EnviroLinks Informational Sites

Informational Sites

At Western:

Imagine 2022: Our Path to Sustainability - What's your sustainability wish for western?

Facilities Management - Environment & Sustainability on Campus

On the web:

Alternatives - Canadian Environmental Ideas & Action - A great journal, which offers an assortment of both formal studies and insightful editorials. Full access is limited by subscription, but an assortment of articles are easily accessed online for free.
"An Inconvenient Truth," narrated by Al Gore, this is the first feature film to dedicate itself to the climate crisis facing our planet. It is the single most comprehensive overview of the global warming issue available today, and for the time being it's also the most up-to-date. It is now available on DVD, and definitely worth a rent. The movie's website "climatecrisis.net", advertises the film (naturally), but additionally it also provides a bit of an "Environmentalism for Dummies" kind of crash course on global warming.
Climate Care - A really nice, very user friendly British site that focuses on the issue of CO2 emissions. It has an emissions calculator, as well as a number of tips to help you offset your emissions. It also gives you the option to offset your emissions by "buying back" your CO2, (i.e. donating money to fund some of their projects, each of which are extremely noble and worthwhile).
The Composting Council of Canada - The "central resource for the composting industry." It has more of a focus on helping businesses compost, but it still provides a wealth of information and links for an aspiring backyard-composter.
The David Suzuki Foundation - David Suzuki is beloved as one of Canada's foremost environmentalists, and not only that, but he went to high school in London (bonus points for that). Suzuki does more than complain about world problems, he offers comprehensive ways to solve them. Both an educational resource, and a guide to helping can be found here; definitely worth taking a look at.
H2ouse Water Saver - The single most comprehensive resource on conserving water you could ever imagine finding, (despite the site's name, which isn't nearly as clever as they seem to think it is).
New Urbanism: Creating Livable Sustainable Communities - A really nice little website that provides a clear cut list of problems, solutions, and ways to pay for them.
Ontario Environmental Network and OEN Directory- The OEN website is unremarkable in itself, but it has a nice newsletter within it, and the OEN directory is an extraordinarily exhaustive set of nearly 1000 environmental links. It can be trouble to navigate if you're not too patient though.
Smart Growth Online - "Smart Growth" is an initiative that pushes for balanced community growth that is sustainable in the long run. It's more of an educational resource and a paradigm for balanced society than it is a guide on how to actually help, but it's worth a read.
The Green Pages - "Canada's Environmental Information Portal," A really fantastic resource that designed with students in mind. Very well updated site, which is more news oriented than other sites previously listed. It has a big library of information on environmental subjects as well.
Eco-Options by The Home Depot. This is a really great effort at creating sustainable practices at the consumer level. Most often we complain about what the government does, or what big businesses do, but what you do in your home is just as important. The Home Depot has begun labeling products that are especially environmentally friendly with one of several "Eco-Options" logos. Reduce your water consumption, reduce your energy usage, improve insulation in your home, improve air quality your home, and so on... The website provides lots of information.
WaterLife. This very dynamic and interactive site gives insite into the issues surounding The Great Lakes, one of the worlds largest fresh water sources. It uses personal stories to shed light on the many different apsects of water use by humans and the consequences of these actions on everything.