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Internet

IScream is
a Québec web hosting company with great prices and generous
site sizes.
www.iscream.net
SaveFile is a free service for uploading
files up to 60MB each and each file can be downloaded unlimited
times.
www.savefile.com
Jump Domain
name registery (.com, .org, .net, .bus, .info)
www.jumpdomain.com
Link 800 is
a Vancouver based company that provides tools for operating an online
business and for automating small and medium sized businesses via
the internet.
+1 (604) 681.0698
support@link800.com
Partners in Crime!
Miyuki Ishizaki's company
Pan Pacific Personnel specializes in the placement
of bilingual (Japanese/English) and bicultural individuals.
www.panpacificpersonnel.com
Ascent is a
strategic advisory that focuses on helping take midsize businesses
& corporate business units to their Next Level of Performance.
www.PushTheLimit.com
Design + Art History Resources
The Web Gallery
of Art contains over 11,600 digital reproductions of European
paintings and sculptures created between the years 1150 and 1800.
www.kfki.hu/~arthp/index.html
Art History Resources
on the Web by Dr. Chris Witcombe, professor of Art History
at Sweet Briar College, Virginia.
witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html
Symbols.com
–the world's largest online encyclopedia of graphic symbols!
www.symbols.com
Don Barnett
–Inspirational work in design, illustration and communication
arts. His lovely tiles are used on this site!
www.donbarnett.com
Community
Public Dreams
Society creates fantastic public events with community
participation in the Vancouver area; a spectacular lantern festival
in the summer and a spookey, festive "Parade of Lost Souls"
at Halloween. Attend one of their workshops prior to an event to
get the full flavour. Amazing culturally diverse group of organizers
and volunteers. You'd expect nothing less from "The Drive".
www.publicdreams.org
Language
Your Dictionary.com
contains multiple language resources including dictionaries, courses
and translation.
www.yourdictionary.com
Altavista's Babelfish
Translation will translate nine languages up to 150 words.
world.altavista.com
University of Texas'
Français Interactif, a unique first year French
program developed at the University of Texas using the latest hypermedia
technology. (QuickTime)
www.laits.utexas.edu/fi/index.html
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Environment
and Agriculture resources
Equiterre
is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting ecological,
socially just choices through action, education and research from
a standpoint that embraces social justice, economic solidarity and
the defence of the environment.
www.equiterre.qc.ca
Organic Consumers
Association Campaigning for food safety, organic
agriculture, fair trade & sustainability.
OrganicConsumers.org
Organic News with a Byte!
www.organicconsumers.org/organicbytes.htm
All Organics Links The
global resource for organic information.
www.allorganiclinks.com
COG Canadian Organic
Growers: The national information network for organic farmers, gardeners
and consumers. Check their links section.
www.cog.ca
CAP Coalition
for Alternatives to Pesticides. Great information!
www.cap-quebec.com
David Suzuki Foundation
The Nature Challenge: ten simple things you can do to protect
nature!
www.davidsuzuki.org/WOL/Challenge
The Friends of Clayoquot
Sound (FOCS) was established as a non-profit society in
Tofino, British Columbia, Canada in 1979. For over two decades,
they've worked to protect the biological diversity of ancient temperate
rainforests and the wild ocean. They further environmental protection
with a radical, non-violent style, and with dignity.
www.focs.ca
Farm Folk City Folk
Working together for a sustainable, local food system (British
Columbia).
www.ffcf.bc.ca
Interests of Conscience
Want to change
the world? This falls short of world-domination, but here are a
few ways to help. If you have any links you'd recommend, please
send them my way.
Oxfam
Canada is dedicated to fighting poverty and injustice around
the world. Latest news, fair trade, world food day and "no
sweat" campaigns.
www.oxfam.ca
Transfair
is Canada's only independent certification organization
for fair trade coffee, tea, cocoa and sugar.
www.transfair.ca
Equita:
Oxfam Fair Trade Products
www.equita.qc.ca
Christrian
Children's Fund of Canada: Although a Christian organization
CCF Canada's sponsored children are selected according to need without
any regard for sex, race, creed, or religious faith. 82% of revenue
received is used directly in their programs.
www.ccfcanada.ca
Natural History
Thomas
Schoepke's plant image gallery contains about 3700 pictures
of plants native to several parts of the world.
www.plant-pictures.de
Missouri
Botanical Garden Library contains 67 digitized volumes
from their rare book collection. You can view the 26,600 pages and
2,825 botanical illustrations currently online.
ridgwaydb.mobot.org/mobot/rarebooks/index.asp
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