Postcards from the edge are an experiment with sharing data directly from the field, so that research is disseminated in a much more timely manner for sharing with other scholars and the wider community.

CRC Reseach Dialogues
March 16, 2006 (Scale)

Key to any re-design strategies and ultimately sustainable community development are critical public policy questions about the nature of limits, the meaning of place, issues of scale and diversity. Join Dr. Ann Dale’s Canada Research Chair team as they converse on-line about these four research themes.

The Sustainability Imperative
Yuill Herbert, 2005

A preliminary investigation into sustainable communities in Canada.

Ann Dale, Principal Investigator, in an informal conversation with Yuill Herbert, CRC Board Member and community activist. This 33 minute dialogue discusses wide ranging topics such as the meaning of community, governance and civil society, institutional change and finally, social change.

QuickTime or Windows Media Player are required. Download QuickTime or Windows Media Player

Linking Industry and Ecology
Edited by: Ray Côté , Ann Dale and James Tansey, UBC Press, November 2005

Linking Industry and Ecology explores the origins, promise, and relevance of the emerging field of industrial ecology. It situates industrial ecology within the broader range of environmental management strategies and concepts, from the practices of pollution prevention through life cycle management, to the more fundamental shift toward dematerialization and ecological design. The book makes a compelling argument for the need to think ecologically to develop innovative and competitive industrial policy.

A Dynamic Balance: Social Capital and Sustainable Community Development
Edited by: Ann Dale and Jenny Onyx, UBC Press, May 2005

A Dynamic Balance aims to illustrate the links between two normally disparate literatures – social capital and sustainable development – within the overall context of local community development. Since the social dimension of sustainable development is the least understood of what are often viewed as its three imperatives (the other two being the ecological and economic), the book illuminates the importance of understanding this dimension and how it can be mobilized at the community level.

The Sustainability Revolution: Portrait of a Paradigm Shift
By Andres R. Edwards New Society Publishers, 2005

A comprehensive primer on the history, evolution and future of the movement toward sustainability. Sustainability has become a buzzword in the last decade, but its full meaning is complex, emerging from a range of different sectors. In practice, it has become the springboard for millions of individuals throughout the world who are forging the fastest and most profound social transformation of our time, the Sustainability Revolution.

The Inspired Organization: Spirituality and Energy at Work
by Ellen Hayakawa, Trafford Publishing

The Inspired Organization: Spirituality and Energy at Work is the ultimate guide to building a rich spiritual relationship with your everyday world of work. It is an exciting, valuable tool to bring forth the richness of your Spirit and to create a meaningful life by expressing your passion, gifts and talents in your work. Thought-provoking text, examples and useful exercises help you to discover and live your personal vision of work as well as the co-creative vision of any team or organization that you are a part of.

Global Footprint Network

Our mission is to promote a sustainable economy by advancing the Ecological Footprint, a measurement tool that makes the reality of planetary limits relevant to decision-makers. The Ecological Footprint is a resource management tool that measures how much land and water area a human population requires to produce the resources it consumes and to absorb its wastes, taking into account prevailing technology.
Measure your own Footprint.

New Scientist - Cities lead the way to greener world

While national governments quibble and drag their feet on global warming, one tier of government is forging ahead. City governments are growing tired of waiting for national action, and are grabbing the green initiative for themselves. Click here for the PDF file.

Ontario's Liberal Party endorses progressive renewable energy policy - A first in North America

Ontario's Liberal Party has endorsed a policy mechanism widely used in Europe to spur the rapid development of renewable energy. Click here for the PDF file.