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MEDIA
Common Dreams is the most
complete source for progressive news - far more reliable than mainstream
American media. Includes progressive radio, TV, periodicals, and major
newspapers worldwide.
ENVIRONMENTAL
Both ENDS supports the work
of environmental organisations, primarily in the so-called South
(developing countries) and the Central and Eastern European (CEE)
countries. The core of their activities is in making connections,
between South and North, environment and development, and between
different sectors of society. They work with non-governmental
organisations (NGOs), community-based organisations (CBOs) and
issue-related coalitions or networks.
Global Greengrants makes
grants to grass roots environmental organizations in the third
world.
Global Response
empowers people of all ages, cultures, and nationalities to protect
the environment by creating partnerships for effective citizen
action. At the request of indigenous peoples and grassroots
organizations, Global Response organizes urgent international letter
campaigns to help communities prevent many kinds of environmental
destruction. Global Response involves young people as well as adults
in these campaigns to develop in them the values and skills for global
citizen cooperation and earth stewardship.
MINING
The Mineral Policy
Center is a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting
communities and the environment by preventing the environmental
impacts associated with irresponsible mining and mineral development,
and by cleaning up pollution caused by past mining.
Project Underground is a very
effective organization which carries campaigns against abusive
extractive resource activity. They provide informational, technical,
legal and scientific support to communities facing oil, gas and mining
operations, and campaign in support of communities adversely affected
by these industries. When requested, Project Underground helps
communities resist unsustainable activity through a variety of avenues
including, but not limited to, networking with other communities of
resistance, helping seek national and international legal redress,
publicity, access to international fora, with a range of tactics
involved in our own brand of nonviolent, strategic campaigning and by
building their organizational capacity.
GOOD IDEAS
The Global Ideas Bank
is a compendium of innovative ideas from around the world.
The Ideas
Bank is similar to the Global Ideas Bank, from Norway.
The Viridian
Catalog was put together by a creative science fiction writer.
MISCELLANEOUS
Chris Rose (London), Former Strategic Advisor to Greenpeace
International has written extensively about
Campaign Strategies
DoBe.org is the website for
participatory events in every city in the world.
Endgame Research Services
provides a wealth of information and support for actions. The mission
of the Public Information Network is to provide research services and
training to citizens who are working for corporate and governmental
accountability, and who are committed to socially just and
ecologically sustainable societies. They promote alliances among
groups working on ecological, democratic, human rights, and labor
concerns and between activists in developed and developing
nations.
Cooperative
Communication Skills includes writings on compassionate listening,
among others.
RESOURCES AND USEFUL LINKS
Other Issues
Brent Spar: For a free copy of the Brent Spar campaign book
'Turning of the Spar' send an e mail to info@uk.greenpeace.org,
requesting a copy and giving your postal address, or, write to:
Greenpeace, Supporter Services, Canonbury Villas, London N1 2PN,
UK.
Useful Books
Now Hear This - The Nine Laws of Successful Advocacy
Communications - produced by Fenton Communications for the
Packard Foundation. This report (available as a pdf file from the
website) summarises views of twenty five "leading figures" in
campaigns and communications. Mostly US examples but widely
applicable. The content is much more revealing than the chapter
headings suggest. Fenton say of NGOs ("not for profits"):
They ... face challenges: Sometimes they go from being right to being
righteous, losing supporters along the way. They often want to win the
battle and the war in one step, when history tells us this is not the
way it works. They have to be committed for the long-term. They often
build campaigns and initiatives on assumptions - not tested,
well-honed strategies. They sometimes think the issues are too complex
for simple, concise messages... In preparing this report, we searched
for common denominators that helped to define the most successful
campaigns - as well as the Achilles’ heel of some failures. One
conclusion: there are three MUST HAVES for any successful campaign: 1)
Clear, measurable goals. 2) Extensive knowledge of whom you are trying
to reach and what moves them. 3) Compelling messages that connect with
your target audience. We all know this, yet too often we move forward
on campaigns without using these three criteria as our guide. How do
we ensure these three core components are at the center of the
campaign? 4) Start with systematic planning that is reviewed and then
revised. 5) Specify for people what to do, how to do it, and why. 6)
Make the case for why action is needed now. 7) Match strategy and
tactics to target audience. 8) Budget for success. 9) Rely on experts
when needed...
Strategic Marketing Communications, P R Smith, Chris
Berry, Alan Pulford, Kogan Page 1997 ISBN 0 7494 2918 6. P 21
Yes Minister, Jonathan Lynn and Antony Jay eds, Guild
Publishing London 1984
Yes Prime Minister, Jonathan Lynn and Antony Jay eds,
Guild Publishing London 1986
Whitehall, Peter Hennessy, 1990, Collins - study of the
British civil service
The Art of Strategy: A New Translation of Sun Tzu's Classic,
the Art of War, Sun-Tzu, R. L. Wing (Translator), ISBN:
0 38523 784 7 - Chinese strategy classic
Campaigning Manual, Amnesty International 1997 ISBN 0
86210 271 5 - A-to-Z of practical campaign organisation, very useful
if a little dated
The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell, ISBN 0 316 31696 2 -
on the spread of ideas
Organisations
Organisations: Global Issues/International
The Frameworks Institute
has a useful site which explains the approach of this US-based
organisation, with examples. In 'Framework Analysis' it asks:
- How does the public think about a particular social or political
issue?
- What is the public discourse on the issue? And how is this
discourse influenced by the way media frames that issue?
- How do these public and private frames affect public choices?
- How can an issue be reframed to evoke a different way of thinking,
one that illuminates a broader range of alternative policy choices?
ShiftingGround.org is a
new-wave consultancy website with excellent selection of mostly
alternative UK links to activist and other groups.
Amnesty International
Greenpeace
Friends of the Earth, also
UK site - extensive information links
World Wildlife Federation International
International Institute for
Sustainable Development has many useful information services
Waveland is a virtual state with
Greenpeace roots on Rockall, now gone its own way
World Business Council on Sustainable Development
Sustainable Business -
what it says
The Natural Step might be
the only organisation with a definition of sustainable development
that is actually useful.
Environmental Investigations Agency
European Youth Forest Action has a simple, but useful campaign planning guide.
Organisations: Atmosphere/Climate Related
Families Against Bush
(FAB) - people boycotting US companies supporting George Bush's
climate polluting policies.
MIPIGGs - multisectoral
initiative against potent industrial greenhouse gases.
Climate Action Network
Goddard Institute for Space Studies - very global things
UK Meteorological Office has
a global temperature picture gallery from the start of the industrial
revolution into the future.
Action Mechanisms Online
Climate Voice
Pandapassport - WWF's
online action interface
Information Services
Ethical Corporation
Magazine - a website and print magazine pushing the idea of the
business case for corporate responsibility.
Environment News Service
- the best daily freewire news service on environment.
Earthtimes - development
and environment online newspaper.
Environics - probably the
best global monitors of opinion regarding environmental issues.
MORI
United Nations Environment
Programme - with useful calendar of events.
Worldwatch Institute -
environmental information publishers of renown.
Applied Futures -
history of the world chart and other interesting things.
BBC - faster than using most
search engines for tracking down relevant information (good links),
whether UK or global.
Financial Times - good searchable
base of articles on any business issues.
New Media
Africam - one of the things you
can do with webcams
imp - new media impacts
magazine online.
Berkman Center for Internet
and Society - useful academic links regarding new media issues.
Copernic multiple search engine.
www.climateprediction.com
is a dispersed computing project to help climate research.
Mainly UK Related
London Wildlife Trust
British Association of Nature Conservationists
Media Natura - for more information on Media Natura
contact the Projects Director, Media Natura, 1 Silex Street, London
SE1 0DP, United Kingdom. Email : medianatura@gn.apc.org
Plantlife
Fairyland Trust
Wildfile/unofficial wildlife trusts - many UK conservation links
mad.co.uk - excellent marketing
site with free trial use.
The UK Government has a
searchable database starting point for all UK official things.
Environment
Agency - useful pollution information on some issues.
Reclaim The Steets -
links to much activist information.
Royal Commission on Environmental
Pollution - useful reports
Advertising Standards Authority
www.192.com - track down addresses
etc with maps
Council for the Protection
of Rural England
Mainly American
Grist Magazine - free
online or e-mail.
Sierra Club - founded by
Scotsman John Muir, who effectively invented environmental campaigning.
