York Campus

• NetImpact
  the Schulich chapter of the premiere business students’ network, NetImpact is “dedicated to promoting responsible business and advancing social, environmental and economic sustainability.”
• Maloca Community Garden
  founded in 1999 by graduate students, Maloca is “maintained by diverse members of the York community including staff, faculty, alumni, friends, family and local residents as an unique community space on York campus.”
• Campus Planning & Sustainability
  housed in the Facilities Services department, the Campus Planner is “concerned with the physical detail that affects the operational, environmental and aesthetic objectives of the University. Environmental sustainability is critical to those objectives so it serves to guide decision-making.”
• Sierra Youth Coalition’s Sustainable Campuses Initiative

Toronto area

• Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA)
• Credit Valley Conservation Authority (CVC)
  These governmental bodies are organised by watersheds, and seek to promote conservation, education, and provide advisory services. By linking together multiple municipalities within a watershed, they facilitate actions which cross standard political boundaries.

• City of Toronto Sustainability Programmes
• Zerofootprint
  based in Toronto, the Zerofootprint group of companies empowers communities, companies, and organizations to live ingeniously in a low carbon world. The web site hosts various tools to measure your carbon output.

Regional

• Royal Botanical Gardens
  With 1,100 hectares and 30 kilometres of walking trails, the RBG is a major horticultural and nature site in southern Ontario, and offers many educational activities throughout the year.
• Middle East Environmental Futures Project
  The program’s central objective is to strengthen environmental policy decision making in Israel and Palestine. IRIS Executive member Stuart Schoenfeld is highly involved with this project.

Canada

• Sustainability Now
  Oriented towards engineering practices, information, and news.
• David Suzuki Foundation
  A lot of information on this site, including publications and links to ‘carbon offset’ calculators.
• National Round Tale on the Environment and the Economy
  Canadian government site, including pages on urban sustainability, brownfields, conservation, budgeting, etc., with many downloadable publications.

World

• International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives
  An organisation of several hundred governmental bodies (city and larger jurisdictions) with news and publications.
• International Institute for Sustainable Development
  Highly-regarded organisation based out of Manitoba.
• World Resources Institute
  An environmental think tank that “goes beyond research to create practical ways to protect the Earth and improve people’s lives”.
• World Business Council for Sustainable Development
  A Swiss-based organisation which bills itself as “the leading advocate for sustainability in the business community.”
• The International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
  “The World Conservation Union is the world’s largest and most important conservation network. The Union brings together 82 States, 111 government agencies, more than 800 non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and some 10,000 scientists and experts from 181 countries in a unique worldwide partnership.” Headquartered in Switzerland.

Food and Farming

• City Farmer
  everything you need to know about growing food in the urban environment.
• Sustain
  Sustain is “the alliance for better food and farming” and includes news, downloadable PDFs, and event calendars.

Informational Links

• The Gstaad Project
  an open, online-based community aimed at bridging the gap between “we the people” of the world and the world’s international organizations and intergovernmental entities.
• Yale Environment 360
  an online magazine offering opinion, analysis, reporting and debate on global environmental issues. Published by the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and Yale University.
• Grist
  an environmental news and commentary site based in Seattle, WA that attempts to “tell the untold stories, spotlight trends before they become trendy, and engage the apathetic.”
• HuffPo Green
  the award-winning internet newspaper’s Green pages.
• Dot Earth
  New York Times “reporter Andrew C. Revkin examines efforts to balance human affairs with the planet’s limits. Conceived in part with support from a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, Dot Earth tracks relevant news from suburbia to Siberia.”
• Ecogeek
  Specializes in writing about environmentally friendly technology
• Environmental Graffiti
  News service and blog that provides news relevant to the green blogosphere
• Inhabitat
  Articles on sustainable architecture, green living and green design
• RealClimate: climate science from climate scientists
  “Commentary site on climate science by working climate scientists for the interested public and journalists”
• The Conscious Earth: environmental news from the Canadian front line
  A blog authored by the Communications Director of Ecojustice. Based in Toronto, Ontario.
• TreeHugger
  A media outlet for sustainability-related news, solutions and product information
• World Changing
  Produces visionary articles and serves as a source for forward thinking, solutions-based journalism on sustainability

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