Interesting Stuff

Index

Ann Dale's Blog: Reconciliation, reconnection, regeneration, community vitality  
Community Research Connection's Facebook Page  
CRC HEADTalks YouTube channel
CRC Research's Twitter page
SOLEfood farm blog: SOLEfood is an urban farm Enterprising Non Profit (ENP) established in 2009 by United We Can in Vancouver, British Columbia
Sustainability Solutions Group's blog.
Matthew Taylor's (chief executive of RSA Animate) blog
Le Pouvoir Aux Pousses/Sprout Out Loud: Emily Rose Michaud's blog on developing relationship with place

Academic.Edu: Social Networking for Academics
Science and Development Network: News, views and information about science, technology and the developing world  
The Munk Debates: The Munk Debates seek to provide a lively and substantive forum for leading thinkers to debate the major issues facing the world and Canada
TED, Technology, Entertainment, Design: Riveting talks by remarkable people, free to the world  
Transforming Cultures presentations: Ideas on how to shift from consumerism to sustainability

The Transformation of the National Building Code of Canada: from Prescriptions to Objectives. This case study examines the transformation of the National Building Code of Canada from a prescriptive to an objective-based code designed to increase flexibility and enhance innovation. 
Sustainable Cities™: Best Practice Database: knowledge and inspiration on the sustainable planning of cities and best practice cases from cities.
The Homeowners Guide: comprehensive recycling resource library
LEED-ND, Socialnatural Hybrids & Emerging Urbanplanning: Developed by Gary Martin, a poster exploring the difference between houses, homes and neighborhoods using a combination of Castree (2001) and social nature, political ecology as elaborated by Swyngedouw & Heynan (2003), and Whatmore’s (2002) concept of hybridity as a conceptual framework.

Network for Business Sustainability
Reflections on the President's Cancer Panel Report: June/July 2010 issue of Science and Environmental Health Network's newsletter the Networker
BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA): research on how to increase knowledge about and identifying ways to strengthen and expand the social economy.

Making it happen - the transition to a sustainable society
The Centre for Urban Research and Education
35 Great Social Media Infographics: An interesting site on social media infographics. 
Insights on place‐based policy emerging from rural‐focused research produced by Dr. Bill Reimer, Concordia University and Dr. Sean Markey, Simon Fraser University:  Report and Annotated Bibliography
Millennium Development Goals - These eight time-bound goals provide concrete, numerical benchmarks for tackling extreme poverty in its many dimensions. 
The Legatum Prosperity Index the world's only global assessment of wealth and wellbeing

Inspiration wall: The inspiration that is the world in which we live, seen through the eyes of a landscape architect.
The Commission for Environmental Cooperation: case studies outlining best practices with respect to municipal energy initiatives in Canada, Mexico, and the United States, covering renewable energy generation, energy efficiency and energy-related procurement
Bridging the Gulf: A report prepared by the Pembina Institute detailing five personal transportation solutions that can reduce Ontario's demand for oil.

North American Environmental Atlas: Mapping North America's shared environment
North American Environmental Atlas: an interactive mapping tool to research, analyze and manage environmental issues in Canada, United States and Mexico
The ICLEI Changing Climate, Changing Communities: Guide and Workbook for Municipal Climate Adaptation: This guide and workbook is a compendium of resources that provides a five-milestone framework to assist local governments with the creation of an adaptation plan to address the relevant climate change impacts in their community.
Currently 64 percent of our ocean is not protected by any national law at all. See how Kristina Gjerde and other lawyers are working to protect oceans from trawling and trash-dumping, through smart policymaking and a healthy dose of PR.

What Community Means to me Facebook group
Wiser Earth: Communities of Action 
The Community Database: A great source for community data
Walk Score: Walk Score helps home buyers and renters find houses and apartments in great neighborhoods. Walk Score calculates the walkability of any address.
Work Life: The Making of Community

Dragons and Decisions, Toward a Model of Unsustainable Behaviour: This presentation by Professor Robert Gifford from the University of Victoria discusses the psychological factors contributing to unsustainable choices, and decision-making.
Ken Lyotier, Co-Researcher on the Agency research project, talk about his experience in bringing the Olympic flame into Vancouver Place.

Organizations

Canadian Consortium for Sustainable Development Research