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Organizations dedicated to synergistic globalization
Central Asia Institute – working to fight terrorism through building schools and respectful two-way relationships in Afghanistan and Pakistan: www.ikat.org or www.threecupsoftea.com
Curriki - curriculum wikis for teachers: http://www.curriki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome
Educating for Humanity & The World We Want: online & distance courses, workshops, etc. for teachers dedicated to creating a better world
Facing History and Ourselves - helps students to analyze history through the lens of moral choices
Free the Children – Founded by the youth winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, this organization is by youth for youth, striving to ensure a quality education and the end of child labor for all of the world’s children: www.freethechildren.org
Free Rice and Free Poverty: quiz yourself and earn rice and water for needy world citizens
Good Guide: Looking for products that are made with attention to their impact on the environment, physical and social? Search and browse thousands of products to find out what's beneath the label.
iEarn - linking students globally through digital projects: www.iearn.org
Kiva – links up individuals with entrepreneurs in developing nations. An idea whose time has come: www.kiva.org
Literacy for social change: National Institute for Literacy
Microfinancing lesson plans and links: microfiance is a powerful way to work to eradicate poverty through empowering entrepreneurs globally: http://www.english-to-go.com/
Miniature Earth: slide show showing percentages of various demographics
Oxfam, the well-known human rights organizaiton, has a webpage dedicated to educators and curriculum
Pennies for Peace - students raising money, a penny at a time, to further the education of the world's youth: www.penniesforpeace.org/
PlanUSA.org - in 60 countries helping youth through education, sponsorships, and health initiatives: www.planusa.org
Radical Math - a site for exploring integrating issues of social justice into math instruction
Story of Stuff- a free accessible video on consumerism and its impacts on society with lots of links to sustainable organizations
Taking it global: founded by young people - connecting youth globally, giving ideas and projects for young people to make a positive difference in the world: http://takingitglobal.org
Teachers Without Borders - dedicated to enhancing the practice and availability of education primarily, although not exclusively, in the developing world, through solutions both in cyberspace and on the ground: www.teacherswithoutborders.org
Teaching Tolerance: Lesson plans, classroom activities: a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center
Village Earth- co-founded by the original founder of the Peace Corps, this organization assists communities throughout the world in community-based sustainable development: www.villageearth.org
WiserEarth: a compendium of groups, events, people etc. dedicated to transforming the world
Youth for a New World – working to build relationships between US and African youth through fundraising, correspondence, trips, and more: www.youthnewworld.org
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