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Links
Here is a collection of links that are relevant to environmental and sustainability issues, action, education and literacy. Links relevant to a particular audience are grouped. Links listed as General have relevance to all audiences but may have special relevance to one or more specific audiences. Groups are: Business/Industry, Education, Governments/Agencies, Medical/Public Health Professionals, Youth & Citizen Groups, and General. If you have a link you would like us to add or if you find a link that is broken, please let us know at admin “at” eeon.org.
Business/Industry
Building Environmental Aboriginal Human Resources (BEAHR) http://www.beahr.com BEAHR is developing the first National Aboriginal Community-Based Environmental Training program in Canada. The BEAHR Centre of Excellence will deliver environmental workshops to Aboriginal communities across Canada. Resources for practitioners, employers, educators and students. (Aboriginal Peoples)
CCEE aims to enhance the education, training, professional development and mobility of environmental professionals within Canadian and international industry.
Earth Policy Institute http://www.earth-policy.org/ The Earth Policy Institute is dedicated to providing a vision of an environmentally sustainable economy—an eco-economy—as well as a roadmap of how to get from here to there. Earth indicators, updates, links.
http://www.eco.ca The ECO Canada Environmental Careers Organization, established in 1992, provides services to all participants in the environmental sector.
International Society for Industrial Ecology http://www.is4ie.org ISIE promotes industrial ecology as a way of finding innovative solutions to complicated environmental problems and facilitates communication among scientists, engineers, policymakers, managers and advocates interested in how environmental concerns and economic activities can be better integrated.
Natural Capitalism http://www.natcap.org/ How innovative companies are adjusting to new environmental realities, making profits, gaining a competitive advantage, and feeling good about what they do. An important book and informative website.
Natural Step (Canada) http://www.naturalstep.org An international non-profit organization in ten countries that uses a science-based, systems framework to help organizations, individuals and communities take steps towards sustainability.
Systems Thinking Primer for Natural Capitalism http://www.sustainer.org/pubs/Seville.Nat.Cap.html A primer to develop a common "systems language" for thinking, communicating and building shared knowledge for building environmentally sustainable enterprises and industries. Intended to be used as a complement to "Natural Capitalism" the 1999 book by Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins and Hunter Lovins.
Canadian Biodiversity Institute - School Grounds Transformation http://www.biodiversityonline.ca The CBI website provide readers with valuable information, useful advice and a wide range of ideas for transforming school grounds. Tools for planning, developing and using green school grounds help create a sustainable transformation project that will benefit both the school and the broader community.
Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication
http://www.eecom.org
Canada’s only national, bilingual, network for environmental education and communication. Supports and develops competence in educators, communication, learners and consumers and builds capacity for environmental learning and sustainability.
Center for Ecoliteracy (US) http://www.ecoliteracy.org/ The vision of the Center for Ecoliteracy is to discover, with educators, how to reconnect children to the natural world. Programs, profiles, publications, and articles.
Centre for Environmental Education http://www.ceeonline.org CEE's mission is to create greener K-12 schools and communities. The resource centre provides quality EE materials, curriculum and networking connections directly to teachers and students across the U.S. and Canada.
Council of Outdoor Educators of Ontario
http://www.coeo.org
COEO is a non-profit, volunteer-based organization that promotes safe and high quality outdoor education experiences for people of all ages. Also a professional body for Ontario outdoor educators. Journal, conference, newsletter, workshops.
EELink http://eelink.net A resource provided for environmental educators by the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE). Includes professional resources, class resources, organizations and projects, environmental information, job and grants, and events.
Environmental Literacy Council http://www.enviroliteracy.org/ The Council gives teachers the tools to help students develop environmental literacy: a fundamental understanding of the systems of the world, both living and non-living, along with the analytical skills needed to weigh scientific evidence and policy choices.
Environmental Literacy Scope and Sequence - Minnesota http://www.seek.state.mn.us/eemn_c.cfm A tool for educators that provides a systems approach to EE in Minnesota for pre-K through adult learners. Key concepts about the interaction of natural and social systems and a sequence in which they are to be taught. It also discusses benchmarks, standards, and applications for using the Scope and Sequence.
Evergreen http://www.evergreen.ca/en/about/about.html A national non-profit environmental organization with a mandate to bring nature to Canadian cities through naturalization projects. Programs: Learning Grounds (for schools), Common Grounds (for communities) Home Grounds (for home landscapes.)
North American Association for Environmental Education
http:www.naaee.org
A North American association for environmental education, non-formal and formal at all levels, government agencies and corporate settings. Programs, conference, publications, journal, activities, and advocacy.
Ontario Association for Geographic and Environmental Education
http://www.oagee.org
A professional association for educators in the field of geography and environmental education. Journal, conference, resources.
Ontario Ecoschools http://www.ontarioecoschools.org The Ontario EcoSchools program includes climate change education materials to help school boards “green” their facilities and operations practices. This holistic program uses a whole school context - its classrooms, offices, staff rooms, boiler rooms and playgrounds. Resources, guides, presentations.
Ontario Society for Environmental Education http://www.osee.org/ OSEE is a professional organization whose members are elementary, secondary, and post-secondary teachers, people who teach in outdoor education centres or parks, and people who are involved directly or indirectly with environmental education. Classroom resources, journal, conference.
This guide is a collection of tips, techniques, and resources that have been used by Ontario educators to advance EE across the province.
Science Teachers Association of Ontario
http://stao.org
A professional association for science educators. Journal, conference, workshops. resources.
Education – Post-secondary
Canadian Environmental Literacy Project http://www.celp.ca CELP has a mandate to develop educational materials to support the teaching of environmental studies in Canada. Well-researched, Canadian-focused materials, available to instructors to assist in teaching environmental studies to introductory classes at the university, college, and senior high-school levels.
North American Alliance for Green Education (NAAGE) http://www.naage.org/irb.html A non-profit consortium founded by students, comprised of educational institutions and organizations with a commitment to environmental studies programs. Its mission is to combine strengths to maximize educational opportunities for students and faculty. Site offers resources and institutional links.
Second Nature http://www.secondnature.org/ Since 1993, Second Nature has been dedicated to assisting colleges and universities in their quest to integrate sustainability as a core component of all education and practice, and to help expand their efforts to make human activity sustainable. Profiles on institutions/education for sustainability/sustainable design.
University Leaders for a Sustainable Future http://www.ulsf.org/ An organization that assists colleges and universities in making sustainability an integral part of curriculum, research, operations and outreach. ULSF is also the secretariat for signatories of the Talloires Declaration (1990), signed by more than 300 university presidents and chancellors around the world.
University of Waterloo WATGreen Program http://www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infowast/watgreen/ WATGreen is about UW transforming itself into a showcase of sustainability, a true ecosystem in harmony with its environment. We refer to this process as "Greening the Campus." Students, staff, and faculty improve the quality of their environment, while decreasing overall operating costs of the University.
UTERN http://utern.org UTERN is the University of Toronto's Environmental Resource Network, an umbrella organization and the meeting point for everyone in the university community concerned about the health of our environment. Membership open to all students, staff, faculty and alumni of the U of T. Join the UTERN LISTSERV.
Governments/Agencies
Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Polichy (CIELAP) http://www.cielap.org/ CIELAP is an independent, not-for-profit research and educational organization whose mission is to provide leadership in the research and development of environmental law and policy that promotes the public interest and sustainability. Issues and policy reports, sustainable policy solutions, citizens' guides, ecological footprint concept, info, quiz, and calculations, EcoBusiness links.
Earth Policy Institute http://www.earth-policy.org/ The Earth Policy Institute is dedicated to providing a vision of an environmentally sustainable economy—an eco-economy—as well as a roadmap of how to get from here to there. Earth indicators, updates, links.
Resource Centre of the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario http://www.eco.on.ca/eng/index.php?page=resource-centre-library This Resource Centre houses a unique collection of government documents (duplicated only at the Legislative Assembly of Ontario Library, which is closed to the public), books, and journals focusing on Ontario environmental information, law, and policy. The Resource Centre, located in Toronto at 1075 Bay St., Suite 605 (Bay and Bloor), is open to the public weekdays from 9:30am-5:00pm.
Medical/Public Health Professionals
Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) http://www.cape.ca/ CAPE is a group of physicians, allied health care practitioners and citizens committed to a healthy and sustainable environment. CAPE addresses issues of environmental degradation by educating health care professionals and the public, through advocacy and in close cooperation with partner groups.
Environmental Research Foundation http://www.rachel.org/home_eng.htm This is a site dedicated to providing understandable scientific information about human health and the environment. Includes Rachel's Environment and Health News Newsletter (over 700 back issues), library, good organizational links (including Canadian environmental organizations).
Toronto Food Policy Council http://www.toronto.ca/health/tfpc_index.htm Toronto was one of the original signatories of the United Nations' Healthy Cities movement. In 1991, in the absence of federal and provincial leadership on food security, the City created the Toronto Food Policy Council. The TFPC works with business and community groups to develop policies and programs promoting food security, equitable food access, nutrition, community development and environmental health.
Youth and Citizen’s Groups
Canadian Environmental Law Association http://www.cela.ca/ A non-profit, public interest organization established in 1970 to use existing laws to protect the environment and to advocate environmental law reforms. It is also a free legal advisory clinic for the public, and will act at hearings and in courts on behalf of citizens or citizens’ groups who are otherwise unable to afford legal assistance.
RCEN Youth Caucus supports Canadian youth by facilitating and promoting opportunities for them to meaningfully engage in environmental and sustainability initiatives.
Otesha Project http://www.otesha.ca/the+project/ The Otesha Project's education programs and bicycle tours use theatre, multi-media, puppetry, and story-telling to engage a wide range of audiences. They focus on re-evaluating daily choices to reflect the kind of future we'd like to see - rethinking what we really need, conserving resources, and voting with our dollars. They demonstrate the positive effects everyday choices can have.
Sierra Youth Coalition http://www.sierrayouthcoalition.org/ Bringing youth together to work towards a healthy planet creates a powerful voice when challenging existing structures, lobbying decision-makers, and educating the general public. Sustainable Campuses Program. (Click on "projects" and then on "sustainable campus.")
A Better Future http://www.abetterfuture.org This site offers a portal to information needed to understand the many connected issues in our world - and how the kinds of choices we make will affect the consequences of our actions (the 3 Cs). The purpose of this site is not to tell you how to live, but simply to provide you with enough information to make your own, well-informed decisions about how you conduct your life in relationship to sustainability.
Active and Safe Routes to School http://www.saferoutestoschool.ca/
Help clear the air, create safer neighbourhood routes for children, increase physical activity levels and foster community spirit. If just nine families participate regularly in a Walking School Bus they can collectively prevent almost 1,000 kg of carbon dioxide from being released into the atmosphere.
Association for Canadian Educational Resources (ACER) http://www.acer-acre.org/ ACER is charitable organization with members who are leaders in education, media and business. They work to initiate and facilitate development, production and promotion of Canadian materials to meet the needs of to-day's learners. Current projects: Environmental restoration, monitoring and "citizen science."
Canadian Environmental Law Association http://www.cela.ca/ A non-profit, public interest organization established in 1970 to use existing laws to protect the environment and to advocate environmental law reforms. A free legal advisory clinic for the public, and will act at hearings and in courts for citizens or citizens’ groups otherwise unable to afford legal assistance.
Canadian Environmental Network
http://www.cen-rce.org
RCCN facilitates networking between environmental organizations and others who share its mandate – to protect the earth and promote ecologically sound ways of life.
Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy (CIELAP) http://www.cielap.org/ CIELAP is an independent, not-for-profit research and educational organization whose mission is to provide leadership in the research and development of environmental law and policy that promotes the public interest and sustainability. Issues and policy reports, sustainable policy solutions, citizens' guides, ecological footprint concept, info, quiz, and calculations, EcoBusiness links.
David Suzuki Foundation http://www.davidsuzuki.org/ Nature resources for kids, "Sustainability Within a Generation," news and campaigns on climate change, wildlife, biotechnology. Publications, environmental action, email lists and good links.
Earth Policy Institute http://www.earth-policy.org/ The Earth Policy Institute, dedicated to providing a vision of an environmentally sustainable economy—an eco-economy—as well as a roadmap of how to get from here to there. Earth indicators, updates, links.
Earth Portal http://www.blackle.com The Earth Portal is an environmental search engine (a green "Google") that lets users access pre-screened, selected material on the Internet. Relevant for research on science, geography, environmental issues, nature, organizations, and education.
Ecoportal Canada http://www.planetfriendly.net/ecoportal.html A comprehensive guide to environmental directories, portals and networks in Ontario, Canada and beyond. A great starting point to find environmental groups, organizations, people, places, activities, news, information and opportunity.
Education Alliance for a Sustainable Ontario
http://www.sustainable-ontario.org/
EASO, one of several provincial/territorial working groups established or under development across Canada in response to the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, provides a forum for collaboration and leadership to advance education for thriving, diverse communities and ecosystems.
Education for Sustainable Development Canada
http://www.esdcanada.ca/
ESD Canada, made up of the ESD Canada National Council, Provincial/Territorial Working Groups and sustainability educators, brings together a broad range of stakeholders from across the country to support systemic change toward ESD within the formal, non-formal and informal education systems.
Environmental Research Foundation http://www.rachel.org/home_eng.htm This is a site dedicated to providing understandable scientific information about human health and the environment. Includes Rachel's Environment and Health News Newsletter (over 700 back issues), library, good organizational links (including Canadian environmental organizations).
Everdale Environmental Learning Centre http://www.everdale.org An educational centre near Hillsburgh, Ontario that teaches sustainable living by offering hands-on learning opportunities for people of all ages and backgrounds. A fifty-acre site includes a working organic farm, demonstration renewable energy and sustainable building technologies. Class visits, sustainable technology workshops and summer camp programs.
Evergreen http://www.evergreen.ca/en/about/about.html A national non-profit environmental organization with a mandate to bring nature to Canadian cities through naturalization projects. Programs: Learning Grounds (for schools), Common Grounds (for communities) Home Grounds (for home landscapes.)
Green Pages http://thegreenpages.ca/portal/ca A Canadian network whose mission is to empower and support students, educators, and communities by connecting them to environmental information for the purpose of making meaningful contributions towards environmental sustainability. Also a resource directory of Canadian environmental websites.
Humber Arboretum, Toronto http://www.humberarboretum.on.ca/ A center for urban ecology on the WestHumberRiver in northwest Toronto It showcases woody and herbaceous plants, protects and restores habitat, and provides educational experiences in horticulture and environmental stewardship. New features include sustainable living and renewable energy.
The National Environmental Education Advancement Project (NEEAP) supports the development and expansion of quality environmental education programs through a variety of state and local capacity building efforts. Programs, resources, publications, research,
National EE Foundation
http://www.neefusa.org/
The National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF) provides knowledge to trusted professionals who, with their credibility, amplify messages to national audiences to solve everyday environmental problems. Programs, grants, awards.
NatureWatch http://www.naturewatch.ca/ Environment Canada's volunteer monitoring program, that guides volunteers in gathering valuable ecological data. FrogWatch, IceWatch, PlantWatch, WormWatch and more programs in development - for schools, community groups, individuals, naturalists, backyard enthusiasts, Scouts and Guides.
North Carolina Office of Environmental Education and Public Affairs
http://www.eenorthcarolina.org
The Office of EE serves as North Carolina's clearinghouse, or central source, for all of the environmental education resources in the state. The office serves PreK-12 schools, colleges and universities, government agencies, non-profit organizations, environmental education centers, citizen groups, business and industry, libraries and the general public. It serves as a model of what an Office of EE can be.
Ontario Environment Network (OEN) http://www.oen.ca/ A non-profit, non-governmental network serving Ontario's environmental non-profit, non-governmental community. Ontario has over 500 environmental groups that range from national to neighbourhood-based and focus on a wide range of issues. Events, publications (including the Ontario Environmental Directory - in print or at www.oen.ca/dir/), caucuses.
Otesha Project http://www.otesha.ca/the+project/ The Otesha Project's education programs and bicycle tours use theatre, multi-media, puppetry, and story-telling to engage a wide range of audiences. They focus on re-evaluating daily choices to reflect the kind of future we'd like to see - rethinking what we really need, conserving resources, and voting with our dollars. They demonstrate the positive effects of everyday choices on living sustainably by having fun.
Resilience Alliance (Resalliance) http://www.resalliance.org/ev_en.php Resalliance is a multidisciplinary research group that explores the dynamics of complex adaptive systems in order to discover foundations for sustainability. Through an international program connecting regional case studies with theory development, the RA strives to provide novel solutions to managing resilience and coping with change, uncertainty, and surprise in complex social-ecological systems.
The Resource Centre of the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario houses a unique collection of government documents (duplicated only at the Legislative Assembly of Ontario Library, which is closed to the public), books, and journals focusing on Ontario environmental information, law, and policy. The Resource Centre, located in Toronto at 1075 Bay St., Suite 605 (Bay and Bloor), is open to the public weekdays from 9:30am-5:00pm.
Seeds of Diversity Canada http://www.seeds.ca/en.htm Canada's Heritage Seed Program - a non-profit group of gardeners from coast to coast who save seeds from rare and unusual garden plants for the purpose of preserving varieties. It is also a living gene bank.
Toronto Environmental Volunteers http://www.toronto.ca/environment/volunteer.htm The Toronto Environmental Volunteers (TEV) are committed individuals who create environmentally sustainable projects in their own neighbourhoods and communities at the grassroots level. Training programs offered in preparation for activity in solid waste management, water efficiency, household hazardous waste, stormwater management, energy efficiency and air quality.
Toronto Food Policy Council http://www.toronto.ca/health/tfpc_index.htm Toronto was one of the original signatories of the United Nations' Healthy Cities movement. In 1991, in the absence of federal and provincial leadership on food security, the City created the Toronto Food Policy Council. The TFPC works with business and community groups to develop policies and programs promoting food security, equitable food access, nutrition, community development and environmental health.
UNESCO Education for Sustainable Development
http://www.unesco.org/en/esd/
The UN Decade of ESD (2005-2014), for which UNESCO is the lead agency, seeks to integrate the principles, values, and practices of sustainable development into all aspects of education and learning, in order to address the social, economic, cultural and environmental problems we face in the 21st century.
Wildlands League http://www.wildlandsleague.org/ The Wildlands League is a chapter of the CanadianParks and Wilderness Society. Memberships and volunteer opportunities to protect Ontario wilderness, parklands, habitat and species. Email issue alert available.
Willow Park Ecology Centre, Norval http://www.willowparkecology.com/ A butterfly garden, wetland, snake hibernaculum and tree trail are some of the ecological features. Freely open to the public for day use, and is accessible by wheelchairs and strollers. Educational programs.
