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,
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General.
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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.
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.
Education – Elementary/Secondary
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.
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.
Connecting the Dots focuses on learning strategies and the ways of organizing learning experiences; the "how to" of learning. These learning strategies involve students as engaged learners, learning within the context of their communities and addressing relevant, local issues.
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.
Durham Region website for sustainability forums and EE resources and links.
EELinked Networks
http://eelinked.naaee.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
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.)
Foodshare is an Ontario organization that provides information and programs to the public and to schools dealing with food issues, environmental issues, food security, eating locally, and suatainable agriculture.
Four Green Steps is a Canadian comprehensive, multipurpose organization that has created an interactive network comprised of four steps: school programs, community, info zone, and marketplace.
Offers school-based, park-based and summer programs, workshops and consultations to work with urban children, youth and their families to learn about, grow and prepare fresh foods.
LSF was established to integrate sustainability education into Canada’s education system. Their innovative programs and partnerships include youth forums for elementary schools (EcoLeague) and secondary schools (Sustainable Communities), Resources for Rethinking (R4R), Project FLOW, Step Outside, ESD Schools, and The Sustainability and Education Academy SEdA.
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://home.osee.ca
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.
ESE classroom resources at your fingertips - lesson plans, worksheets, and other teaching resources, reviewed and matched to current curricular outcomes for all provinces and territories.
An educational program from WWF that provides educators with access to over 30 curriculum-linked, printable in-class activities for Grades 3 to 8. The materials relate to the science curriculum with opportunities for cross-curricular integration of social studies, language and art.
A climate change program run by TakingITGlobal. Free, interactive online tools for educators, youth and parents. Lesson plans, virtual classroom, connect with other classes around the world.
A guide to studying abroad for a career in environmental resource engineering, a field that uses science and technology to develop solutions to environmental problems and improve the natural environment.
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://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.
A comprehensive resource about mesothelioma, including information on asbestos exposure in jobsites and related to natural disasters.
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.
This web site provides information about the disease and its causes, including the history of asbestos, current uses, and the impact on veterans.
Toronto Food Policy Council
http://tfpc.to
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.
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.")
Local grasssroots networking for global sustainability. 500 communities world-wide, 34 in Canada and growing, creating plans and strategies covering fields ranging from food and transport to waste and energy.
A climate change program run by TakingITGlobal. Free, interactive online tools for educators, youth and parents. Lesson plans, virtual classroom, connect with other classes around the world.
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."
BEAN is an Ontario collaborative network of groups and individuals representing industry, formal and non-formal education, government, the environment and conservation. BEAN was set up to implement Action Items 1 and 2 of Ontario's Biodiversity Strategy, calling for increased awareness and understanding of biodiversity, its benefits and threats, and what each of us can do to support it.
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.earthportal.org
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
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
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.)
Foodshare is an Ontario organization that provides information and programs to the public and to schools dealing with food issues, environmental issues, food security, eating locally, and suatainable agriculture.
NGO has a goal and mandate to encourage and facilitate keeping track of species and ecosystems as they change by collecting, storing and analysing data.
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 West Humber River 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 Kinark Outdoor Centre and the Children and Nature Network offer interactive programs for families in Barrie, Peterborough, Oshawa and Richmond Hill.
LSF was established to integrate sustainability education into Canada’s education system. Their innovative programs and partnerships include youth forums for elementary schools (EcoLeague) and secondary schools (Sustainable Communities), Resources for Rethinking (R4R), Project FLOW, Step Outside, ESD Schools, and The Sustainability and Education Academy SEdA.
National EE Advancement Project http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/neeap/
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.
A global supplier of natural products and ecologically friendly solutions. Their website is a resource for information, articles, links, organizations and education.
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.
Resource Centre of the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario
http://www.eco.on.ca/eng/index.php?page=resource-centre-library
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.
Our mission is to enrich Canadian environmental leaders and nonprofit organizations through programs, services and support that help them increase their capacity to lead, manage and strategize. The Sustainability Network works with environmental non-profits to make them more effective and efficient.
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.
A climate change program run by TakingITGlobal. Free, interactive online tools for educators, youth and parents. Lesson plans, virtual classroom, connect with other classes around the world.
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 Canadian Parks 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.
