Websites
The Council of Canadians: http://www.canadians.org/
Founded in 1985, the Council of Canadians is Canada’s largest citizens’ organization, with members and chapters across the country. They work to protect Canadian independence by promoting progressive policies on fair trade, clean water, energy security, public health care, and other issues of social and economic concern to Canadians.
Greenpeace Canada: http://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/
Greenpeace is an independently funded organization that works to: protect biodiversity in all its forms; prevent pollution of the Earth’s oceans, land, air and fresh water; end all nuclear threats; and promote peace, global disarmament and non-violence.
Green Enterprise Toronto: http://www.greenenterprise.net/web/index.php
Green Living: http://greenlivingonline.com/
Green Enterprise Toronto and Green Living provide listings of green businesses in the Greater Toronto Area.
KAIROS: http://www.kairoscanada.org/en/ecojustice/
KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives is a web of people and partnerships dedicated to a faithful and decisive response to God’s call for respect for the earth and justice for its people.
The Pembina Institute: http://www.pembina.org/
Pembina’s mission is to advance sustainable energy solutions through innovative research, education, consulting and advocacy.
Polaris Institute: http://polarisinstitute.org/
Polaris is designed to enable citizen movements to re-skill and re-tool themselves to fight for democratic social change, including environmental sustainability, in an age of corporate driven globalization.
Tar Sands Watch: http://tarsandswatch.org/
Tar Sands Watch is the Polaris Institute’s website on Canada’s tar sands project.
World Wildlife Fund Canada: http://wwf.ca/
The World Wildlife Fund’s mission is to stop the degradation of the planet’s natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature, by: conserving the world’s biological diversity; ensuring that the use of renewable natural resources is sustainable; promoting the reduction of pollution and wasteful consumption.
News Sources
Environment News Service: http://www.ens-newswire.com/
Democracy Now!: http://www.democracynow.org/
The Real News: http://therealnews.com/
Articles
Islamic environmental ethics, law, and society
Article by Dr. Mawil Y. Izzi Deen
Islam and environmental ethics
Khutbah by Sheikh Ahmad Kutty
Ecology in Islam: Protection of the web of life a duty for Muslims
Washington Report article by Dr. Hasan Zillur Rahim
Environmental responsibility clear in Islamic scriptures
Washington Post article by Imam Zaid Shakir
Animals in Islam
Excerpts from the book by Al-Hafiz B.A. Masri
The eco-halal revolution
Altmuslim.com article on environmentally sustainable production of halal meat
Environment and ecology in Islam
Compilation of articles by The American Muslim
Books
Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Fight for the Right to Water by Maude Barlow
Plan B: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble by Lester R. Brown
The Book of Nature: A Sourcebook of Spiritual Perspectives on Nature and the Environment edited by Camille Helminski
Sea Sick: The Hidden Crisis in the Global Ocean by Alanna Mitchell
Heat: How to Stop the Planet Burning by George Monbiot
Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent by Andrew Nikiforuk
Stuffed and Starved by Raj Patel
Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability, and Peace by Vandana Shiva
An Illustrated Short History of Progress by Ronald Wright
Noor Events on the Evironment
Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream
Environmental and social justice symposium
An evening with Dr. Maged Senbel and Dr. Timothy Gianotti
Interfaith Dinner to Challenge the G8
The Animals’ Complaint Against Humanity
An environmental storytelling event for children and parents
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