Web Sites
The following web sites contain information that you may find useful as you study the paradox of affluence and develop projects that incorporate the Honors Study Topic, leadership development, and service. These sites may be applicable to more than one of the issues explored in this guide. Many of these sites also contain links to other useful sites.
www.globalrichlist.com/index.php
The Global Rich List allows you to calculate how affluent you are and compares your wealth to the average for the global community.
www.peterrussell.dreamhosters.com/Odds/WorldClock.php
The World Clock offers information about global birth and date rates and allows you to calculate your life expectancy.
www.cfa.gov/
The Commission on Fine Arts gives advice to the President, Congress, and other American leaders about matters of design and aesthetics.
www.nea.gov/
The National Endowment for the Arts offers funding opportunities for artists and provides links to its national initiatives such as The Big Read, Poetry Out Loud, and Great American Voices.
www.who.int
The World Health Organization is a source of information for global statistics on diseases of affluence, poverty, and environmental health.
www.americanheart.org
The American Heart Association provides extensive information on heart disease as well as lifestyle changes to prevent and reverse it.
www.diabetes.org
The American Diabetes Association provides extensive information on diabetes, its causes, prevention, and treatments.
www.cancer.org
The American Cancer Society provides extensive information about cancer, its causes, prevention, and treatments.
www.cdc.gov
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a source of information for United States health statistics, healthy living, environmental health, chronic diseases, and morbidity and mortality associated with notifiable diseases.
www.bls.gov/
The United States Department of Labor (BLS) site offers up-to-date information about the state of the American workforce.
www.econlib.org/index.html
The Library of Economics and Liberty hosts this site that contains articles and blogs about global economic issues.
www.howthemarketworks.com/
This HowTheMarketWorks! site offers practical information about the stock market and has a free Virtual Stock Exchange that allows you to practice buying and selling stocks.
www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ab25
HistoryWorld.net provides information about global civilizations and the ingredients that characterize civilizations.
http://politics1.com/parties.htm
This site offers a directory of political parties in the United States, their platforms, and information about their leaders.
www.cato.org
The CATO Institute is a non-profit public policy research organization committed to the principles of limited government, free-market, and individual liberties.
www.economist.com/media/pdf/QUALITY_OF_LIFE.pdf
This site hosts “The Economist Intelligence Unit’s quality-of-life index,” published by The Economist magazine in 2005.
http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/00282/edu_poverty.htm
The Dollar A Day Education Solutions site focuses on providing funds for education.
www.conbio.org
The Society for Conservation Biology is an international organization of professionals committed to the conservation of biological diversity.
www.who.int/globalchange/en/
The World Health Organization Global Environmental Change provides information on impact of global climate change on human health, biodiversity, food production, and environmental sustainability.
www.carbonfootprint.com
This web site allows you to calculate your carbon footprint and provides information on actions you can take to reduce it.
www.world.org/weo/top1000
This World Environmental Organizations site links to 1000 of the world’s most useful environmental web sites.
http://leadership.ptk.org/moviereviews/
The Phi Theta Kappa Leadership Development Program offers models of Leadership Insights that have been developed for use with films about the paradox of affluence.
http://www.millsaps.edu/faithwrk/sudan.htm
This Millsaps College link features service-learning work created by students in Dr. ‘s interdisciplinary studies course on Sudan and includes stories of Sudanese refugees presented in video and text. It is a model of Honors in Action.
