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		IN THE NEWS September 22, 2009 June 30, 2009 June 23, 2009 April 21, 2009 April 14, 2009 April 7, 2009 March 23, 2009 March 11, 2009 February 3, 2009 Current consumption patterns pose many sustainability challenges. Click the image then tour the 8 buttons on the page. Then test your knowledge of the facts, and view the webcast of the Dalai Lama's Earth Day 2008 lecture at the University of Michigan. Our Ecological Footprints represent the land and water it takes to provide us with the things we use and to absorb our wastes. This can be anything from a landfill to an apple orchard. Use the links below to calculate your ecological footprint. Royal Saskatchewan Museum Life Sciences Environmental Protection Victoria, Australia Redefining Progress - Nature of Economics				Resource Library We invite you to check out the following books and websites for more information on creating a sustainable community. Click here for a printable version of these links. Carstairs Resources Carstairs Environmental Handbook Recycling Centre Hazardous Waste Waste Transfer Site Reuse Tips Grasscycling Reducing your Consumption Residential Water Reduction Plant a Drought-Resistant Garden Rain Barrels Composting Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - Carstairs Recycle Depot From Garbage to Garden - Carstairs Guide to Composting Water Conservation in Carstairs Related Books Louv, Richard. Last Child in the Woods Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder. New York: Algonquin Books, 2008. Infrastructure Canada. (2005). Integrated Community Sustainability Planning: A Background Paper. Government of Canada. Printed version distributed at September 2005 Roundtable on Integrated Community Sustainability Planning in Ottawa, Ontario. James, S. & Lahit, T. (2004) The Natural Step for Sustainable Communities: How Cities and Towns can Change to Sustainable Practices. New Societies Publishers, Gabriola Island. Martin, J. & Brost, L. (2004). Growing the Future: Tomorrow’s Rural Alberta. Rural Education and Development Association. Roseland, M. (2005). Towards Sustainable Communities: Resources for Citizens and Their Governments. New Society Press. Sarkissian, W., Hofer, N., Shore, Y. (2008) Kitchen Table Sustainability: Practical Recipes for Community Engagement with Sustainability. Earthscan Publishers. Randolph, J.,Masters, G.M.(2008) Energy for Sustainability: Technology, Planning, Policy. Univ. of Chicago Press. Pierce, J.T., Dale, A. (1999) Communities, Development, and Sustainability across Canada. Univ of British Columbia Pr Doppelt, B. “Overcoming the Seven Sustainability Blunders.” The Systems Thinker 14 (2003): 2-7. Roseland, M. (2005). Towards Sustainable Communities: Resources for Citizens and Their Governments. Gabriola Island: New Society Publishers. Gause, Jo Allen. Great Planned Communities. Annapolis: Urban Land Institute, 2002. Turner, Chris. The Geography of Hope A Tour of the World We Need. New York: Random House Canada, 2007. Related Website Links AUMA Municipal Sustainability BC Climate Action Toolkit Bow Valley Sustainability Hub - Resources and Links Built Green Canada Canada Green Building Canada Green Globes Design Imagine Calgary Plan for Long Range Urban Sustainability 2007 New Urbanism One Million Acts of Green One Simple Act Smart Growth America Smart Growth BC Smart Planning for Communities Initiative The Natural Step

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