Resources
The following are links to organizations that provide information on various subjects pertaining to sustainability and sustainable communities.
Local and Sustainable Food
100 Mile Radius Ontario
http://www.100mileradius.ca/ontario/page1-ontario.htm
Giving Garden
http://www.givinggarden.ca/
Kemptville Farmers’ Market
www.kemptvillefarmersmarket.ca
Local Flavours (Savour the Arch)
http://www.localflavours.org
Ontario Natural Food Co-op – Buying Club
http://www.onfc.ca/buyingclub/home
The branch restaurant
http://www.thebranchrestaurant.ca/
Food Security and Agriculture/Gardening (gardening, organic & local food resources)
Alliance for Healthy Food and Farming
http://sustainontario.com
Canadian Organic Growers
http://www.cog.ca/
FarmLINK Ontario
http://www.farmlink.net/
Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada
http://www.oacc.info/RegionsCanada/ontario_welcome.asp
Seeds of Diversity
http://www.seeds.ca/en.php
WWOOF Canada
http://www.wwoof.ca/
Home and Yard (cleaning, recycling, composting)
Composting Council of Canada
http://www.compost.org
Environment Canada: Waste Management
http://www.ec.gc.ca/
Kemptville Freecycle
groups.yahoo.com/group/KemptvilleONFreecyle/ (www.freecycle.org)
North Grenville 2011 Waste & Recycling Calendar
http://www.northgrenville.ca/2010wastecalendar.cfm
Ontario Recycling Council
www.rco.on.ca
The No Plastic Project
http://www.noplasticproject.ca/
Water Issues
Ontario Clean Water Agency
http://www.ocwa.com/
Water and Wastewater
http://www.cwwa.ca/home_e.asp
World Water Council
http://www.worldwatercouncil.org/
Climate Change
Climate Crisis Solution Campaign
www.350.org
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
http://www.ipcc.ch/
Sierra Club Canada
http://www.sierraclub.ca/en/climate-change
The Climate Group
http://www.theclimategroup.org/
Energy
Bullfrog Power
http://www.bullfrogpower.com/
Canadian Renewable Energy Alliance
http://new.canrea.ca/site/
The Canadian Solar Industries Association
http://www.cansia.ca
Canadian Wind Energy Association
http://www.canwea.ca/index_e.php
Office of Energy Efficiency (OEE)
http://oee.nrcan.gc.ca/energuide/home.cfm
Ontario Clean Air Alliance
http://www.cleanairalliance.org/
Ontario Power Authority
https://saveonenergy.ca/
The Pembina Institute
http://www.pembina.org
Solar Energy – Background research
http://www.cansia.ca/solar-energy-101
Transition Network
http://www.transitionnetwork.org/
Transportation
Carpooling
http://www.carpoolworld.com
http://www.erideshare.com
greencars.org
http://www.greenercars.org/
OC Transpo – Rural Partner Services
http://www.octranspo1.com/community-events/rural_partner_routes/
South Mountain Stagecoach Transit
http://smtntransit.com/
Sustainable Living – General Information and Guides
Centre for Sustainable Community Development
www.sfu.ca/cscd/about-us/what-is-sustainable-community-development
David Suzuki Foundation
http://www.davidsuzuki.org
Earth Day Canada
http://www.earthday.ca
Ecovillage Network of Canada
http://ecovillagenetworkcanada.ning.com/
Environment Canada – Take Action for the Environment
http://www.ec.gc.ca/education/
EnviroZine – Environment Canada’s Online Newsmagazine
http://www.ec.gc.ca/envirozine/default.asp?lang=En&n=94DCD5DA-1
Federation of Canadian Municipalities – Green Municipal Fund
http://www.sustainablecommunities.fcm.ca/GMF/
Frontenac Arch Biosphere
http://www.fabr.ca
Green Communities Canada
http://greencommunitiescanada.org/
Greenpeace
http://www.greenpeace.ca
Green Matters – Green Lifestyle Website
http://www.ec.gc.ca/education/
International Institute for Sustainable Development
http://www.iisd.org/
Local currency info
www.smallisbeautiful.org#94BE01
New Economics Institute
www.neweconomicsinstitute.org
NRC – Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Division
http://adaptation.nrcan.gc.ca/
Ontario Stewardship
http://www.ontariostewardship.org/
Pembina Institute
http://www.pembina.org/
Pollution Probe
http://www.pollutionprobe.org/
Project for Public Spaces
www.pps.org/.webloc
Sierra Club – Livable Communities
http://www.sierraclub.org/sprawl/community/livable.asp
Simple LIving Forums
http://www.simplelivingforum.net/
Smart Growth Online
http://www.smartgrowth.org/
Stockholm Resilience Centre
http://stockholmresilience.org/
Sustainable Communities Online
http://www.sustainable.org/
thegreenpages.ca
http://thegreenpages.ca/
Tomorrow Today
http://www.tomorrowtodaycanada.ca/
Towards Sustainable Communities: Resources for Citizens and Their Governments
http://www.newsociety.com/bookid/3887
WWF Canada
http://www.wwf.ca/
Local Initiatives
Leeds Grenville Integrated Community Sustainability Plan (ICSP) 2012
http://www.leedsgrenville.com/
North Grenville’s Sustainable Action Priorities, from the ICSP 2012
Read PDF
Bishop’s Mills Natural History Museum’s submission to the Leeds & Grenville ICSP 2012
(An impressively clear statement of the collective misinterpretation of the word “sustainability”)
http://pinicola.ca/L&GR_
Eco Perth
www.ecoperth.on.ca
Rideau Environmental Action League
www.realaction.ca
Merrickville Goes Green
http://village-green-community.com
