Resources > LinksThe Witness Project Through the Roundhouse Community Centre, the Squamish Nation is extending an invitation for the public to camp within their Northern Territory every weekend during June and July. The purpose is to provide an opportunity to share more about their land, way of life and important ecological issues that affect us all. BC Sustainable Energy Association This non-profit association is committed to promoting the understanding, development, and adoption of sustainable energy and energy conservation and efficiency in British Columbia. Council of Tourism Associations of BC COTA analyzes policies, develops relationships with key government and industry stakeholders and works to reduce regulatory barriers affecting the tourism industry, thereby facilitating the business of its members. Turning Point Initiative The Coastal First Nations aims to create a brighter future through responsible restoration of land, water and resource management practices on the Coast that are ecologically and economically sustainable. The Turning Point Initiative office supports their vision by providing strategic planning support; assisting in the development of economic strategies; communications and supporting capacity building for communities. The Heart of the Fraser The heart of the Fraser River, a key part of the world's greatest salmon river, deserves better protection from unchecked development. Conservation Significance of the Gravel Reach of the Fraser River outlines how to identify, conserve, protect and restore key portions of the Gravel Reach of the Fraser River in order to sustain and secure the biological and ecological integrity of the area. The Heart of the Fraser project is sponsored by Pacific Fisheries Resource Conservation Council, North Growth Foundation, the Nature Trust of British Columbia, and BCIT's Fish, Wildlife & Recreation Centre of Excellence. Environmental Youth Alliance This community development organization is dedicated to improving the physical and social environment through hands on community projects that involve, train and employ young people. They are dedicated to creating sustainable living alternatives that are concretely measurable and attainable. The videos and activities in the EYA produced Sustainable Consumption Video and Teachers Kit explore the emerging idea of "sustainable consumption" — consumption that is ecologically, economically and socially viable in the long term. Ronald Wright Ronald Wright is the 2005 Imagine BC Bowen Dialogue distinguished guest, 2004 Massey Lecturer and award winning author. His latest work is entitled, A Short History of Progress. Thomas Homer-Dixon Thomas Homer-Dixon is the 2004 Imagine BC distinguished guest and author of the award winning books The Ingenuity Gap and Environment, Scarcity and Violence. Smart Growth BC Smart Growth BC is a provincial non-governmental organization devoted to fiscally, socially and environmentally responsible land use and development. Working with community groups, businesses, municipalities and the public, they advocate for the creation of more livable communities in British Columbia. Cheeying Ho, Executive Director, Smart Growth BC is a member of the Imagine BC Advisory Council. Western Economic Diversification Canada Western Economic Diversification Canada advances the interests of the West in national economic policy by supporting the development and growth of a western Canadian economy that is inclusive, innovative, sustainable and diversified. David Helliwell, Senior Policy Analyst, Western Economic Diversification is a member of the Imagine BC Advisory Council. Centre for Sustainable Community Development The goal of Simon Fraser University's Centre for Sustainable Community Development is to encourage accountable, sustainable and appropriate community economic development in British Columbia. Mark Roseland, Professor, Simon Fraser University and Director, Centre for Sustainable Community Development, is a member of the Imagine BC Advisory Council. School of Resource and Environmental Management Simon Fraser University's School of Resource and Environmental Management (REM) has several research groups that meet to discuss subjects such as tourism policy, energy and materials, environmental toxicology and forest ecology. Peter Williams, Professor, REM, Simon Fraser University and Director, Centre for Tourism Policy and Research, is a member of the Imagine BC Advisory Council. Michael Adams Michael Adams, President of the Environics group of research and communications consulting companies, drew on years of research to reach his decision that, despite the common assumption of an increased Americanization north of the 49th parallel, there is actually a growing cultural divide. His book Fire and Ice: The United States, Canada and the Myth of Converging Values is winner of the 2004 Donner Prize. BALLEBC Business Alliance for Local Living Economies is a network of local business owners and leaders with direct stake in the livability of their communities and bio-regions. By connecting business-to-business, leader-to-leader, this network is building an important resource for the local living economy that already exists in British Columbia. David W. Orr David W. Orr, Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics at Oberlin College, describes the problems of educating from an ecological perspective, and challenges the "terrible simplifiers" who wish to substitute numbers for values. In Earth in Mind: On Education, Environment and the Human Prospect he presents principles for re-creating education by discussing topics such as biophilia, the disciplinary structure of knowledge, the architecture of educational buildings, and the idea of ecological intelligence. Bill McKibben Bill McKibben expresses a cautious optimism about the possibility of saving the global environment from further devastation in Hope Human and Wild by calling for a new local politics, coupled with devolution of the global economy. In The End of Nature McKibben creates the first account of global warming for a general audience, with an argument that we need to take up a very different relationship with the natural world. He discusses the earth's environmental cataclysm, including evidence of the greenhouse effect, the depletion of the ozone layer, and an array of other ecological ills. The New Canada Social Transfer: Impetus for a Renewed Era of Innovative Social Policy in Canada? Max Wyman Max Wyman's The Defiant Imagination reinvigorates cultural vision as Canada's defining ideal. Terry Glavin Charles Lillard with Terry Glavin's A Voice Great Within Us explores the last vestiges of a lost British Columbian language. |
