Free to Learn is an influential documentary that offers an insight into the daily life at The Free School in Albany, New York.
The Free School expects children to decide on how they spend their time in schooling.
The Free School is unique in that it transcends obstacles that prevent similar schools from reaching an economically and racially diverse range of students and operates in the heart of a city.
UK Web Archive through the British Library for Friends, Families and Travellers info.
Friends of the Earth International is their hub to global campaigns on environmental and social issues.
A portal site that encourages a ‘warrior response’ to global catastrophes. Developed from the work of Max Igan, who started formulating the idea of The Full Circle Project in 2012. The site tells us that, “he was particularly concerned to draw attention to the plight of the Amazon forest and all the natural treasures it contains. He wanted to call people everywhere to come together and recognise the power we had as One People to change the tide of destruction and the rape of our planet.”
Global Communities started out in the USA as the Foundation for Cooperative Housing. It works on sustainability in a ‘bottom-up’ way valuing the views and energy of communities. The agency currently works in more than 20 countries around the world.
An interactive site that says it has been established as a bridge: “This site is dedicated to the hippie in all of us. Hippies young and old will find a very active community here.”
Homeschooling: A site that explores some of the practicalities of de-schooling and home-schooling.
US magazine. Glossy, well-illustrated, but with a substantial on-line presence too. Fairly radical, depending upon your own views of course! Lots of left-field points of view on how the world is malfunctioning.
Includes powerful images, art and videos.
Human Rights Campaign. Working for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Equal Rights. International information exchange and campaigning.
Human Rights Watch
Their Mission: “Human Rights Watch is one of the world’s leading independent organizations dedicated to defending and protecting human rights. By focusing international attention where human rights are violated, we give voice to the oppressed and hold oppressors accountable for their crimes.”