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PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1: Ways of Seeing—World
Issues, Worldviews
Ecospherics.net
- Ethical dimensions of Earth and its natural ecosystems and ecocentrism
Green
Cross International
Ethics
on the Internet - Links to world issues ethics sites
National
Geographic
Aboriginal
Mapping Network
Business
for Social Responsibility
Canadian
Arctic Resource Committee
Environment
Canada : An Environmental Citizen-Who, Me?
Environmental
Ethics
The
Globalist
OS
Earth Inc
Redefining
Progress
UNESCO
Report on Traditional Ecological Knowledge
Alpha
YaYa Diallo Music
Foundation
for Global Community
United
Nations Environment Program Curriculum kit
Chapter 2: The Media and Global Issues
The
Atlas of Cyberspaces
CBC.ca:
Corporate control in Canada's media industry
Media
and democracy
The
media foundation: www.adbusters.org
Independent
news: www.mediachannel.org
CanWest
Global
Statistics
Canada
Third
World Traveler on Media and Democracy
TVO
Vision
TV
PrideVisionTV
Ketupa.net
Media Profiles: Disney
Aboriginal
Peoples Television Network
Adbusters
Foundation
Cagle
Political Cartoons
Corporate
Watch
Corporation
Watch
CounterPunch
(Out of Bounds Magazine)
Turnpoint.org:
Current Global Issues
Envirolink:
Environmental Media Online
Environmental
News Network
Global
Music and AlphaYaYa Diallo
Globalist
Media Centre
The
Green Channel
Group
of 77 News Centre
Independent
News: WebActive.com
Institute
for Media, Policy and Civil Society (IMPACS)
International
Alternative Media: ProjectCensored.org
Public
Citizen—Protecting Health, Safety, & Democracy
Public
Citizen—Public Interest Watchdog
Rainforest
Action Network
Sustain-The
Environmental Information Group
Third
World Traveler
Chapter 3: Geopolitics—Patterns
of Global Power
World
development indicators: www.worldbank.org
Third
World Network
Basel
Action Network
The
Group of 77 developing countries
The
Canadian Democracy and Corporate Accountability Commission
Global
Policy: International institutions and their policy decisions
South
American alliance
The
Alberta Council for Global Cooperation
Third
World Network Inter
Parlimentary Union, Geneva, Switzerland
Global
Issues: Conflict in Africa
African
Newspapers is a directory to African newspapers on-line and other
African current news sources.
allAfrica.com
Lonely Planet: Destination South East Asia—Myanmar
Strategic
Affairs Magazine: Myanmar
A
South Perspective on United Nations Reform
TNI
Institute Archives:
Rogue
States? America Ought to Know
American
Policy Center: Bush vs. UN's International Criminal Court: Stay Tuned
Council
for a Livable World: US Foreign Policy Turns Unilateralist: "No" to Treaties
ASEJ.org:
Is THIS What Democracy Looks Like? The FTAA's Threat to Democracy
Website
of Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr.: ProCon Quotations
Conference
Board of Canada
OneWorld
Global
Policy Forum
Global
Trade Watch
Global
Vision News Network
Group
of 77
Human
Rights Watch
Inter
Parliamentary Union (Geneva, Switzerland)
Mercosur
South American Alliance
Pearson
Shoyama Institute
The
Globalist Magazine
The
Nation Magazine
The
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
The
World Trade Organization
Voluntary
Service Overseas (VSO)
WorldView
Magazine
Youth
Challenge International
Chapter 4:
Planetary Systems—Global Connections
Environment
Canada: Ecozones
Natural
and human systems within ecozones
World
Resources Institute
NASA:
Satellite Images
Recycling
Council of Ontario: Computer Fact Sheet
Chernobyl.com
Seaweb:
Marine Arctic Contamination
National
Council for Sustainable Development
The
Atlas of Canada
Biomes
and Ecozones Resources
Canadian
Council on Ecological Areas
Ecological
Monitoring and Assessment Network
Naturewatch
Rainforest
Action Network
Rutgers
Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Canada
Centre for Remote Sensing Links Page
Natural
Resources Conservation Service soil maps Sierra
Club Critical Ecoregions Program
Terrain:
A Journal of the Built and Natural Environments
Terrestrial
Ecozones of Canada
World
Resources Institute, report on Global Reefs at Risk
PART TWO: SUSTAINING PLANETARY SYSTEMS
Chapter 5: Biodiversity—Endangered
Spaces, Endangered Species
Search
engine: www.google.com
UNESCO
International
Convention on Biological Diversity
World
Wildlife Fund
World
Conservation Union
Bushmeat
Crisis Task Force
Jane
Goodall Institute, Canada
Canadian
species at risk legislation
Ontario's
environmental law enforcement
Survival
International
Terralingua
Beyond
Beef
World
Resources Institute: Species Extinctions: Causes and Consequences
Endangered
Species
Canadian
Arctic Resources Committee
Aboriginal
Canada Portal
NativeWeb
Culture
Canada
Indian
and Northern Affairs Canada
WWF
- Endangered Species: The Global 200
An
Assessment of the Status of the World's Remaining Closed Forests
The
Canadian Centre for Biodiversity of the Canadian Museum of Nature
Committee
on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada
Cultural
Survival and periodical Cultural Survival Quarterly
Earthroots'
Wolves Ontario!
Convention
on Biological Diversity
The
World Conservation Union (IUNC)
World
Wildlife Fund Canada
An
Assessment of the Status of the World's Remaining Closed Forests
The
Red List 2002
Environmental
Law
Statistical
Data and Analysis
Chapter 6: Global Climate Change
Greenpeace
Canada
Environment
Canada's The Green Lane
National
Consumer Coalition
Environmental
Defense group (US)
Scientists
for Global Responsibility (UK)
The
David Suzuki Foundation
Climate
Change Solutions
Global
Warming - Early Warning Signs
Government
of Canada Web site on Global Climate Change
The
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies
The
International Carbon Bank and Exchange
NASA's
Global Change Master Directory
National
Science Foundation
Pacific
Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security- Global
Change News
Pew
Center on Global Climate Change
Safe
Climate
Smithsonian
Institution
Union
of Concerned Scientists Great Green Web Game
US
Global Change Research Program
US
Global Change Research Information Office
US
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
World
Wildlife Fund's Climate Change Program
Chapter 7: Global Natural Resources
Worldwatch
Institute
Mines
and Communities
World
Rainforest Movement
International
Energy Agency
The
David Suzuki Foundation
Global
Overview of Renewable Energy Sources
Labrador
Inuit Association
Survival
International
New
Energy Foundation: Japan's Resources
IEA:
"World Energy Outlook 2002 Sees Abundant Energy Till 2030..."
GlobalIssues.org
California
Mineral Education Foundation
Canadian
Forestry Association
Canadian
Wind Energy Association
Energy
Probe
Global
Forest Watch
Global
Trends 2015
Hawaii's
Tropical Forest Recovery Act
Mining
Watch Canada
Our
Energy Future
The
Pembina Institute
PicoTurbine
Power
Places: Dispatches from an Energy Nation
United
Nations Environment Programme Mining Library
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
US
Office of Surface Mining
Cadia
Hill Gold Mine
Chapter 8: The World's Water Supply
World
Commission on Dams
United
Nations Dams and Development Project
Global
International Waters Assessment
Water
data and chronology of conflicts
International
Joint Commission
Probe
International (Canada's Connection)
Sierra
Legal Defence Fund report on Canada's drinking water
Canadian
and global water issues
The
Draft New Canada-Ontario Agreement Respecting the Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem
Nubian
Sandstone Aquifer System Programme: Maps
Bay
Area Restoration Council: Hamilton Harbour RAP
Canadian
Environmental Law Association - Press Release
No
Water No Future.org
Third
World Traveler: The World Water Crisis
Blue
Planet
Canadian
Environmental Law Association
Canadian
Organic Growers
The
Council of Canadians
Grace
Factory Farm Project
Great
Lakes Aquatic Habitat News
Great
Lakes Containment Trends
IDRC
Food
First / Institute for Food and Development Policy
International
Water Management Institute
Johns
Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs
Narmada
River Dams
No
Water, No Future
Source
Water and Sanitation Weekly
Ontario's
Stream Rehabilitation Manual
UNEP
UNESCO
Watershed
Report Card
World
Water Council
Youth
World Water Forum
WaterTechOnline
Travel
Journals Countries and Maps
Medicins
Sans Frontieres Aral Sea
Aral
Sea
Chapter 9:
The World's Food Supply
WRI
AAAS
Atlas of Population And Environment
International
Food Policy Research Institute
The
FAO
DisasterRelief.org
Green
Yearbook
Community
Food Security Coalition
Food
and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations-Special Programme for
Food Security
Food
First/ Institute for Food and Development Policy
Kids
can make a difference
Ontario
FoodNet
Ryerson
University Food Security info
Syngenta
Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture
Institute
of Science in Society
Australia
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Environment Issues
PART THREE: QUALITY OF LIFE
Chapter 10: Population Trends—An
Exploding Population?
World
Resources Institute
United
Nations Population Fund
Population
Reference Bureau
Facing
the Future: People and the Planet
Johns
Hopkins Center for Communication Programs-Population Reports
Map
Of Countries with Youth Bulges, 2000 and 2015
Perry-Castañeda
Library Map Collection
Population
Connection
Population
Institute of Canada
Social
Science Information Gateway
Statistics
Canada
US
Department of State: Geographic Learning Site
World
Game Institute
Worldwatch
Institute
Chapter 11: Population Policies
US
Population Reference Bureau
International
Planned Parenthood Federation
The
global reproductive health forum
Population
Action International
China
Population Information and Research Center
Global
Action Network
The
Population Council
Canada
Census 2001 Population
Chapter 12: Are Urban Systems
Sustainable?
Smart
Growth British Columbia
Worldwatch
Institute
Population
Reference Bureau
Urban
Development Institute
Carfree.com
The
City Repair Project
Congress
for the New Urbanism
International
Institute for Environment and Development
Living
City Project (London UK)
Natural
Resources Defense Council
The
New Colonist
Project
for Public Spaces (Portland OR )
Smart
Growth Network
Try
Statistics.com
United
Nations Human Settlement Patterns
United
Nations Population Fund
Urban
Land Institute
US
Geological Survey
World
Bank
Street
Children
Hope
for Street Children
Car
Free Cities
Common
Dreams
Chapter 13: Patterns of
Poverty
United
Nations
Global
Issues organization
Jubilee
2000 - UK
The
World Guide - New Internationalist Magazine
Ontario
Coalition Against Poverty
Ogoni
(Nigeria): continuing indigenous struggle and its repression
Amnesty
International: Nigeria
Jubilee
2000 - USAJubilee
2000 - Australia
Jubilee2000harvest.org/
World
Bank Poverty Net Home
Global
Issues.org: Poverty
MOSOP
One
World
International
Debt
Growth
and Poverty
The
Poetry of Poverty
Chapter 14: Poverty—Closing
the Gap?
ASEAN
The
Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
CIDA
The
United Nations
India's
Development Alternatives Group
Gram
Vikas Development Organization
TRANSfair
Canada
NEPAD
(New Partnership for Africa's Development)
Department
of Foreign Affairs: NEPAD
Child
Poverty in Canada
Child Labour
Campaign-International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
Girls
Rights
Global
Poverty and Microcredit
Oxfam
Canada Fair Trade Coffee Workshop Kit
UNESCO
development opportunities
United
Nations Department of Public Information-Facts on women and development
Operating
System for the Earth
Mennonite
Central Committee NEPAD
Development
Assistance Committee
North-South Institute
Chapter 15: Global Health
Issues
World
Health Organization
Doctors
Without Borders
Canada's
International Development Research Centre
AIDS
Educational Global Information System
10
000 links to sources of health information
Global
Health Council
Treatment
Action Campaign
New
South Wales: Far West Area Health Service
World
Health Organization: Statistical Information System
Médecins
Sans Frontières (MSF)/Doctors Without Borders
MSF's
Access to Essential Medecines Campaign
WHO:
Malaria
Stop
Tuberculosis
Schoolnet.ca:
Aboriginal Issues--Health
The
Village Voice: AIDS: The Agony of Africa
The
Globe and Mail: Canada's Apartheid
Canadian
Institutes of Health Research
Diseases—Ignored
Global Killers
Family
Planet: Child Health
New
Malaria Vaccine Partnership
Status
of Women Canada
Joint United Program on HIV/AIDS
Virtual
Library Pharmacy pages
Chapter 16: The Environment
and Human Health
International
Safety cards
The
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
World
Resources Institute, The World Bank and the UN, "Environmental Changes
and Human Health"
A
chronological guide to environmental deregulation in Ontario
Transnational
Corporations
Resources
For the Future
Centre
For International Environmental Law
Webnet
Environmental News: Toxic Watch
Agency
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Air
Quality Ontario
Canadian
Association of Physicians for the Environment
Canadian
Environmental Law Association
Canadian
Public Health Association-Health Effects of Climate Change and Air Pollution
Center
for Health and the Global Environment
The
Children's Environmental Health Network
Commission
for Environmental Cooperation
Environment
Canada Smog Site
Health
Canada, Environmental Health
International
POP's Elimination Network
Ontario
Clean Air Alliance
Ontario
Medical Association
Pesticide
Action Network
Toronto
Environmental Alliance
Women's
Environment Network
World
Wildlife Fund's Global Toxics Initiative
Great
Lakes Environmental Atlas
Clean
Car Campaign: Mercury in Vehicles
Canada's
Agriculture, Food and Beverage Industry
Federal
Programs Division on Non-Agricultural Pesticide Use
Green
Chemistry
Mercury
Pollution in the Automobile Industry
Canadian Institute
for Environmental Law and PolicyGlobal
Organic Food Patterns
Canada's
Organic Food Industry
PART FOUR: A DISORDERLY WORLD
Chapter 17: Nationalism
and the Struggle for Independence
American
Kurdish Information Network
East
Timor International Support Center
TED
Case Studies: Canada-UK Dispute over Cod
The
Parkland Post: Free Trade Advocates Discover Canada Losing Sovereignty,
by Gordon Laxer
The
Global Monoculture: 'Free Trade' vs Culture and Democracy, by Maud Barlow
Canada's
Brain Drain
NZZ
Online: Canada: Military Appendage to the US
Project
Ploughshares: Canada and BMD
International
Relations and Security Network
Chapter 18: Refugees
U.S.
Committee for Refugees
UNHCR
African
Newswire Network
Talisman
Energy
Amnesty
International
Human
Rights Watch
Refugees
International
USA
for UNHCR - A source for videos
Chapter
19: Conflicts and Co-operation
Peace
Pledge Union in the United Kingdom
Global
Issues organization
Federation
of American Scientists Military Analysis Network
Canada's
security agency
Middle
East Peace Dialogue Network
Palestinian
Authority
Child
Soldiers
CIA-
The World Factbook
Cultivating
Peace in the Twenty-first Century
Free
the Slaves
Global
Issues Organization
The
Guardian
Israel
Science and Technology
Open
Democracy
Project
Ploughshares
War
Child Canada
PART FIVE: BUILDING A BETTER FUTURE
Chapter
20: Sustainability—Finding Solutions
The
David Suzuki Foundation
Sustainable
Communities Network
Planetizen,
Urban planning solutions
Business
for Social Responsibility
Urban
farming
Grist
Magazine, Earth Day Network
Gram
Vikas Rural Development Alternatives, India
Learning
for a Sustainable Future skills activities
Action
to Stop Climate Change
Amazing
Environmental Organizations Web Directory
Argus
Clearinghouse on Environment and Sustainable Development
Building
Green
Canada
World Youth
Canadian
Centre for Policy Alternatives
Climate
Change Solutions
Eartheasy
Earth
Island Institute
EcoWorld
Electricity
Choices
Environmental
Protection Agency Green Communities Network
Global
Ecovillage Network
The
Globalist
Global
Recycling Network
Information
Nexus for Sustainable Development Network (Includes UN awards for
best practices)
The
New Road Map Foundation - Ideas for changing to a low-consumption
lifestyle
The
Pembina Institute - Corporate, community, and international solutions
for sustainability and governance
Recycling
Today
Redefining
Progress
Rocky
Mountain Institute
Royal
Dutch/Shell and Scenario Planning
Victoria
Transport Policy Institute - innovative transportation solutions
Volunteer
Services Overseas
Waterfront
Regeneration Trust - The Toronto Waterfront Trail and the regeneration
of brownfields
Youth
Challenge International
Man
and the Biosphere
Commuter
Connections Society
Global
Reporting Initiative
Sustainable
Measures
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