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Contact Karen
in Nashville, TN about teleclasses, workshops, and one-on-one voice lessons by phone, internet or in person.
Karen
Lyu
615-530-7710
612-327-0050
karen(at)globaljazz.net
www.globaljazz.net
Website & Magnet Design:
Karen Lyu
612-327-0050
Karen also gets inspired by helping artists, entrepreneurs and non-profit
organizations create imaginative, clearly expressive websites and
print materials.
Photography:
Bruce Silcox
612-722-1664
Terrific photographer, nice guy and long-time Powderhorn resident. He specializes in artists, activists, people of color, outdoor photos, and events.
Magnet Production:
Northland Poster Collective
800-627-3082
Local activist print shop and artists collective. Run by wonderful
artists such as Ricardo Evans-Morales and Janna Schneider.
Fair
Trade Reversible Vests:
MarketPlace
800-726-8905
An incredible online fair trade artisan coop founded by women in India. Wear gorgeous clothes that support true empowerment. (Mostly women's clothes.)
Karen's
Progressive Gift Guide
Support businesses and entrepreneurs that support people and the
environment
National
Resources
www.greenpages.org (Co-op
America's National Green Pages directory online)
www.betterworldhandbook.com
(Find out how the national corporations rate)
www.responsibleshopper.com
(Find out how the national corporations rate)
www.shopforchange.com
(sponsored by the progressive long-distance company Working
Assets - up to 5% donation per purchase)
Local
Resources
www.findbluesky.com
(Blue Sky coupon books for progressive companies in Minneapolis,
Portland and Seattle)
www.checkbook.com (national
non-profit organization that lists how local consumers rate local
businesses)
www.thegreenguide.org
(Twin Cities Green Guide directory online)
www.mnartists.org (buy hand-made one-of-a-kind items from local
artists)
Don't know where to start? Try at least one more eco-friendly thing than you're doing already.
Support people you already know and trust, ask for referrals, look
in your local yellowpages for co-ops, fair trade shops, immigrant
businesses, antique stores, second-hand stores, art galleries and
crafts fairs. When in doubt, choose businesses that are local, run
by women and/or people of color.
Karen's
Progressive Resources
News Sources:
www.commondreams.org
"Pulling from both wire services and a plethora of progressive
magazines and Web sites, Common Dreams is one of the best online
sources for alternative news and views." - Utne
Reader (Also, White House briefings with Ari Fleischer, links
to mainstream
news, official US government news and more.)
news.google.com
"Google News presents information culled from approximately 4,000
[mainstream] news sources worldwide and automatically arranged to
present the most relevant news first. Topics are updated continuously
throughout the day, so you will see new stories each time you check
the page. Google has developed an automated grouping process for
Google News that pulls together related headlines and photos from
thousands of sources worldwide -- enabling you to see how different
news organizations are reporting the same story. You pick the item
that interests you, then go directly to the site which published
the account you wish to read." - Google
Inspiration
& Hope:
Ode Magazine
Ode is a print and online publication about positive news, about the people and ideas that are changing our world for the better. Ode is published ten times a year in both English and Dutch, with a worldwide circulation of more than 100,000. Over the past 12 years, Ode has helped make the 'alternative' media space more mainstream. Odemagazine.com's mix of print and online journalism with user-generated content and social networking makes it unique on the Web.
Yes!
A Journal of Positive Futures
Published by the Positive Futures Network, Yes! is an award-winning
quarterly magazine invites the reader to be part of a global community
of changemakers. Each issue focuses on a theme, showing the possibilities
and practical steps that can lead us all to a more positive future.
Readers tell us that our consistent message of realistic hope clarifies
their thinking and encourages their active engagement in change.
Hand
in Hand Schools
A group of integrated, bilingual schools in Israel where Jewish
and Arab children learn together, helping their families and communities
live together. Royalties from Marcel Khalife's song "Asfur"
were donated to Hand in Hand.
World Social Forum
Since 2001, tens of thousands of international activists and grassroots organizations have met annually to share solutions for positive social, economic and environmental change.
Compassionate Rebels
The Compassionate Rebel is a collection of stories and interviews
with diverse men and women who have been energized by anger and
motivated by love. They are ordinary people like you and me and
they are changing the world—from their own backyards and neighborhoods
to the far reaches of foreign lands. Their riveting stories are
profound examples of the power of the average person to conquer
adversity and injustice.
Natural
Capitalism
In their book, Natural Capitalism, three top strategists
show how leading-edge companies are practicing "a new type
of industrialism" that is more efficient and profitable while
saving the environment and creating jobs. Paul Hawken and Amory
and Hunter Lovins call their approach natural capitalism because
it's based on the principle that business can be good for the environment
and for humanity.
Resources for Socially-Conscious People with Low or No Income
This is an Acrobat
list I actually put together for the Revisioning Conference from things I learned as a struggling artist and student.
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