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
CRC Research's Pinterest Page
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
Sustainability Illustrated is a YouTube channel that aims to make concepts and ideas on sustainability publicly understandable and accessible through animation.

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  
Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA).
The Lexicon of Sustainability is a multi-platform project that aims to capture the concepts of sustainability from leading practitioners and share these concepts to inspire ideas on how to innovate and implement sustainability initiatives.

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
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.
Town Hall Challenge reports on Canada's most energy efficient city and town halls in 2010.
The Carbon Capture Report serves as a resource for globally tracking public perceptions and new developments in the areas of climate change, carbon capture, carbon credits, and different forms of energy.
The Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care (the Coalition) has released a Health Care Facility Climate Change Resiliency Toolkit, aimed at helping communities adapt their health care facilities to the risks posed by climate change.

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
Report of the Newcastle Fairness Commission details approaches for ensuring the decision-making in the community of Newcastle, UK, is conducted in an open and equitable manner.

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.

Building a Sustainable and Desirable Economy-in-Society-in-Nature is a synthesis of ideas on how to approach a new economic model that recognizes the finiteness of the planet.
The Inclusive Wealth Report 2012 assesses the true wealth of nations through by considering the value of diverse forms of capital assets.
Cambridge University Press has published an open access issue of articles examining global economic systems and measurements of wealth through the lens of sustainability.
Can co-operatives crowd out capitalism? is an article that describes how co-operatives systems can help address the current social, economic and environmental issues the world faces.
The Sharing Project: a Vancouver-based research project investigating the local research economy.
Redesigning the Future is video that brings together a panel from the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts (RSA) to discuss the role designers in transitioning to a sustainable manufacturing model.