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

 

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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