<link href="css/blue_gold_FINAL.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/> <meta content="urn:uuid:89e4bb3b-67c8-43be-a85d-1fc75ec13377" name="Adept.expected.resource"/> </head> <body> <p class="ser"> <img alt="Suggested Reading" class="imgpubtype" src="image/4433.png"/> </p> <p class="first-para"><i>Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China</i> by Leslie T. Chang (New York: Spiegel & Grau/Random House, 2008).</p> <p class="first-para"> </p> <p class="first-para"><i>The Bite of the Mango</i> by Mariatu Kamara with Susan McClelland (Toronto: Annick Press, 2008).</p> <p class="first-para"> </p> <p class="first-para">Ethical Consumer: <a href="http://www.ethicalconsumer.org" id="A1">www.ethicalconsumer.org.</a> This British site lists a wide range of products, including electronics, and provides background information on the companies that make them. </p> <p class="first-para"> </p> <p class="first-para"><b>MiningWatch Canada:</b> <a href="http://www.miningwatch.ca" id="A2">www.miningwatch.ca</a>. As the name implies, this group monitors activities of Canadian mining companies in Canada and around the world.</p> <p class="first-para"> </p> <p class="first-para"><b>Global Witness:</b> <a href="http://www.globalwitness.org" id="A3">www.globalwitness.org</a>. This is an international group that for twenty years has campaigned against human rights abuses that are the result of natural resource–related conflict.</p> <p class="first-para"> </p> <p class="first-para">And, finally, there’s an app for that. Buycott (<a href="http://www.buycott.com" id="A4">www.buycott.com</a>) allows consumers to use smartphones to scan bar codes on store shelves, and instantly provides details of the manufacturer’s record on environmental abuse and human rights violations. The irony is not lost.</p> </body> </html>