NEW FINDS
Brendan McLeod (spoken word)
Mad Violet

MUSICIANS I LIKE
Leslie Alexander
Kat Danser
Ferron
Issa
Richard Julian
Steve Elliott and Lucie Walker
John Pippus

ARTISTS I LIKE
Adelle Bernadette (too gorgeous for words)
Brian Powell (photographer and groovy guy)
Fred MacLean (funky self-reflective art)
Martha Jacobson (the feminine)
Liliana Kleiner (earth inspired)
Claudia Ruiz (gorgeous musical art)
Leonard George (beauty)
Michael MacLean (life as art)
Jugglingklines.com (unusual political art)

FILM
Daryl Hannah (short video clips of extreme relevance)
An Inconvenient Truth
The Corporation
Videoactivism (great links to great films)
Brave New Films (telling stories to build movements that will change the world)
TamRave (films to illuminate and solve urgent environmental, health and social issues)
Walmart:The High Cost of Low Price
Black Gold (your coffee will never taste the same again)
Outfoxed (Rupert Murdoch's war on journalism)
GIFTS (Galiano Island Film and Television School)

WRITERS, PERFORMERS, etc
Gregg Levoy (Callings)
Jeanette Winterson
Carla Rieger (The Artistry of Change)
The Good Body (Eve Ensler)
The Church of Stop Shopping (Reverend Billy)

SPIRIT
Osho Meditation Resort
The Mastery Workshop (express, express)

ACTION
Council of Canadians
Forest Ethics
Face the World Foundation (innovative fundraising)
Kind Acts (local group promoting kindness)
Idealist.org (action without borders)
Voice Yourself (check out Woody Harrelson's political poetry - click on "Thoughts from Within")
Antiwar.com (libertarian views)
Looking Glass Foundation (Vancouver visionaries for eating disorder treatment centre)

ALTERNATE NEWS SOURCES
BC Politics (we live here)
Positive News (news reflecting positive change)
Shift.com (hip news source)

MUSIC MISCELLANEA
Swing Music Camp
Hornby Island Blues Workshop
Just Singin Round
Van Community College Music School

EARTH
Earthfuture.com (the untwisted for mainstream media facts)
Environmental News Network (water, air, earth)
Biobag.ca (biodegradable bags, including doggie bags)
Buffalo Recycled (all those soap bars don't have to go to waste)

ANIMALS
the Meatrix (mooooooo ... help ... mooooooo)
Pasture to Plate (free range and organic meat)
Basenji.org (Basenji yodels)
Vandog.ca (Vancouver dog owners info)