Sustainability Links

061021

Can Energy Supply Meet Forecast World Demand?
Energy Supply and Demand Trends, Forecasts and Implications for a Sustainable Energy Future

David Hughes of the Canadian Geological Survey has posted the most comprehensive Powerpoint presentation of his speech to Dalhousie University in 2004 and over 150 other audiences, including Burlington at the Leading Edge Conference hosted by the Niagara Escarpment Commission in Oct 2006. Go here to review or download http://energy.dal.ca/Lecture%20Series/2004-2005/David_Hughes.php

- Patterns of Energy Consumption and Production:
- History – what actually happened “Hindsight”
- Forecasts – always arguable and debatable:
- Magnitude and Distribution of Remaining Energy Reserves and Resources:
- Implications for security of energy supply
- Where does Canada Stand in All This?
- Some thoughts on the way forward: Challenges and Changes for a Sustainable Energy Future

 

PostCarbon Toronto has a pretty good links list at http://www.relocalize.net/node/99, so it is my first link for you to browse.

Three new ones with a lot of depth:

Fostering Sustainable Behavior
for the people who design programs to foster sustainable behavior. Its purpose: to provide information that can enhance the success of their efforts. Online guide illustrates how to use community-based social marketing to design and evaluate programs to foster sustainable behavior; searchable databases of articles, downloadable reports, graphics, and case studies on fostering sustainable behavior; and a listserv for sharing information and asking questions of others.

RealClimate » Climate Science
a commentary site on climate science by working climate scientists for the interested public and journalists. We aim to provide a quick response to developing stories and provide the context sometimes missing in mainstream commentary. The discussion here is restricted to scientific topics

RenewableEnergyAccess.com | Home Page
# Daily Renewable Energy News
# Renewable Energy Products
# Renewable Energy Technology Overview
# Electronic Classified Ads for Buying and Selling
# Comprehensive Renewable Energy Events Calendar
# Extensive Renewable Energy Job Opportunities

Sustainable Lifestyles Symposium about 60 annotated citations for internet resources related to sustainability. This site is being maintained for its resources developed for the first symposium in Augutst 2006. http://www.sustainablelifestyles.ca/resources.htm

The cool thing here is that the links are organized by the categories used by ICLEI, Local Governments for Sustainability. http://www.localevaluation21.org/ These categories are

Viable Economy
• Local economy 
• Green business 
• Social economy 
Social Equity
• Employment 
• Social cohesion 
• Health & safety 
Eco-efficiency
• Natural resources 
• Energy 
• Waste and pollution 
Think globally, act locally
• Fair trade 
• Sustainable lifestyles 
• Global climate protection 
Urban Management
• Mobility 
• Land use 
• Urban management tools