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Faith-based Justice Organisations
www.socialjustice.catholic.org.au/ Australian Catholic Social Justice Council
http://catholicearthcareoz.net/ Catholic Earthcare — a great website if your school, parish or workplace is looking to become ecologically sustainable.
http://ozspirit.com OzSpirit is produced by Caritas Australia. OzSpirit is a free, monthly e-magazine that provides students, teachers, parishes and community groups with a wealth of up-to-date material about issues of spirituality, justice and global education. OzSpirit also provides ideas about how we can all help to alleviate injustice in our world.
www.arrcc.org.au The Australian Religious Response to Climate Change (ARRCC) is a multifaith network committed to taking action on climate change.
www.faithdoingjustice.com.au/ Australian Jesuits
www.acrath.org.au/ Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking Humans
www.simplysharingweek.org.au Simply Sharing Week is an ecumenical activity of the international aid and development agencies of the Christian churches of Australia. Each year, Simply Sharing Week encourages Australians to learn about and become involved in issues of social justice.
www.erc.org.au/ Edmund Rice Centre, is involved in a range of projects and activities across the four areas of its operation in research, community education, advocacy and networking.
www.columban.org.au/ The Columban Mission Society see solidarity with the poor and commitment to the integrity of creation as essential elements of their missionary commitment.
www.globaleducation.edna.edu.au/globaled/go Teacher resources supporting the integration of a global perspective across the curriculum.
http://youth.afairerworld.org/index.html This site aims to inform & inspire and brings together some of the best available resources for young people on a variety of issues.
www.globalissues.org/ Welcome to the global issues website. This site presents numerous global issues, aiming to show how they are interrelated.
www.gapminder.org/ An amazing website which allows you to create statistical graphs about any country and almost any issue.
www.blueprintforabetterworld.org Blueprint for a Better World is a travelling multimedia exhibition which gives a practical face to the eight Millennium Development Goals.
www.makepovertyhistory.com.au/ Make Poverty History is part of the Global Call to Action against Poverty involving about 80 countries that aims to end the injustice of poverty. It is the largest anti-poverty movement in history.
www.micahchallenge.org.au/ Micah Challenge is a global movement of Christian agencies, churches, groups and individuals which aims to deepen people's engagement with the poor and to help reduce poverty as an integral part of our Christian faith.
http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/mdgs/index.asp United Nations, Cyber School Bus, focussed on the MDGs.
www.mdgmonitor.org/ The MDG Monitor shows how countries are progressing in their efforts to achieve the MDGs.
www.undp.org/mdg/ United Nations Development Program — MDG resources.
http://millenniumindicators.un.org The official MDG Indicators website. This site presents the official data, definitions, methodologies and sources for more than 60 indicators to measure progress towards the Millennium Development Goals.
http://hdr.undp.org/external/gapminder/2003/mdg_graphs.html This website provides graphs highlighting the achievements of the MDGs.
www.un.org/millenniumgoals/ Official UN website about the MDGs.
www.unmillenniumproject.org/goals/index.htm The Millennium Project was commissioned by the United Nations Secretary-General in 2002 to recommend a concrete action plan for the world to reverse the grinding poverty, hunger and disease affecting billions of people.
www.endpoverty2015.org/ The United Nations Millennium Campaign supports and inspires people from around the world to take action in support of the Millennium Development Goals.
www.whiteband.org/ The Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) is a growing alliance that brings together trade unions, INGOs, the women’s and youth movements, community and faith groups and others to call for action from world leaders in the global North and South to meet their promises to end poverty and inequality.
www.closethegap.org.au/ The Close The Gap campaign calls on federal, state and territory governments to commit to closing the life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians within a generation.
www.reconciliation.org.au/ Reconciliation Australia is an independent, not-for-profit organisation that was established in 2000 by the former Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation. It is the peak national organisation building and promoting reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians for the wellbeing of the nation.
www.usmob.com.au/teachers.html UsMob uses online characters and friendships to spark an exchange of culture, creativity and experience between non-Indigenous and Indigenous young people.
www.shareourpride.org.au/ Share Our Pride, an introduction to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their culture and to building respectful relationships.
www.wireandtwine.com/green/50/ 50 ways to help the planet
www.waterfootprint.org/?page=files/home The water footprint is an indicator of water use that looks at both direct and indirect water use of a consumer or producer.
www.oikoumene.org/en/activities/ewn-home/resources-and-links/what-you-can-do/the-virtual-water-cube.html The EWN is a network of churches and Christian organisations promoting people's access to water around the world.
http://www.wakeupsydney.com.au Wake Up Sydney! brings Sydneysiders together to ignite a revolution toward a more kind, conscious and sustainable world.
www.freecycle.org/ The Freecycle Network™ is made up of 4,811 groups with 6,563,000 members across the globe. It's a grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (& getting) stuff for free in their own towns. It's all about reuse and keeping good stuff out of landfills.
www.storyofstuff.com A 20-minute animation of the consumerist society, narrated by Anne Leonard.
www.fta.org.au/ The Fair Trade Association of Australia and New Zealand
www.hreoc.gov.au/index.htm Australian Human Right Commission, working towards an Australian society where human rights are for everyone, everywhere, every day.
www.youthforhumanrights.org/introduction/index.html Youth for Human Rights International teaches human rights education both in the classroom and beyond traditional education settings.
www.undp.org UNDP is the UN's global development network, an organization advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life.
http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/ Human Development is a development paradigm that is about much more than the rise or fall of national incomes. It is about creating an environment in which people can develop their full potential and lead productive, creative lives in accordance with their needs and interests. People are the real wealth of nations. Development is thus about expanding the choices people have to lead lives that they value.
www.unicef.org/voy/ UNICEF — Voices for Youth
www.wfp.org/ World Food Program
http://youthink.worldbank.org/issues/ Youthink provides information about the global issues that matter to young people. Check out the research, knowledge and experience gathered by World Bank experts on international development.
www.abc.net.au/rn/futuretense/stories/2009/2528294.htm Consumerism could prove a difficult habit to break, but there are those who have already started to change their approach to life. The frugality movement has been with us for some time. So given all the economic woe that's befallen us, could this be the movement's time in the sun?
http://www.thetablet.co.uk/article/13709 'In the shadow of the gun', by Peter O'Neill. Lawlessness in El Salvador has reached new heights with nearly 1,800 people murdered in the first five months of this year alone. A local parish pastor sheds light on life under the threat of corruption, criminal gangs and the drugs trade.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/futuretense/stories/2009/2528294.htm Consumerism could prove a difficult habit to break, but there are those who have already started to change their approach to life. The frugality movement has been with us for some time. So given all the economic woe that's befallen us, could this be the movement's time in the sun?
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