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"Myth: Only protestors are activists. Reality: Anyone can be an activist.
An activist is someone who takes action to make things better." (activism.ca)
(other definitions: Wikipedia | Cambridge 2 | Google Definitions 2 | more below...)

Types of Activism & Citizenship
(Wiki = Wikipedia | OD = Open Directory | GD = Google Directory | P&PF = People- & Planet-Friendly)

An Activist Lexicon
(see also Issues & Themes and Types of Activism, above)

· Your News & Announcements – Post interesting news and announcements about your or your organization's endeavours – or People- & Planet-Friendly themes in general.
· Your Thoughts & Discussion – A place for your thoughts and discussion on any People- & Planet-Friendly topics and themes
· Questions & Answers – Where can I find...? How can I do...? Can you explain...? Use this forum to ask (or answer) questions about anything related to P&PF themes.
· GoodWork Forum – How can I find meaningful work? How can I change my career path? How can I make a healthy, sustainable, ethical livelihood?
· Activist Support Forum – Share your worries, troubles and fears – or offer others some feedback and support.
· Creating Stronger Community – Your thoughts and ideas on how to create stronger community for activists, environmentalists and others.
· More Forums – Forum Index

Specific Issues & Themes
(Wiki = Wikipedia | OD = Open Directory | GD = Google Directory | P&PF = People- & Planet-Friendly)
(This is not intended to be a comprehensive list. For more see: P&PF | OD | GD | Wiki)
· Business & Corporatization – P&PF | OD | GD | Wiki (2)
· Civil Rights – P&PF | OD | GD | Wiki
· Democracy – P&PF | PV | OD | GD | Wiki
· Education – P&PF | OD | GD | Wiki
· Employment – P&PF | OD | GD | Wiki
· Energy – P&PF | OD | GD | Wiki
· Environment & Sustainability – P&PF | OD | GD | Wiki (2) (3)
· Food & Agriculture – P&PF | OD | GD | Wiki
· Global Issues – P&PF | OD | GD
· Health – P&PF | OD | GD | Wiki
· Housing – P&PF | OD | GD | Wiki
· Human Development – Wiki | OD | GD | P&PF (see also Economic Development)
· Human Rights – P&PF | OD | GD | Wiki
· Intellectual Property – P&PF | OD | GD | Wiki
· Media – P&PF | OD (2) (3) | GD (2) (3) | Wiki
· Poverty – P&PF | OD | GD | Wiki
· Social Justice – P&PF | (see also poverty) | Wiki
· Trade & Globalization – P&PF | OD | GD | Wiki (2)
· Transportation – P&PF | OD | GD | Wiki
· War & Conflict – P&PF | OD | GD | Wiki
· More – P&PF | OD | GD | Wiki

Activism Quotes & Quotations

A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a
living thing can go against it. – G.K. Chesterton

The question is not 'can you make a difference?'
You already do make a difference. It's just a matter
of what kind of difference you want to make,
during your life on this planet. – Julia Butterfly Hill

If you assume that there's no hope, you guarantee that there will be no hope. If you assume that there is an instinct for freedom, that there are opportunities to change things, there's a chance you may contribute to making a better world. That's your choice. – Noam Chomsky

Powerlessness and silence go together. We...should use our privileged positions not as a shelter from the world's reality, but as a platform from which to speak. A voice is a gift. It should be cherished and used. – Margaret Atwood

There's a scientific reason to be concerned and there's a scientific reason to push for action. But there's no scientific reason to despair. – Dr. Gavin Schmidt, NASA Climate Scientist

The hottest places in hell are reserved for those
who in times of crisis, maintain their neutrality. – Dante

If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to
tell people what they do not want to hear. – George Orwell

Tyranny loves apathy. – origin unknown

Freedom is participation in power. – Cicero

Nobody made a greater mistake than they who did nothing because they thought they could only do a little. – Edmund Burke

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Neither certain nor indifferent. – Jostein Gaarder
Certainty stops thought. Indifference stops action.
Find the middle ground! – Peter Blanchard

Never doubt that a small number of dedicated people can change the world, indeed it is the only thing that ever has. – Margaret Mead

Most of the important things in the world have been
accomplished by people who have kept on trying
when there seemed to be no hope at all. – Dale Carnegie

When the forms of an old culture are dying, the new
culture is created by a few people who are not afraid
to be insecure. – Rudolf Bahro

A key is just a bunch of little angles, in the right
combination. – JP Warren

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it.
Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
Begin it now. – Goethe

The future will be what you contribute to and create.
– Greg, Camp Counselor

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