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Education 
- Educational theory and theorists
- Researchers of education in China
- School models
- Organizations
Political news and analysis
Social change - Echoing Green
- Ashoka
- International Forum on Globalization
- The impossible will take a little while, book by Paul Loeb
- Adbusters, satires and art on consumerism and world affairs
- Social Edge
- MoveOn.org, web-based grassroots organization for progressive action
- On the Commons, web portal exploring activism on behalf of the commons
- Capitalism 3.0: A Guide to Reclaiming the Commons, book by Peter Barnes
- Center for American Progress
- United For Peace and Justice
- Institute for Global Communications - The Progressive Community
- Public Citizen
- Democratic Underground
- Association for Progressive Communications
- Alternet.org, organization for independent and alternative journalism
- Znet / Z Magazine, community of people committed to social change
- Pacifica Radio Network, alternative public radio
- American Civil Liberties Union
- ReclaimDemocracy.org, restoring citizen authority over corporations
- Addicted to War: Why the U.S. Can't Kick Militarism
- Michael Moore
- Antenna Foundation (Dutch)
- Loesje, poster organization
- The Noam Chomsky Archive
International development organizations
Neuroscience themes  Neuroscience has directly bearing upon daily experience and the quality of life. These links are to pages which are hopefully accessible to non-experts. On each of these topics, there is a lot of scientific literature.
Philosophy themes  I am not much of a philosopher but there are some schools which I find appealing. - Existentialism - "There is no pre-defined essence to humanity except that which we make for ourselves."
- Naturalism - "There is no higher tribunal for truth than natural science."
- Metaphysical subjectivism - "There is no reality independent of perception." (also: "There is no existence independent of consciousness.")
- Weak agnosticism - "The existence or nonexistence of a God or gods is currently unknown but not necessarily unknowable."
- Cultural relativism - "An individual human's beliefs and activities make sense in terms of his or her own culture."
- Eclecticism - an approach to thought that does not hold rigidly to a single paradigm or set of assumptions or conclusions, but instead draws upon multiple theories to gain complementary insights into phenomena
Religion themes The ways in which religion affects human thought and action intrigue me, and why it does more so in some than in others. 
Political books - Bob Woodward (2006), State of Denial
- Mark Green (2006), Losing Our Democracy: How Bush, the Far Right and Big Business are Betraying Americans for Power and Profit
- Eric Alterman and Mark Green (2004), The Book on Bush: How George W. (Mis)leads America
- John Powers (2004), Sore Winners
- Richard A. Clarke (2004), Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror
- Bob Woodward (2004), Plan of Attack
- Al Franken (2003), Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right
- Bob Graham and Jeff Nussbaum (2004), Intelligence Matters
- Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose (2003), Bushwhacked : Life in George W. Bush's America
- Joseph Wilson (2004), The Politics of Truth: Inside the Lies that Led to War and Betrayed My Wife's CIA Identity: A Diplomat's Memoir
- Kevin Phillips (2004), American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush
- John Sperling (2004), The Great Divide: Retro vs Metro America
- Michael Moore (2003), Dude, Where's My Country?
- Robert C. Byrd (2004), Losing America: Confronting a Reckless and Arrogant Presidency
- Ron Suskind (2004), The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O'Neill
- John W. Dean (2004), Worse Than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush
- Paul Krugman (2004), The Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way in the New Century
- John Nichols (2004), Dick: The Man Who is President
- David Corn (2003), The Lies of George W. Bush: Mastering the Politics of Deception
- Gore Vidal (2003), Dreaming War: Blood for Oil and the Cheney-Bush Junta
- Kitty Kelley (2004), The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty
Food, health, and environment  Links between nutrition, health, environment, and the politics behind food. - One Thing to Do About Food: A Forum. The Nation, 11 Sep 2006
- Alice Waters, Slow Food Nation. The Nation, 11 Sep 2006
- Nicholas von Hoffman, Eating Ourselves to Death. The Nation, 23 Jan 2006
- Anna Lappe, Doing Lunch. The Nation, 11 Sep 2006
- Gary Ruskin and Juliet Schor, Junk Food Nation: Who's to Blame for Childhood Obesity. The Nation, 29 Aug 2005
- Liza Featherstone, Mean or Green? The Nation, 11 Sep 2006
- Harvest for Hope: A Guide to Mindful Eating (Jane Goodall)
- The MEATrix
- Health risks of pesticides (Natural Resources Defense Council)
- EPA information on pesticides (EPA)
- How toxic is your shampoo? (not scientific but interesting)
- Air pollution (Natural Resources Defense Council)
- Children, Adolescents and Advertising (recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Reasons for drinking organic milk (Organic Consumers Association)
- Quality of drinking water (Natural Resources Defense Council)
- Cornell University Food and Brand Lab (the psychology of eating)
- Is sugar bad for you? (not scientific but has some interesting points)
- Foods to Balance Blood Sugar
- Adverse effects of sugar (with bibliography)
- The Cornucopia Institute
- The Organic Myth, Business Week Oct 16, 2006
- Jonathan Rowe and Gary Ruskin (2004), Tough Love for the Obesity Lobby
- John Robbins (2001), The Food Revolution
- Brain damage from alcohol (NIAAA)
- OrganicFood.co.uk
- Organic Valley Cooperative
- CNN pages on organic food and health
- HappyCow - Vegetarian Restaurants and Stores Guide
- Famous vegetarians
Nature and environment  There are some serious attempts to combine economic gain with ecological sustainability, such as the Cradle-to-Cradle concept of MBDC.
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