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Let's face it, reading environmental journalism too often feels like eating your vegetables. Boiled. With no butter.

But at Grist, we believe that news about green issues and sustainable living doesn't have to be predictable, demoralizing, or dull. We butter the vegetables! And add salt! And strain metaphors!

Great source of ideas for developing effective behaviour change campaigns - moving beyond providing information. This is THE place to get practical advice on creating education programs that result in action.

This video, produced by the BC Lung Association, focuses on outdoor air quality, is about 20 minutes in length and is divided into four components:

This is an impressive free 20-minute video that educators may want to
use in class to illustrate the down side of our current linear model of
consumption and how it violates sustainability principles. It is clever,
fast, information packed, and entertaining.

http://www.storyofstuff.com/

Students or faculty may have seen it, so it is good to be aware of it.

Under the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets Act, all public sector organizations are required to report out annually, beginning in June of 2009, on their plans and actions taken to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In addition, core government is required to report on emissions associated with business travel beginning in October 2007 through the end of 2008, and on the offsets purchased to achieve carbon neutral travel. 

View a summary of the 2009 public sector reports: