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" Post links that include ideas, examples, and projects related to connecting educators and classrooms with a strong emphasis on promoting global awareness, fostering global competency, and inspiring action towards solving real-world problems."

Labour Behind the Label supports garment workers' efforts worldwide to defend their rights. We educate consumers, lobby companies and government, raise awareness, and encourage international solidarity with workers. We coordinate the UK platform of the international Clean Clothes Campaign.

Be Aware, Be Moved, Be Involved: Be Humankind. A good diverse resource source for sustainability.

The website aims to promote sustainable settlement for all by acting as an information resource and news service. \nVolunteers maintain a website of UK ecovillage projects, skills, and resources; provide current information on ecovillage theories and practices, alternative technologies, legal and financial resources to assist projects in setting up; hold regular meetings to share experiences and information; ncrease public awareness through presswork and the website.

Embercombe is a charity and social enterprise established \nto champion a way of living that celebrates the opportunities inherent in this \nchallenging time and that inspires people to energetically contribute towards \nthe emergence of a socially just, environmentally sustainable and spiritually \nfulfilling human presence on earth.\n\nIt is our view that humanity now stands at a cross-roads - \na defining time in which we will make choices that will greatly influence our \ncollective future, for better or worse. We have become so numerous, so \nindustrious, so ambitious, and so technologically powerful, that we have the \ncapacity to orchestrate the destruction of our species, habitat, and future. We \nalso possess the imagination, the vision, and the intellect to learn from \nexperience, meet our challenges, and build a positive, sustainable future. A \nradical shift in awareness, values, and behaviour is required to meet this \ncritical transition.

"This area contains a range of articles, case studies and vignettes to exemplify how ICT is being used in the field. " Good source of ideas on how to use web2.0 technology.

Gattegno's work readable on-line. A vast resource bank. One paragraph is enough to ake you stop and think. Here is the man's life work, available.

Immigrants to the developed world have frequently been blamed for unemployment, crime and other social ills. Attempts to reduce or block immigration have been justified as necessary measures to protect "our way of life" from alien influences.

"What I think is impermissable is unconsciousness. ... How do we minimize suffering? How do we balance our desire to be good people and to eat well? Should we be vegetarian? Vegan? Grow our own? Buy locally? Eat one thing but not another?" Some contentious stuff here. Are you brave?

newish site with The Field sister site for online community. Some interesting reading lists, bibliographies, links, and a few resources. Early days yet. Tree huggers...

"Cognitive dissonance is an uncomfortable feeling caused by holding conflicting ideas simultaneously. The theory of cognitive dissonance proposes that people have a motivational drive to reduce dissonance. They do this by changing their attitudes, beliefs, and actions"

"'There is nothing so practical as a good theory' "

"Environmental policy matters more to students so what should universities be doing to improve their green credentials? Join our panel on Friday 24 June"