The Daily Motivator -
the title says it all! http://greatday.com/motivate/index.html
The Rancho Coral- by
far Pete's pick for the best surfing in Costa Rica. www.ranchocoral.com
Greenpeace
- Greenpeace is a non-profit organization, with a presence in 40
countries across Europe, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific. To
maintain its independence, Greenpeace does not accept donations from
governments or corporations but relies on contributions from individual
supporters and foundation grants. As a global organization,
Greenpeace focuses on the the most crucial worldwide threats to our
planet's biodiversity and environment. Greenpeace believes that
the struggle to preserve the future of our planet is not about us. It's
about you. Greenpeace speaks for 2.8 million supporters worldwide, and
encourages many millions more than that to take action every day. www.greenpeace.org
and www.greenpeaceusa.org
Can-back
- Can-Back, Inc. offers Soft Tops for many pickups and SUV’s. t. The
Can-Back Soft Top is the best-built Soft Top available on the market.
The Soft Tops are cab high and custom fit to match the exact profile of
your make or model truck. Didgequest uses the soft top to
transport didgeridoos in a pick-up. www.can-back.com
Tasmanian Aboriginals
- Information about the past and present of these unique people. http://www.tasmanianaboriginal.com.au
Stories of the Dreaming
- Storytelling is an integral part of life for Indigenous Australians.
From an early age, storytelling plays a vital role in educating
children. The stories
help to explain how the land came to be shaped and inhabited; how to
behave and why; where to find certain foods, etc. http://www.dreamtime.net.au/dreaming/index.htm.
Corporate Sunshine
Working Group - www.corporatesunshine.org
- The Corporate Sunshine Working Group (CSWG) advocates for increased
environmental and social disclosure from companies. CSWG files
enforcement complaints at the SEC regarding companies' inadequate
environmental and social reporting; undertakes research, writing and
public education; and encourages the Securities and Exchange Commission
to promulgate detailed corporate social disclosure rules.CSWG is an
alliance of investors (such as Trillium Asset Management and Domini
Social Investments), environmental organizations (including Friends of
the Earth and World Resources Institute), unions (including the
AFL-CIO), and public interest groups (such as the Good Neighbor Project
and the Stakeholder Alliance) working to enforce and expand SEC
corporate social and environmental disclosure requirements.
Friends of the Earth
Action - www.foeaction.org
- This Web site is Friends of the Earth's hard-hitting, non-tax
deductible sister organization.
Friends of the Earth
International - www.foei.org - We
are part of Friends of the Earth International, a federation of
autonomous environmental organizations from all over the world. Our
members, in 70 countries, campaign on the most urgent environmental and
social issues of our day, while simultaneously catalyzing a shift toward
sustainable societies.
Genetically Engineered
Food Alert - www.gefoodalert.org
- Genetically Engineered Food Alert is a coalition of seven
organizations, including Friends of the Earth, united in their
commitment to testing and labeling genetically engineered food.
Green Scissors Campaign
- www.greenscissors.org
- Since 1994, the Green Scissors Campaign, led by Friends of the Earth,
Taxpayers for Common Sense and U.S. Public Interest Research Group, has
been working with Congress and the administration to end environmentally
harmful and wasteful spending. Working to breach party lines, the Green
Scissors Campaign has helped cut more the $26 billion in environmental
wasteful programs from the federal budget.
International Right to
Know Campaign - www.irtk.org
- A coalition of more than 200 environmental, labor, social justice and
human rights organizations have joined together to support an
International Right to Know legislative proposal. Modeled on domestic
Right to Know laws, IRTK would require U.S. companies to report on the
key environmental, labor and human practices of their overseas
operations.
Off the Books - www.offthebooks.org
- Learn more about "Off the Books! Environment & Human
Rights," a new 30-minute film by Attorney Sanford Lewis that
describes the potential and limits of an enforceable, disclosure-based
strategy for corporate accountability. Picking up on current public
attention around the Enron scandal, this film provokes discussion of
broad issues regarding corporate disclosure of public health, social and
environmental issues. It calls for better enforcement and clearer
reporting standards from the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Red Listed - www.redlisted.com
- The Amazon Financial Information Service (AFIS) is a consortium of
finance, industry, and Latin America specialists that provides and
promotes analysis on social and environmental risks associated with
exploration and development projects in Latin America
Save Our Environment
Action Center - www.saveourenvironment.org
- This site is a collaborative effort of the nation's most influential
environmental advocacy organizations harnessing the power of the
internet to increase public awareness and activism on today's most
important environmental issues.
Help Save Our Waters! - www.saveourwaters.org
- The SaveOurWaters.org campaign is an effort to save the Clean Water
Act, and our nation's waterways. The Bush-Cheney administration wants to
rewrite the Clean Water Act's rules to permit the Army Corps of
Engineers to allow polluting industries to dispose of waste into our
rivers and streams. A coalition of leading environmental and citizen
groups have launched the SaveOurWaters.org campaign to stop
the administration from doing this.
Road Hog Reduction
Campaign - www.suv.org
- This site educates consumers on safety, taxpayer costs and negative
environmental affects of sport utility vehicles.
Save Our Wild Salmon
Coalition - www.wildsalmon.org
- Save Our Wild Salmon (SOS) is a nationwide coalition of more than 50
conservation organizations, sport and commercial fishing associations,
businesses, river groups and taxpayer advocates collaborating to protect
and restore sustainable wild runs of America's Pacific Northwest salmon
and steelhead, and the habitats that they depend upon.
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