The Peace Media Clearinghouse is a collection of key audio and visual resources and best practices related to conflict management. Here you’ll find documentaries, films, shows, podcasts, songs, video games, and other multimedia about peace and conflict management. Explore a wide range of topics, such as conflict prevention, nonviolence, post-conflict reconstruction, refugees, child soldiers, rule of law, religion, climate change, terrorism, and much more. http://peacemedia.usip.org The clearinghouse was developed as a joint project of the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) and Georgetown University’s Conflict Resolution ... (continue)

This toolkit was compiled at the request of the members of the Society for Organizational Learning's Sustainability Consortium. Its purpose is to provide a starting place and support for those who want to begin the process of educating, illuminating and shifting their organizations toward renewal, regeneration and nourishment of natural systems, communities and the financial bottom line. The toolkit links to and describes various materials that can be downloaded, viewed, or purchased. (continue)

TheCivicMind is a gateway to information and resources about civic participation and democracy education. The site is run by Wendy Bay Lewis, a lawyer turned speaker, civics coach and consultant who tracks efforts to engage the public in civic issues and includes this info on the site. The site includes directories to help you locate civic resources by topic (university-based programs, court-based programs, election reform, etc.) or state. (continue)

Thirdside.org is sponsored by the Global Negotiation Project at Harvard University. The idea of the Third Side and the initial content of this website are drawn from Bill Ury's book The Third Side: Why We Fight and How We Can Stop. Thirdside.org offers numerous tools for negotiation, including high school and college curriculua, workshop facilitators' guides, Third Side stories and case studies, and a variety of exercises. (continue)

Together We Can is the U.K. government campaign to bring government and people closer together, encouraging public bodies to do more to enable people to influence local decisions. The Together We Can website provides information about sources of help including organisations, sources of funding, and advice. As it grows it will provide case studies to show how issues have been successfully tackled throughout the U.K. and give links to research and reports that help explain what works and why. It also aims to provide easy access to government policy documents, which can provide valuable insight into the programmes and initiatives being promoted by government departments and their partners. (continue)

Described as "the secret decoder ring for the 21st-century world of disinformation," the book UnSpun lays bare the art of spinning - rampant in the world of politics, marketing and news. Jackson, who directs FactCheck.org, a website of the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC), and Jamieson, APPC's director, teamed up with Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Signe Wilkinson of the Philadelphia Daily News to detail how spin has worked successfully in selling everything from war and taxes to emu oil and "tall" coffees. The authors are particularly excited about a unique feature of unSpun, a companion website that allows them to update the book online. (continue)

WorldChanging.com works from a simple premise: that the tools, models and ideas for building a better future lie all around us. That plenty of people are working on tools for change, but the fields in which they work remain unconnected. That the motive, means and opportunity for profound positive change are already present. That another world is not just possible, it's here. We only need to put the pieces together. Informed by that premise, we do our best to bring you links to (and analysis of) those tools, models and ideas in a timely and concise manner. (continue)

Across the globe, youths everywhere are making a difference. Combating issues without blinking an eye, they possess the spirit and strength, along with the heartfelt belief, that they can change the world. And change the world they do! YouthNoise gives these world-changers, these hope-givers, a voice, a place to connect, and a place to inspire - and be inspired. An activist haven, a socially conscious sanctuary, YouthNoise invites youths to write, to learn, to think, and to act. A virtual conference hall, playground, coffee shop, and classroom, YouthNoise is where the difference begins. (continue)