Bureaucrats, developer, Administrators
9,842
edits
Consumerium list of lists: Difference between revisions
unifying headings and content working sequentially through the document in rational size edits
(copy-paste moving content from interesting organisations) |
(unifying headings and content working sequentially through the document in rational size edits) |
||
| Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
== | == Consum(er)ium lists of consumer convenience services == | ||
* [[Lists of shared and alternative transport and journey planners]] - Ridesharing aka. carpooling, car sharing, multimodal transport network finders and more | * [[Lists of shared and alternative transport and journey planners]] - Ridesharing aka. carpooling, car sharing, multimodal transport network finders and more | ||
| Line 11: | Line 11: | ||
* 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 consumist == | ||
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: | 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: | ||
=== Business | === Business ethics websites === | ||
* [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. | ||
* [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. | ||
* [http://www.transnationale.org/ | * [[Transnationale]][http://www.transnationale.org/ (.org)] - Consumer guides to Multinationals and shopping. Transnationale.org provides comprehensive information on more than 13,000 [[companies]] around the world. We report social and environmental behaviour, financial data, list of brands, membership to the most influential lobbies, public relations and opinion making, managers name and position, shareholders and subsidiaries, plants locations and offshore centers, brand and corporate image management. | ||
[http://www.transnationale.org/ TransNationale] - Consumer guides to Multinationals and shopping. '''Over 21.000 [[brand]]s and over 10.000 companies covered. | |||
=== | === Other wikis === | ||
* [[WikiApiary]] - tracking 8,000+ [[MediaWiki]] [[wiki]]s | * [[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. | * [[Wikitravel]] [http://wikitravel.org (.org)] CC-A-SA licensed ( [[w:Copyleft]]ed ) place to discover new places to eat, stay, enjoy and experience. | ||
* [[SourceWatch]] [http://www.sourcewatch.org (.org)] - A collaborative effort to investigate public relations operations and operatives by The Center for Media and Democracy | * [[SourceWatch]] [http://www.sourcewatch.org (.org)] - A collaborative effort to investigate public relations operations and operatives by The Center for Media and Democracy | ||
| Line 37: | Line 36: | ||
'''Essential efforts and projects''' are [[interesting projects]] we can't really ignore. They are doing things that we have to do, and we are far better off working with them, than ignoring them. In many cases they will be doing something before we do it here, and maybe better. So tracking them closely is useful. | '''Essential efforts and projects''' are [[interesting projects]] we can't really ignore. They are doing things that we have to do, and we are far better off working with them, than ignoring them. In many cases they will be doing something before we do it here, and maybe better. So tracking them closely is useful. | ||
*[[GFDL Corpus]] despite the various thugs trying to control it for their own commercial interests - [[Wikipedia]] [http://www.wikipedia.org/ (.org)], [[Simple English Wikipedia]] [http://simple.wikipedia.org/ simple.wikipedia(.org)], [[Wikidata]] [http://wikidata.org (.org)], [[Wikibooks]] [http://wikibooks.org (.org)] (especially [[Cookbook]] mjam ) and [[Wiktionary]] [http://wikitionary.org (.org)] | * [[GFDL Corpus]] despite the various thugs trying to control it for their own commercial interests - [[Wikipedia]] [http://www.wikipedia.org/ (.org)], [[Simple English Wikipedia]] [http://simple.wikipedia.org/ simple.wikipedia(.org)], [[Wikidata]] [http://wikidata.org (.org)], [[Wikibooks]] [http://wikibooks.org (.org)] (especially [[Cookbook]] mjam ) and [[Wiktionary]] [http://wikitionary.org (.org)] | ||
* [[Translatewiki]] [http://translatewiki.net/ (.net)] for doing / receiving translations of wikis and other softwares. | * [[Translatewiki]] [http://translatewiki.net/ (.net)] for doing / receiving translations of wikis and other softwares. | ||
| Line 43: | Line 42: | ||
* http://www.responsibleshopper.org/ A project run by [http://www.coopamerica.org Co-op America] that has very convergent goal with us. They actually have a DB online with 350 big companies investigated. '''Truly worth a visit.''' | * http://www.responsibleshopper.org/ A project run by [http://www.coopamerica.org Co-op America] that has very convergent goal with us. They actually have a DB online with 350 big companies investigated. '''Truly worth a visit.''' | ||
*[[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. [[Licensing|Licensed]] under the [[Creative Commons licenses|Creative Commons license]] | * [[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. [[Licensing|Licensed]] under the [[Creative Commons licenses|Creative Commons license]] | ||
*'''[[Internet UPC Database]] http://upcdatabase.com/ - database of [[manufacturer]]s and [[product]]s with [[UPC]] codes''', searchable online and downloadable version which is not as up-to-date as the online version but is strangely [[license]]d under [[GPL]] | * '''[[Internet UPC Database]] http://upcdatabase.com/ - database of [[manufacturer]]s and [[product]]s with [[UPC]] codes''', searchable online and downloadable version which is not as up-to-date as the online version but is strangely [[license]]d under [[GPL]] | ||
*[[FLO]] [http://www.fairtade.net/ fairtrade(.net)] - for Redefinition of [[mandatory label]] terms like [[dolphin safe]], which we must track closely. '''what is the best source on this issue, and who tracks whether labels are ecologically sane or not?''' | * [[FLO]] [http://www.fairtade.net/ fairtrade(.net)] - for Redefinition of [[mandatory label]] terms like [[dolphin safe]], which we must track closely. '''what is the best source on this issue, and who tracks whether labels are ecologically sane or not?''' | ||
*'''[[Consumer Reports]] [http://www.consumerreports.org/ (.org)]''' - offers comparisons of various [[product group]]s. Online since at least [[1998]] according to [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.consumerreports.org/ Archive.org]. [[Nonprofit]] and Independent | *'''[[Consumer Reports]] [http://www.consumerreports.org/ (.org)]''' - offers comparisons of various [[product group]]s. Online since at least [[1998]] according to [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.consumerreports.org/ Archive.org]. [[Nonprofit]] and Independent | ||