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  • Association for Research and Environmental Aid - AREA is a NGO dedicated to environmentally sustainable development
  • IISDNet - THe International Institute for Sustainable Development has a mandate from the Canadian Government to influence decision making for sustainable development
  • Nova Scotia Environmental Industry Association - NSEIA is a business group whose purpose is to promote sustainable development and environmental industries.
  • SpruceRoots - Our purpose is to promote sustainability, which means a lasting and diversified economy, communities, and a healthy, productive environment. It also means that whatever we enjoy today should be here in equal measure, and equal value for generations to come.
  • TransAlta Sustainable Development Home Page - Canadian Electric Utility

Santa Barbara

Discover the city of Santa Barbara, California, the birthplace of Earth Day. A 1969 oil platform blowout off the coast of Santa Barbara led to a wave of environmental laws nationwide. That gave impetus to what we consider now the cornerstones to the modern environmental movement. A year later, the first Earth Day was held followed by the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency. A succession of other laws protecting water, marine life and endangered species followed.