Sustainability Resources

The big picture & sustainability

• United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
• Global Footprint Network – calculate your ecological footprint
• World Resources Institute
• International Development Research Centre
• BCIT Factor Four Initiative
• BCIT Centre for Architectural Ecology
• BCIT Sustainability LibGuide

Careers & technical

• Cascadia Green Building Council

Focus groups

• The Media Foundation – Adbusters Quarterly
• EarthSave Canada – (vegetarian issues)
• The David Suzuki Foundation
• Sierra Club of BC
• Wilderness Committee
• Vancouver CommunityNet – Environment

Government

• BC Ministry of Environment
• BC Climate Action Secretariat

News & more

• Environmental News Network
• Nature – International Weekly Journal of Science

Waste reduction

• Recycling Council of BC & the Waste Exchange
• Global Recycling Network
• The Story of Stuff
• National Tree Benefit Calculator

Alternative transportation

• Bus and Skytrain Schedules
• B.E.S.T. (Better Environmentally Sound Transportation)
• Commuter Challenge
• TravelSmart
• City of Vancouver Bicycle Info
• HUB (formerly Vancouver Area Cycling Coalition)

Cycling maps

• Burnaby Cycling Routes
• Vancouver Cycling Routes
• Richmond Cycling Routes