Govind and Charlotte Acharya’s Web Links
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Ithaca
ii.
Human Rights
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Vegetarianism
iv.
Esperanto
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Economics
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News Media
vii.
Miscellaneous
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People We Know
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Events in Ithaca. This website, while not the easiest to
navigate, has the best listing of current happenings in the area
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Visit Ithaca. If you want to see what it looks like here or
are planning on visiting us, stop by this website first.
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Environmentalism:
Both Charlotte and Govind believe that in order to have a sustainable world,
where everyone, not just those in rich countries, can live with the basics of a
high standard of living. The current environmental situation is
unacceptable. Some of these organizations are, in their own way, leading the
fight to make this world a better place for all of Earth's creatures.
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Cayuga Lake Watershed Network. This organization works to coordinate the
environmental efforts that are occurring around Cayuga Lake in the Finger Lakes
Region of New York, our new home!
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Cayuga Bird Club A group of very dedicated birdwatchers in the
Finger Lakes Region of New York. Many
have a connection with the Cornell Lab of
Ornithology.
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Finger Lakes Native Plant
Society A fun group to hang out with.
Take a walk with them and learn about the flora in this neck of the
woods.
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Friends of Six Mile Creek. For a group founded in 2003, this group has
it going on! They have tapped into local
volunteers to improve the Six Mile Creek Natural Area. I love pulling garlic mustard with them. Their website is small because it’s new, but
it’ll give you all the contact info you’ll need.
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Friends of Sausal Creek. The
organization, that Charlotte helped to run, works on creek restoration in the
City of Oakland. The creek itself runs from the Oakland Hills to the
Fruitvale Bridge just by the Fruitvale BART station. It runs through one
of the most diverse communities in the United States.
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Friends of the Earth. This is probably the most
forceful of mainstream environmental organizations. They mainly work on
issues surrounding policy issues in Washington, rather than more local
work.
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Invasive.org. This website will tell you all you need to
know about invasive plants in your area
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Sierra Club. The best known of the
mainstream environmental organizations. They work on a combination of
local environmental awareness and policy issues at the state and US government
level.
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Cornell Department of Natural Resource.
One of the most renowned programs in natural resources involves itself in the local
and the global problems of today.
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Human
Rights: Without social justice and civil rights, where will we be
today? We will live in a world where certain groups suffer the indignity
of riding in the back of the bus; certain people will live in slavery or bonded
to their jobs based on their parentage; certain people will suffer because they
speak out against a government; and certain people would die because their
"government" believes they are not worth living for. We
disagree and here are some people that share our views.
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Govind's South Asia Human Rights Page: A growing
compendium of literature on the most diverse regions of the world.
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Amnesty International. The world's
largest grassroots organization dedicated to human rights. This is the
link to the International Secretariat, which is based in London. If you
want a link to the press statements issued by the organization, click here.
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Amnesty International USA. The US
section of AI is the organization with which Govind and Charlotte both spend considerable
amounts of time volunteering. Our local group is Ithaca Group #73.
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Amnesty International India. A
small, but thriving section of AI.
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Human Rights Watch. Another well-known
human rights organization which concentrates on policy and research (contrasted
with AI which does campaigning and research). They do fabulous
work.
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United Nations High Commission for Human Rights.
The UN's body that oversees human rights and argues on behalf of people who are
oppressed by the governments that are supposed to be protecting them.
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Human Rights Internet. A Canadian-based
consortium which attempts to act as a gateway to human rights information
throughout the world.
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Vegetarianism:
Charlotte and I are both vegetarian. We're not as ethical in our diet
when it comes to eggs and milk, but we avoid killing animals when we eat.
And, we eat just fine (except for the multitude of junk food that Govind
eats). Here are some sites that reflects our views.
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Farm Fresh to You. A company who delivers fresh organic fruits
and vegetables to your door. Also has
lots of recipes categorized by fruit/vegetable.
Not vegetarian only recipes, but lots of good ones nonetheless.
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Farm Sanctuary. We went on a tour at their facility west of
Watkins Glen, New York and got to spend some quality time with pigs enjoying
their lives away from the factory farm.
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Esperanto: La lingo
internacia havas plu de unu miliono paroloan
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Esperanto League for North America
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Economics
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Economic
Development
Cornell
University's Dept of Applied Economics and Management
Inter-American
Development Bank
Pakistan
Institute for Development Economics
International Food
Policy Research Institute
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Labor
Economics
School for
Industrial and Labor Relations
RAND Labor and
Population Program
W.E.
Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Institute for
International Economics
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Human
Rights and Economic Actors
AIUSA's
Business and Economic Relations Group
Business
and Human Rights Resource Centre
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Environmental
and Resource Economics
International
Institute for Environment and Development
World Bank's
Environmental Economics website
United Nations Environment
Program
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Rural
Finance
Ohio
State University's Rural Finance Program
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Economic
History
Economic History
clearinghouse: All you need to have about economic history in one
spot.
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News
Media
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BBC World Service: undoubtedly the best mainstream
source of news around. I would never recommend any US TV network because
of its corporate tilt that benefits only those in power (Democrat or
Republican), but I would recommend the BBC.
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The Economist. Despite President Bush’s off economic
policies (which will hurt capitalism in the long term because of his pro-rich
policies), The Economist is slavishly loyal to him. They are, however, progressive on social
issues.
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AlterNet: a good compendium of news
sources.
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Salon: a great, but struggling webzine.
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American Prospect: a fabulous magazine with
links to a lot of their articles.
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The Nation: one of the oldest progressive
magazines has seen better days.
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Indian Express: One of the many highly
critical and excellent Indian English-language newspapers.
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Miscellaneous
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The Onion: I debated long and hard as to
whether this should be in the news media section. The stuff they do is
funny, but it's almost as true as some of the mainstream media!
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Asahi Business in
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James Maclean, fellow former MA student
at SF State.
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Hilary Naylor, an AIUSA activist in
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Mary Shaw, an AIUSA activist in
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Marc
Bellemare, a fellow PhD student at Cornell.
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Andy Doyle,
a.k.a, the slamTractor, in
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Nancy Winemiller. A yummy website indeed—100% vegan!
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