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- Web - The Network for social change
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- TELNET WEB.APC.ORG or 192.139.37.1
- Enter your username and password
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- Problems such as ozone depletion, the greenhouse effect, nuclear
- threats, desertification, deforestation, hunger and opression need
- solutions. Regional, national and global solutions will only emerge from
- efficient communications - and that's what Web offers you.
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- WHAT IS WEB?
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- Web is a computer based communications system whose charter is to help
- nonprofit groups communicate more effectively. Any person with a
- computer can now communicate locally, nationally or globally with other
- Web users ..... by way of a local telephone call.
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- By using energy efficient electronic mail and computer conferencing, you
- can now contact other concerned people across Canada and in 90 other
- countries - faster than mail and cheaper than telephone, fax, or telex.
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- Canada-wide communications via Web offers the possibility for greater
- liaison and co-operation between organizations and individuals with
- similar interests than has been possible in the past.
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- Web is operated by Nirv Community Resource Centre, a nonprofit
- organization that assists other nonprofit groups in acquiring and using
- the latest in information technology. Nirv Centre provides
- consultation, computer equipment, customized software and training.
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- HOW CAN YOU BENEFIT FROM WEB?
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- Web allows you to participate in regional, national and global
- discussions on the vital issues of our time.
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- Electronic Mail - Web's Electronic Mail System allows users to send
- messages and mail to each other instantly.
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- Computer Conferences - allow any number of individuals to share
- information, present papers, strategize, plan joint projects, conduct
- research, and discuss issues. Private conferences can also be arranged.
- There are over 1000 conferences on topics ranging from urban poverty, to
- disarmament, to global warming.
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- Calendars - This is where you can let people know about your events and
- campaigns, and find out about what others are doing. Job Postings -
- Listings of employment opportunities with nonprofit and social change
- groups both in Canada and around the world are available.
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- News Services - You can get your news right from the source. Newswire
- articles are sent on a daily basis from South Africa, East Germany,
- Nicaragua and El Salvador, and many other locations.
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- By using these and other system facilities you will not only be able to
- stay in touch with what's happening, but also be able to participate in
- and influence what actually does happen.
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- HOW MUCH DOES WEB COST?
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- Web has two basic rates:
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- Individuals and nonprofit groups pay $180/year ($120/year if their
- income is below $30,000), with a $25 one-time membership fee, and
- $6.00/hour system usage charge (plus a $7.70/hour Datapac connect charge
- if outside of Toronto).
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- Government and affiliated agencies, and commercial organizations, pay
- $270/year, with a $40 one-time membership fee, and $10/hour system usage
- charge (plus a $9/hour Datapac connect charge if outside of Toronto).
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- THINKING GLOBALLY - THE APC
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- Web is an autonomous member of the Association for Progressive
- Communications (APC), a world-wide body dedicated to providing a
- low-cost global communications service for people and organizations
- working for peace, the environment, international development and social
- change. Member networks pool resources to further the global spread of
- progressive communications.
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- Current APC systems include Web in Canada, IGC (PeaceNet/EcoNet) in the
- US, GreenNet in the UK, NordNet in Sweden, Alternex in Brazil, Nicarao
- in Nicaragua, ComLink in Germany, Chasque in Uruguay, GlasNet in Russia,
- and Pegasus in Australia. Other APC-associated regional networks exist
- in Kenya, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Zambia, Ethiopia, Senegal, Ghana,
- Cuba, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Bolivia, Ireland, the Netherlands, Estonia,
- and Czechoslovakia.
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- All APC networks are fully integrated for e-mail and online conferences.
- Information placed in one network is obtainable on all networks, which
- means ongoing discussion and information sharing can take place among
- people all over the planet.
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- WHO CAN I CONTACT THROUGH WEB?
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- Thousands of groups are on line already, and many more will join soon. A
- partial list includes:
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- Environment Groups - Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, Canadian
- Environmental Network, Pollution Probe, Energy Probe, Environment
- Canada, Earth Island Institute, International Union for the Conservation
- of Nature, Rainforest Information Centre, Rainforest Action Network,
- Earth First!, Coalition to Stop Food Irradiation, Sierra Club,
- Environmental Defence Fund, World Wildlife Fund.
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- Human Rights - Amnesty International, Survival International,
- Anti-Apartheid Network, Die Grunen, European Green Movement, European
- Parliament, Green Alliance, Labour Party (UK), Parliamentarians Global
- Action.
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- Peace Groups - Nuclear Freeze Campaign, SANE, War Resisters
- International, Beyond War, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Voice of
- Women for Peace, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Foreign Bases Project,
- International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War,
- Ploughshares, Psychologists for Peace, Quaker Peace and Service, Womens
- International League for Peace and Freedom, Womens Action for Nuclear
- Disarmament, Peace and Conflict Studies.
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- Research Institutions - Public Interest Research Groups, Climate
- Research Institute, Centre for Human Ecology, Centre for Alternative
- Technology, Centre for Conservation Biology, Centre for US/USSR
- Initiatives, Institute for Global Communications, International
- Development Research Institute, Institute of Cultural Affairs, Instituto
- Latinamerico de Estudios Transnacionales, International Centre for
- Conservation Education, International Institute for Theoretical Physics,
- International Institute of Symbiotic Studies, Microbiological Resources
- Centre, Pacific Studies Centre, Institute for the Future.
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- Journalists - New Internationalist, Environmental Digest, Environmental
- News Service, World Rainforest Report, Africa Information Afrique,
- SouthScan News, Novosti Press (Moscow), Inter Press Service, New Society
- Publishers, Alternet News, Solstice Magazine, Radio Farabundo Marti,
- International Federation of Journalists.
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- International Development - Canadian Council for International
- Co-operation, Tools For Peace, International Development Reseach Centre,
- Community Aid Abroad, Oxfam, Friends Service Committee, Coalition for
- Nicaragua, Educators for Social Responsibility, Population, Sister
- Cities, AIDS Coalition, Food First, Freedom from Hunger Foundation.
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- Religious - Quaker, Bahai, Episcopal Church, Interfaith Justice and
- Peace Centre, New Jewish Agenda, Unitarian Church.
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- New Age - Aquarian Agency, Findhorn, Homeonet, Interhelp, Solstice, Hopi
- Epicentre.
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- UN Agencies - NGO Liaison Service, University of Peace, UNESCO, UNDP,
- UNEP, UNCED Secretariat, United Nations Associations, United Nations
- University.
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- Other: Permaculture International, ethical investment groups, community
- radio organizations, - and many, many more.
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- HOW DO I JOIN OR GET MORE INFORMATION?
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- You can contact us online at the following addresses:
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- Bitnet: web!support@UUNET.UU.NET
- UUCP: support@web.uucp
- Internet: support@web.apc.org
- iNet/Envoy: KIRK.ROBERTS
- DASnet: [DE3WEB]support
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- Or you can get in touch with us using regular media:
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- Address: Web c/o Nirv Centre
- 401 Richmond St. West
- Suite 104
- Toronto, Ontario
- M5V 3A8
- Telephone: (416) 596-0212
- Fax: (416) 593-1374
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