Fair Trade Manitoba – A program of MCIC working to increase the visibility and sales of fair trade products. Check out the FTM website, which features a Manitoba merchant guide on where to buy fair trade products, recent local articles on fair trade products and initiatives, the latest national and international news on fair trade, and more.

Youth Community Partnership – This is a youth-led project in Manitoba's Interlake region. Its goals are to identify and take positive action on youth issues, to build the leadership skills of local youth, and to improve the local community for all. 

The Marquis Project. – Based in Brandon, this is a southwestern Manitoba  international development organization with community-based projects in Tanzania and other countries. It also specializes in fair trade promotion and education in Manitoba and operates "Worldly Goods," a fair trade shop in downtown Brandon. See It’s Only Fair to Care, Downtown, Over Coffee.

Outpost – Check out this excellent alternative travel magazine published in Canada. Every year one issue focuses on international development. The  "Travellers for Change" issue, September / October 2005, features Zack Gross amongst others who work to confront global challenges. 

Resurgence – This is the website for the spiritual and environmental
British magazine, Resurgence, which addresses many important questions about today's world – how to understand it and how to make positive change in it.

Green Bean Coffee Imports – This rural Manitoba company, owned and operated by Derryl Reid, is our province’s first certified fair trade coffee roaster.

Citizen Active – My friend David McConkey writes this column in the Brandon Sun. For example, see Why Not Give an Hour of Your Time?

Zoë in Nairobë – My daughter Zoë is writing a blog of her trip to Africa, her practicum as part of her Women's & Gender Studies (and Conflict Resolution) degree at the University of Winnipeg. 

East Africa With Ben – Joining Zoë for the summer is her brother Ben; this is his blog.