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* 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 | == 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]] [http://www.fairtade.net/ fairtrade (.net)] | * [[FLO]] [http://www.fairtade.net/ fairtrade (.net)] | ||
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* [[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 == | |||
* 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. | * 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. | ||
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* [[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/ | ||
== Consumer on the move == | |||
* [[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 CC-A-SA license]]. A wiki to discover new places to eat, stay, enjoy and experience. | |||
== Activist oriented sites == | |||
* [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! | |||
* [[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. | |||
=== Other wikis === | === Other wikis === | ||
* [[ | |||
* [[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)] | |||
* [[WikiApiary]] - tracking 8,000+ [[MediaWiki]] [[wiki]]s | * [[WikiApiary]] - tracking 8,000+ [[MediaWiki]] [[wiki]]s | ||
== 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 == | |||
* [http://www.sa-intl.org/ Social Accountability International] - organisation behind the [[SA8000]] social accountability system. | * [http://www.sa-intl.org/ Social Accountability International] - organisation behind the [[SA8000]] social accountability system. | ||
== 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. | ||
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