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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: | ||
=== 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.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.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. | * [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]] | * [[Price comparison services]] | ||
* [[Review aggregators and review sites]] | * [[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] | * [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 === | |||
* http://wikitravel.org ( | * [[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 ) | * [[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 | * [[SourceWatch]] [http://www.sourcewatch.org (.org)] - A collaborative effort to investigate public relations operations and operatives by The Center for Media and Democracy | ||
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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. | ||
Revision as of 14:47, 12 January 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
- Wikitravel (.org) CC-A-SA licensed ( w:Copylefted ) place to discover new places to eat, stay, enjoy and experience.
- Lists of companies in wikipedia ( GFDLed )
- SourceWatch (.org) - A collaborative effort to investigate public relations operations and operatives by The Center for Media and Democracy
Assortments of links
- Research - Ongoing research works in Wikipedia, Meta-Wikipedia etc.
- 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 software - links to useful software projects
- Interesting feeds - Interesting RSS (RDF) feeds
- Strange projects - Amusing, but "not useful" sites
- Bluetooth - All Bluetooth related links go here
- XML - XML links here