Links
Here is a selection of interesting websites that I often use, that I found interesting or that simply inspire me:
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Travel
Voyage Forum (FR)
Couchsurfing: Worldwide network for making connections between travelers and the local communities they visit. Check my CS profile.
Hostelworld: Book the cheap hotels all over the world.
Lonely Planet: The bible of the traveller for a “less” lonely planet is also on the web with a new social platform initiative.
WWOOF: World wide network of organisations that allow volunteers to live and learn on organic properties.
Help Exchange: Free volunteer work exchange aborad.
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Photography
Fubiz (FR): Excellent French blog for design and creativity with a section for photography.
Album Photo GEO (FR): The famous French magazine GEO also propose a photography community on the web, where you can share your travel pictures with other adepts.
Photographers’ work that I like:
Fazal Sheikh
Laurent Monlau
Henri Cartir Bresson
Christopher Pillitz
George Steinmetz
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Humanity, Sustainibility and NGOs
Sustainable development examples: This blog gives you information and news about sustainable development (charity organisations, ecology activities, animal care and humanitarian news all around the world).
Reporters without borders: Famous international NGO which helps to contribute to the press freedom.
International Porter Protection Group: aims to improve safety and health for porters working in the mountains for the trekking industry worldwide.
Mountain Riders: Sustainable development in mountain regions.
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Music
Radio Paradise: Probably the best radio I’ve ever heard and commercial free.
Digitally Imported: Web radio with more than 20 electro music channels.
beeMP3: MP3 search and free download
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Internet
Flickr: Share easily your pictures with your friends and family. My gallery on Flickr.
Tecnotribu.com: Spanish blog of a very interesting project of social network for children and family .
And I cannot help mentionning some famous non profit and/or free websites/softwares that managed to become worldwide references and that are based on the concept of open source or open contribution. Some of them are runned through donations. A model in which I strongly believe… Many products and services created through this idea have often a best quality than those commercialized. This is the result of a sum of believers.
Wordpress: Platform to publish blogs like this one.
Mozilla Firefox: My beloved browser and mother… (A short anecdot: Mozilla used to be a nickname I gave to my mother when I was younger and, weirdly, quite before this browser came out! I shortened it afterwards and since I have always called my mother “Moz” : )
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Various blogs
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