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    == Welcome to Consum(er)ium lists of lists ==
    == Welcome to Consumerium list of lists ==


    == Consumerium lists of consumer convenience services ==


    == 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 Consumerium idea right from the start.  
     
    * [[Lists of shared and alternative transport and journey planners]] - Ridesharing aka. carpooling, car sharing, multimodal transport network finders and more
    * [[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 traveler routers]] - 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 consumist ==
    == Consumerium list of sites and apps for the ethical consumer ==
     
    * [https://www.codecheck.info/ CodeCheck.info] - German site with tons of products, but I am unable to find the Android app they advertise.
    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 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.
    * [[FLO|Fairtrade Labelling Organizations FLO]] International [http://www.fairtrade.net/ (fairtrade.net)]
    * [http://goodonyou.eco/ The Good on You App] by Ethical Consumers Australia. It is available for Android and iOS for helping out the ethical clothing shopping consumer.
    * [[Open Food Facts]] [https://world.openfoodfacts.org (.org)] is a nonprofit, copyleft effort to crowdsource facts about foods founded in 2012.
    * [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.
    * [[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.  
    * [[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.


    === Other consumer oriented sites ===
    == Other consumer oriented sites ==  
     
    * [http://Appropedia.org Appropedia.org] copyleft source of instructional capital for the consumer (and the entrepreneur)
    * http://adbusters.org/ - Website of Adbusters Media Foundation, a global network of artists, activists, writers, pranksters, students, educators and entrepreneurs who want to advance the new social activist movement of the information age. Their aim is to topple  existing power structures and forge a major shift in the way we will  live in the 21st century. 
    * [[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
    * [http://www.consumerservicesguide.org/ Consumer Services Guide (.org)] a hefty guide of consumer information mostly for US by http://www.consumer-action.org/
    * [http://www.consumerservicesguide.org/ Consumer Services Guide (.org)] a hefty guide of consumer information mostly for US by http://www.consumer-action.org/


    === Other wikis ===
    * [[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.
    * [[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 ===
    == Consumer art ==  
    * [[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.
    * [http://adbusters.org/ Adbusters Media Foundation](.org) is a global network of artists, activists, writers, pranksters, students, educators and entrepreneurs who want to advance the new social activist movement of the information age. Their aim is to topple  existing power structures and forge a major shift in the way we will  live in the 21st century.  
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    * [http://www.jamespatten.com/cfd/ Corporate Fallout Detector] an art project by James Patten- <font color="Green"> Now version 2!</font>
    == Lists of essential efforts and projects ==
    {{Cleanup}}


    '''Essential efforts and projects''' 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.
    == Consumer on the move ==
    * [[Lists of shared and alternative transport and traveler routers]] - 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.
    * [[Wikivoyage]] [https://www.wikivoyage.org/ (.org)] is a fork of Wikitravel with the muscle and userbase of the Wikimedia Foundation behind it.


    * [[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)]
    == Consumer oriented filantrophy sites ==
     
    Feeling frustrated? Do something useful, it'll make you feel better
    * [[Translatewiki]] [http://translatewiki.net/ (.net)] for doing / receiving translations of wikis and other softwares.
     
    * [[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/ (.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 released a [[barcode]] read-via-camera enabled iPhone app in 2015.


    * [[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?'''
    * '''[[w:The Hunger Site|The Hunger Site]]''' [http://www.thehungersite.com (.com)] - The original [[w:Click-to-donate site|Click-to-donate site]] - Donate food to the hungry by visiting this site. You will see some [[advertisement]]s from [[companies]] that are donating the [[financial capital]] to make this happen. If you don't want this to happen you should close your eyes.
       
    * '''[[MaidSafe]]''' [http://maidsafe.net/ (.net)] upcoming filantrophy network


    *[[SourceWatch]] [http://sourcewatch.org (.org)] - [[Propaganda]] and [[no body]] detection, since these always work to the detriment of [[some body]].  '''See [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Propaganda SourceWatch:propaganda] and the [[propaganda glossary]] underlying it.
    * '''[[w:World Community Grid|World Community Grid]]''' [http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org (.org)] - Donate your spare CPU cycles ( processor time ) to work for good of the world at the price of the added electricity consumption of burning your CPU hot instead of it kicking back and lowering electricity consumption when it has much idle time.


    :This is a primarily social effort, it seems. They have open space meetings called WTF and interact with large groups of people. It's a pro-[[democracy]] group, actively working to organize people. They are interested in things like community currency, flash mob, and open space.
    == Activist oriented sites ==


    * [[DBpedia]] [http://dbpedia.org (.org)] - http://wiki.dbpedia.org/ data extraction of information in [[Wikipedia]] to an [[w:ontology]] and datasets.
    * [[w:American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations|American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations AFL–CIO]] [http://www.aflcio.org/ (.org)].
    * [http://amnesty.org Amnesty International (org)] - Agenda: Human rights
    * [http://www.environmentaldefense.org/ Environmental Defence (.org)] - Makers of http://scorecard.goodguide.com/ service in which allows you to identify polluters in the US in your area*
    * [http://www.cleanclothes.org/ Clean Clothes Campaign (.org)] - Agenda: Worker's right
    * [http://www.engagingnetworks.net/uk Engaging Networks (.net)]
    * [http://www.ffii.org Foundation for A Free Information Infrastructure (.org)]
    * [http://www.fsf.org Free Software Foundation (.org)]
    ** [http://www.fsfe.org Free Software Foundation Europe (.org)]
    * [http://www.gnu.org GNU - Gnu's Not Unix (.org)] - promoting [[free software]] and open content


    * Appropedia.org
    * [http://www.greenpeace.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.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.
    * The International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements - IFOAM [http://www.ifoam.bio/ (.bio)]  is the worldwide umbrella organization for the organic agriculture movement, which represents close to 800 affiliates in 117 countries. ( Wikipedia )
    * [[SourceWatch]] [http://www.sourcewatch.org (.org)] - [[Propaganda]] and [[no body]] detection, since these always work to the detriment of [[some body]].  - A collaborative effort to investigate public relations operations and operatives by The Center for Media and Democracy. Formerly known as [[Disinfopedia]]. It is a collaborative project to produce a directory of public relations firms, think tanks, industry-funded organizations and industry-friendly experts that work to influence public opinion and public policy on behalf of corporations, governments and special interests. And yes, it's in the [[GFDL]] part of the world (Running [[MediaWiki]], under [[GFDL]])
    * http://sumofus.org/ - World-wide activist effort
    * [http://www.theyrule.net/ TheyRule (.net)]- Topic map style visual presentations of interrelations of [[Companies]], executives and stuff in the US mostly. They Rule aims to provide a glimpse of some of the relationships of the US ruling class.
    * [http://www.transparency.org/ Transparency International (.org)] - Agenda: Fighting corruption. Lot's of good stuff on [[sustainable development]], good [[w:corporate social responsibility|corporate citizenship]] and lots more
    * [http://www.worldwatch.org/ Worldwatch Institute (.org)] - An independent research organization working for an environmentally sustainable and socially just society.


    *[[wikitext standard]] efforts
    == Business ethics and corporate responsibility ==


    ::''(note: [[Meta-Wikipedia]] is now devoted to [[software imperialism]] and [[mediawiki]] hegemony, and cannot be considered a valid forum to discuss any such "standard";  As an example of a failed attempt to organize against a cabal, see the[http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Wikipedias_Forum United Wikipedias Forum] - how to get a huge 40-language project governed in [[Simple English]] without a cabal taking it over completely. Obviously this has failed.''
    * [http://corporatejustice.org/ European Coalition for Corporate Justice (.org)] is an organization working to advance corporate responsibility issues
    * [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.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]].
    * [[w:Tax Justice Network|Tax Justice Network]] [https://www.taxjustice.net/ (taxjustice.net)] is an independent [[w:advocacy group|advocacy group]] consisting of a coalition of international researchers and activists with a shared concern about [[w:tax avoidance|tax avoidance]], [[w:tax competition|tax competition]], [[w:tax evasion|tax evasion]], and [[w:tax havens|tax havens]]
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    == Consum(er)ium list of interesting organizations ==
    == List of social media where you can like Consumerium ==
    === International Institutions ===  


    (These are the ones most likely used for [[Reference]] of [[Core-data]])
    * [[Diaspora]]* - a decentralized '''ad-free''' and cost-free social network software and social network. '''[https://d.consumium.org d.consumium.org]''' - a Consumium free social media. 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'''.


    * [[SA8000]] [http://www.sa8000.org/ Social Accountability International] - organisation behind the [[SA8000]] social accountability system.
    == Technical solutions and information sources useful to Consumerium ==


    * [http://www.un.org United Nations] - Agenda: World peace and prosperity by getting heavily armed nation-states to cooperate.
    * [[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)]
    * International Organization for Standardization [[ISO]] [http://www.iso.org (.org)]] - They have a bad practice of charging lots of money for any [[reference]]-quality data. See [[w:List of ISO standards]] for a quick overview of their scope
    * [[Internet UPC Database]] [http://upcdatabase.com/ (.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 released a [[barcode]] read-via-camera enabled iPhone app in 2015.
    * [[OASIS]] [https://www.oasis-open.org/ (.org)] - Organization for Structured Information Standards, maker of [[ebXML]]
    * [[The Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market|The Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market Portal (EU)]] [https://oami.europa.eu/ohimportal/en/ (oami.europa.eu)]


    * [http://www.unece.org/ United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)] - Agenda: Environment and Human Settlements, Transport, Statistics, Economic Analysis, Population Analysis, Industrial Restructuring, Energy and Enterprise Development, Trade, Industry and Enterprise Development, Timber, '''Agricultural Standards''', Coordinating Unit for Operational Activities, Transport, Health and Environment Pan-European Programme. 10 pages of different types of [[Apple]]s, need I say more. [[Reference]]-quality stuff. See also [[UNECE]]
    * [[Translatewiki]] [http://translatewiki.net/ (.net)] is a localisation platform for translation communities, language communities, and free and open source projects. Currently used to localize [[MediaWiki]], [[pyWikipediaBot]] and [[Toolserver]]. Under CC-BY 3.0.
     
    * [http://www.unece.org/ United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)] - Agenda: Environment and Human Settlements, Transport, Statistics, Economic Analysis, Population Analysis, Industrial Restructuring, Energy and Enterprise Development, Trade, Industry and Enterprise Development, Timber, '''Agricultural Standards''', Coordinating Unit for Operational Activities, Transport, Health and Environment Pan-European Programme. 10 pages of different types of apples, need I say more. [[Reference]]-quality stuff.
    * [http://www.unece.org/cefact/locode/service/main.htm UN/LOCODE] by [[UNECE]] UN/LOCODE provides code elements for more than 36.000 names of ports, airports, rail and road terminals, postal exchange offices, border crossing points and other locations used in trade and transport in 234 countries.
    ** [http://www.unece.org/cefact/ United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business] - Tons and tons of trade specifications/advisories. [[Reference]]-quality stuff.
     
    ** [http://www.unece.org/cefact/locode/service/main.htm UN/LOCODE] by [[UNECE]] [[w:UN/LOCODE|UN/LOCODE]] provides code elements for more than 36.000 names of pots, airports, rail and road terminals, postal exchange offices, border crossing points and other locations used in trade and transport in 234 countries.  
    * [http://www.unece.org/cefact/ United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business] - Tons and Tons of [[trade]] specifications/advisories. [[Reference]]-quality stuff.
    * [http://www.unspsc.org/ United Nations Standard Products and Services Code] ([[w:UNSPSC|UNSPSC]]) - by ([[w:United Nations Development Programme| United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)]]) Now technically managed by [[UCC]]. Contains 50,000+ commodities and [[product group]]s
     
    * [[Wikitext standard]] efforts
    * [http://www.unspsc.org/ United Nations Standard Products and Services Code] ([[UNSPSC]]) - by United Nations Development Programme ([[UNDP]]) Now technically managed by [[UCC]].  
    ::''(note: [[Meta-Wikipedia]] is now devoted to [[software imperialism]] and [[mediawiki]] hegemony, and cannot be considered a valid forum to discuss any such "standard"; As an example of a failed attempt to organize against a cabal, see the[http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Wikipedias_Forum United Wikipedias Forum] - how to get a huge 40-language project governed in [[Simple English]] without a cabal taking it over completely. Obviously this has failed.''
     
    * [http://www.iso.org International Organization for Standardization] - They have a bad practice of charging lots of money for any [[reference]]-quality data.
    ** See [[ISO]] for more info on ISO and Consumerium
    ** See [[w:List of ISO standards]] for a quick overview of their scope
     
    * [http://www.fairtrade.net/ Fair Trade Labelling Organizations International (FLO)] see also: [[FLO]]
     
    * [[w:The International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements]] (IFOAM) is the worldwide umbrella organization for the organic agriculture movement, which represents close to 800 affiliates in 117 countries. ( Wikipedia )
     
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    === EU institutions/sites ===
    * [[OHIM]] - The Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market
    * [http://europa.eu.int/eurodicautom/Controller Eurodicautom] - Official EU jargon terms translated from 12 languages to 12 languages. Useful in checking what is the widely used expression for something in English.
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    === Consortiums ===
    *  [[OASIS]] - Organization for Structured Information Standards, maker of [[ebXML]]
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    === Foundations ===
    *[http://www.gnu.org Free Software Foundation] - promoting [[Free Software]] and [[Open Content]]
     
    *[http://www.apache.org/ Apache Software Foundation] - an [[Open Source]] [[Code Consortium]]
     
    *[http://www.rmi.org Rocky Mountain Institute] - promoting [[Natural Capitalism]]
     
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    === International NGOs ===
     
    * [http://www.cleanclothes.org/ Clean Clothes Campaign] - Agenda: Worker's right
     
    * [http://www.hrw.org/ Human Rights Watch] - Agenda: Human Rights
     
    * [http://amnesty.org Amnesty International] - Agenda: Human rights
     
    * [http://www.transparency.org/ Transparency International] - Agenda: Fighting corruption, '''checkout their extensive [http://www.transparency.org/site-tools/links.html links] collection''' Lot's of good stuff on [[sustainable development]], [[good corporate citizenship]] and lots more
     
    * [http://www.greenpece.org Greenpeace] - Agenda: Environmentalism, [[safe trade]], [[ocean]]s, [[climate]], opposing [[dangerous technology]]
    ** http://act.greenpeace.org - Greenpeace cyber-activist community weblog, has hundreds of thousands of users, searches on almost any topic will yield something (Google searches will only show official documents).  Active discussion of features for activist sites, how to integrate email chat and web, whether to use wikis or annotation, etc. Active discussion of many different projects.  Probably the most advanced activist network anywhere on Earth - a good place to recruit [[troll]]s!
     
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    == National NGOs, efforts, projects sites and other links by country ==
     
    === Africa ===
     
    === Asia ===
     
    '''[[w:Australia|Australia]]'''
    * http://www.choice.com.au/ - Australia's oldest consumer empowerment effort
     
    === Europe ===
    ''' Pan European'''
     
    *[http://www.fsfe.org Free Software Foundation Europe]
    *[http://www.ffii.org Foundation for A Free Information Infrastructure]
     
    '''United Kingdom'''
    * [http://www.ethicalconsumer.org/ Ethical Consumer] - is the website of [[ECRA]] - the Ethical Consumer Research Association. Tons of practical advisories, research.
     
    ''' Belgium'''
    *[http://www.ael.be Association Electronic Libre]
    *[http://wiki.ael.be Wiki of AEL]
     
    ''' Austria'''
    *[http://www.privatkopie.at Privatkopie Austria]
     
    '''Finland'''
    * http://kulutusjuhla.fi/ ( Consumption Celebration ) which inherited the now defunct Consumer Gadget association's funds
     
    === North America ===
    '''US'''
     
    * [http://www.worldwatch.org/ Worldwatch Institute] - An independent research organization working for an environmentally sustainable and socially just society. Special: Check out their [http://www.worldwatch.org/topics/consumption/ Consumption portal]
     
    * [http://www.environmentaldefense.org/ Environmental Defense] - They have organised the [http://www.scorecard.org/ Scorecard.org] service in which you can track polluters in the US
     
    * http://www.fairtradefederation.com/ - an association of fairtrade wholesalers, retailers, and producers
     
    * [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  [[(NEW)]]
     
    === South America ===


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    == List of interesting not-for-profit projects ==
    == GFDL corpus sources of information ==
     
    === [[GFDL corpus]] sources of information ===
     
    * [[Disinfopedia]] is a collaborative project to produce a directory of public relations firms, think tanks, industry-funded organizations and industry-friendly experts that work to influence public opinion and public policy on behalf of corporations, governments and special interests. And yes, it's in the [[GFDL]] part of the world (Running [[MediaWiki]], under [[GFDL]])
     
    *[[Wikipedia]] - The free encyclopedia, all content is under [[GFDL]]. - (Running [[MediaWiki]]) use <nowiki>[[w:Article name]]</nowiki>
     
    *[[w:Wiktionary|Wiktionary]] - A spin off from wikipedia. The free dictionary and thesaurus in every language if it gets done someday. [[GFDL]] also. Not much happening there now. - (Running [[MediaWiki]], under [[GFDL]])
     
    *http://wikibooks.org - Yet another great idea being put forward by WikiMedia Foundation. Wikibooks is dedicated to developing and disseminating free, open content textbooks and other classroom texts - (Running [[MediaWiki]], under [[GFDL]])
     
    * [[Cookbook]] - One of the wikibooks that is of particular interest is the cookbook.  Includes information on [[vegan]] and [[vegetarian]] food as well as other moral purchasing. - (Running [[MediaWiki]], under [[GFDL]])
     
    *[http://www.infoshop.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Infoshop Open Wiki] - 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.
     
     
    === Creative Commons licenced ===
     
    http://translatewiki.net/wiki/Main_Page - Translatewiki.net is a localisation platform for translation communities, language communities, and free and open source projects. Currently used to localize [[MediaWiki]], [[pyWikipediaBot]] and [[Toolserver]]. Under CC-BY 3.0.
    === Non-[[GFDL]] ===
     
    * http://www.theyrule.net/ - Topic map style visual presentations of interrelations of [[Companies]] [[Executives]] and stuff in the US mostly. Static mapping so they have an advisory about probably being out-of-date.
     
    * [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.
     
    * http://www.environmentaldirectory.net/ - lists over 13.000 organisations dealing with environmental issues in the US
     
    * http://www.ladywiki.org/ - open public space for exchange & action against (not only sexual) discrimination, public domain


    * [http://www.thetransitioner.org TheTransitioner.org] - an attempt to build "a Collective Intelligence economy" and [http://www.thetransitioner.org/wiki/tiki-index.php?page=Open+Source+Money Open Source Money]. They seem to [[User:N8chz|one observer]] fixated on currency issues. - [[Alternative wiki-implementations|TikiWiki]], Copyright unknown
    * [[GFDL Corpus]] despite the various thugs trying to control it for their own commercial interests
    ** [[Wikipedia]] [http://www.wikipedia.org/ (.org)] The free encyclopedia, all content is under [[GFDL]]. - (Running [[MediaWiki]]) use <nowiki>[[w:Article name]]</nowiki>
    ** [[Wikibooks]] [http://wikibooks.org (.org)] Yet another great idea being put forward by WikiMedia Foundation. Wikibooks is dedicated to developing and disseminating free, open content textbooks and other classroom texts - (Running [[MediaWiki]], under [[GFDL]])
    *** [[Cookbook]] - One of the wikibooks that is of particular interest is the cookbook. Includes information on [[w:vegan|vegan]] and [[w:vegetarian|vegetarian]] food as well as other moral purchasing. - (Running [[MediaWiki]], under [[GFDL]])
    ** [[w:Wiktionary|Wiktionary]] - The free dictionary and thesaurus in every language. [[GFDL]] also. Not much happening there now. - (Running [[MediaWiki]], under [[GFDL]])
    ** [[Simple English Wikipedia]] [http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/ (.org)] - educating people all over the world, finding out what they care about, recruiting those who can keep [[opinion wiki]] up to date.  This is the translation base for all Wikipedias, and may be necessary for use to provide background notes in any language for Consumerium advice.


    *[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.
    More may be located via the [[WikiApiary]][http://wikiapiary.com/wiki/ (.com)] that tracking 8,000+ [[MediaWiki]] [[wiki]]s


    *[http://www.jussemper.org/index.html The Jus Semper Global Alliance] - their main programme is "The Living Wages North and South Initiative" which studies the development of [[w:Purchasing power parity]] in developed and developing countries - Very good and concise source of [[w:Corporate social responsibility]] or [[w:CSR|CSR]] information.
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    === Miscellaneous projects ===
    == Miscellaneous projects ==
     
    * http://www.aflcio.org/corporateamerica/paywatch/ - Annoy yourself by looking up how much US CEOs' get compensated
     
    * http://www.ipjustice.org A project that lobbies against [[Digital Rights Management]] and misuse of Intellectual Property.
     
    * http://globalgreens.org - mailing lists automatically set up for any Green Party - or other groups obeying [http://globalgreens.info Global Greens Charter]
     
    * http://crit.org - annotation software to 'mark up' any site on the web
     
    * http://smartmobs.com - discussion of mobile technologies for politics
     
    * http://slipperycat.com - attempt to nail down ontology for game business - shows what a simple industry looks like from low level code up to production. - a '''stub''' at the moment
     
    *http://www.2action.com/main.asp - a commercial vendor of [[worn device]] software for meeting and sales support - what does their UI look like?  What words mean what?  We should always study carefully this kind of example of a decision support system
     
    * [http://trollparty.org/Norway2004 Norway Troll Party]
     
    * http://planetarycitizen.open.ac.uk/ - A network for the Planetary Citizen
    : "This project comes out of a vision for a peaceful, sustainable future for the Earth that has been developing in many places. That vision was very evident in the non-governmental side of the World Summit for Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg in August/September 2002, in many of the events that were ignored by the mass media."


    * [[w:AFL–CIO|AFL–CIO]] [http://www.aflcio.org/Corporate-Watch/Paywatch-2015 Corporate Pay Watch]]: Annoy yourself by looking up how much US CEOs' get compensated.
    * [[w:Global Greens|Global Greens]] [http://globalgreens.org (.org)] - mailing lists automatically set up for any Green Party - or other groups obeying [http://globalgreens.info Global Greens Charter]
    * [http://www.globalvillages.org Global Villages (.org)] is a precursor to the [http://www.give.at./home_a.htm "Globally Integrated Village Environment" (GIVE)]
    * http://www.ipjustice.org A project that lobbies against [[w:Digital Restrictions Management]] and misuse of Intellectual Property.
    * [http://www.nooranch.com/synaesmedia/optimaes/optimaes.cgi?HomePage OPTIMAES Wiki (Open Project To Investigate Money And Economic Systems)] - Usemod, public domain
    * [http://www.nooranch.com/synaesmedia/optimaes/optimaes.cgi?HomePage OPTIMAES Wiki (Open Project To Investigate Money And Economic Systems)] - Usemod, public domain
    * [http://open.coop/ The Open Co-op] - "... To build a worldwide commmunity of individuals and organisations committed to creating a collaborative sustainable economy." - Tikiwiki, copyright unknown.
    * [http://open.coop/ The Open Co-op] - "... To build a worldwide commmunity of individuals and organisations committed to creating a collaborative sustainable economy." - Tikiwiki, copyright unknown.
     
    * [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://www.uniteddiversity.com UnitedDiversity]
    * http://smartmobs.com - discussion of mobile technologies for politics
     
    * [http://www.socialforge.net/tiki-index.php SocialForge.net] - (tikiwiki, apparently GFDL) "It's a free service for everyone wishes to share knowledge and to collaborate to build projects related to:
    **[[participative democracy]] ([[direct democracy]], [[consensus method]], [[emergent democracy]], ...);
    **[self-governance]]
    **[[community]] building
    **autonomy, self-reliance
    **[[alternative economies]]
    **[[sustainable development]]
    **[[anti-authoritarism]] in practice
    **[[technology]] as a liberation tool"
     
     
    Feeling frustrated? Do something useful, it'll make you feel better
     
    * '''http://www.thehungersite.com''' - Donate food by visiting this site. You will see some [[advertisement]]s from [[companies]] that are donating the [[financial capital]] to make this happen. If you don't want this to happen you should close your eyes.
     
    * '''http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org''' - Donate your spare CPU cycles ( processor time ) to work for good of the world at the price of the added electricity consumption of burning your CPU hot instead of it kicking back and lowering electricity consumption when it has much idle time.
     
    All of the above are '''essential''' since not doing them leads to the wrong result, or no result (also wrong) at the [[point of purchase]].  For instance to not know who owns who can let a company that is truly horrible compete simply by creating a [[front company]].  To not have Adbusters helping to create and publicize the standard [[barcode]] we agree on, means we lose essential publicity and help from them, and their programs of anti-propaganda billboards and truth-telling.  To not include travel is to have no influence on the largest discretionary decision people usually make in a year - where to spend their [[vacation]].  The ability to check which tourism packages are best or worst with a single click or code is a huge edge for a happy future!  Letting [[no body]] convince you that [[some body]] doesn't matter, or matters less than the [[no body]] who says so, is a sure way to help no-body corporations and ideology destroy some-body apes, dolphins, forests and this planet.
     
    The following has recently moved under the umbrella of an [[enemy project]]:
     
    *[[Simple English Wikipedia]] [http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/ simple.wikipedia(.org)] - educating people all over the world, finding out what they care about, recruiting those who can keep [[opinion wiki]] up to date.  This is the translation base for all Wikipedias, and may be necessary for use to provide background notes in any language for Consumerium advice.
     
    ::Now it will be necessary to fork this project, perhaps working with a valid and neutral international agency such as [[UNHCR]] which actually cares about the providing of essential survival and liability and risk information to people in simple language, and which probably has good resources for dealing with this.
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    :* http://www.wtfcon.org - WTF's The Future? A wiki that organises moots for techno-hippies and anarcho-geeks.  A truly cool use of emergent democracy. ''wtfcon.org is down - content moved to [[UnitedDiversity]], see above'' Many of the people who were involved in this seem to be somehow involved in [http://ironfire.org/takebacktheweb Take Back The Web].
     
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    * Minciu Sodas, http://www.ms.lt open laboratory for serving and organizing independent thinkers
    * Global Villages, http://www.globalvillages.info  wiki for developing a pattern language for global villages
    * Modo Fac Central, http://www.modofaccentral.com/mfc/  online social networking system lead by Kerry Santo for social entrepreneurs and all who want to Just Do It
    * One Village Foundation, http://www.onevillage.biz  responding to the AIDS challenge in Africa by organizing unity centers as catalysts for global villages
     
    === Strange projects ===
     
    * http://www.jamespatten.com/cfd/ - Corporate Fallout Detector - <font color="Green"> Now version 2!</font>
     


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    == Consum(er)ium list of projects and stuff that no longer exist ==
    * [[:Category:Projects that no longer exist]]
    === B ===
    * <s> http://badcorp.org/ </s>- had a very interesting search engine in the 00's for figuring out who owns who!  This is essential to track those constantly-changing names.
    === C ===
    * <s> [http://ConsumerGadget.net ConsumerGadget.net]</s> was an ethical information SMS+XHTML-service in the 00's in Finnish. Was discontinued and won money was donated to Kulutusjuhla Ry.
    * <s>[[CorpKnowPedia]]</s> was an early 00's wiki tracking the corporate landscape with the intention of building a database to track the behaviour of corporations.
    === E ===
    * <s>[[Ekopedia]] [http://www.ekopedia.org/ (.org)]</s>  - advice on living green in 7 languages [[MediaWiki]], CC-A-SA. Contents are utilised in [[Appropedia]].org (http://www.appropedia.org/Ekopedia)
    === F ===
    * <s>http://www.futureforests.com/</s> - A project for making products [[carbon neutral]] by planting enough [[tree]]s to absorb the amount of [[carbon]] emissions caused by the production of the [[product]]. Currently mostly about music records that want a fun [[label]] to print on the cd-sleeve. It'd be nice to see a [[burning rock]] [[power plant]] have this label.
    </s>
    === G ===
    * <s>[[GreenScan]] - http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/opensource/greenscan/ - </s>was an early [[Adbusters]] project to create a hand-held barcode scanner with a simple output system. Scan a product: if you get a [[green light]], it is ok to buy. Red is bad.
    === I ===
    * <s> [http://www.infoshop.org/octo/matrix/index.php/Main_Page The Matrix: An anti-capitalist database]</s> was a [[GFDL]] and [[MediaWiki]] running site
    * <s>[[Interra]] - [http://interraproject.org interraproject.org]</s> was a scheme to make a [[card]] to enable "purchasing from locally owned and sustainable businesses" that "donates automatically to community organizations" and even "facilitates connections" like [[faction]]s or [[Serendipity]].
    === L ===
    * [[Lsb]] - was an epic wiki named "eg" ( suppose thatäs latin for example gratularis or so ) by the [[lsb:Efficient Civics Guild]] use <nowiki>[[lsb:Article name]]</nowiki>
    === O ===
    * <s>[[OurAnswer]]</s> was a method for the people to respond to [[business leaders]] and [[politicians]] and it ran [[MediaWiki]] and worked under [[GFDL]])
    * <s>[[Living Platform]]</s> was proposed by [[142.177.X.X]] to be useful to emulate to set [[Publish:policy]] as it has very similar problems notably with [[faction]] and challenges of remaining [[troll-friendly]] despite intense feelings about things
    === R ===
    * <s>[[Recyclopedia]][http://www.recyclopedia.info (.info)]</s> was a closely aligned wiki that used [[GetWiki]], an ancient fork of Mediawiki.  Recyclopedia is down for an unknown period. Although much of the content seems to be reappearing at the [[Embodiment wiki]].
    === S ===
    * <s>http://www.subvertise.org/</s> - A fun collection of subverted [[advertising]] i.e. Defaced ads and image manipulations in the spirit of [[adbusters]]. Plenty of fun for all [[Brand]]/[[Logo]]/Graphics/ViolentRevolutionOfTheProletariat type of people
    * <s>[http://www.stapleton-gray.com/surpriv/ The Surpriv blog]</s> is for discussions of RFID-related surveillance and privacy issue
    === T ===
    * <s>Tuotewiki.fi</s> Finnish language product-oriented ( instead of holistic orientation like Consum(er)ium )
    === U ===
    * <s>UnitedDiversity</s> - Also referred to as "udoo." (United Diversity Open Organisation). A very interesting London based group dedicated to building commons and sharing resources: to improve [[measuring well-being|quality of life]] for all while simultaneously reducing [[ecological footprint]]. [http://ud.lir.be/tiki-index.php]
    === V ===
    * <s>http://veganwiki.org/</s> - was a wiki for our vegan friends, currently only in German, but English, French and Spanish wikis are being prepared for setup
    === W ===
    * <s>[[Wikicompany]](.com) </s> - a community built, free content, worldwide, business directory.


    == Assortments of links ==
    == Assortments of links ==
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    * [[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 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 software]] - links to useful software projects
    * [[Countries of the world]]


    * [[Interesting feeds]] - Interesting RSS (RDF) feeds  
    * [[Interesting feeds]] - Interesting RSS (RDF) feeds  
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    * [[Bluetooth]] - All Bluetooth related links go here
    * [[Bluetooth]] - All Bluetooth related links go here
    * [[XML]] - XML links here
    * [[XML]] - XML links here
    and finally [[Consumerium alphabetical list of projects, sites, services and companies that no longer exist]].
    [[Category:List]]

    Latest revision as of 14:01, 4 July 2024

    Welcome to Consumerium list of lists[edit | edit source]

    Consumerium lists of consumer convenience services[edit | edit source]

    Consumerium list of sites and apps for the ethical consumer[edit | edit source]

    • CodeCheck.info - German site with tons of products, but I am unable to find the Android app they advertise.
    • The Ethical Consumer - The UK's only alternative consumer organisation looking at the social and environmental records of the companies behind the brand names.
    • Fairtrade Labelling Organizations FLO International (fairtrade.net)
    • The Good on You App by Ethical Consumers Australia. It is available for Android and iOS for helping out the ethical clothing shopping consumer.
    • Open Food Facts (.org) is a nonprofit, copyleft effort to crowdsource facts about foods founded in 2012.
    • The Good Shopping Guide - UK
    • 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 (.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.

    Other consumer oriented sites[edit | edit source]


    Consumer art[edit | edit source]

    • Adbusters Media Foundation(.org) is a global network of artists, activists, writers, pranksters, students, educators and entrepreneurs who want to advance the new social activist movement of the information age. Their aim is to topple existing power structures and forge a major shift in the way we will live in the 21st century.
    • Corporate Fallout Detector an art project by James Patten- Now version 2!

    Consumer on the move[edit | edit source]

    • Lists of shared and alternative transport and traveler routers - Ridesharing aka. carpooling, car sharing, multimodal transport network finders and more
    • Wikitravel (.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 (.org) is a fork of Wikitravel with the muscle and userbase of the Wikimedia Foundation behind it.

    Consumer oriented filantrophy sites[edit | edit source]

    Feeling frustrated? Do something useful, it'll make you feel better

    • World Community Grid (.org) - Donate your spare CPU cycles ( processor time ) to work for good of the world at the price of the added electricity consumption of burning your CPU hot instead of it kicking back and lowering electricity consumption when it has much idle time.

    Activist oriented sites[edit | edit source]

    • Greenpeace (.org) - Agenda: Environmentalism, safe trade, oceans, climate and opposing dangerous technology
    • Human Rights Watch (.org) - Agenda: Human Rights
    • 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.
    • The International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements - IFOAM (.bio) is the worldwide umbrella organization for the organic agriculture movement, which represents close to 800 affiliates in 117 countries. ( Wikipedia )
    • SourceWatch (.org) - Propaganda and no body detection, since these always work to the detriment of some body. - A collaborative effort to investigate public relations operations and operatives by The Center for Media and Democracy. Formerly known as Disinfopedia. It is a collaborative project to produce a directory of public relations firms, think tanks, industry-funded organizations and industry-friendly experts that work to influence public opinion and public policy on behalf of corporations, governments and special interests. And yes, it's in the GFDL part of the world (Running MediaWiki, under GFDL)
    • http://sumofus.org/ - World-wide activist effort
    • TheyRule (.net)- Topic map style visual presentations of interrelations of Companies, executives and stuff in the US mostly. They Rule aims to provide a glimpse of some of the relationships of the US ruling class.
    • Transparency International (.org) - Agenda: Fighting corruption. Lot's of good stuff on sustainable development, good corporate citizenship and lots more
    • Worldwatch Institute (.org) - An independent research organization working for an environmentally sustainable and socially just society.

    Business ethics and corporate responsibility[edit | edit source]

    List of social media where you can like Consumerium[edit | edit source]

    • Diaspora* - a decentralized ad-free and cost-free social network software and social network. d.consumium.org - a Consumium free social media. 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.

    Technical solutions and information sources useful to Consumerium[edit | edit source]

    (note: Meta-Wikipedia is now devoted to software imperialism and mediawiki hegemony, and cannot be considered a valid forum to discuss any such "standard"; As an example of a failed attempt to organize against a cabal, see theUnited Wikipedias Forum - how to get a huge 40-language project governed in Simple English without a cabal taking it over completely. Obviously this has failed.

    GFDL corpus sources of information[edit | edit source]

    • GFDL Corpus despite the various thugs trying to control it for their own commercial interests
      • Wikipedia (.org) The free encyclopedia, all content is under GFDL. - (Running MediaWiki) use [[w:Article name]]
      • Wikibooks (.org) Yet another great idea being put forward by WikiMedia Foundation. Wikibooks is dedicated to developing and disseminating free, open content textbooks and other classroom texts - (Running MediaWiki, under GFDL)
        • Cookbook - One of the wikibooks that is of particular interest is the cookbook. Includes information on vegan and vegetarian food as well as other moral purchasing. - (Running MediaWiki, under GFDL)
      • Wiktionary - The free dictionary and thesaurus in every language. GFDL also. Not much happening there now. - (Running MediaWiki, under GFDL)
      • Simple English Wikipedia (.org) - educating people all over the world, finding out what they care about, recruiting those who can keep opinion wiki up to date. This is the translation base for all Wikipedias, and may be necessary for use to provide background notes in any language for Consumerium advice.

    More may be located via the WikiApiary(.com) that tracking 8,000+ MediaWiki wikis

    Miscellaneous projects[edit | edit source]

    Assortments of links[edit | edit source]

    and finally Consumerium alphabetical list of projects, sites, services and companies that no longer exist.

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