A list of organizations that give some hope for the future

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A list of assorted Cassandras prepared by Mike Haywood

"Hope for the future" organizations and groups.

GROUPS WHO THINK CHANGE WILL BE SLOW AND CONTROLLED

• Resilience http://www.resilience.org/

• Post carbon Institute http://www.postcarbon.org/

• Transition movement http://www.transitionnetwork.org/

• Zeitgeist movement…. http://www.thezeitgeistmovement.com

• Initiatives of change International http://www.iofc.org/

• Earth Future http://www.earthfuture.com/

• Ethical Markets http://www.ethicalmarkets.com/

• Peoples’ Sustainability Treaties http://sustainabilitytreaties.org/

• Four Worlds International Institute http://www.fwii.net/

Groups who think the change will be fast and uncontrolled

• Chris Martenson’s crash course for building resilience http://www.peakprosperity.com/crashcourse

• Videos about building resilience http://www.nextworldtv.com

• Survival blog http://www.survivalblog.com/

• Homesteading and survivalism store http://homesteadingsurvivalism.myshopify.com/

• Apollo-Gaia project http://www.apollo-gaia.org/

• Automatic Earth http://theautomaticearth.com/

Groups that believe advanced technology is the answer to all the problems

• The Venus Project http://www.thevenusproject.com

• Buckminster Fuller institute http://bfi.org/

• Smart Planet http://www.smartplanet.com/

• New America Foundation http://www.newamerica.net

POPULATION AWARENESS GROUPS (Links provided by Luca Pardi)

Population Media Center: http://www.populationmedia.org/
Population Matters: http://www.populationmatters.org/
The European Population Alliance: http://europeanpopulationalliance.org/page.php?id=introduction
Population Connection: http://europeanpopulationalliance.org/page.php?id=introduction
World Population Awareness: http://www.overpopulation.org/aboutWOA.html

Miscellaneous groups

• Deep social networks….. http://www.scribd.com/doc/47582568/Deep-Social-Networks-and-the-Digital-Fourth-Way

• People and Planet http://peopleandplanet.org

• United Nations Development Program http://www.undp.org

• Collaborative consumption hub http://www.collaborativeconsumption.com/

• Earth Times http://www.earthtimes.org/

• People’s World http://peoplesworld.org

• Sum of us http://sumofus.org

• 350.org http://www.350.org

• CHANGE.ORG http://www.change.org

• Globalisation Research http://www.globalresearch.ca

• Fellowship for International Community http://www.ic.org/

• Fantsuam Foundation http://www.fantsuam.org/

• Free World Charter http://www.freeworldcharter.org

• Clinton Global Initiative http://www.clintonglobalinitiative.org/

• Common Dreams http://www.commondreams.org/

• One Earth Org http://www.oneearth.org/

• Community• Planet Foundation http://www.communityplanet.org/index.php

• David Suzuki Foundation http://www.davidsuzuki.org/

• Chopra Foundation http://itakethevow.ning.com/

• Intent www.intent.com

• Wiser.org www.wiser.org

• Todd Landman's Institutue of Democracy and Conflict Resolution http://www.idcr.org.uk/about/director

• David Fynch Foundation http://www.davidlynchfoundation.org.uk/

Groups wanting to change the Economic system

• New Economics Foundation http://www.neweconomics.org/

• Positive Money http://www.positivemoney.org.uk/

• Foundation for the economics of sustainability http://www.feasta.org/

• Full reserve banking http://www.fullreservebanking.com/index.htm

• The Money Masters http://www.themoneymasters.com/monetary-reform-act/

Educational

• www.ted.com/talks

• Global Education Conference Network http://www.globaleducationconference.com/

Promoting sustainable business

• Tomorrow’s Company http://www.tomorrowscompany.com/

• Ellen Macarthur's Foundation http://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/

• Association of Sustainability Practitioners http://www.asp-online.org/

• Global Association of Chief Sustainability Officers http://www.gacso.org/Discovery

• Ashridge Business School http://www.ashridge.org.uk/website/content.nsf

Campaigning

• AVAAZ http://www.avaaz.org/

• Oil sands truths http://oilsandstruth.org/projects-region/enbridge-gateway-pipeline-bc

Independent journalism

• http://www.alternet.org/about

• Blazing Kat Productions http://www.blazingkatproductions.com/