Value F - Sustainable Organizations
Be it the office, community or faith centre, restaurant, or school, the organizations that bring people together have a significant role to play in sustainability. Individuals within these organizations can experience how a small, localized change can have a significant effect on a large number of people, creating a cascade of environmental action. By taking their new sustainable habits home to share with family and friends, ever-widening their own circle of influence, new and larger circles are formed that reach out across the world
Additional Explorations
Optimal HVAC system operation- HandyCanadian:www.handycanadian.com/articles-hvac.asp
David Suzuki’s Carbon Neutral events and organizations: www.davidsuzuki.org/Climate_Change/What_You_Can_Do/carbon_neutral_events.asp
Carbon Neutral work and organizations: David Suzuki resources: www.davidsuzuki.org/Climate_Change/What_You_Can_Do/at_work.asp
Plastic Water Bottle Information- Toxic Free Canada: www.toxicfreecanada.ca/campaign.asp?c=11
Safe Water Bottles- Toxic Free Canada www.leas.ca/on-the-trail-of-water-bottle-toxins.htm
Sustainable workplace transportation: Amenities and programs that encourage active transportation in all seasons, Transport Canada: www.tc.gc.ca/programs/environment/utsp/allseasontransportation.htm
Air Quality Information – Public Serves and Works – Government of Canada: www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/biens-property/qcnsl-qtps/qcnsl-qtps-eng.html
“The Green Workplace” by Leigh Stringer
The Green Workplace: www.thegreenworkplace.com
Office ergonomics – Occupational Health and Safety: ohs.csa.ca/standards/ergonomics/General/dsp_General-Workplace.asp
Sustainable Manufacturing and Eco-innovation – The Observer, OECD Policy Brief: www.oecd.org/dataoecd/34/27/42944011.pdf
Canada Green Building Council – LEED Certification: www.cagbc.org
Information on renewable energy implementation – Re-Energy: www.re-energy.ca/
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety: www.ccohs.ca
The University of Toronto’s Environmental Health and Safety website: www.ehs.utoronto.ca
Green Roofs for Healthy Cities: www.greenroofs.org
