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THE VERY BIG PICTURE
Our Place in the Universe - From the Milky Way to a single proton - awesome, majestic
The Long Now - The next ten-thousand  years - Time and responsibility - original,  profound
An Even longer View - A mind-stretching timeline of the universe - from Big Bang to Bush
Nearest Star - A neighborly glance at Alpha Centauri, our twin star only 4 light-years away
The Arecibo telescope signal  -  Our first and only digital message to the stars
The Atom -  Models and descriptions

PLANETARY PERSPECTIVES
Earth at Night - Spectacular - Who left the lights on?
Global alarm map - - Staying frightened all the time
Consider the Future - - Huge collection of user-generated information and essays
UN Earth Day at Equinox - - Margaret Mead declaration
Innovation Watch - - Staying ahead on everything
World Watch Institute - Annual checklist on the state of the planet
The Planetary Interest Cambridge University study - Perspectives toward a global polity
United Nations - Flawed -  but last, best, only hope yet in place
UN Conferences and Events- Current listings
Today's UN Webcasts
NGOs and International Organizations - Global listings
Amnesty International - Protecting Human Rights worldwide
Change.org - New Global Social Network
Ashoka - Helping people everywhere to help themselves
Institute for Policy Studies - Long-time leading US progressive thinktank
Groundspring - Internet services for non-profits
Global Exchange - Linking People-to-People worldwide
World Government - Backgound and updates
World Federalism - History and role today
Meet the world's ten richest people - Youtube Video

NUCLEAR ISSUES
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear weapons - Watch 6 minute Report - powerful, inspiring.
Nuclear disarmament documents
Doomsday Clock - Two minutes closer to midnight
Reaching Critical Will - Invaluable monitor of nuclear issues
Global Security Institute -International Nuclear Disarmament Center
Acronym Institute - Scholarly and balanced reports from Rebecca Johnson
Nuclear Disarmament - Invaluable links for citizen activists - where to go, what to do.
Nuclear News - World updates
Mayors for Peace 20/20 Vision -  World mayors call for nuclear disarmament by the year 2020
IALANA - International Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms
Canberra Commission -  International blueprint for getting rid of nuclear weapons
Nuclear Policy Research Institute -  Headed by Helen Caldicott
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation - Headed by David Krieger
Atomic Mirror - Analysis and comment
Nuclear Disarmament Today - Wikipedia updates
Weapons of Mass Destruction - Blix report on steps to a nuclear, biological, chemical weapons-free world
Weeramantry Dissent - Seminal, magisterial World Court opinion on nuclear weapons
Kissinger, Nunn, Schultz, Perry call for nuclear abolition - Wall St Journal landmark editorial



CLIMATE CHANGE
Climate Change links
Stern Review - UK Report on Global Warming
What You Can Do - Ben & Jerry's citizen's guide to lick global warming
Stop Global Warming
Grist - Environmental news and commentary
Natural Resources Defense Council - Rich with information and links
How Global Warming works - Simple BBC animation



TV and RADIO NEWS
BBC News - Best broadcast service -  - Slow on Iraq; but still compass and beacon among mass media

National Public Radio - America's non-commercial national service
Air America Radio - New Progressive news and commentary service
C-Span - America's most valuable TV network -  live coverage of congress and political affairs
Democracy Now! - Fiercely independent US radio news service
Press TV- Mid-East Perspectives on World News - Satellite TV and web streaming

WORLD NEWS, MAGAZINE AND ONLINE SERVICES
InterPress News - Voice of and for the people
Truth Out - Citizen-based independent media world view
The Guardian -England's most responsible and important newspaper
The Independent - Literate and discerning UK news daily
The New York Times - Forever damaged by Judith Miller, but still occasionally useful
Toronto Star Canadian  paper with a global  perspective
Independent Media Center -Global News Watchdog
Le Monde Diplomatique -France's most influential journal
Times of India - Asian perspectives World News
Information Clearing House - What the mainstream misses - great media links
Japan Times - World view news and editorials
Watching America - Unique service translates world press on US
Counterpunch - Tough independent perspectives
New America Foundation - Valuable news, comment and video http://www.newamerica.net/
The Observer - Weekly  publication of  The Guardian
International Herald Tribune  -  Establishment  world summary
The Nation  -  First and best US progressive weekly
Whole Earth Review - The world's most important intelligent magazine - see back issues
New Scientist - Science; art of the 21st century - leading edge reports
Common Dreams -  Utne reader says "a site to shake the world"  -  updates and  media links
Antiwar.  Invaluable libertarian commentary and reports watchdoging warmongers
Salon - Sophisticated online mix of politics and culture
AlterNet - Leading Alternative news service
One World   UK-based independent  truly global news service
Global Research - Canadian based independent news, analysis   -
Want to Know  - Coverups uncovered
Komisar Scoop   - Watchdog on World Corporations and Banks
Brave New Films  - Network of best TV news reports >
Electronic Frontier Foundation  -Protecting freedom in cyberspace
Mother Talkers  - Rants and raves on modern motherhood
Move On - US model and exemplar for the coming online grass roots democracy
Daily Kos - US model for national - and world -blog
Scoop - Independent New Zealand news service - best coverage US vote fraud
Cyborg Democracy - Transhuman futures
Declaration of Freedom in Cyberspace - John Perry Barlow, EFF
Snuffy Smith's Blog - Great world affairs articles and commentary



ENCYCLOPEDIA
Wikipedia- World's biggest and best - and growing all the time
Encyclopedia of Life- E.O. Wilson center


LIBRARIES
British Library- 13-million items




BOOKS
Gutenberg Project - World's greatest writings - huge, uniquely valuable free service

Global Business Network Book List


MIT World  -  Distributed Intelligence - rich, deep
 
 


Wikileaks  - "..as important a tool as the Freedom of Information act."
 
 

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