COMMUNITY INFORMATION RESOURCE CENTERLinks to Transformational Information Sources |
Community Economics and Empowerment
CESC A rich, multi-faceted website that includes The Fourth World Review and other resources related to "human scale," right livelihood, and participatory democracy.
E. F. Schumacher Society An excellent source of information on all aspects of community economics, decentralization, and human scale, including community development loan funds, community land trusts, and local currencies.
Virtual Library on Micro-credit Contains extensive materials on micro-enterprise lending and various aspects of community economics.
Simple Living Network Provides information on how to live simply and well.
Solari Action Network A website aimed at empowering local communities. Operated by Catherine Austin Fitts, former managing partner of the Wall Street firm of Dillon Read, and Assistant Secretary of Housing in the first Bush administration.
Economic Equity and Democracy -- The website of Jeff Gates, author of The Ownership Solution, and Democracy at Risk.
Civil Society/Peace/Freedom
Business Ethics and Socially Responsible Investment
An Association of Investment Institutions, Banks, Organizations and Professionals Dedicated to Environmentally and Socially Responsible Investment, Through Responsible Mutual Funds, Money Management and Community Development. Journal for Social, Ethical and Environmental Investors, Consumers, and Businesses. Journal of Socially & Environmentally Responsible Business, Investing and Consumer Resources.