The issues and trends shaping Canada's health, economy and environment

A section on efforts to measure progress towards sustainability, including the Canadian National Round Table's new list of six recommended Environment and Sustainable Development Indicators.

Sources of environmental and sustainability information
Several major non-government organizations publish information on key global trends for environment and sustainability. The World Resources Institute produces EarthTrends, a database on environmental, social and economic trends. The Earth Policy Institute reports on trends that affect progress toward an eco-economy. The Worldwatch Institute produces Vital Signs fact sheets.

How to measure progress toward sustainability
The Canadian Sustainability Indicators Network links practitioners in environment and sustainability reporting with each other and with sources of expertise. The goal is to improve the quantity and quality of indicators and sustainability reports in Canada.

	An Environment and Sustainability Chronology Tracing the history of issues and ideas that show where we are on the curve of sustainability.
Corporate Environment and Sustainability Reporting Businesses can improve their competitiveness by doing better environmental reporting. Corporate Sustainability Reporting in Canada: An Update
Pollution Probe Primers Pollution Probe, one of Canada's oldest environmental organizations, publishes a series of in-depth analyses of critical issues ranging from toxic substances and health to energy and climate change. Many of the primers are available online. First Nature Audit finds Canada is losing ground Canada’s first Nature Audit finds the country still has large natural spaces, but many are being lost as human activities keep expanding. More

What is Sustainability?
Sustainability is about living and working in ways that meet and integrate existing environmental, economic and social needs without compromising the well-being of future generations. The transition to sustainable development benefits today's society and builds a more secure future for our children.

About the Sustainability Report
The Sustainability Reporting Program is Canada's first independent initiative to find out how we are doing at living in balance for the long term. The reporting system works from a definition of sustainability that sees human activities as part of - and dependent upon - the natural world.

MILLENNIUM ECOSYSTEM ASSESSMENT
A world network of scientists, business people and other experts warns about  a series of "surprises" such as a collapse of previously reliable sources of food, pest outbreaks, catastrophic floods or the disappearance of economically valuable species.  Report

A NEW INDUSTRIAL
REVOLUTION
Canada must undergo a new industrial revolution if it is going to maintain economic prosperity and environmental sustainability, according to the country’s environment minister. Report

CANADA LACKS
SYSTEMATIC APPROACH
TO SUSTAINABILITY
Canada's Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development says that while the country has impressive pockets of innovation and progress, the federal government has yet to make systematic moves to encourage sustainable development.  Report

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