our extended team

We could not do our work without the help of many many other hard working, well intended people and organizations.  Contained here is an extensive body of ideas, creativity and people who “give a shit”.

 

• environmental measurement tools

  US Environmental Protection Agency – Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator
  Carbon, biodiversity and ecosystem services: Co-benefits –  Interactive Carbon Calculator

• plants plants plants!

  Kwantlen Polytechnic University – Plant database
  Le Coteau Farms – Nursery and Garden Centre
  Bluestem Nursery – Ornamental Grasses and Willows
  Northwest Shadetrees – Shade, flowering and evergreen specimen trees
  Nats Nursery – Native plants of the Pacific Northwest

• global environmental initiative

  ipBes – Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
  European Commission – Environment, Nature & Biodiversity
  Business of Biodiversity – The first global business of biodiversity symposium

• urban and small scale agriculture and the local food movement

  Kitsilano Farms – Urban farming in Vancouver, BC
  SustainWeb – The alliance for better food and farming
  Yale Sustainable Food Project – Yale University’s on campus farm
  East New York Farms! – Promoting food justice and local sustainable agriculture
  Just Food – Supporting local farmers in New York City, NY
  Little City Gardens – An experiment in the economic viability of small-scale urban market-gardening in San Francisco, CA
  City Slicker Farms – Urban farming in West Oakland, CA
  Food Systems Network – Promoting healthy food and healthy communities in New York City, NY
  Oakland Food Policy Council – Promoting an equitable and sustainable Oakland food system
  City of Vancouver Food Policy Publications

• tools for sustainable urban development

  SUE-MoT –  Comparing alternative urban development strategies and tools for better decision making
  International Living Building Institute – Living Building Challenge – Tool for transformative design
  The Designers Accord – Online community supporting sustainable design
  Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation -  Life cycle costing tool for community infrastructure planning
  Natural Resources Canada - Measuring urban form vs vehicular usage and energy consumption
  BioRegional – Services for implementing bioregional based sustainability

• innovative sustainable design

  USEPA – National award for smart growth achievements + a catalogue of previous year’s winners
  City of Austin, Texas –  Second St district streetscape improvement project
  The Center for Design Excellence - The art of creating and shaping cities and towns
  Charlotte Dept of Transportation – The Urban Street Design Guidelines