There are certain issues - environmental pollution, gender and racial prejudice, economic and social inequity, materialism - to name a few, which I believe deserve our immediate attention. Rather than expounding my views on these issues, I prefer providing links to some progressive organizations and activists who have been actively pursuing these and myriad other problems.
The Mission of IGC is to advance the work of progressive organizations and individuals for peace, justice, economic opportunity, human rights, democracy and environmental sustainability through strategic use of online technologies.
PeaceNetAn eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind.
What, sir, would the people of the earth be without woman? They would be scarce, sir, almighty scarce.
An attitude to life which seeks fulfillment in the single-minded pursuit of wealth -- in short, materialism -- does not fit into this world, because it contains within itself no limiting principle, while the environment in which it is placed is strictly limited.
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
Small is Beautiful!
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction." In an era of big dams (which supposedly prevent droughts!) and big industries, Schumacher's views certainly seem to be anachronistic, are they? Read along and decide for yourself!
The E.F.Schumacher Society is a non-profit organization founded on Schumacher's principles. This site has a wealth of information about Schumacher and is certainly worth your time!
A Digest of the Alternative and Transformational movements - A Chronicle of the Gaian Cultural Transition
Vandana Shiva is an ex-physicist, a writer and a science policy advocate. She won the prestigeous Right Livelihood Award, known as "the Alternative Nobel Prize," in 1993 for her work on the connection between environmentalism and women. She is director of the Research Foundation for Science Technology and Natural Resource Policy. She also directs a seed conservation project, and is part of the Indian National Environmental Council. Shiva also works with communities to stop threats to forests and agricultural land, and is involved, among others, with the International Conference on Globalization and the International Convention on Biological Diversity. I have provided links to almost all of her essays that can be found on the Web.
Roots of Power, Seeds of Change: Vandana Shiva's Green Philosophy
Monocultures, Monopolies, Myths and the Masculinisation of Agriculture
The new livestock policy - A policy of ecocide of indigenous cattle breeds
The Global Campaign Against Biopiracy and changing the paradigm of Agriculture