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Have a look at the Partners for Climate Protection Program of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities:
http://www.fcm.ca/newfcm/Java/frame.htm

Is your Atlantic Community linked to the Atlantic Coastal Action Plan?
http://www.ns.ec.gc.ca/community/home.html

There is another group in Nova Scotia that brings together coastal communities:
http://www.coastalcommunities.ns.ca

At the other end of the country the Georgia Basin Ecosystem Initiative is connecting to citizens in British Columbia:
http://www.pyr.ec.gc.ca/GeorgiaBasin/index_e.htm

Rural communities have a special place on the Internet where they can connect to other communities. Have a look at:
http://www.rural.gc.ca/crp_e.html

Have you ever heard of the Winter Cities Association? It offers solutions to communities who experience the special challenges of winter weather:
http://www.wintercities.com/index.html

The Canadian Community Monitoring Network is an initiative for communities to further goals of sustainability through Community Based Monitoring:
http://www.ccmn.ca

Visit the Communities Portal to find out about pollutant releases, disposal, recycling and pollution prevention in your community:
http://www.ec.gc.ca/npri-inrp-comm/Home-WSBB01134D-11_En.htm

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A Sustainable Community

Below are some links to ideas and tools that can help your community move towards a more sustainable future.

The Go for Green Active Living and Environment Program has many activities that can be undertaken singly or collectively. These could help you to notice your community and its components, and to help you decide what can be done in your neighbourhood:
http://www.goforgreen.ca/home_e.html

Whether it's motivation, fundraising, tips for overcoming barriers, the Tools of Change website has it all. This site gives ideas for home visits, for finding community leaders and how to use peer and support groups in charting your path towards sustainability:
http://www.toolsofchange.com/English/firstsplit.asp

The Nova Scotia Environment and Development Coalition has a sustainable communities information databank:
http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/SCN/SCN_home.html

Are you concerned about the carrying capacity of the planet? See what two Canadian scholars have developed on this issue, and use this concept to reduce consumption in your community:
http://www.iisd.ca/linkages/consume/mwfoot.html

Visit the Communities Portal to find out about pollutant releases, disposal, recycling and pollution prevention in your community:
http://www.ec.gc.ca/npri-inrp-comm/Home-WSBB01134D-11_En.htm

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Plants and Animals in Your Community

Do you know what plants or animals come through your community? Are you aware of the organizations that can help you become involved in identifying nature in your community and making it possible for nature to flourish?

Get to know which animals and plants live in the wetlands of your community through the Adopt–a–Pond program:
http://www.torontozoo.com/adoptapond/

Bird surveys in your community can help you determine the health of nature where you live:
http://www.bsc–eoc.org/bscmain.html

There are other ecological monitoring activities you can do in your own neighbourhood:
http://www.cwf–fcf.org/pages/home/default_e.asp?language=e

Amphibians play a special role in nature. Have a look at this monitoring program:
http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/naamp/

For further information, refer to our ecological monitoring resources page:
http://www.ec.gc.ca/eco/wycd/volunteer1_e.html

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Cleaning the Air in Your Community

See what communities are doing at:
http://www.ec.gc.caair/com–efforts_e.html

Check out Clean Air Day and the Commuter Challenge for more ideas:
http://www.ec.gc.ca/cleanair/index_e.cfm

http://www.commuterchallenge.net/english/index.aro

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