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== Welcome to | == Welcome to Consum(er)ium list of lists == | ||
== | == Consum(er)ium lists of consumer convenience services == | ||
* [[Lists of review aggregators and review sites]] - The idea of [[reviews]] has been at the core of the | * [[Lists of review aggregators and review sites]] - The idea of [[reviews]] has been at the core of the Consum(er)ium idea right from the start. | ||
* [[Lists of alternative financial services]] looking for affordable personal or SMB credit __or__ steadily profitable investing opportunities? [[w:Peer-to-peer lending]] could be the answer satisfying all 2 parties and by-passing the bank. | * [[Lists of alternative financial services]] looking for affordable personal or SMB credit __or__ steadily profitable investing opportunities? [[w:Peer-to-peer lending]] could be the answer satisfying all 2 parties and by-passing the bank. | ||
* [[Lists of price comparison services]] - The invisible green hand of Adam Smith is here to help the consumers to get the best value for their money, price comparison services can also be called price search engines or price aggregators. | * [[Lists of price comparison services]] - The invisible green hand of Adam Smith is here to help the consumers to get the best value for their money, price comparison services can also be called price search engines or price aggregators. | ||
* [[List of free education]] - Information wants to be free. Especially educational information. | * [[List of free education]] - Information wants to be free. Especially educational information. | ||
* [[Lists of shared and alternative transport and | * [[Lists of shared and alternative transport and journey planners]] - Ridesharing aka. carpooling, car sharing, multimodal transport network finders and more | ||
* List of types of business entity originated in the article [[types of companies]], was [[:category:wikipediafied|wikipediafied]] and can now be found at [[w:types of business entity]] for nearly all countries and languages. | * List of types of business entity originated in the article [[types of companies]], was [[:category:wikipediafied|wikipediafied]] and can now be found at [[w:types of business entity]] for nearly all countries and languages. | ||
== | == Consum(er)ium list of sites for the ethical consumer == | ||
* [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.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. | ||
* [[FLO|Fairtrade Labelling Organizations FLO]] International [http://www.fairtrade.net/ (fairtrade.net)] | * [[FLO|Fairtrade Labelling Organizations FLO]] International [http://www.fairtrade.net/ (fairtrade.net)] | ||
* [http://www.thegoodshoppingguide.com/ The Good Shopping Guide] - UK | * [http://www.thegoodshoppingguide.com/ The Good Shopping Guide] - UK | ||
* [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.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. | ||
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== Consumer on the move == | == Consumer on the move == | ||
* [[Lists of shared and alternative transport and | * [[Lists of shared and alternative transport and journey planners]] - Ridesharing aka. carpooling, car sharing, multimodal transport network finders and more | ||
* [[Wikitravel]] [http://www.wikitravel.org/ (.org)] - a travel guide - boycotts should include not going places where people do rotten things, since tourism has an eco-impact and sends messages of approval too. Licensed under the [[Creative Commons]] CC-A-SA license. A wiki to discover new places to eat, stay, enjoy and experience. | * [[Wikitravel]] [http://www.wikitravel.org/ (.org)] - a travel guide - boycotts should include not going places where people do rotten things, since tourism has an eco-impact and sends messages of approval too. Licensed under the [[Creative Commons]] CC-A-SA license. A wiki to discover new places to eat, stay, enjoy and experience. | ||
* [[Wikivoyage]] [https://www.wikivoyage.org/ (.org)] is a fork of Wikitravel with the muscle and userbase of the Wikimedia Foundation behind it. | * [[Wikivoyage]] [https://www.wikivoyage.org/ (.org)] is a fork of Wikitravel with the muscle and userbase of the Wikimedia Foundation behind it. | ||
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* [http://www.gnu.org GNU - Gnu's Not Unix (.org)] - promoting [[free software]] and open content | * [http://www.gnu.org GNU - Gnu's Not Unix (.org)] - promoting [[free software]] and open content | ||
* [http://www. | * [http://www.greenpece.org Greenpeace (.org)] - Agenda: Environmentalism, [[safe trade]], oceans, climate and opposing [[dangerous technology]] | ||
* [http://www.hrw.org/ Human Rights Watch (.org)] - Agenda: Human Rights | * [http://www.hrw.org/ Human Rights Watch (.org)] - Agenda: Human Rights | ||
* [http://www.infoshop.org Infoshop.org] is a portal linking content on the net of interest to the anarchist and anti-authoritarian community. In the spirit of anarchism, it is a collaborative project that encourages participation and networking of resources. Part of this network is the often updated Infoshop News. | * [http://www.infoshop.org Infoshop.org] is a portal linking content on the net of interest to the anarchist and anti-authoritarian community. In the spirit of anarchism, it is a collaborative project that encourages participation and networking of resources. Part of this network is the often updated Infoshop News. | ||
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* [http://www.worldwatch.org/ Worldwatch Institute (.org)] - An independent research organization working for an environmentally sustainable and socially just society. | * [http://www.worldwatch.org/ Worldwatch Institute (.org)] - An independent research organization working for an environmentally sustainable and socially just society. | ||
== Business ethics and | == Business ethics and other sites for businesses == | ||
* [http://www.fairtradefederation.com/ Fairtrade Federation (.com)]- an association of fairtrade wholesalers, retailers, and producers | * [http://www.fairtradefederation.com/ Fairtrade Federation (.com)]- an association of fairtrade wholesalers, retailers, and producers | ||
* [http://www.jussemper.org The Jus Semper Global Alliance (.org)] main programme is "The Living Wages North and South Initiative" which studies the development of [[w:purchasing power parity|purchasing power parity]] in developed and developing countries - Very good and concise source of [[w:corporate social responsibility|corporate social responsibility]] (CSR) information. | * [http://www.jussemper.org The Jus Semper Global Alliance (.org)] main programme is "The Living Wages North and South Initiative" which studies the development of [[w:purchasing power parity|purchasing power parity]] in developed and developing countries - Very good and concise source of [[w:corporate social responsibility|corporate social responsibility]] (CSR) information. | ||
* [http://www.rmi.org Rocky Mountain Institute (.org)] - promoting [[Natural Capitalism]] | * [http://www.rmi.org Rocky Mountain Institute (.org)] - promoting [[Natural Capitalism]] | ||
* [http://www.sa-intl.org/ Social Accountability International (sa-intl.org)] - organisation behind the [[SA8000]] [[w:social accounting|social accountability system]]. | * [http://www.sa-intl.org/ Social Accountability International (sa-intl.org)] - organisation behind the [[SA8000]] [[w:social accounting|social accountability system]]. | ||
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== List of social media where you can like | == List of social media where you can like Consum(er)ium == | ||
* [[Diaspora]]* - a decentralized '''ad-free''' and cost-free social network software and social network. ''' | * [[Diaspora]]* - a decentralized '''ad-free''' and cost-free social network software and social network. '''https://d.consumium.org''' serving the consumer informedness effort. http://podupti.me is a site dedicated to provide various views of the pods currently active. Share with us. We are '''consumium@d.consumium.org'''. | ||
* https://twitter.com/Consumium | |||
* https://www.facebook.com/Consumium | |||
== Technical solutions and information sources useful to | == Technical solutions and information sources useful to Consum(er)ium == | ||
* [[DBpedia]] [http://dbpedia.org (.org)] - http://wiki.dbpedia.org/ data extraction of information in [[Wikipedia]] to an [[w:ontology]] and datasets and [[Wikidata]] [http://wikidata.org (.org)] | * [[DBpedia]] [http://dbpedia.org (.org)] - http://wiki.dbpedia.org/ data extraction of information in [[Wikipedia]] to an [[w:ontology]] and datasets and [[Wikidata]] [http://wikidata.org (.org)] | ||
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* [http://opendemocracy.net/ openDemocracy.net] - an online global magazine of politics and culture. They publish clarifying debates which help people make up their own minds. | * [http://opendemocracy.net/ openDemocracy.net] - an online global magazine of politics and culture. They publish clarifying debates which help people make up their own minds. | ||
* http://smartmobs.com - discussion of mobile technologies for politics | * http://smartmobs.com - discussion of mobile technologies for politics | ||
* [http://www.uniteddiversity.coop UnitedDiversity.coop] | |||
== The Consum(er)ium eternally incomplete list of stuff by country == | |||
=== Africa === | |||
==== Kenya ==== | |||
* [http://www.fairtrade.or.ke/ Fairtrade Kenya] | |||
==== South Africa ==== | |||
* Fairtrade organisation: [http://www.fairtrade.org.za/ Fairtrade South Africa] | |||
=== Asia === | |||
==== Australia ==== | |||
* http://www.choice.com.au/ - Australia's oldest consumer empowerment effort | |||
* http://guide.ethical.org.au - An ethical consumer guide and more | |||
* http://ethicalconsumer.org.au/ - Ethical Consumers Australia (ECA) nonprofit association has various functions and projects | |||
:: * http://goodonyou.org.au/ Apps for Android and iOS by ECA for the clothing shopping consumer. | |||
* http://www.ethicalliving.net.au/- Providing ethically sourced ethnical handicrafted via webshop with principles of fair trade. | |||
==== Hong Kong ==== | |||
* [http://www.fairtradehk.org/ Fairtrade Hong Kong] | |||
==== India ==== | |||
* [http://fairtradeindia.org Fairtrade India] | |||
==== Japan ==== | |||
* [http://now.ohah.net/en/Earth_Reforesting_System "Earth Reforesting System"] - not sure if this is going to work, but, at least they started with mediawiki, so maybe they are just waiting for others to chip in, just like Consumerium did. Mostly in Japanese. | |||
==== New Zealand ==== | |||
* [http://fairtrade.org.nz/ Fairtrade New Zealand] | |||
==== South Korea ==== | |||
* Fairtrade organisation: [http://ekf.or.kr/main/index.php Fairtrade South-Korea] | |||
=== Europe === | |||
==== Austria ==== | |||
* Fairtrade organisation: [http://www.fairtrade.at/ yes] | |||
==== Belgium ==== | |||
* [http://www.ael.be Association Electronic Libre] | |||
* Fairtrade organisation: http://fairtradebelgium.be/ | |||
==== Czech Republic ==== | |||
* [http://www.fairtrade-cesko.cz/ Czech Republic] | |||
==== Denmark ==== | |||
* Fairtrade organisation [http://fairtrade-maerket.dk/ Fairtrade Denmark] | |||
==== Estonia ==== | |||
* [[Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International]] member?: <font color=green>Yes.</font> [http://www.fairtrade.ee/ Fairtrade Estonia] | |||
* [[Traveller router]] coverage?: <font color=green>Yes. Nation-wide. Multimodal</font> [http://peatus.ee/#route_search/eng Peatus.ee] | |||
* [[w:Peer-to-peer carsharing|Peer-to-peer carsharing]]?: <font color=green>Yes.</font> [https://autolevi.ee/ Autolevi (.ee)]] | |||
==== Finland ==== | |||
* Inventions: Sauna, molotov cocktail, irc, GNU/Linux and ssh | |||
* [[Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International]] member?: <font color=green>Yes.</font> http://www.reilukauppa.fi/ | |||
* [[Traveller router]] coverage? <font color=green>Yes. Nation-wide. Multimodal</font> [http://www.matka.fi Matka.fi] [[Lists of shared and alternative transport and traveller routers|plus more]] | |||
* [[w:Carpooling|Carpooling]] services?: <font color=green>Yes.</font> [[Lists_of_shared_and_alternative_transport_and_traveller_routers#Carpooling_services_in_Finland|list]] | |||
* [[w:Peer-to-peer carsharing]]?: <font color=green>Yes.</font> https://www.shareitbloxcar.fi/ | |||
* [[w:Carsharing|Carsharing]] service coverage?: peer-to-peer and traditional carsharing exist in the Metropolitan Helsinki area [[Lists_of_shared_and_alternative_transport_and_traveller_routers#Carpooling_services_in_Finland|list]] | |||
* Consumer empowerment efforts | |||
**http://kulutusjuhla.fi/ ( Consumption Celebration ) which inherited the now defunct Consumer Gadget association's funds | |||
==== Relevant wikipedia articles ==== | |||
* [[w:fi:Luokka:Kuluttajansuoja]] | |||
* [[w:Public transport in Helsinki|Public transport in Helsinki]] | |||
==== France ==== | |||
* [[Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International]] member?: <font color=green>Yes.</font> http://www.maxhavelaarfrance.org/ | |||
==== Germany ==== | |||
Inventions: Printing press, [[w:intermodal journey planner|intermodal]] [[w:public transport route planner|public transport route planner]] | |||
* [[Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International]] member?: <font color=green>Yes.</font> http://www.fairtrade-deutschland.de/index.php | |||
==== Ireland ==== | |||
* [[Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International]] member?: <font color=green>Yes.</font> [http://www.fairtrade.ie/ Fairtrade Ireland] | |||
==== Italy ==== | |||
* [[Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International]] member?: <font color=green>Yes.</font>: http://www.fairtradeitalia.it/ | |||
==== Latvia ==== | |||
* [[Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International]] member?: <font color=green>Yes.</font>: [http://www.fairtrade.lv/ Fairtrade Latvia] | |||
==== Lithuania ==== | |||
* [[Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International]] member?: <font color=green>Yes.</font>: [http://www.fairtrade.lt/ Fairtrade Lithuania] | |||
* [http://www.ms.lt Minciu Sodas] open laboratory for serving and organizing independent thinkers | |||
==== Luxemburg ==== | |||
* [[Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International]] member?: <font color=green>Yes.</font>: http://www.transfair.lu/ | |||
==== Netherlands ==== | |||
* [[Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International]] member?: <font color=green>Yes.</font>: http://maxhavelaar.nl/ | |||
==== Norway ==== | |||
* [[Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International]] member?: <font color=green>Yes.</font>: http://www.fairtrade.no/ | |||
==== Portugal ==== | |||
* [[Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International]] member?: <font color=green>Yes.</font>:[http://www.sellocomerciojusto.org/ Fairtrade Portugal] | |||
==== Slovakia ==== | |||
* [[Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International]] member?: <font color=green>Yes.</font>:[http://www.fairtrade-cesko.cz/ Fairtrade Slovakia] | |||
==== Sweden ==== | |||
* [[Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International]] member?: <font color=green>Yes.</font>:Fairtrade organisation: http://www.raettvist.se/ | |||
==== Switzerland ==== | |||
* [[Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International]] member?: <font color=green>Yes.</font>:Fairtrade organisation: http://www.maxhavelaar.ch | |||
==== United Kingdom ==== | |||
* [[Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International]] member?: <font color=green>Yes.</font>:[[w:The Fairtrade Foundation|The Fairtrade Foundation]] | |||
=== North America === | |||
==== Canada ==== | |||
==== Mexico ==== | |||
==== USA ==== | |||
* Fairtrade organisation: http://www.fairtradeusa.org/ | |||
* [http://www.nrf-arts.org/ National Retail Federation / Association for Retail Technology Standards] - Their XML schema covers the following issues: Item & Price Maintenance - Merchandise Flow Management - Inventory Management - Tender Control - Adminstration - Reporting - Ordering - Workforce Management - Customer Relationship Management | |||
=== South America === | |||
==== Brazil ==== | |||
* [[Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International]] member?: <font color=green>Yes.</font>:[http://www.fairtradebrasil.com.br/home Fairtrade Brasil] | |||
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* [[Interesting companies]] - Commercial links | * [[Interesting companies]] - Commercial links | ||
* [[Interesting software]] - links to useful software projects | * [[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 | * [[XML]] - XML links here | ||
and finally [[ | and finally [[Consum(er)ium alphabetical list of projects and stuff that doesn't exist any more]]. | ||