Links The Green Belt Movement www.greenbeltmovement.org Dr. Wangari Maathai's the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winners Green Belt movement provides income and sustenance to millions of people in Kenya through the planting of trees. It also conducts educational campaigns to raise awareness about women's rights, civic empowerment, and the environment throughout Kenya and Africa. She is a truly couragous champion of her people and the environment. She is a true EARTHSHAKER. 1% For The Planet www.onepercentfortheplanet.org 1% For The Planet was launched by Yvon Chouinard, environmental activist and founder of outdoor clothing company Patagonia, Inc., and Craig Mathews, owner of Blue Ribbon Flies in 2001. An incredible initiative. Yvon Chouinard is a "let my people go surfing" Mover and Earthshaker. Ashoka www.ashoka.org Ashoka is the global association of the world's leading social entrepreneurs' men and women with system changing solutions for the world's most urgent social problems. Fair Trade Foundation www.fairtrade.net/about_fairtrade.html One of the most incredible initiatives that is Shaking and changing the world for the better. Started by several Uk basked NGO?s, CAFOD, Christian Aid, New Consumer, Oxfam, Traidcraft and the World Development Movement. Truly amazing, Great products... Bono and Data www.data.org/archives/000816.php Bono is well... simply amazing. Has always stood and wrote and campaigned for peace and healing and change. An Earthshaker and really cool! Oprahs Angel Network www2.oprah.com/ophilanthropy/oan/grants/schools_main.jhtml Truly one of the most amazing women that has ever existed. An Earthshaker extrodinaire! with a heart and soul as big as the planet. The best of the best. An Inconvienient Truth www.climatecrisis.net This is a film that every human being should see. It is powerful, intelligent, fact driven, shocking yet also filled with hope. Al Gore (Big time Earthshaker! our Hero) should win a nobel peace prize for the environment! International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR) www.ifor.org/mission.htm Ever heard of the Civil Rights Movement, Bayard Rustin James Farmer, Congress of Racial equality, Martin Luther King jr. Amazing social justice and human rights pioneers. Earthshakers. Gregory our Co-President and Dani Pock the Supporting African Relief Direction has worked for them for years. Environmental Defense www.environmentaldefense.org/home.cfm Great organization. Earthshakers and Earthsavers. American Friends Service Commitee (AFSC) www.afsc.org Deeply passionate, highly intelligent and creative staff. Kind and compasssionate. One of the best. True Earthshakers. Gregory Gregory our Co-President worked for them in Chicago on their Africa Life over debt campaign. Green to Gold www.eco-advantage.com How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build Competitive Advantage is an incredibly amazing book to read for any company that is seroius about tackling environmental issues. The Daily Show www.comedycentral.com/shows/the_daily_show/index.jhtml Innovative, intelligent, really funny way to look at serious politcal issues. Changed the media game.Jon Dailey is a mindshaker and an Earthshaker. MoveOn.org www.moveon.org MoveOn.org is an incredibly innovative way to keep busy people informed bringing average Americans back into the political process. They offer a way for busy but concerned citizens to have a political voice in a system dominated by by big money. World Wildlfe Fund (WWF) www.worldwildlife.org This incredible organization has been at the forefront of creative change. True Earthshakers, innovative, cool, educational..they do not get much better than this. Traidcraft www.traidcraft.co.uk Simply Amazing Earthshaker! Traidcraft is the UK's leading fair trade organisation, fighting poverty through trade. Established in 1979 as a Christian response to poverty, they are part trading company and development charity. Oxfam www.oxfam.org.uk Oxfam is one of the most remarkable organizations on the planet. One of the founders of the Fairtarde movement. Innovative, creative and YES an amazing EARTHSHAKER! How to Change the World, David Bornstein www.howtochangetheworld.org/text/book.html How to Change the World is one of the most incredible books written about everyday people who decided to become changemakers and Earthshakers. We guarantee you will be inspired to create change after reading this book. Green Peace www.greenpeace.org/international Bold, couargeous, innovative, cool..YES AMAZING! Changing the world and true EARTHSHAKERS! Friends of the Earth www.foe.org Friends of the Earth is the U.S. voice of an influential, international network of grassroots groups in 70 countries. They are truly amazing and innovative Earthshakers! Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1964/king-bio.html Incredibly courageous, brilliant, passionate, tremendous love for humanity..Simply the best! Inspira(c)tional. One of our heroes. another Nobel Earthshaker. Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank www.grameen-info.org Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank is a truly amazing and Inspira(c)tional story. Proves that one person can make a decision to play their part and change the world. A truly Nobel Earthshaker! Taking It Global www.takingitglobal.org Truly amazing story. Started by two teenagers Jennifer Corriero and Michael Furdyk who have truly changed the world. Innovative, Inspira(c)tional, highly intelligent and driven Earthshakers Free the children www.freethechildren.com/index.php Free The Children was founded by 12-year-old Craig Kielburger in 1995 when he gathered 11 school friends to begin fighting child labour. They are now the largest in the world. Truly Amazing! Amnesty International (AI) www.amnesty.org Amnesty is a truly amazing and innovativly powerful human rights NGO that uses active non-violence to change the world. They are truly Earthshakers! Toms of Maine www.tomsofmaine.com Another amazing company. Great products, great employees, environmental and social Earthshakers. Started from nothing, passionate, innovative and just plain great. Whole Foods Market www.wholefoodsmarket.com Truly amazing. Simply the best grocery store on the planet. Best employees, Best food selection, Best store design, environmental and social EARTHSHAKERS!. Started in a garage in Texas. We Feed The World www.we-feed-the-world.at/en/film.htm WE FEED THE WORLD is a film about food and globalisation, fishermen and farmers, long-distance lorry drivers and high-powered corporate executives, the flow of goods and cash flow?a film about scarcity amid plenty. Stonyfield Farm Yogurt www.stonyfield.ca Rags to Riches (like many Earthshakers) deeply passionate, champions of small farmers, organic pioneers... truly amazing company and on top of it all they produce the worlds best yogurt. Rohner Textiles www.climatex.com/en/products/products_overview.html Rohner Textiles creates world class fabrics. Good enough to eat. toxin free upholstery. Amazing, innovative, cool. Earthshakers and Earthsavers. Herman Miller www.hermanmiller.com Many of Herman Miller's products are designed to be ecologically sound, sustainable including energy efficient manufacturing, recycled content, and recyclable content, including design for disassembly. Save Our Environment www.saveourenvironment.org The Save Our Environment Action Center is a collaborative effort of the nation's most influential environmental advocacy organizations harnessing the power of the internet to increase public awareness. Paul Hawken www.paulhawken.com Paul Hawken is an environmentalist, entrepreneur, journalist, and author. Starting at age 20, he dedicated his life to sustainability and changing the relationship between business and the environment. One of our heroes. Ray Anderson and Interface Corporation www.myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=r_anderson Ray Anderson is an amazing and truly couragous visionary. One of Gregorys heroes. A courageous leading Earthshaker! Yvon Chouinard www.grist.org/news/maindish/2004/10/22/little-chouinard Yvon Chouinard, world-class mountaineer, diehard surfer, obsessive fly fisher -- oh yes, and founder and owner of Patagonia, http://www.patagonia.com. -- is as famous for his brio and gutsy outdoorsmanship as he is for his visionary business strategy. My Heroes www.myhero.com/myhero A vast resource of information on a wide array of truly amazing people from across the world. Worth spending some time in this site and also a great resource for teachers as there are online free lesson plans. The Body Shop: Anita Roddick www.anitaroddick.com/aboutanita.php Anita Roddick is truly incredible, very cool and like many of the others started with nothing, lives her passion, uses her highly intelligent creative power to change (and shake) the world.