Resources
We are currently looking for a volunteer to help us in continuing to compile a list of resources for youth and educators. We are seeking to create an online library of texts, links to documentaries, conscious music, and book lists for those seeking to change the world. If interested or have ideas you’d like to promote, please contact us at mail@projectequity.org.
Interesting Organizations and Sites:
- www.kiva.org
- Micro-credit loans taken to the online world. This is the first must-see organization that is changing today’s world.
- www.socialinnovation.ca
- A dynamic space in downtown Toronto meant to spark and support new ideas that require work spaces to grow. This is a local place where bright minds can think and where change can start!
- www.greenenterprise.net
- Through networking events and workshops with eco-smart entrepreneurs, this company helps independent businesses and customers to become greener and to think local first. If you want to become greener, but don’t know how- visit this website to get ideas on how to live a better life.
- www.thehungersite.com
- A generous collection of charities that allow you to donate for free by simply clicking!
- www.freerice.com
- Donate rice to the UN World Food Program by playing word games. What could be better?
Educational Sites:
- www.povertynewsblog.blogspot.com
- Up to date news on poverty struggles around the world.
- www.ecologicalfootprint.com
- This has emerged as the world’s best indicator of human’s demand on our resources. Visit this website to see how much your consumption actually hurts our planet!
- www.worldchanging.com
- Innovations and solutions for building a bright green future. This website brings creative and easy solutions on how to live cleaner, greener and safer lives. Protect our future generations by adopting simple strategies!
- www.change.org
- This site raises awareness about important causes and encourages people to get involved with recognized NGO’s.
- www.earth911.com
- Have you ever wanted to recycle materials, but didn’t know where to dispose of them? Earth 911 seeks to empower the public with community-specific resources to improve their quality of life.
Films:
- Ted.com
- The Ted Conference brings together the world’s most brilliant and innovative thinkers. The best talks from the conference are available for free online. They are inspirational, to say the least.
Books:
- Race Against Time- Stephen Lewis
- Canadian diplomat Stephen Lewis manages to explain the roots of the crisis of poverty & Aids, gives it a human face, and outlines solutions in his important book.
- The End of Poverty- Jeffrey Sachs
- A must-read; one of the world’s top economists offers a blueprint for worldwide economic success.
- The White Man’s Burden-William Easterly
- Why the west’s efforts to aid the rest have done so much ill and so little good.
- The Bottom Billion- Paul Collier
- Rich in analysis and recommendations, this book will change the way you think about the world.
- How to Change the World- David Bornstein
- Tells the stories of people who have both changed their lives and found ways to change the world.
- Mountains Beyond Mountains- Tracy Kidder
- A dedication to the philosophy that the only real nation is humanity.
- World Changing: A User’s Guide for the 21st Century- Alex Steffan
- A compendium of solutions to meet the great challenges of today. This book belongs in the library of every person who aspires to be part of a generation of everyday people who have the courage and conviction to make a difference.