessment
(907 people) | Fair Trade
(1910 people) | Greenhouse Gases
(1019 people) | Renewable Energy
(2652 people) | Fair Electoral Process
(855 people) | Economic Development
(1294 people) | Finance Policies and Institutions
(460 people) | Information and Communication Technology
(1154 people) | Sustainable Livelihoods
(2064 people) | Local Food Systems
(1975 people) | Cultural Diversity
(1792 people) | Energy Security and Sustainability
(927 people) | Sustainable Energy Development
(2673 people) | Socially Responsible Investment
(1944 people) | Social Entrepreneurship
(2329 people) | Community Enterprise
(1300 people) | Microcredit
(885 people) | Urban Communications
(515 people) | Health Care Access
(759 people) | Squatter Communities
(418 people) | Advertising
(795 people) | Nuclear Disarmament
(447 people) | Human Rights and Natural Law
(602 people) | Global Labor
(547 people) | Water Pollution
(1021 people) | Global Pollution
(906 people) | Communication Training
(1165 people) | Green Roofs
(1215 people) | Sustainable Agriculture
(2490 people) | Rural Development
(1062 people) | Fiscal Policies, Institutions and Taxation
(391 people) | Community Resources
(1312 people) | Biodiversity Conservation
(1990 people) | Human Rights and Civil Liberties
(1478 people) | Refugees, Internally Displaced Persons, and Migrants
(701 people) | Community Participation
(2376 people) | Sustainable Urban and Regional Planning
(1445 people) | Sustainable Transportation
(1326 people) | Democratic Participation
(1068 people) | Pollution Prevention and Reduction
(886 people) | Poverty Alleviation
(1220 people) | Community Service/Volunteerism
(1635 people) | Responsible Business Practices
(2023 people) | Women's Safety from Violence
(710 people) | Microfinance
(850 people) | Distributive and Economic Justice
(761 people) | Democracy Education
(677 people) | Democratic Reform
(795 people) | Hunger and Food Security
(946 people) | Photography
(1212 people) | Journalism and the Press
(1106 people) | Media and Communication
(1910 people) | Internet
(1829 people) | Climate Justice
(908 people) | Energy Policy
(835 people) | Access To Education
(1499 people) | Peace and Peace Building
(2237 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>.