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    ==Links==
    ==Info on companies and products in the internet now==
     
    If you want to find out about [[product]]s and [[companies]] '''NOW''' (not in X years ;) please go try these. '''Consumerium makes no guarantees about the validity of information offered at the sites.''' These links are here to save you from hours of search-and-miss-annoyance:
     
    === Ethics ===
    * [http://www.ethicalconsumer.org/ The Ethical Consumer] - The UK's only alternative consumer organisation looking at the social and environmental records of the companies behind the brand names.
    * [http://www.responsibleshopper.org/ Responsible Shopper] A project run by [http://www.coopamerica.org Co-op America] that has very convergent goal with us and they actually have a '''Searchable''' DB online with 350 big companies investigated.
    * [http://www.transnationale.org/ TransNationale] - Consumer guides to Multinationals and shopping. '''Over 21.000 [[brand]]s and over 10.000 companies covered.
     
    === Consumer convenience services ===
    * [[Price comparison services]]
    * [[Review aggregators and review sites]]
     
    === Graphics ===
    * [http://www.occupymonsanto360.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/who-owns-what-infographic-food-companies.jpg OccupyMonsanto360.org : who owns what in food companies]
     
     
    === WikiWiki ===
    * [[WikiApiary]] - tracking 8,000+ [[MediaWiki]] [[wiki]]s
    * [[Wikitravel]] [http://wikitravel.org (.org)] CC-A-SA licensed ( [[w:Copyleft]]ed ) place to discover new places to eat, stay, enjoy and experience.
    * [[w:Lists_of_companies|Lists of companies in wikipedia]] ( [[GFDL]]ed )
    * [[SourceWatch]] [http://www.sourcewatch.org (.org)] - A collaborative effort to investigate public relations operations and operatives by The Center for Media and Democracy
     
    === Social networks ===
    * [[Diaspora]] - a decentralized social network software and social network
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    === Assortments of links ===


    * [[Research]] - Ongoing research works in Wikipedia, Meta-Wikipedia etc.
    * [[Research]] - Ongoing research works in Wikipedia, Meta-Wikipedia etc.
    * [[Wikipedia]] - Intersting fairly completed articles in Wikipedia
    * [[Wikipedia]] - Intersting fairly completed articles in Wikipedia
    * [[Essential projects]] - projects with close proximity to consumerium [[goals]]


    * [[Interesting projects]] - Non-commercial, Non-institutional links that are useful for Consumerium
    * [[Interesting projects]] - Non-commercial, Non-institutional links that are useful for Consumerium
    * [[Interesting organisations]] - Institutions and organisations that provide [[reference]] or possibly [[content]]
    * [[Interesting organisations]] - Institutions and organisations that provide [[reference]] or possibly [[content]]
    * [[Interesting companies]] - Commercial links
    * [[Interesting companies]] - Commercial links
    * [[Interesting software]] - links to useful software projects


    * [[Interesting feeds]] - Interesting RSS (RDF) feeds  
    * [[Interesting feeds]] - Interesting RSS (RDF) feeds  
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    * [[XML]] - XML links here
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    If you want to find out about [[product]]s and [[companies]] '''NOW''' (not in X years ;) please go try these:
    * [http://www.ethicalconsumer.org/ The Ethical Consumer]- The UK's only alternative consumer organisation looking at the social and environmental records of the companies behind the brand names. ''''Loads of information on ethical consumerism'''
    * [http://www.responsibleshopper.org/ Responsible Shopper] A project run by [http://www.coopamerica.org Co-op America] that has very convergent goal with us and they actually have a DB online with 350 big companies investigated. '''Truely worth a visit.'''

    Revision as of 12:22, 18 June 2013

    Info on companies and products in the internet now

    If you want to find out about products and companies NOW (not in X years ;) please go try these. Consumerium makes no guarantees about the validity of information offered at the sites. These links are here to save you from hours of search-and-miss-annoyance:

    Ethics

    • The Ethical Consumer - The UK's only alternative consumer organisation looking at the social and environmental records of the companies behind the brand names.
    • Responsible Shopper A project run by Co-op America that has very convergent goal with us and they actually have a Searchable DB online with 350 big companies investigated.
    • TransNationale - Consumer guides to Multinationals and shopping. Over 21.000 brands and over 10.000 companies covered.

    Consumer convenience services

    Graphics


    WikiWiki

    Social networks

    • Diaspora - a decentralized social network software and social network

    Assortments of links

    • Research - Ongoing research works in Wikipedia, Meta-Wikipedia etc.
    • Wikipedia - Intersting fairly completed articles in Wikipedia