www.sweetmother.org The SMT is an international project started by a group of artists, activists, and educators from around the globe. SMT uses the tools of popular culture – music, film, and television – as an empowering force to stimulate positive change in the images and reality of Africa and her people throughout the Diaspora.
www.fly.co.uk Fly | Global Music Culture - Covering everything from Afro beat to leftfield jazz, Fly is refreshingly free of the pompousness of many sources on 'world music'. Accessible, informed and influential, Fly is by far and away the most popular site of its kind and according to experts like Charlie Gillett also the best.
www.chillifried.com Chilli Fried is a globalbeat club session featuring the cream of dance sounds from around the world presented at two of London's finest intimate venues: Darbucka in Clerkenwell and Brixton's Ritzy Cafe Bar. The music policy is completely freestyle. Funky beats from across the globe, from cutting-edge contemporary to deep tradition.
EDUCATION
www.globalgateway.org.uk Run by the Department for Education and Skills, Global Gateway can provides resources for pupils, teachers, parents and school governors on international dimensions of classroom learning.
www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/ Oxfam’s Cool Planet site also provides educational resources on subjects such as fair trade and the environment. Its Global Citizenship curriculum provides a focus for learning about globalisation and development around various aspects of the curriculum.
www.ukowla.org.uk The United Kingdom One World Twinning Association facilitates contacts between schools and communities in Britain and international partners around the world.
TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT
www.fairtrade.org.uk This international body incorporates various stakeholders including elected producer and commercial representatives. It sets standards in international markets to protect small scale producers and ensures the international regular auditing of producer and commercial partners.
www.iied.org The International Institute for Environment and Development is an international policy research institute and non governmental body working for more sustainable and equitable global development. IIED acts as a catalyst, broker and facilitator and helps vulnerable groups find their voice and ensure their interests are heard in decision-making. Environmental sustainability is a core concern but not at the expense of people’s livelihoods.
www.twin.org.uk Twin seeks to use trade to positively redress unequal relations between North and South, to build better livelihoods for the poorest and the most marginalised in the trading chain and to promote developmental and longer term improvement in the political and economic environment.
connecting cultures "cross-cultural collaboration and understanding"
