Links

A hub for anyone seeking new and informative websites on a variety of themes.
Email us your favourite sites so we can add them to this evolving list.

Co-op Members:
Send us links to environmental, community or social justice-related projects you are involved in and we will add them to our Members' Initiatives list!

Bookstores & Publishers

Biosfaire Librairies
Concordia Solidarity Co-op Bookstore
A student-run initiative and non-profit business that offers a variety new and used books, both textbooks and non-academic, at below retail prices.
GRAIN
An international NGO that promotes the sustainable management and use of agricultural biodiversity based on people's control over genetic resources and local knowledge.
New Society Publishers

Co-op Info

Centre interdisciplinaire de recherche et d'informatio sur les entreprises collectives (CIRIEC) UQÀM
Conseil de la coopération du Québec
Économie sociale Québec
Repertory of social economy modeled businesses and organizations in Quebec
International Co-operative Alliance
North American Students of Cooperation (NASCO)
University of Saskatchewan Centre for the Study of Co-operatives

Consumer Protection

Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood
Contaminations chimiques
Citizen's information and initiatives on health and the environment (site in French)
HealthyStuff.org
information on toxicity of everyday products
LOHASWire (Canada)
LOHASWire aims to provide leading-edge information about leading-edge businesses that are helping to make the world a better place.
On Your Marks Print (Ottawa)
High quality printing on FSC certified papers, no chemical inks, and no waste print technology.
Story of Stuff
A 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns.

CBC Marketplace Under Dogs
Greenwashing Index
Helping consumers become more savvy about evaluating environmental marketing claims of advertisers.
Le Réseau de protection du consommateur
Office de la protection du consommateur
Skin Deep
A safety guide to cosmetics and personal care products brought to you by researchers at the Environmental Working Group.

Eco Tips

Be Green (CBC News Montreal)
A blog on everything green with CBC News Montreal's Geeta Nadkarni
Défi Climat
A large mobilization campaign to fight climate change in Quebec.
Global Stewards - Eco Tips
KATASOHO - Printing & Design (Montreal)
Katasoho hopes to increase the popularity of recycled and recuperated papers, of vegetable oil based inks without heavy metals and to finding innovative and environmental techniques of printing production.
The Environment Site
Submit your tips!

Contaminations chimiques
Citizen's information and initiatives on health and the environment (site in French)
Eco Bug Doctor
Welcome to ECO Bug Doctor, a new world of ecological pest control technologies which optimize our health as well as that of the environment.
Ideal Bite
A daily eco tip in your inbox
Rooftop Gardens Project
Liberating spaces for healthy cities.
The Green Room
A blog about Green Living, made easy. Part of David Suzuki's Nature Challenge.

Eco Transportation

Accès Vélo
A free bicycle network in Montreal!
Alternativauto Ride Share
A great new Quebec site to facilitate ride sharing.
CAA "The Road to Green"
Canada Renewable Fuels Association
Communauto
Co-operative car sharing in Montreal (site in French)
Défi Climat
A large mobilization campaign to fight climate change in Quebec.
Momentum
The urban cycling magazine for self-propelled people
Vélo Québec

Allego
Bécik Vert
Bike share program, Plateau Mont-Royal
Canada Clean Fuels
Canadian National Earthquake Hazards Program
Critical Mass Montreal
Driving tips for treehuggers
Right to Move (Montreal)
Voyagez futé
Information and support to develop and sustain alternate means of transportation

Emergency Preparedness

Preparing for floods

Preparing your family for an emergency

Environmental & Natural Sciences Studies

EcoKids
A free, environmental education program that offers curriculum-linked materials and activities for Canadian elementary schools to engage in environmental action.
Environmental Studies at Waterloo University

Environmental Courses at Athabasca University
GRAIN
An international NGO that promotes the sustainable management and use of agricultural biodiversity based on people's control over genetic resources and local knowledge.

Environmental, Development & Community Organizations

Accès Vélo
A free bicycle network in Montreal!
Aquastone
Save water in Canada and help sanitize water in Africa
Avaaz.org
A community of global citizens who take action on the major issues facing the world today.
David Suzuki Foundation
EcoContribution
Environmental campaigns and petitions including plastic bag ban.
Économie sociale Québec
Repertory of social economy modeled businesses and organizations in Quebec
Environmental Studies Association of Canada (ESAC)
GRAIN
An international NGO that promotes the sustainable management and use of agricultural biodiversity based on people's control over genetic resources and local knowledge.
Greenpeace Canada
Oxfam Quebec
Quebec Minister of Sustainable Development, the Environment and Parks
Reforestation.net
This site aims to make young people more aware of the state of the forests throughout the world, particularly by promoting, on a small scale, local techniques, conservation and the enjoyment of the resource.
RNCREQ
Calendar of events
SOS Planète
A non-profit organization for environmental action based in the West Island (website in French).
The EnviroLink Network
Voyagez futé
Information and support to develop and sustain alternate means of transportation
World Health Organization

Amnesty International
Association québécoise des organismes de coopération internationale
CARMA: Carbon Monitoring for Action
A massive database containing information on the carbon emissions of over 50,000 power plants and 4,000 power companies worldwide.
Défi Climat
A large mobilization campaign to fight climate change in Quebec.
EcoKids
A free, environmental education program that offers curriculum-linked materials and activities for Canadian elementary schools to engage in environmental action.
Energy Action Coalition
Environnement Jeunesse
Green Map System
Habitat for Humanity
Planet Friendly
A gateway to environment, sustainability and conservation, across Canada and beyond.
Quebec Vert Coalition
(site in French)
Regroupment national des conséils régionaux de l'environnement du Québec
Rooftop Gardens Project
Liberating spaces for healthy cities.
The Earth Charter Initiative
A widely recognized, global consensus statement on ethics and values for a sustainable future.
Überculture collective
Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation
An independent, Canadian grant making foundation dedicated to the development of sound and innovative public policies.

Fair Trade

Genetics & GMOs

Vandana Shiva

Green Energy

Access Energie
Access Energie makes using solar energy easier and more affordable for Montreal homeowners
American Solar Energy Society
Association of Power Producers of Ontario
CARMA: Carbon Monitoring for Action
A massive database containing information on the carbon emissions of over 50,000 power plants and 4,000 power companies worldwide.
Contaminations chimiques
Citizen's information and initiatives on health and the environment (site in French)
Eco-Materials Group
ÉOLE (Wind Energy)
Green Ontario
Home Power Magazine
Renewable Energy Policy Project
RUST
Radical Urban Sustainability Training
Solar Design Associates
Solar Energy International
Sustainable Energy Links

Alternative Energy Engineering
Ashoka
A global organization that accelerates social change by identifying and investing in leading social entrepreneurs.
Canadian Solar Industries Association
Climate Solutions
Défi Climat
A large mobilization campaign to fight climate change in Quebec.
Énergie solaire Québec
Going Green (CBC News)
Green Trust Sustainability and Renewable Energy
Lots of practical information, reviews, and more
LOHASWire (Canada)
LOHASWire aims to provide leading-edge information about leading-edge businesses that are helping to make the world a better place.
Rocky Mountain Institute
Solar Converters Inc.
Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)
SunAngle Calculator

Green Products

Be Green (CBC News Montreal)
A blog on everything green with CBC News Montreal's Geeta Nadkarni
Défi Climat
A large mobilization campaign to fight climate change in Quebec.
Greenwashing Index
Helping consumers become more savvy about evaluating environmental marketing claims of advertisers.
I Buy Different
KATASOHO - Printing & Design (Montreal)
Katasoho hopes to increase the popularity of recycled and recuperated papers, of vegetable oil based inks without heavy metals and to finding innovative and environmental techniques of printing production.
LOHASWire (Canada)
LOHASWire aims to provide leading-edge information about leading-edge businesses that are helping to make the world a better place.
Skin Deep
A safety guide to cosmetics and personal care products brought to you by researchers at the Environmental Working Group.

Contaminations chimiques
Citizen's information and initiatives on health and the environment (site in French)
Green Gift Guide
Homo-Ethicus
A true global network bringing people and resources together based on the common ethical values of respect for the earth and humanity.
Inhabitat
A weblog dedicated to the future of eco-design
LOHAS (Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability)
On Your Marks Print (Ottawa)
High quality printing on FSC certified papers, no chemical inks, and no waste print technology.
Vert Tendre
Ecological greeting cards from Quebec

Home Building & Architecture

Access Energie
Access Energie makes using solar energy easier and more affordable for Montreal homeowners
Canadian Home Builders' Association (CHBA)
EcoHabitation
Go Maison (APCHQ)
Government of Canada Energy Efficiency Branch
Inhabitat
A weblog dedicated to the future of eco-design
LOHAS (Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability)
Rooftop Gardens Project
Liberating spaces for healthy cities.
The Waterloo Green Home and other projects

Archibio
Ecological habitat intervention group
Code Green
Home Renovation Challenge television show
EcoProperty Canada
Unique listings of ecological and organic land, projects and proposals – for sale, for rent, to share, projects, land trusts, ecovillages, proposals and opportunities.
Going Green (CBC News)
Habitat for Humanity ReStores
Building supply stores that sell quality new and used building materials sold at a fraction of the normal price. Montreal: 7177 Newman Boulevard LaSalle, QC H8N 2K3 Tel: (514) 907-8991
Institute for Research in Construction
LOHASWire (Canada)
LOHASWire aims to provide leading-edge information about leading-edge businesses that are helping to make the world a better place.
Société d'habitation du Québec

Magazines available at the Co-op

Alternatives
BITCH Magazine
A feminist response to pop culture
Canadian Geographic Magazine
Green Teacher
La Maison du 21e siècle
New Internationalist
The Ecologist
THIS Magazine
VIVRE

Member Initiatives

Breast Cancer Action Montreal
Jane Shulman - Coordinator: Special Projects
Domestic Affair
jae steele
GEEK MONTREAL
A venue for the fruitful multiplication of all things geeky: Alex Megelas
Habitat for Humanity
Louise Legault
La Raza Group
Art, community and activism Scott Macleod
Montreal Film Group
Ezra Soiferman
Raw in Montreal
Typeleft Publishing
NDG-based partnership providing graphic design & programming for non-profits, co-operatives, community organizations, small, independant businesses, artists and educational initiatives.

Defend NDG
For an NDG-friendly traffic plan for the MUHC Peter McQueen
Eco Bug Doctor
Welcome to ECO Bug Doctor, a new world of ecological pest control technologies which optimize our health as well as that of the environment.
Green514 - Montreal's Sustainable Frontline
Bryan Soares
HC NDG Affordable Home Ownership Initiative
Sharon Leslie
Maman Écolo - Diaper Service
Julie Cousineau: 14 years experience serving Montreal, Laval & North-Shore. Phone: 450-474-3550
No Damn Good
Art and more from NDG Jeremy Wexler
Slow Down Events
Patric Hani
University of the Streets Cafe
Jean Lapalme

New Technologies

Access Energie
Access Energie makes using solar energy easier and more affordable for Montreal homeowners
Ecolo-Info Canada
An Eco Tool Bar that installs under your Internet browser window that easily lets you browse your favourite environmental sites, blogs, eco-businesses and more. And it's free! (Site in French)
Inhabitat
A weblog dedicated to the future of eco-design
The Buckminster Fuller Institute

Ashoka
A global organization that accelerates social change by identifying and investing in leading social entrepreneurs.
Going Green (CBC News)
RUST
Radical Urban Sustainability Training

Organic Food & Agricultural Organizations

EcoCert
Equiterre
GRAIN
An international NGO that promotes the sustainable management and use of agricultural biodiversity based on people's control over genetic resources and local knowledge.
OCIA
Organic Crop Improvement Association

EcoProperty Canada
Unique listings of ecological and organic land, projects and proposals – for sale, for rent, to share, projects, land trusts, ecovillages, proposals and opportunities.
ETC Group
Formerly known as RAFI: Rural Advancement Foundation International
Montreal Permaculture Guild

Organic Gardening

Espaces Viridis
Specializing in environmentally conscious garden design
Mycoboutique
Sell mushrooms, spawns, cultures, growing kits, books, CDs, sculptures, paintings and more!
Ville de Montréal - Environnement - Sols, pelouses et jardins
(site in French)

Montreal Permaculture Guild
Rooftop Gardens Project
Liberating spaces for healthy cities.

Our City: Montreal

Be Green (CBC News Montreal)
A blog on everything green with CBC News Montreal's Geeta Nadkarni
Carrefour Communautaire
Éco-Quartiers (Locations)
Green514 - Montreal's Sustainable Frontline
Bryan Soares
Île Sans Fil
Île Sans Fil is a non-profit community group devoted to providing free public wireless internet access to mobile users in public spaces throughout Montreal, Canada.
La Société de développement environnemental de Rosemont (SODER)
Montreal Permaculture Guild
Recyc-Matelas
100% recycling of used mattresses
SOS Planète
A non-profit organization for environmental action based in the West Island (website in French).
The Social Justice Committee
Ville de Montréal - Environnement - Sols, pelouses et jardins
(site in French)

Bonheur Durable
Sustainable development portal for Ahuntsic-Cartierville (site in French)
Éco-Quartiers (Info)
Enviro Access
Guide du réemploi de Montréal
Indymedia Quebec
Montreal Free School
A grassroots initiative of individuals acting collectively to create educational opportunities for children and adults outside of the institutional environment of formal schooling.
Raw in Montreal
Rooftop Gardens Project
Liberating spaces for healthy cities.
The Biosphère
Urban Ecology Centre

Our Neighbourhood: Notre-Dame-de-Grâce

Espaces Viridis
Specializing in environmentally conscious garden design
The Fraser-Hickson Library

Outdoor / Conservation Clubs and Businesses

Progressive Media

Art Threat
Political Art Magazine
Briarpatch Magazine
Fighting the war on error
Cinema Politica
Cinema Politica exhibits cutting edge political cinema by independent artists at several university campuses in Montreal and across North America.
CKUT 90.3 FM McGill Radio
Democracy Now
Franc-Vert
(French)
Greenwashing Index
Helping consumers become more savvy about evaluating environmental marketing claims of advertisers.
Momentum
The urban cycling magazine for self-propelled people
rabble.ca
news for the rest of us
The Filter
Canada's Alternative news filter
The North America Congress on Latin America
Treehugger
ZOMBIE media
(French)

Avaaz.org
A community of global citizens who take action on the major issues facing the world today.
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA)
Independent research, analysis and solutions
CitizenShift (NFB)
A participatory Web platform exploring today’s crucial issues through films, photography, articles, blogs and podcasts.
Common Dreams
Progressive News & Views
DeSmogBlog
Clearing the PR pollution that is clouding the science on climate change.
Green Girls Global
Green Girls Global is an international weblog about people trying to live a life in a way that is positive for the environment, people and animals.
Indymedia Quebec
Planet Friendly
A gateway to environment, sustainability and conservation, across Canada and beyond.
The Dominion
News from the Grassroots
The Last Planet
Mikael Rioux: The future of our children and our planet is in our hands. We have to write our own survival guide to the XXIst Century.
The Progressive
WE Magazine
Women & Environments Magazine

Reducing, reusing, recycling

Défi Climat
A large mobilization campaign to fight climate change in Quebec.
KATASOHO - Printing & Design (Montreal)
Katasoho hopes to increase the popularity of recycled and recuperated papers, of vegetable oil based inks without heavy metals and to finding innovative and environmental techniques of printing production.
R4 Concordia
Recycling Guide: Montreal Plus
SOS Planète
A non-profit organization for environmental action based in the West Island (website in French).

EcoKids
A free, environmental education program that offers curriculum-linked materials and activities for Canadian elementary schools to engage in environmental action.
Maman Écolo - Diaper Service
Julie Cousineau: 14 years experience serving Montreal, Laval & North-Shore. Phone: 450-474-3550
Recyc-Matelas
100% recycling of used mattresses
ReusableBags.com
The Green Room
A blog about Green Living, made easy. Part of David Suzuki's Nature Challenge.

Socially Resposible Investing (SRI)

Ashoka
A global organization that accelerates social change by identifying and investing in leading social entrepreneurs.
LOHAS (Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability)

Corporate Knights
The Canadian magazine for responsible business
LOHASWire (Canada)
LOHASWire aims to provide leading-edge information about leading-edge businesses that are helping to make the world a better place.

Sustainability

Ashoka
A global organization that accelerates social change by identifying and investing in leading social entrepreneurs.
Défi Climat
A large mobilization campaign to fight climate change in Quebec.
RUST
Radical Urban Sustainability Training
Sustainable Concordia
The Green Room
A blog about Green Living, made easy. Part of David Suzuki's Nature Challenge.

Bonheur Durable
Sustainable development portal for Ahuntsic-Cartierville (site in French)
Rhizome Collective (US)
Centre for urban and community sustainability (Texas)
Story of Stuff
A 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns.
The Earth Charter Initiative
A widely recognized, global consensus statement on ethics and values for a sustainable future.

Toxins

Allergy and Environmental Health Association of Québec (AEHAQ)
Eco Bug Doctor
Welcome to ECO Bug Doctor, a new world of ecological pest control technologies which optimize our health as well as that of the environment.
Skin Deep
A safety guide to cosmetics and personal care products brought to you by researchers at the Environmental Working Group.

Contaminations chimiques
Citizen's information and initiatives on health and the environment (site in French)
HealthyStuff.org
information on toxicity of everyday products
The Green Room
A blog about Green Living, made easy. Part of David Suzuki's Nature Challenge.

University/CEGEP Initiatives

Cinema Politica
Cinema Politica exhibits cutting edge political cinema by independent artists at several university campuses in Montreal and across North America.
Concordia Solidarity Co-op Bookstore
A student-run initiative and non-profit business that offers a variety new and used books, both textbooks and non-academic, at below retail prices.
QPIRG McGill
R4 Concordia

CKUT 90.3 FM McGill Radio
QPIRG Concordia
Quebec Public Interest Research Group (QPIRG) = A student funded, non-profit organization that strives to raise awareness and motivate grassroots activism around diverse social and environmental issues.
QPIRG UQAM
Sustainable Concordia

Water

Better Water Use (NRCan)
Eau Secours
The Quebec coalition for responsible water management
Right to Water
This website helps concerned citizens learn more about the international struggle to secure the human right to water.
The Green Room
A blog about Green Living, made easy. Part of David Suzuki's Nature Challenge.
UNESCO - World Water day
World Water Day

Contaminations chimiques
Citizen's information and initiatives on health and the environment (site in French)
H2ouse
The Blue Plante Project
A global movement for water justice.
The Otesha Project
Be the Change, take action: Water
Water Use Calculator (Gov. Can)
How much water do you use?