CHALLENGE CORPORATE BEHAVIOR
limit chainstores
sprawl-busters.com
boulder-iba.org
International Bulldozer Blockade
norfolk-county.com/users/claytons/main.html
combat sprawl
NIMBY
movements
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ALTER THE FOUNDATIONS
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zoning
cnu.org
smartgrowth.org
community
organizing
acorn.org
nationalneighborhood coalition.org
renters' issues
tenantsunion.org
democratization
community
development
rmi.org
futurenet.org
communitychange.org
Center for Neighborhood Technology
cnt.org
community councils
events
community centers
study groups
simpleliving.net
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BUILD NON-CORPORATE ALTERNATIVES
community
resources
geonewsletter.org
iscvt.org
urbanecology.org
house & block
parties
community
design
The Pattern Language
patternlanguage.com
cnu.org
sustainable communities
Resource Renewal Institute
rri.org
potlucks
local
investing
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| HOW CORPORATIONS AFFECT COMMUNITIES |
Increasing corporatization of society has had dramatic impacts upon our communities. Communities are not only where we live, they are shared spaces, shared interests, shared institutions, and shared hopes. Many people associate "community" with neighborhood, though recently technology has expanded the boundaries of communities to include Internet-based bulletin boards, chatrooms, and listserves. But really, a community can be anywhere there are common interests or common turf. Due to a wide range of impacts from corporatization, many of our communities have grown substantially smaller. As living has grown more complex and time more scarce, more of our communities have become highly personalized, composed of a largely hand-picked circle of associates we can turn to for mutual support. Increasingly, we choose our own communities, our set of responsibilities and obligations. For many people, the feeling of community has disappeared altogether. The sense of community has largely left many neighborhoods, leaving many to look for it elsewhere. Before looking at how to find and create community, let's look at what how and why the traditional community --the neighborhood--has changed.
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Corporations |
IMPACTING HUMAN RIGHTS
IN COMMUNITIES ABROAD |
COMMUNITIES & THE ENVIRONMENT
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ANIMAL RIGHTS
CONSIDERATIONS |
THE MOVEMENT
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