cool links

Alternative Education

LeapYear: A year-long college credit program that features international travel and an internship.

Lesley University Holistic Studies: The Holistic Studies in Counseling and Psychology department at our partner University.

The Alternative Education Resource Organization: A directory of links to alternative higher education programs.

Sustainable Global Leadership Alliance: An organization that runs experiential learning programs abroad, including a nine-week program for people ages 17 to 22.

Activism

The Ruckus Society: Resources and training for environmental, human rights, and social justice organizers.

Mother Jones: An online magazine dedicated to investigative journalism, with a focus on social justice.

It’s Getting Hot in Here: A news and information source about climate change written by student and youth organizers.

Society and Culture

5oup: An online community for student artists to create profiles, post their work, and collaborate and connect with other artists.

This I Believe: A collection of essays by people discussing the core beliefs that guide their lives, some of which are aired on NPR’s All Things Considered.

Orion Magazine: The bi-monthly publication of the Orion Society, a local organization based in the Berkshires that focuses on the natural world and people’s relationship to it.

Zaadz: An online networking community bringing people together to engage in “conscious capitalism”.

10x10: A visual depiction of the 100 words and pictures that are most important in the world in that hour, as determined by a linguistic analysis of international news sources.

43 Things: Browse postings of things people want to do in their lives, both serious and frivolous, or post and track progress on your own intentions.

Pandora: Type in a favorite song or artist and the Music Genome Project creates a live-stream radio station to match your musical tastes.