The worst corporations

27 08 2006

Multinational Monitor is a non-profit magazine, founded in 1980, whose primary focus is the news analysis of the activities of world corporations; it also prints articles having to do with labor issues, the environment, globalization, privatization multilateral banks, economic issues, and developing nations. They release every year a list of the 10 worst corporations, explaining in details the reasons why each corporation has been listed. They main web site is:

http://multinationalmonitor.org/

In these lists repeatedly appear big names like 3M, Absolut Vodka, Bayer, Boeing, Chiquita, Coca-Cola, Del Monte, Disney, Exxon (Esso), Ford, General Electric, General Motors, Johnson & Johnson, Kellogg’s, McDonald’s, Mitsubishi, Monsanto, Nestle, Nike, Pepsi, Pfizer, Shell, besides (of course) all the tobacco companies. The lists, made since 1992, are available at this page.





The Miniature Earth

17 08 2006

If we could turn the population of the earth
into a small community of 100 people,
keeping the same proportions we have today,
it would be something like this…

http://www.miniature-earth.com/