We hope that you will find some of the following links useful - though please be aware that these are external sites not under our control.
The Links on this page are organised in the following categories:
Preconception, Pregnancy & Birth
Birthing in the Bush: An increddible site that tells the story of birthing, pregnancy and mothering as experienced and understood by women in one Australian Indigenous community.
Bellydance for birth for all women worldwide: presenting bellydance as a tool for all women toward conscious childbirth.
Doulas Discover why so many families in Canberra and surrounding regions are now using a Doula throughout pregnancy, birth & beyond.
Confident Birth: Vickie is an experienced mum, grandmother and qualified Doula who provides services to women & their families in Canberra.
Children & Parenting
Recommended books from Amazon - creative & conscious parenting - raising children slowly - creative play - family foods - child development (incl. autism & adhd) - creative, inclusive and peaceful communities for children - child-friendly design & homes.
Bumps & Bundles: directory of services and supports for families.
International Association of Infant Massage
Kindred Media:"How we treat the child, the child will treat the world". Kindred addresses issues ahead of mainstream media. It brings cutting edge research and information from pioneers in all fields relating to the well being of our human family and the world we live in. Courageously exploring social, political, spiritual, global and environmental issues, it is the first and only such magazine in Australia and one of only a few in the world.
The Montessori Parent's Guide: Julie Peters is a mother of four whose oldest son was only 5 when his teachers said he was "attention disordered" and learning disabled. After a long search for answers Julie discovered that Montessori education had dramatic results for her son. She wrote "The Montessori Parents Guide" as a way to help parents understand how this method works to promote academic achievement and a lifelong love of learning in all children.
Nappies: Cloth Diapers, Birth Videos and Natural Baby Products at Natures Child.
The Natural Child Project: Our vision is a world in which all children are treated with dignity, respect, understanding, and compassion. In such a world, every child can grow into adulthood with a generous capacity for love and trust. Our society has no more urgent task.
Pinky McKay: Pinky is one of Australia's leading advocates for parents and families, providing gentle and genuine support and encouragement during the early years. She is also a writer and editor specialising in health, education and family issues. Pinky is the author of Sleeping Like a Baby, Parenting By Heart, 100 Ways to Calm the Crying and How do we Tell the Kids?
www.parent-world.com Connecting Parents Around the World
The Rebozo Way™ is dedicated to educating the public about traditional methods of birthing, family and community relationships, and about in-arms and attachment parenting. Our commitment is to promote ways of bonding and being with babies, small children, and each other, ways that lead to greater self-esteem.
Zoo Books: Turn a child's love of aimals into a love of reading. Zoobooks is the kid-friendly animal magazine for children ages four to twelve.
Food, Organics and Slow Living
Recommended books from Amazon - urban planning and home design for slow living - child-friendly design.
Australian Food and Recipes: A new and very exciting trend in Australian food, spearheaded by leading Aussie chefs where ingredients unique to Australia form an integral part of the recipies.
Essere Organics: We carry a full range of organic products from organic baby products to organic bedding, bath and spa products. www.essereorganics.com
A Magical Childhood:This site was born out of my desire to share ideas and celebrate the neat parents out there. In an age when kids are getting scoliosis from toting home such heavy backpacks and people are trying to teach their infants French, I thought it was high time there was a place that focused on plain old happy, goofy, silly, leisurely life for our children.
Only Natural Pet Store: Natural products, holistic remedies, organic food, and more for your dog and cat.
Organic Skincare Apothecary: Love Lula stocks all-organic products, including the hard-to-find biodynamic Weleda range. No SLS, no parabens and no animal testing with any of the products they stock, and they ship internationally.
Nourishing Our Children: Timeless principles for supporting learning, behaviour and health through optimum nutrition.
Simple Savings: A brilliant site dedicated to frugal living and simplified lifestyles. Offers thousands of very practical tips, ideas and skills to save literally $thousands off grocery bills, nappies, car costs, housing, etc. without having to sacrifice quality. They have a free newsletter.
Scavenger Hunt Scrapbooks: Scavenger Hunt Scrapbooking can help you take all of your great memories and organize them into pre-made digital scrapbooks that save YOUR precious time so that you can focus more of your time and energy on making MORE memories! Click Here!
The Chief Happiness Officer - Check out this absolutely delightful blog site from Alex Kjerulf. Loads of well-researched articles exploring the general theme of happiness at work.
CityMax: Extremely affordable and helpful website hosting. CityMax host the Creative Life website pages, and look after many other on-line communities, family websites, small businesses, community associations and groups.
SEO Tool Kit: The SEO (Search Engine Optimization) Toolkit is easy-to-use software that includes everything needed to optimize and promote your web pages, increase your web site traffic and search engine visibility. "Since I ordered your SEO Toolkit my site position has moved up twice in less than a month. I've moved up more than 200,000 positions, and rising..." (Ron Underhill SoftwareMinnesota.com) Click here.
Sumbit Wolf: SubmitWolf v7.0 is an easy to use, professional website promotional tool, which can dramatically increase the number of visitors to your web site. SubmitWolf v7.0 automatically registers your websites with all the main Search Engines, Directories and Link pages. Click here
KeywordDiscovery.com - Search Term Suggestion Tool: KeywordDiscovery software can tell you the search phrases people use to find products and services, as well as the search terms that drive traffic to your site.
Priority Submit: Guaranteed 48 hour inclusion on all major search engines.
Oil-Free and Peaceful Living
Live Clean: Now there’s a practical way to eliminate the environmental side effects of your energy use.
Iraq Veterans Against the War: Over 700 members calling for the immediate withdrawal of all occupying forces in Iraq; reparations for the destruction and corporate pillaging of Iraq so that Iraqi people can control their own lives and future.
Veterans for Peace: Veterans working together for peace and justice through non-violence.
War Child: We work with children affected by war in Afghanistan, Iraq, Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. Our work with former child soldiers, children in prison and children living and working on the streets gives them support, protection and opportunities. To make sure we provide them with what they need we involve them directly in all our decision making.
Femail.com.au: Australia's leading womens website with online shopping, forums, free email, competitions, horoscopes, fashion, beauty, health, entertainment, finance and lifestyle articles.
All for Women
2007 (US) Grants for Women and Giris: Get access to millions of dollars in grants available to women of all ages to help pay for college, help start a business, help expand a business, or even to help pay your bills. This directory provides a comprehensive list of grants and opportunities.
Allergy-be-gone: Offers allergy and astma reduction with anti-dust mite bedding, air filters. Freedom from dust mites, pet dander, moulds and other allergens.
Gina's Human Tuning - This is where we go to relax and unwind in Canberra. A real treat and wonderful staff.
babyuniverse.com.au - Australian Baby Directory, articles and chat.
Better World Links: Over 30,000 well organized links (internet addresses) in English on global topics of: Peace, Human Rights, Environment, One World, Social Justice, Sustainability, Conflict Regions, Military, Culture, Health , Women, Men, Youth, Education, Religion, Economics, Globalization, Politics, Media and many more issues affecting our future.
Maternal Resource Directory: Australian site.
Mum Zone: an Australian directory site.
