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Agriculture / Biotechnology / Organic Agriculture


Beyond Factory Farming

Canadian Consumer's Guide to GE Ingredients

Canadian Organic Growers

Canadians for Ethical Treatment of Farm Animals

City Farmer News (Vancouver)

ETC Group
Action Group on erosion, technology and concentration

Food, Inc
You’ll never look at dinner the same way.

GRACE Factory Farm Project
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Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
A useful section on intellectual property rights, trade, and biodiversity.

Manitoba Organics Directory

Manitoba Food Security Network / Charter
For people from across Manitoba to connect, communicate, showcase their projects, and share resources relating to food security.

National Farmers Union

The New Farm
Farmer to farmer resources, personal stories and articles.

Organic Producers Association of Manitoba

Percy Schmeiser home page
Details the legal battle against the makers of Round Up by Percy Schmeiser, a Saskatchewan farmer whose fields were contaminated with it.

Permaculture Canada
Facilitating information flow and networking among permaculture practitioners and those interested in learning more about permaculture across Canada.

The Rams Horn
A monthly journal of food systems analysis.

Royal Society Report on the Future of Food and Biotechnology


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Biodiversity

2010 International Year of Biodiversity
The United Nations proclaimed 2010 to be the International Year of Biodiversity, and people all over the world are working to safeguard this irreplaceable natural wealth and reduce biodiversity loss.

Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program for Golf Courses (ACSP) 
Assists golf courses in their efforts to blend environmentally responsible maintenance practices into day-to-day golf course operations.  Audubon International has developed Standard Environmental Management Practices that are generally applicable to all golf courses.

Bird Studies Canada

Canadian Nature Federation

Center for Biological Diversity

Encyclopedia of Life
An ongoing effort to create an electronic page for each species of organism on Earth.

Invasive Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Manitoba

Manitoba Wildlands – Biodiversity

Mixedwood Forest Society
Dedicated to promoting an understanding of the ecology of the parkland forest.

Plant sends SOS signal to insects
BBC news story

Sierra Club Canada campaign: Protecting Biodiversity

Species at Risk

Trees Winnipeg (Coalition to Save the Elms)

Wildlife Haven Rehabilitation Centre

World Wildlife Fund of Canada


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Climate Change

Climate Action Network

Climateark

Climate Change Connection

Climate Change Solutions (Pembina Institute)

Carbon Trading Explained (Climate Change Connection)

ecoDriver Manitoba
A program designed to help you save money at the pump and reduce CO2 emissions.

Global Warming Website - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 

Government of Canada Climate Change Website

GreenRegistry.org
A portal to climate change resources in Manitoba.

Manitoba Wildlands – Climate Change

Purchasing Carbon Offsets: A Guide for Canadian Consumers, Businesses and Organizations

World Resources Institute (Washington)


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Composting

Eco-Tea
Aerated Compost Tea Supplier.

Resource Conservation Manitoba - Compost Action Project


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Conservation

A Rocha
A  Christian nature conservation organization.

Assiniboine Watershed Network
A stewardship group that focuses on the tributaries of the lower Assiniboine watershed.

Canadian Nature Federation

Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society - MB Chapter

Churchill Northern Studies Centre

Heart of the Boreal
Dedicated to the continued preservation of the Boreal Forest on the East side of Lake Winnipeg.

Manitoba Naturalists Society

Manitoba Wildlands

Mixedwood Forest Society
Dedicated to promoting an understanding of the ecology of the parkland forest.

Native Orchid Conservation Inc.
Protecting unique mini-ecosystems and their plant communities; primarily native orchids.

Nature Conservancy of Canada

Save our Seine River Environment

Wilderness Committee – MB Chapter

Trees Winnipeg (Coalition to Save the Elms)


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Economy / Consumption / Fair Trade

Consumers’ Association of Canada – Manitoba

Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada - The methodology for the Best 50 Corporate Citizens is based on environmental, social, and governance indicators found in the public domain.

Fair Trade Manitoba

Guide to Green Electronics (Greenpeace)

Healthy Stuff

New American Dream

Pembina Institute – Green Economics

Sierra Club Canada campaign: Transition to a Sustainable Economy

Sustainable Cities 2010 - Corporate Knights' fourth annual Sustainable Cities report measures the relative sustainability of seventeen Canadian cities.

TransFair Canada
Canada's only non-profit certification and public education organization promoting Fair Trade.

Warm Up Winnipeg
Making housing more affordable and environmentally friendly for low-income Winnipegers by lowering energy and water bills.

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Energy / Alternatives

Canadian Wind Energy Association

Energy Justice (Manitoba)
Promotes mature debate on Manitoba's hydro-electric system/issues

Energy Manitoba

Evolve Green
An alternative Manitoba energy company.

Natural Resources Canada
Latest information on smart energy use, alternatives and policy.

Re-Energy.ca
Downloadable renewable energy project kits/plans. 

The Oil Drum-Canada
Discussions about energy and our future

Sierra Club Canada campaign: Atmosphere and Energy


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Environmental Education

CITIZENShift
NFB of Canada's participatory web platform; films, articles, blogs, podcasts, etc.

Child and Nature Alliance
A virtual network of organizations and individuals who are working to connect children to nature.

David Suzuki Foundation

Earth Day Canada and EcoKids

Eco-Globe Schools
MB Education site education and sustainable developement.

Environmental Libraries of Manitoba (portal)

Environmental Speaker’s Bureau (Resource Conservation Manitoba)

Focus on Forests

Falls Brook Centre- Food Miles Education Module

FortWhyte Alive
FortWhyte Alive is dedicated to providing programming, natural settings and facilities for environmental education, outdoor recreation and social enterprise.

Green Kids
Live theatre group dedicated to environmental education.

Green Learning Canada
Help your students participate in their own learning while gaining a more holistic and hopeful understanding of today's complex energy and environmental issues.

Green Manitoba

"Home"
A free-to-view 2009 documentary that showcases the diversity of life on Earth and how humanity is threatening the ecological balance of the planet. (also available in the Eco-Network library)

Living Prairie Museum
Providing awareness and conservation of natural areas, specifically tall grass prairie, through environmental education.

Manitoba Sustainability Education Directory
MSED.ca is a knowledge portal of information on sustainability education in the Province of Manitoba.

Oak Hammock Marsh Interpretive Centre
The Interpretive Centre fosters public awareness and knowledge of the inherent values of wetlands and associated ecosystems.

Resources for Thinking
Provides teachers access to materials that integrate ecological, social and economic spheres through active, relevant, interdisciplinary learning.

Wildlife Haven Rehabilitation Centre – Education Programs


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Environmental Groups

Canadian Environment Network & CEN's Regional Affiliates
Facilitates networking among environmental groups across Canada.

David Suzuki Foundation
Ocean conservation, sustainable economies, human health, climate change and forest conservation.

Friends of the Earth Canada
Focus on environmental justice, global warming, water security and the Devil’s Lake outlet.

Green Communities Canada
National network of non-profit organizations that focus on household and community action.

Greenpeace Canada
Committed to protecting forests, oceans and protesting nuclear proliferation.

International Institute for Sustainable Development

Manitoba Environmental Groups

The Pembina Institute
Climate change, energy solutions, green economics, renewable energy and sustainable communities.

Sierra Club Canada
Campaigns on sustainable economies, atmosphere and energy issues, environmental toxins and protection of biodiversity.

Science & Environmental Health Network
Engages communities and governments in the effective application of science to protect and restore public and ecosystem health.

Worldwatch Institute (NY)
Focuses on climate change, resource degradation, population growth and poverty


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Environmental Law

Canadian Environmental Law Association


Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy (CIELAP)

Eco-Justice (formerly Sierra Legal Defence Fund)

Environmental Law Centre (AB)

Resources for the Environment and the Law Catalogue
Over 15,000 publications on environmental law and policy in Ontario, and Canada.


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Environmental News

Alternatives Journal
An analysis of environmental thought, policy and action.

Earth Island Journal
A hub for grassroots campaigns dedicated to conserving, preserving, and restoring the ecosystems on which our civilization depends.

ECO-CAN News

Eco-Journal
Manitoba’s premier publication for environmental news and issues.

Ecorazzi
Provides the latest in green gossip

EnviroLink

Environment Canada's Media Room

Environmental News Network

The Green Pages

Grist Magazine
Online magazine dedicated to environmental news

Intercontinental Cry
A free online magazine that provides news, videos, and urgent action alerts centered on Indigenous People and their struggles around the world.

Natural Life Magazine

The New Ecologist

Planet Ark Environmental News Service (Reuters)


World Changing
Covers the world’s most innovative solutions to the planet’s problems, and inspire readers around the world with stories of new tools, models and ideas for building a bright green future.

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First Nations

Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs

Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources

Debwendon Inc.
Dedicated to the preservation of the Brokenhead Wetland Ecological Reserve.

Defenders of the Land
A network of Indigenous communities and activists in land struggle across Canada.

First Nations Environmental Network

Indigenous Environmental Network

Intercontinental Cry
A free online magazine that provides news, videos, and urgent action alerts centered on Indigenous People and their struggles around the world.

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Food / Organics / Local

100 mile Manitoba

Organic Food Council of Manitoba

Bits & Bytes
A database of food security resources

Buy Manitoba Shopping Guide

Canada's Seafood Guide to Sustainable Seafood Choices

Canadian Consumer's Guide to GE Ingredients

Community Food Enterprise
Exploring local food through local ownership of food businesses

Dangerous Food Additives Guide
A resource to finding out what by products are put into your everyday foods.

The Ethicurean
A mix of personal essays and news focusing on sustainable, organic, local, and 'ethical' food.

Falls Brook Centre
Lesson plans, games and activities for grades K-8 to educate students about the food they eat and develop environmental citizenship.  Also features a Food Miles Education Module.

Food, Inc
You’ll never look at dinner the same way.

GE Food Alert

Manitoba Food Security Network / Charter
A central site that allows people from across Manitoba who are working towards greater food security to connect, communicate, showcase their projects, and share resources.
A guid to Manitoba's farmers' markets, pre-picked market stands,U-Pick vegetable gardens and community supporte agriculture farms.

Manitoba Organic Alliance
Connects the partners in the organice sector and represents the organic value chain in Manitoba.

Manitoba Organics Directory

Manitoba's Local Produce Guide 
A guide to Manitoba's farmers' markets, pre-picked market stands, U-Pick vegetable gardens and community supporte agriculture farms.

People's Food Policy 
A pan-Canadian network of citizens and organizatons creating Canada's first comprehensive food sovereignty policy.

Sharing Backyards
Links people with unused yard space with those looking for space to grow food.

What's on my food? A searchable database by the Pesticide Action Network designed to make pesticide exposure more visible and understandable.

Working Together For Local Food- A publication of the Canadian Co-operative Association

WorldVegetarianDay.org


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Forests

Canadian Council of Forest Ministers

Heart of the Boreal
Dedicated to the continued preservation of the Boreal Forest on the East side of Lake Winnipeg.

Manitoba Forestry Association

Manitoba Wildlands – Forests

Silva Forest Foundation

Taiga Rescue Network


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Government

Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency

Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment

City of Winnipeg - Greenspace

Contact your MLA

Contact your MP

Contact your City Councilor

Environment Canada

Environment Canada Green Lane, Ottawa

Environment Canada Prairie and Northern Region

Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Green Manitoba

Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives

Manitoba Conservation

Manitoba Science, Energy, Technology and Mines

Manitoba Water Stewardship

Natural Resources Canada

National Round Table on Environment and the Economy (NRTEE), Ottawa

Parks Canada

Stats Canada Environmental Portal


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Green Building

BuildingGreen.com

Canada Green Building Council

Canada Green Building Council – MB Chapter

Greening Sacred Spaces
Assisting faith communities in taking actions to create a more sustainable and energy efficiency place of worship

The Healthy House Institute
A comprehensive educational resource available for creating healthier homes

Institute of Urban Studies
Inner city, environmental, Aboriginal and community development issues

Guide to Green Mortgages
A comprehensive consumer guide to energy efficient housing and "green mortgages"

LetsgoGreen
Practical alternatives to sewer and septic systems

Manitoba Green Building Products

Natural Building Institute of Ontario
Offers a series of hands-on workshops aimed at developing confidence in the practical application of natural building methods

Natural Building.ca
Wide range of topics related to natural building.

Oasis Designs
Original designs for living better, cheaper, & more ecologically (good grey water section)

Warm Up Winnipeg
Making housing more affordable and environmentally friendly for low-income Winnipegers by lowering energy and water bills.


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Green Living

Care2

Elephant Journal
Guide to living a good life that also happens to be good for others, and our planet.

Équiterre (Primarily French)

The Daily Green
The consumer's guide to the Green Revolution

David Suzuki’s Nature Challenge

David Suzuki’s Nature Challenge at Work

Green Communities Association

Green Cottager Guide

Green Guide

GoodGuide
Provides the world's largest and most reliable source of information on the health, environmental, and social impacts of the products in your home.

Good Human
Encourages people to be better humans through working to clean up the environment, being active in political issues and being more aware of one’s life and surroundings.

Green Living

Green Living Tips
Earth friendly advice for going green.

The Happy Planet Index 2.0
An index that combines environmental impact with well-being to measure the environmental efficiency with which country by country, people live long and happy lives.

Living Green, Living Well
An on-line guide and blog to sustainable living in Manitoba. 

Mother Nature Network
Provides up-to-date news and information on a broad scope of environmental and social responsibility issues.

Natural Life Magazine

New American Dream

The New Ecologist

NRDC Simple Steps For Better Health and Sustainable Living

No Impact Man
Tips on how to reduce your negative environmental impact

Planet Green
Planet Green is the first and only 24-hour eco-lifestyle television network with a robust online presence and community.

Sierra Club Green Home

TreeHugger
Dedicated to driving sustainability mainstream; informative and interactive.  


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Health / Toxins

Air Quality Health Index for Winnipeg

Canadian Network for Human Health and the Environment

Centre for Environmental Health Equity (Canada)
Working to build knowledge that translates into action to create more healthy and just environments.

Chemical Substances
A service of the Government of Canada

Children's Environmental Health Project (Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment)

Children’s Health & Environment Partnership (Manitoba)

Environmental Health News
Published daily by Environmental Health Sciences, a foundation-funded journalism organization in the U.S.

Environmental Working Group's Skin Deep: Cosmetic Safety Database

Sunscreen Guide - Environmental Working Group's annual Sunscreen Guide gives low marks to the current crop of sunscreen products, with a few notable exceptions.

Generations at Risk: Reproductive Health and the Environment

Guide to Less Toxic Products

In Harm's Way: Toxic Threats to Child Development

Health in Common
Provides tools and resources to support the development of healthy communities

The Healthy House Institute
A comprehensive educational resource available for creating healthier homes

Prevent Cancer Now 
Includes information about their campaign to end incineration, action alerts on Bisphenol A, lawn pesticides, the tar sands, vinyl shower curtains, etc., an advocacy toolkit and cancer prevention tips.

Sierra Club Canada campaign: Health and Environment

Toxic Free Canada

Women's Voices For The Earth
Seeks to reduce and ultimately eliminate environmental pollutants that cause health problems for women, their families and communities.  Includes Disinfectant Overkill publication and the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics.


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Lawn and Garden

Cornell University - Home Gardening
Comprehensive resource for all your home gardening needs, flowers, vegetables, lawn care, etc.

Eco-Tea
Aerated Compost Tea supplier.

Friends of Assiniboine Park Conservatory

The Conservatory is a public centre for horticulture, for botanical study and conservation, and for environmental education.

Naturally Hamilton
An education program created to help citizens reduce or eliminate cosmetic pesticide use.

Organic Lawn Care (Manitoba Eco-Network)

OrganicLawnCare101.com

Paul’s Containers (Rain barrel supplier)

SafeLawns.org blog

SPIN Gardening
Sub-acre farming techniques for your home outdoor space or community garden plot.

Sharing Backyards
Links people with unused yard space with those looking for space to grow food.

Winnipeg Community Garden Network


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Natural Areas

Assiniboine Watershed Network
A stewardship group that focuses on the tributaries of the lower Assiniboine watershed.

City Naturalist
Natural areas within Winnipeg

Living Prairie Museum
Native prairie exhibits, history, hikes, workshops, supplies

Manitoba Recreational Trails Association Inc.
Responsible for the building and maintenance of the Manitoba’s TransCanada Trails.

Mixedwood Forest Society
Dedicated to promoting an understanding of the ecology of the parkland forest.

Nature Manitoba
For the popular and scientific study of nature.

Parks Canada

Winnipeg Trails Association
A coalition of enthusiastic trail builders and trail users who are focused on accelerating trail development and connectivity in Winnipeg.


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Organizational Resources

For funding resources, view the Environmental Funding Guide on our site.

Canadian Environmental Grantmakers Network

Canadian Lobbyist Registry
The federal Commissioner maintains a detailed list of lobbyists and requires lobbyists to disclose any previous public office they may have held.

Charity Village

CITIZENShift
NFB’s participatory web platform; films, articles, blogs, podcasts, etc.

ECO Canada (Environmental Careers Organization)

Environmental Libraries of Manitoba (portal)

Green Source - Environmental Funding Guide

"Home"
A free-to-view 2009 documentary that showcases the diversity of life on Earth and how humanity is threatening the ecological balance of the planet. (also available in the Eco-Network library)

How to be an Activist - by Elizabeth May, Sierra Club of Canada

Planet Friendly
Jobs, calendar, guides, etc.

Stats Canada Environmental Portal

Sustainability Network
Programs, services and support to increase Canadian environment/non-profit organizational capacity. (some of these resources are available in the Eco-Network library)

Wikimedia Commons
A media file repository making available public domain and freely-licensed educational media content (images, sound and video clips) to everyone.


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Outdoor Adventure

FortWhyte Alive
Trails, fishing, boat rentals

Manitoba Recreational Trails Association
Construction and promotion of trails in Manitoba

Nature Manitoba
Hiking, workshops, trips, tours

Oak Hammock Marsh
Trails, bird watching

Paddle Manitoba
An advocate and instructional organization for recreational and wilderness paddlesports in Manitoba.

Prairie Pathfinders
Hiking adventures

Wilds of Manitoba
Wilderness related information.


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Pesticides

Beyond Pesticides

Cancer Prevention Coalition

Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment

Canadian Cancer Society - Pesticides

Campaign for Pesticide Reduction (Ontario)

Campaign for Pesticide Reduction! Sierra Club

Lawn and Garden Pesticides: Reducing Harm Video (Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment)

Naturally Hamilton
An education program created to help citizens reduce or eliminate cosmetic pesticide use.

Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides (NCAP)
Information, News, Action Alerts and the Journal of Pesticide Reform

Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA)

Responsible Pest Management

Saskatchewan Environmental Society Pesticides site

Toronto Public Health - Go Pesticide Free

West Nile Virus Watch (Maine Environmental Policy Institute)
Contains their report "Overkill: Using Pesticides to Control WNV in Maine May Do More Harm Than Good"


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Pollution (Air, Water, Soil)

Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators
Federal government reports on environmental indicators such as air quality, water quality and GHG emissions

Environment Canada – Pollution

MiningWatch Canada

National Pollutant Release Inventory
Canada's legislated, publicly accessible inventory of pollutant releases (to air, water and land), disposals and transfers for recycling.

Pollution Probe

Pollution Watch
Source for information about pollutants that facilities release and transfer in your community.


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Recycling / Waste Reduction

Bye Bye Beaters (vehicle scrappage program)

City of Winnipeg
Household Hazardous Waste

Leaf it with us

Recycling

Green Manitoba Electronic Waste Disposal

Green Manitoba A to Z Recycling List

HARP (Home Appliance Retirement Program)

Recycling Council Ontario

Simply Recycle


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Transportation / Active Transportation

Bike to the Future
Promoting cycling as transportation in Manitoba

Carinsurance.org - Alternative Fuel Vehicles

City Winnipeg – Active Transportation

eco Driver Manitoba
Designed to help you save money at the pump and reduce your CO2 emissions.

One Green City
Helping create a first-class, comprehensive network of bikeways spanning all of Winnipeg

Resource Conservation Manitoba
Active and Safe Routes to School 
   
Manitoba Student Transportation Network  
       
Workplace Green Commuting

Paddle Manitoba
Aadvocate and instructional organization for recreational and wilderness paddle sports in Manitoba.

Peg City Car Co-Op
A car-sharing organization in Winnipeg.

Red River Valley Clean Cities Coalition
Focus on alternative fuels, clean vehicle technologies and sustainable transportation choices in Manitoba.

Winnipeg Cycling Map 2009


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Water 
 
For more links, visit the Water Caucus Links page.

Blue Legacy
Engages individuals through film, educational tools and traditional media to address the issues facing our water planet.


Canadian Drinking Water Guidelines

Centre for Alternative Wastewater Treatment
Promotes constructed wetlands and other innovative forms of wastewater treatment.

City of Winnipeg - Water Conservation / conservation kits

H2O: Ideas & Action for Canada's Water
Vicki Burns (Coordinator, Foundations in the Lake Winnipeg Watershed Initiative, Community Foundations of Canada) shares information, ideas, and practical solutions for Canadian water issues, realized in her travels across the Prairies.

Inside the Bottle
The people’s campaign on the bottled water industry.

Lake Manitoba Stewardship Board
 
Manitoba Water Stewardship

The Manitoba Water Services Board 
Assists rural residents outside Winnipeg in developing safe and sustainable water and/or sewerage facilities.

National Water Research Institute

Prairie Water Directive
A vision to achieve sustainable water management across the prairie region.

Red River Basin Commission

Riversides

Red River Basin Commission

The Story of Bottled Water - tells the story of manufactured demand- how you get Americans to buy moer than half a billion bottles of water every week when it already flows from the tap.

The Living Water Policy Project
A library of Canadian water policy information.

The Waterhole
A meeting place for those concerned about the protection of water.

Troubled Waters - Troubled Waters is a valuable and easy to use educational tool, informing community leaders and concerned citizens about the importance of responsible water stewardship and inspiring cooperative local action.

Your Water Footprint
An indicator of both the direct and indirect water use of a consumer or producer.


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Youth

Manitoba Environmental Youth Network

The Otesha Project

Sierra Youth Coalition

Sustainalbe High Schools
Supports high school communities in envisioning, assessing, and acting to improve their school's sustainability, including a downloadable kit


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