SOCIETY PROMOTING ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

healthy cities are our future

Sustainable Living

• BC Climate Exchange   
  [last updated: Jul 6/09]

  The purpose of BC Climate Change Exchange is to facilitate interaction between the various government, civil society and private sector organizations in BC engaged in public education and outreach on climate change, impacts and solutions.
  contact: Elizabeth Henry
  Program Coordinator
  Fraser Basin Council
  Tel: 604-488-5363
  Fax: 604-488-5351
  email: ehenry@fraserbasin.bc.ca
  website: www.bcclimateexchange.ca/index.php
  
  

• buyenergyefficient.org   
  [last updated: Jul 6/09]

  A consumer guide to buying energy efficient products for the home.
  contact: Customer Service Number
  817-992-7791
  Mon - Fri 7AM - 6PM CST
  email: admin@BuyEnergyEfficient.org
  website: www.buyenergyefficient.org
  
  

• David Suzuki Foundation   
  [last updated: Jul 6/09]

  Focusing on four program areas - oceans and sustainable fishing, forests and wild lands, climate change and clean energy, and the web of life - the David Suzuki Foundation uses science and education to promote solutions that help conserve nature.
  contact: Local: 604-732-4228 in the lower mainland
  Toll free: 1-800-453-1533 in the rest of Canada
  Fax: 604-732-0752
  email: contact@davidsuzuki.org
  website: www.davidsuzuki.org
  
  

• Eartheasy   
  [last updated: Aug 6/03]

  Eartheasy is about sustainable living. It offers information, activities and ideas which can help you to live more simply, efficiently and with less impact on the environment.
  website: eartheasy.com
  
  

• EcoLogo Program   
  [last updated: Jun 22/09]

  EcoLogo certifies environmental leaders in over 120 product and service categories, helping customers find and trust the world’s most sustainable products. The EcoLogo Program is one of two such programs in North America that has been successfully audited by the Global EcoLabelling Network (GEN) as meeting ISO 14024 standards for eco-labelling
  contact: Call toll-free: 1-800-478-0399
  Fax: 613-247-2228
  email: ecologo@terrachoice.com
  website: www.ecologo.org/en/
  
  

• Guide to less Toxic Products   
  [last updated: Jun 23/09]

  Everyday, most North Americans use beauty and cleaning products which contain hazardous ingredients. How can you find the products which are least toxic, among the thousands of products on store shelves? The objective of this site is to: * Provide information about potential health risks of commonly used products. * Help identify less toxic alternatives for personal care, household cleaning, baby care, and household pest control. * Provide information to help you evaluate products not in this Guide in order to choose the safest ones for your needs.
  contact: Toll free @ 1-800-449-1995
  PO Box 31323,
  Halifax, Nova Scotia
  B3K 5Y5.
  website: www.lesstoxicguide.ca/
  
  

• Institute of Urban Ecology   
  [last updated: Jun 26/09]

  Since 1984 the Institute has been conducting biophysical inventories, offering environmental education programs and creating more natural habitat. Their activities involve students of all ages and community volunteers. Their most popular project is Green Links, which aims to connect isolated patches of green space. This helps to improve biodiversity throughout Greater Vancouver by creating larger breeding populations and more robust food webs. Since 1996 community members have planted over 40,000 trees, shrubs and flowers.
  contact: Tel: 604-527-5522
  Fax: 604-527-5095
  email: iue@douglas.bc.ca
  website: www.douglas.bc.ca/visitors/urban-ecology.html
  
  

• Living Green   
  [last updated: Oct 3/03]

  The Living Green program is based on the belief that the health of our natural environment is ultimately the responsibility of every individual in a community. Focusing on the impacts of household waste products, water use, energy consumption, automobile emissions and yard care, the program provides residents with information on how to make simple changes in their day-to-day practices in and about the home.
  website: www.livinggreen.ca
  
  

• Office of Energy Efficiency   
  [last updated: Jul 6/09]

  On this site, you will find out how Natural Resources Canada's Office of Energy Efficiency (OEE), through its many programs for the residential, commercial, industrial and transportation sectors, can help you save energy, save money and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that contribute to climate change.
  contact: Tel: 613-995-0947
  TTY: 613-996-4397
  (Tel. and TTY: Monday to Friday,
  8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET)
  email: There is an on-line form to send e-mail enquiries.
  website: oee.nrcan.gc.ca/english/index.cfm?Text=N
  
  

• One Sky - The Canadian Institute for Sustainable Living   
  [last updated: Aug 6/03]

  One Sky explores and promotes practical solutions and appropriate technologies for our environmental, social and economic challenges.
  website: www.onesky.ca