Online Resources

Research links

http://www.bankwatch.org/
CEE Bankwatch network
Central and Eastern European network for monitoring the activities of international financial institutions.

http://www.cyanide.co.uk/site.html
Cyanide.co.uk
A useful site for all things Cyanide

http://www.foe.org/about/index.html
Friends of the Earth
Friends of the Earth are an international environmental charity campaigning on climate change and promoting solutions to environmental problems.

http://www.towardfreedom.com/home/
The Goldman Environmental Prize
Annually awards environmental heroes from each of the world's six inhabited continental regions

http://www.grist.org/
Grist
Environmental news and commentary

http://www.minesandcommunities.org
Mines and Communities: Empowering mining-affected peoples
The Mines and Communities Website ("MAC") seeks to empower mining-affected communities in their struggles against damaging proposals and projects.

http://www.dundee.ac.uk/cepmlp/journal/html/Vol15/Vol15_13.pdf
Mining Environmental management. January 2005
Rosia Montana: a case study in sensitive mining development in Romania
By Jeremy Richards

http://www.nodirtygold.org/home.cfm
No Dirty Gold
The No Dirty Gold campaign seeks to support the efforts of the groups around the world who are working to end dirty gold mining practices

http://www.perc.ca/
The Peace and Environment Resource Centre
Seeks to educate the public about peace, environment and social justice issues; empowering people to get involved in these issues, and support local groups who are involved.

http://www.rosiamontana.ro/index_en.shtml 
Save Rosia Montana – Now! 
Alburnus Maior, the lead NGO in the campaign against the mine, maintains this page.

Sustainable Development Network
The Sustainable Development Network
The Sustainable Development Network is a network of individuals and non-governmental organizations that promotes the debate on issues pertaining to sustainable development.

http://www.truestory.ro/ 
True Story Rosia Montana
The Rosia Montana Gold Corporation maintains this page.

http://www.yap.ro/en/rosia_montana.php
Youth Action for Peace ▪ Romania
Study Visit: Rosia Montana – Presentation and Conclusion.

Links we like  

http://www.againstwot.com/
Against The War On Terror Against the War on Terror is a collectively authored blog. The editors are a group of young activists, students and writers living in the New York Area.

http://aldaily.com/
Arts & Letters Daily
Philosophy, aesthetics, literature, language, ideas, criticism, culture, music, art, trends, breakthroughs, disputes, gossip. A service of the Chronicle of Higher Education.

http://www.battleofideas.co.uk/
Battle of Ideas
An initiative to bring together different strands of social, political, scientific, academic and cultural discussion into an annual festival.
Venue: Royal College of Arts, Kensington Gore, London SW7
Date: October 28, 2006 to October 29, 2006

http://butterfliesandwheels.com/ 
Butterflies and Wheels
Fighting fashionable nonsense

http://ecomythsmith.blogspot.com/
Ecomyths
Ecomyths is a blog designed to help people think for themselves. Empirical data are contrasted with theories to examine axiomatic myths: ideas taken to be so well accepted that they don't need to be proven.

http://www.danielbenami.com/
Ferraris for all
Resources for the defence of mass affluence against the growth sceptics

http://www.instituteofideas.com/
Institute of Ideas
The Institute of Ideas' mission is to expand the boundaries of public debate by organising conferences, discussions and salons, and publishing written conversations and exchanges.

http://www.maglab.org/
MagLab
The place to discuss and read about magazines.

http://www.manifestoclub.com/ 
Manifesto Club
The Manifesto Club was initiated in January 2006 in London, with the aim of challenging cultural trends that restrain and stifle people’s aspirations and initiative.

http://www.uel.ac.uk/risingeast/
Rising East
Rising East combines analysis and scholarly work with reportage, comment, reviews, interviews and illustration.

http://www.spiked-online.com/ 
Spiked-online
Online, off-message news with an emphasis on politics, IT, science, liberties and culture. Includes special issue reports.

http://www.nufc.com/
Nufc.com
Newcastle United’s Unofficial fans Collaboration – proudly unofficial and free since 1993.