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Strategy For A Living Revolution

Book: “Gandhi taught that nonviolence is all-pervasive. A commitment to nonviolence is more than acting nonviolently in any given conflict; it’s also a commitment to the creation of a nonviolent society. A theory of nonviolent revolution is evolving that encompasses the broad institutional, economic, and social changes needed to dismantle the war system on which our society is now based. In Powerful Peacemaking, George Lakey lays out a flexible five-step model for bringing about these fundamental changes, on the individual and societal level, with lots of historical examples. Lakey’s twenty years’ experience in the trenches of nonviolent action puts inspiration, reality, and guts behind his words.”


Striking at the Roots: A Practical Guide to Animal Activism

Book: “Animal protection is one of the most passionately debated issues of our day. In light of recent legislation and intensified pressure put on activists around the world, those advocates fighting for animal liberation or even animal welfare need a single resource covering the major, and some minor, models of animal activism. Striking at the Roots: A Practical Guide to Animal Activism brings together the most effective tactics for speaking out for animals and gives voice to activists from around the globe, who explain why their chosen models of activism have been successful — and how others can get involved.”


Students for a Free Tibet

“Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) works in solidarity with the Tibetan people in their struggle for freedom and independence. We are a chapter-based network of young people and activists around the world. Through education, grassroots organizing, and nonviolent direct action, we campaign for Tibetans’ fundamental right to political freedom. Our role is to empower and train youth as leaders in the worldwide movement for social justice.”


Studies (ProVeg)

Articles on meat, dairy and eggs and their link to diseases.


Sunny Meadow Sanctuary

“Sunny Meadow Sanctuary is a safe haven for rescued farm animals and wildlife.”


Surfrider

“Our oceans, waves, and beaches are everything. Let’s save them. Our model is to engage environmental experts to create solutions, unite local and national resources to protect the coast, and leverage our local chapter network’s knowledge with a national perspective.”


Sustainable Diets: What You Need to Know in 12 Charts

“What we eat is rapidly changing around the globe, as people converge toward diets high in calories, protein and animal-based foods. A new WRI paper, Shifting Diets for a Sustainable Food Future, explores these changes and the challenges they pose for food security and a sustainable future. It shows that just small shifts in the choices consumers make can have a huge impact in reducing agriculture’s resource use and mitigating environmental problems”


Sustainable Human

“The root cause of any human behavior is the story they tell themselves. If you desire to change any human behavior, whether individual or collective, you first must understand their story. Sustainable Human exists to examine the faulty stories that are driving our ecocidal, global civilization and explore alternative stories founded in the knowledge that all life is interconnected.”


Sustainable Human – Facebook site

“Sustainable Human examines the root causes of our sustainability crises and offers alternative stories that help us live in harmony with one another.”


Sustainable Human – Youtube channel

“Changing the way we think is the most difficult and necessary challenge for our species right now. It’s like the old adage that says that “fish don’t know they’re in water.” They’re so surrounded by it that it’s impossible for them to see. The water is like our ways of thinking. The assumptions we make about life have been so reinforced throughout our lives that we have difficulty seeing them. Yet our survival as a species depends us making the choice to understand, develop, and live from a new manner of thinking. This channel is dedicated to exploring and sharing these new ways of thinking.”


Sustainable Vegan Activism: How to Be More Effective and Fulfilled While Advocating Animal Rights

“In this workshop, psychologist Dr. Melanie Joy will explain the common causes of burnout, frustration, and ineffective activism that impact many animal rights activists. She will discuss how “unsustainable” activism is one of the most serious obstacles to the success of the animal rights movement, and a leading cause of depression and burnout among activists. She will explain specific strategies that activists can take to improve their activism and their lives.”


SustainableBusiness.com

“We Help Green Businesses Grow. Our services will continue to help shift us toward a restorative economy: -Daily Green Business News: concise news from around the world that keeps you informed about the latest trends and legislation. -Green Dream Jobs: connects people looking for jobs with environmentally conscious nonprofits, government agencies and businesses. -Green Education Directory: profiles all relevant degree, certificate and executive development programs. -Venture Capital Directory: profiles investors across the world that finance green businesses of all kinds.”


Sutherland Shire Environment Centre

“At Sutherland Shire Environment Centre, we’re working towards a cleaner, healthier and more beautiful environment that benefits us all now and into the future. We’re actively involved in a wide range of projects aimed at greening the shire, environmental education, sustainable living and business and protecting against environmental threats. “


Swiss League against Animal Experimentation and Animal Rights (LSCV)

“In accordance with Article 2 of its statutes, the LSCV aims at the total abolition of “the practice of medical, scientific or commercial experiments on animals”. It undertakes to “obtain throughout Switzerland, legislation that ensures the defense and respect of the rights of the animal” , and to allow “the constant improvement of this legislation and to constantly monitor its application strict “. It promotes and financially encourages “the creation of new methods of scientific research” allowing the suppression of animal experimentation. It particularly encourages and supports so-called alternative (or alternative) methods, which use human tissues or cells ( in vitro models ), for example from biopsies performed in hospitals, or bioinformatic data ( in silico models ).”


Switch to Safer

“Watch the film and join the movement by switching to safer products made without toxic chemicals. Vote with your dollars. Make the Switch to Safer today.”


Sydney Environment Institute

“The Sydney Environment Institute is a world leader in multidisciplinary environmental research. We are designed to play a key role at the University of Sydney for the environmental humanities and social sciences in understanding, confronting, and transforming responses to environmental crises. The key premise of the SEI is the importance of engaging social, cultural, historical, political and economic barriers and understandings. We recognise these to be a fundamental element of dealing effectively and justly with the massive transformations in our relationship with the planet. This makes multi- and transdisciplinary research a necessity.”


Sydney Environment Institute – Blog

“We work to address the key environmental questions of our time through discussion, research and collaboration.”


Sydney Environment Institute – Environmental Justice Blog Series

“Our new EJ blog series will feature articles based on papers and discussions from our ‘Environmental Justice 2017 – Looking Back, Looking Forward’ conference.”


T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies

“At the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies, we believe that you have the right to better health and better information. We advocate for evidence-based education and resources. The cornerstone of this education is our Plant-Based Nutrition Certificate program in partnership with eCornell featuring lectures from over 20 MDs, PhDs, RDs, RNs and more. We also offer a wide variety of plant-based resources through our website including hundreds of articles, recipes, videos and more.”


T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies – Articles

Plant-based diet articles. Topics: disease, environment, family and kids, fitness and athletics, how to, nutrition science, psychology and social issues, success stories, weight loss