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== Consum(er)ium list of sites for the ethical consumist ==
== Consum(er)ium list of sites for the ethical consumist ==


=== Business ethics websites ===
=== Business ethics websites for the 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]] [http://www.fairtade.net/ fairtrade (.net)]
* [[FLO]] [http://www.fairtade.net/ fairtrade (.net)]
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=== Social networks ===
=== Social networks ===


* [[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.
* [[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.
 
=== Business ethics sites for businesses ===
 
* [[SA8000]] [http://www.sa8000.org/ Social Accountability International] - organisation behind the [[SA8000]] social accountability system.
 


=== Techical solutions useful to Consum(er)ium ===
=== Techical solutions useful to Consum(er)ium ===


* [[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.
* [[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.
* [[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.
* [[DBpedia]] [http://dbpedia.org (.org)] - http://wiki.dbpedia.org/ data extraction of information in [[Wikipedia]] to an [[w:ontology]] and datasets.  
* [[DBpedia]] [http://dbpedia.org (.org)] - http://wiki.dbpedia.org/ data extraction of information in [[Wikipedia]] to an [[w:ontology]] and datasets.  
* [[Wikitext standard]] efforts
::''(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.''


*[[wikitext standard]] efforts
::''(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.''
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(These are the ones most likely used for [[Reference]] of [[Core-data]])
(These are the ones most likely used for [[Reference]] of [[Core-data]])


* [[SA8000]] [http://www.sa8000.org/ Social Accountability International] - organisation behind the [[SA8000]] social accountability system.


* [http://www.un.org United Nations] - Agenda: World peace and prosperity by getting heavily armed nation-states to cooperate.
* [http://www.un.org United Nations] - Agenda: World peace and prosperity by getting heavily armed nation-states to cooperate.
* [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]]
* [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]]


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* [http://www.unspsc.org/ United Nations Standard Products and Services Code] ([[UNSPSC]]) - by United Nations Development Programme ([[UNDP]]) Now technically managed by [[UCC]].  
* [http://www.unspsc.org/ United Nations Standard Products and Services Code] ([[UNSPSC]]) - by United Nations Development Programme ([[UNDP]]) Now technically managed by [[UCC]].  


* [http://www.iso.org International Organization for Standardization] - They have a bad practice of charging lots of money for any [[reference]]-quality data.
* 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
** 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 )
* [[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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