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Action - National
Action - Regional
Community Action
Environment - Climate Change
Environment - Environment
Environment - Pesticides
Environment - Renewable Energy
Lifestyle - Farming and Gardening
Lifestyle - Green Goods and Products
Lifestyle - Health
Lifestyle - Homes
Lifestyle - Transportation
Politics - Green Parties
Politics - News and Action
Reference - Kingston Resources
Reference - Ontario Resources
Reference - Organisations/Charities
Reference - Sustainability and Green Policy
Earth Day Canada
Earth Day Canada (EDC) is a national environmental communications organization mandated to improve the state of the environment by empowering Canadians to achieve local solutions. Since 1991, EDC has been coordinating Earth Day/Earth Month events, and creating successful community programs and award-winning artistic and media projects.
CCAMU - The Community Coalition Against Mining Uranium
The Community Coalition Against Mining Uranium (CCAMU)
is a group of concerned citizens from the greater Ottawa Valley
and Kingston area, who have come together to prevent a
uranium mine in Frontenac and Lanark region.
Water Keepers
As one of the most exciting young environmental groups in the country, Lake Ontario Waterkeeper has drawn local, regional, and national attention for our clean water initiatives. Launched in February 2001, Lake Ontario Waterkeeper trains other individuals and volunteer groups to be local water guardians and to report pollution concerns.
Kingston OPIRG
The Kingston chapter of the Ontario Public Interest Research Group based at Queen's University. Their mandate is to provide skills and training in areas such as consensus, group facilitation, anti-oppression, events organizing, media, and research which help individuals to act effectively in the public interest.
Bike Lane Action
A non-profit organization dedicated to developing scenic bicycle lanes in and around the city of Kingston.
Pesticide Reduction Kingston
Pesticides Reduction Kingston (PRK) is an ‘umbrella’ educational and advocacy group made up of local residents & community organisations. We are all working to reduce the pesticides in our community. Our aim is to encourage property owners, residents, corporations and the City of Kingston to use pest and weed control methods which are safer for the environment. We are therefore working to ensure that the City of Kingston passes (and enforces) a bylaw, similar to the City of Hudson’s 1991 bylaw, to limit the private cosmetic use of pesticides.
Carbon Sequestration (Research site)
A US Govt. site full of detailed research on many aspects of carbon sequestration including: Carbon Capture, Geologic Sequestration, Ocean Sequestration, Terrestrial Sequestration, Advanced Concepts.
Greentie
GREENTIE is an international directory of suppliers whose technologies help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It also provides information on funding and on leading international organisations and IEA programmes whose RD&D and information activities centre around clean energy technologies.
World View of Global Warming
PHOTOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE plus lots of research information.
The Ecologist
The Ecologist is the world’s most respected environmental affairs magazine. Each month we examine the connection between a wide range of subjects. Whether it’s food, war, politics, pharmaceuticals, farming, toxic chemicals, corporate fraud, mass media or supermarkets, the ecologist challenges conventional thinking and empowers readers to tackle global issues on a local scale.
Pollution Probe
Pollution Probe is a Canadian environmental organization that
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Defines environmental problems through research;
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Promotes understanding through education; and,
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Presses for practical solutions through advocacy.
Pesticide Action Network of North America
Advancing Alternatives to Pesticides Worldwide.
Pesticide Free Ontario
A coalition of mostly citizen groups connecting on a provincial level to work towards urban pesticide reduction/elimination.
Pesticide Reduction Kingston
Pesticides Reduction Kingston (PRK) is an ‘umbrella’ educational and advocacy group made up of local residents & community organisations. We are all working to reduce the pesticides in our community. Our aim is to encourage property owners, residents, corporations and the City of Kingston to use pest and weed control methods which are safer for the environment.
At the core of the major blackouts is the lethal combination of Nature and the human preoccupation with economic "efficiency"
An interesting article from the German magazine Telepolis about the frightening possibilities of future massive blackouts.
The Canadian Association for Renewable Energies
The Canadian Association for Renewable Energies still provides the only news service on renewable energy developments in Canada.
Enerworks
Providing clean, intelligent, competitively-priced energy solutions to consumers.
Home Power
Home Power magazine, the hands-on journal of home-made power, grew out of a passion for renewable energy and a concern about a world that is increasingly polluted. The magazine addresses the high energy use and waste of "developed" cultures. They are concerned that people are dependent and unable to care for themselves when it comes to energy. Renewable energy gives people control over their energy future by using energy that is provided daily by nature.
Solar Energy Society of Canada
The Solar Energy Society of Canada Inc. exists to advance the awareness, understanding and use of solar energy in Canada.
Heirloom Seed Sanctuary
A non-profit organization for saving seeds in Kingston Ontario
Food Down the Road
Food Down the Road is a broad and diversified movement that seeks to build a local food system that can nourish us all in the future.
Based out of Kingston and countryside, Food Down the Road has emerged from years of work by the National Farmers Union (NFU) and others on sustainable farm and food issues in the area.
Initiated in December 2006, Food Down the Road has succeeded in organizing several major events in 2007 which include a four-part Spring Speaker Series and a Local Food Summit in the autumn. A Community Council has also been created to help identify future directions including the creation of a Food Charter.
Hundreds of people have participated in these dynamic initiatives, and we hope to keep the momentum rising. Through visioning, researching, educating, advocating and building partnerships, Food Down the Road is a vibrant community movement building a more vital and sustainable local food system.
We are looking down the road toward a sustainable Kingston and countryside where all citizens can enjoy healthy food.
Canadian Organic Growers
Canadian Organic Growers Inc. is Canada's national membership-based education and networking organization representing farmers, gardeners and consumers in all provinces.
Evergreen
Evergreen is a registered national charity founded in 1991. We are a national non-profit environmental organization with a mandate to bring nature to our cities through naturalization projects. Evergreen motivates people to create and sustain healthy, natural outdoor spaces.
Organic Landscape Alliance
The OLA has seen increasing public interest in organic techniques, processes and products. As a non-profit trade association it is committed to the development of organic horticulture. It provides professionals (including landscape workers, growers, arborists, parks staff and turf managers) the opportunity to learn about the latest organic products and techniques, and keeps its members abreast of the ever-changing legislative environment.
The Pesticide Advisor
The Pesticide Advisor points you to information to help with specific pest and pesticide problems.
Seeds of Diversity
A non-profit group of gardeners from coast to coast
who save seeds from rare and unusual garden plants
for the purpose of preserving the varieties. A living gene bank. [Canadian]
Society of Ontario Nut Growers
SONG is a group of nut enthusiasts that are dedicated to the promotion of nut trees as a source of enjoyment, food, timber and a host of byproducts.
Wildflower Farm
The Wildflower Source. [Ontario]
Goods For Greens
Need we say more?
The Environmental Choice Program
Encouraging the supply of products and services that are more environmentally responsible, and helping consumers and organizations to buy "green". Your one-stop-source for a world of products and services third-party verified and certified environmentally responsible!
Mesothelioma Symptoms
http://www.mesotheliomasymptoms.com provides all the symptom, exposure and treatment information needed to stay protected from asbestos.
The modern rise in respiratory illness and diseases resulting from indoor air toxins highlights the danger past construction materials pose. Asbestos, one of the most ubiquitous threats, leads to mesothelioma, a lethal cancer without cure. Its past popularity as an insulator means it found use in potentially hundreds of industrial applications throughout homes, offices and factories. Although mesothelioma often first appears in those who work and live around asbestos, exposure can be secondhand as well.
Earthsave Canada
EarthSave Canada is a non-profit, educational organization promoting awareness of the health, environmental, and ethical consequences of our food choices. We advocate the move towards a plant-based diet for better health, environmental sustainability, and compassion toward non-human animals.
Environmental Health Foundation
News and resources for environmental justice. Providing understandable scientific information about human health and the environment. Sign up for the excellent Rachel's Newsletter.
Kingston Plant trade
This is a place for people in Kingston and surrounding areas to trade plants, cuttings ,seeds,(Annual, perennial, and tropical) and share information about gardening.
Environmental Building News
Authoritative Information on Environmentally Responsible
Building Design & Construction.
Healthy Home Services
This site offers products and services to reduce your exposure to chemicals. Good ideas for your good health! [Canadian]
EPA Green Vehicle Guide
Use this guide to choose the cleanest and most
fuel-efficient vehicle that meets your needs. [from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency]
Feel Good Cars
As a leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of electrically powered vehicles, Feel Good Cars thrives on providing drivers with choices they can feel good about. Working with our internationally respected partners, we’re bringing the world’s finest zero-emission vehicles to you—setting a new standard for what electric vehicles can be. [Canadian]
GreenerCars.Com
The Environmental Guide to Cars and Trucks.
Queen's Greens
The website for the Queen's Greens, student Green Party organization at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario.
For more information contact Jared Giesbrecht jared.giesbrecht@gmail.com
Kingston Greens - Australia
The main page for the Green Party association for Kingston Australia.
Kingston-upon-Thames
Home page of the Kingston-upon-Thames (a borough of Greater London) branch of the Greens Party in England.
Green Party of Canada
Home page of the GPC.
Green Party of Ontario
The Green Party of Ontario supports green economics, progressive social planning, and begins with the basic premise that all life on the planet is interconnected and that humans have a responsibility to protect and preserve the nature world.
Leeds-Grenville Green Party
Leeds-Grenville Constituency Association
Green Parties Worldwide
Links to most worldwide Green Party websites.
Guelph-Wellington Greens
Guelph-Wellington Constituency Association
Green Party of the United States
Democracy is not a spectator sport.
North American Green Parties
Links to all Canadian and US Green Parties, plus information about elected Green Party officials and candidates.
The European Federation of Green Parties
The Federation and its 32 member green parties.
The ACTivist
The ACTivist started as a newsletter of the "Against Cruise Testing" (ACT) coalition in 1984. ACT went on to form "ACT for Disarmament", an organization which called for demilitirization around the world. As the movement grew, the newsletter expanded to become a newspaper for "Peace, Ecology & Human Rights".
Adbusters
A global network of artists, activists, writers, pranksters, students, educators and entrepreneurs who want to advance the new social activist movement of the information age. The aim is to topple existing power structures and forge a major shift in the way we will live in the 21st century. [Canadian]
Common Dreams
It's been said that dreams are our roadmaps to the future. If so, where are we headed? Common Dreams is a national non-profit citizens' organization working to bring progressive Americans together to promote progressive visions for America's future.
Debt Relief Now
A week of action against global Debt.
Eco-Portal
An Information Gateway Empowering the Movement for Environmental Sustainability.
Greenspiration
By bicycle, Angela Bischoff and Tooker Gomberg are travelling the globe, discovering and sharing hopeful ecological stories.
The earth is stressed. But the solutions are out there. Innovative communities around the world are working to protect the environment and revive their local economies.
Angela and Tooker are reporters and environmental ambassadors, promoting environmental literacy and encouraging local action.
Greenspiration! is uncovering and reporting on these inspiring initiatives. Positive ecological stories - for a change. [Canadian]
Lovearth Network
Mission:
To Pass On A Sustainable And
Peaceful Earth To Future Generations.
Lovearth is an environmental organization that's been creating awareness since 1988. For over 5 years now we have concentrated on disseminating truthful information, empowering solutions and direct actions on environmental and humanitarian concerns via the Internet. Our intent is to form a unity of one percent to stop our extinction through our growing network of 1000+ EcoHumanePolitical websites.
Indymedia
Indymedia is a collective of independent media organizations and hundreds of journalists offering grassroots, non-corporate coverage. Indymedia is a democratic media outlet for the creation of radical, accurate, and passionate tellings of truth.
Michael Moore
Website of the writer/ director of 2003 Oscar-winning documentary "Bowling for Columbine" and the best-selling book, "Stupid White Men" etc.
One World Canada
OneWorld Canada presents news and views from progressive social movements — in Canada and beyond our borders.
New Internationalist
Exists to report on issues of world poverty and inequality; to focus attention on the unjust relationship between the powerful and the powerless in both rich and poor nations; to debate and campaign for the radical changes necessary if the basic material and spiritual needs of all are to be met. Excellent magazine by subscription or online.
Mother Jones
Mother Jones is an independent nonprofit whose roots lie in a commitment to social justice implemented through first rate investigative reporting.
The Onion
America's Finest News Source! Award-winning Satire.
Rachel's Environment and Health News
Superb, fully referenced and archived research articles. Sign up for Rachel's Newsletter.
Planet Ark Daily News
Planet Ark's daily Reuters World Environment News - the most comprehensive source of environmental news on the Net.
This service is brought to you courtesy of the Reuters news agency.
Rabble.ca
rabble.ca is a new kind of publication, one built on the efforts of progressive journalists, writers, artists and activists across the country.
rabble.ca fuses the hot energy of activism with the cool eye of journalism. We feature some of the best progressive writers in Canada.
In addition to original news stories, in-depth features, provocative interviews, commentaries and more, rabble publishes columns from some of the few progressive voices in mainstream media and reprints articles you wouldn't want to miss from Canada's best independent magazines.
Straight Goods
Straight Goods is a watchdog working for Canadian consumers and citizens. The purpose of Straight Goods is to help you save money, protect your rights and untangle spin with investigative reports, features, forums, archives, and links to many others who share our values.
Rooting Out Evil
Expanding the search for weapons of mass destruction. ROE is a campaign of resistance to US unilateralism and domination of global affairs. A campaign is aimed at reframing the perception of the US’s role in world politics by turning President Bush’s rhetoric and tactics against him. ROE opposes the development, storage, and use of weapons of mass destruction (chemical, biological, or nuclear) by any country. [Canadian]
The Whirled Bank Group
They Dream of a World Full of Poverty. Spoof world bank site!
Eco Kingston
Eco Kingston is a web portal that focuses on topics of social justice and sustainability in Kingston, including environmental protection, animal welfare, waste & consumerism, and food choices. It features plenty of up-to-date
resources on local organizations, people, events, and knowledge on how to make positive changes on leading a more humane, sustainable lifestyle. The site was created to fill the current information gap,
and hopefully to bring about awareness of these issues to the general public.
Burts Greenhouses
A local greenhouse operation that is using biomass as a
heat source and has been using biological pest control in their greenhouses since 2001.
Burt's Greenhouses
539 Maple Road, Odessa, Ontario, Canada, K0H 2H0
bburt@kingston.net
www.burtsgh.com
613-386-3426
Desert Lake Gardens
Organic food growers and suppliers, with a regular home delivery service to the Kingston area. Located north of Sydenham, Pat & Rick Dawson have been growing organically since 1983.
Greater Kingston Area Safe and Sober Community Alliance
Increase the level of community awareness regarding the risk, including the risk of injuries, associated with alcohol use. Implement community initiatives that reduce risk-taking behaviours related to alcohol use. Assist in the development of public policies that influence alcohol use in the community. Create environments that support/enforce safe alcohol policies.
Hearthmakers
Hearthmakers is a cooperatively owned and community-based business that works to provide renewable energy and environmental services and products to members in the Southeastern Ontario region, including the counties of Hastings, Prince Edward, Lennox and Addington, Frontenac, and Leeds and Grenville. Hearthmakers offers its members energy cost savings, community education and the opportunity to be owners of a renewable energy technology.
Home Base Housing
The services of Home Base are open to single adults with a range of life experiences and challenges. These may include homelessness, financial issues, substance abuse, mental health issues, developmental disabilities, head injuries, or physical disabilities.
Kingston District Community Information Centre
KDCIC has community information about over 3000 human service agencies, government offices and clubs. Family, children, seniors, disability services, as well as health, legal, housing, government, employment and training.
Kingston Aboriginal Services Guide
This is a searchable, detailed listing of Kingston and Area Aboriginal Organizations and related services. A print version of this Guide is also available from Tipi Moza at the following address: Tipi Moza (Iron Homes),
Suite 202 - 234 Guthrie Drive,
Kingston, K7K 6K8
Kingston Employment & Youth Services
Career counselling and resource centre for youth and for EI recipients. job search, resumé help, vocatinal testing, referrals for training etc.
Kingston Electors Online
KIngston Electors is written and administered by a group of Kingstonians who have an interest in public policy and are committed to encouraging a wider and more in-depth discussion of issues that affect our community's well-being.
Our community has a wealth of knowledge and experience. It is our goal to tap those resources and make them more readily available and better utilized in the decision making process.
There are already many ways in which citizens become involved in their community. This interactive web site is an additional tool in building a better informed, more involved community.
Citizens with information, creative ideas and opinions are invited to contribute to this independent forum.
Kingston Field Naturalists
The objective of the Kingston Field Naturalists, a non-profit charitable organization, is to stimulate public interest in nature, the protection and preservation of wildlife, and to acquire and provide knowledge of natural history.
Kingston Frontenac and Lennox Addington Health Unit
Increasing health and preventing disease through awareness, skill-building and environmental support. The Health Unit provides resources and counselling to people of all ages through one-on-one treatment, group sessions and community campaigns.
Martha's Table
Martha's Table is a restaurant-style facility where those of modest means can enjoy a nutritious meal at very low cost.
North Kingston Community Healthcare
Providing health services to the community.
Kingston Not for Profit Housing Association
Kingston area housing providers.
Nature's Way Landscaping
Working With Nature, Not Against It.
For 10 years Nature’s Way has provided full landscaping services in Ontario. [Gananoque]
Partners for a Safe Community - Kingston
Dedicated to making Kingston the safest city in Canada to live, work, learn, and play!
Pathways for Children and Youth
Works to meet the mental health needs of children and youth from birth until 18 years in Frontenac, Lennox and Addington.
Partners in Mission Food Bank
Provides emergency hunger relief to low income families and individuals in the Kingston area.
Queen's University Women's Centre
The Women's Centre is a collective dedicated to diversity, and to developing and cultivating a woman-positive space and feminist awareness through the provision of a resource base for education and networking. Also a gathering place, offering a referral service, an extensive library of resources, and a women-only space.
Rideau Waterway Land Trust
The Rideau Waterway Land Trust Foundation is a non-government, nonprofit community based land trust. The Trust was incorporated in 1996 as a registered charity and is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors elected by the membership. The Trust maintains a vibrant membership who shares an abiding interest in the preservation of lands within the Rideau Corridor.
Ryandale Shelter for the Homeless
Ryandale Shelter for the Homeless is the only shelter of six in Kingston to offer 5 day emergency support to women, men, youth and families all under the same roof.
While they receive funding from Social Services and the United Way, they still rely heavily upon the generous support of local churches, individuals and groups. Recognizing that it alone cannot solve the housing crisis, Ryandale hopes to provide emergency shelter in a supportive, caring environment.
Single Mothers Support Network
SMSN is a coalition of single mothers and community based partners from across Lennox & Addington, Kingston Frontenac, and Lanark Leeds Grenville.
Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition
The OHCC (Ontario Healthy Communties Coalition) works with
the diverse communities of Ontario to strengthen their
social, environmental, and economic well-being.
Land Conservation
We are working to protect natural spaces in Frontenac County and Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada.
Canada Composting Inc.
Solving Today's Waste Management Issues by Diverting Organic Wastes From Landfill. Conserving Resources and Producing High Quality Compost. Producing Renewable Energy and Reducing Greenhouse Gases.
AWARE
Giving a voice to women's experience. AWARE works in close association with women who have a personal or professional interest in the project issues.
They provide information about the safe use of alcohol, prescription medications, tobacco and other drugs within the social context of women's lives. The only organisation in Canada doing what they do. [Kingston-based]
Environmental Education Ontario
EEON is a group drawn from diverse fields who believe that in order to restore and retain a healthy environment for Ontario, we have to make informed decisions. To foster this knowledge, EEON is working for environmental and sustainability education for everyone - children, youth and adults.
Ontario Environment Network
The Ontario Environment Network (OEN) is 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.
The OEN seeks to increase awareness of these organizations and encourage discussions about means to protect the environment. OEN is a non-advocacy network and therefore does not take positions on issues.
Green Ontario
Ontario's gateway
to environmental
solutions. The Conservation Council of Ontario (CCO) is a non-government, charitable organization with a mandate to promote cooperation for a healthy environment in Ontario, Canada.
Our membership includes both provincial organizations and individual members who support our goal of a healthy environment, are committed to incorporating environmental values into their own activities, and who wish to work together to promote a province-wide, cooperative approach to solving environmental problems.
Learning Disabilities Association of Ontario
The LDAO is a charitable non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of children, youth and adults with learning disabilities.
Smart Growth Ontario
Smart Growth is an attempt to make urban development a positive force for the long-term health of the economy, society and the environment.
Sierra Club - Eastern Chapter
To protect and restore the health of the natural environment, including human communities, in Ontario and Quebec, by empowering the membership and citizenry through education, advocacy, action and outdoor adventures.
K and P Trail Group
The Kingston and Pembroke Trail Group has three main goals:
- To promote the public acquisition of the K&P right-of-way (ROW) from Kingston to Harrowsmith and to promote a future acquisition of the ROW to Sharbot Lake
- To promote the development of the K&P right-of-way into a non-motorized, multi-use (cycling, hiking, cross-country skiing, equestrian) pathway in the Kingston area, with snowmobile use outside the Kingston city limits .
- To promote the use and maintenance of trails as a recreational and transportation alternative.
Environmental Defence Canada
A national, charitable organization committed to engage the public, to find solutions, and to advance the environmental rights of future generations. Provides Canadians with the tools and knowledge to protect and improve their environment and health.
Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada
Housing co-operatives exist for their members' mutual benefit. They share with other co-operatives the values of individual responsibility, mutual help, democracy, equality, equity, and solidarity.
Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment
CAPE is a group of physicians, allied health care practitioners and citizens committed to a healthy and sustainable environment. As an organization composed mostly of physicians, CAPE brings its health expertise to environmental issues and is an important voice for environmental health in Canada.
Canadian Environmental Network
The Canadian Environmental Network facilitates networking among environmental and other organizations sharing its mandate: "To protect the Earth and promote ecologically sound ways of life". As a non-advocacy network, the CEN does not take positions on issues rather it actively encourages more equitable consultation of environmental groups in the setting of government policy.
Canadian Environmental Law Association
CELA is a non-profit, public interest organization
established 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.
Corporate Watch
Holding Corporations Accountable.
The David Suzuki Foundation
Nature is our home. And just as we take care of our house, we also must take care of nature.
But nature takes care of us too. Nature cleans our air and water, makes the soil that grows our food and provides the resources to make all our material goods. Since 1990, the David Suzuki Foundation has worked to find ways for society to live in balance with the natural world that sustains us.
Council of Canadians
Strictly non-partisan, the Council lobbies Members of Parliament, conducts research, and runs national campaigns aimed at putting some of the country's most important issues into the spotlight: safeguarding our social programs, promoting economic justice, renewing our democracy, asserting Canadian sovereignty, advancing alternatives to corporate-style free trade, and preserving our environment.
EnviroCitizen
The Center for Environmental Citizenship/EnviroCitizen is a national non-partisan [U.S.] organization. We were founded by young activists in 1992 to encourage college students to be environmental citizens. CEC is dedicated to educating, training, and organizing a diverse, national network of young leaders to protect the environment.
Federation of Canadian Municipalities
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) has been the national voice of municipal government since 1901. FCM is dedicated to improving the quality of life in all communities by promoting strong, effective and accountable municipal government.
Greenpeace Canada
Greenpeace is an independently funded organization that works to protect the environment and challenges government and industry to halt harmful practices by negotiating solutions, conducting scientific research, introducing clean alternatives, carrying out peaceful acts of civil disobedience and educating and engaging the public.
International Fund for Animal Welfare
Protecting animals and their environment, worldwide. From the outset, the founders of the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) rejected the notion that the interests of humans and animals were separate. Instead they embraced the understanding that the fate and future of animals on Earth-are inextricably linked to our own.
Nature Conservancy of Canada
For over 40 years, the NCC has been working to protect Canada’s most threatened natural habitats and the endangered species that call them home.
NativeWeb
A project of many people. Its vision touches ancient teachings and modern technology. It tries to provide a cyber-place for Earth's indigenous peoples.
Sierra Club of Canada
Orion Magazien
The Orion Society currently furthers its mission through three fundamental programs: the ideas and inspiration of Orion magazine, community activism through the Orion Grassroots Network, and environmental teaching through Orion Educatio
Foundation for Ethics and Meaning
Seeking to reawaken and foster the simple yet transformative belief that people are yearning for meaningful connection to others and to a purpose greater than themselves. Challenging our prevailing cultural emphasis on material self-interest by encouraging a spirit of caring and a process of mutual recognition that will nourish inclusive, sustainable, and just communities.
The Hudson Institute
Hudson Institute’s mission is to be America’s premier source of applied research on enduring policy challenges.
International Forum on Globalisation
The goal of the IFG is twofold: (1) Expose the multiple effects of economic globalization in order to stimulate debate, and (2) Seek to reverse the globalization process by encouraging ideas and activities which revitalize local economies and communities, and ensure long term ecological stability.
Sustainability - A Choice to Consider
Wherever problems arise, people notice. Some of the people who notice, study the problems and find solutions. This willingness to address problems is the natural immune system of society.
This website assembles some of the collective wisdom of this spontaneous concern into a picture of our common goal - sustainability. They contend that sustainability should be the value upon which public decisions are based.
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