GaiaNet

I am currently conceptualizing a website. It would serve as a learning resource for sustainable and consumer-aware living. I feel that most web resources of this sort have problems:

1. too specialized, and thus a turn-off to non-specialists and casual readers
2. too basic, providing redundant and hackneyed information (i.e., use CFL bulbs and buy organic)
   
3. biased, providing one-sided arguments and opinions, as is the case with PETA and AlterNet
4. too short-sighted! Many web resources do not provide further information for people who want to go past common knowledge

And so, I propose the website GaiaNet, a green & humanist educational resource. The website would be a library of articles, divided into three tiers:

• Learning: articles & resources about the environment, industrial practices, & consumer awareness
• Living: guidelines for conscious living, as well as do-it-yourself activities & recipes
• Involvement: projects and plans to involve yourself & your community on a wider scale

Topics covered would include:

• environment, general
• ecology
• industrial practices
• consumer awareness
• rights, animal
• rights, human
• issues, deforestation
• gardening, organic
• cooking
• vegetarian & vegan
• activism
• educational resources

Note that certain topics, such as those of Human Rights and Industrial Practices, would be related primarily to consumer awareness.

Any input would be greatly appreciated!