Our Favorite Places on the Web (always under construction/updating):

• Green Edmonton - How to live Green. HERE!
• Activist Agenda http://greenedmonton.ca/activistAgenda/viewAA 

Friends:

• Organic Roots - though they are not offering too much in the way of food at this time and location they offer lots of items that are good for you and the planet.
• http://www.sparroworganics.com/ - Graham and Allison provide Edmontonians hungry for local and organically produced food. Wonderful vision and purpose in life.
• http://www.theurbanfarmer.ca/ - Ron Berezan is introducing permaculture concepts to the Edmonton and area citizens. He focuses on edible landscapes and what works for the Edmonton bio-region. He is working to balance our city focused and unbalanced life and offering connection to place, food, and life. Ron and his family moved to the Sunshine Coast in BC in the fall of 2010. A lost in our community but he helped to start a fire by inspiring several other people to take up permaculture in the Edmonton area - thank you Ron and Laura.
• http://www.edmontonbikes.ca/ - I don't think I can saw enough good things about Edmonton Bicycle Commuters' Society and the wonderful people that has helped steered it course over the years: Brian Johnson, Karly Coleman, Doug Barrett, Stephen Talman, John Collier, Atmo, and countless others.
• Green Edmonton - How to live Green. HERE!
• http://solaralberta.ca/ - Solar Energy Society of Canada (SESCI) - Northern Alberta Chapter is a non-profit organisation that promotes renewable energy in Alberta. They conduct educational sessions throughout the year. Check their website for course information.

Places to Eat:

• Padmanadi - 10740-101 Street, Edmonton, AB - great Indonesian vegan food, great warm embrace by Kasmin and his family, good deal for monthly buffet, I understand that the weekendend brunch (a couple of products made with Daiya cheese) are very good.
• Langano Skies - 9920 82 Avenue, Edmonton, AB - good tasting food. Their monthly vegetarian buffet (90% is vegan) for $15 on the last Tuesday of the month) is very popular and a good deal.
• ReFresh Organic Bistro - 10151 Whyte Avenue, Edmonton, AB. Great light food.
• Cafe Mosaics -  10844 82 Avenue, Edmonton, AB - an Edmonton standard. Some excellent vegetarian food.

Resources:

• www.oee.nrcan.gc.ca/english/
• www.sierraclub.ca/prairie - Sierra Club - Prairie Chapter. It is great that Sierra Club ibecame more focus on urban issues. Great leader in this field.
• Council of Canadians
• Greenpeace
• Nuclear Free Alberta
• Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
• Alberta Wilderness Association
• Alberta Environmental Network
• ToxicsWatch
• Edmonton Carsharing Coop
• Edmonton Small Press Association - small group that is involved in lots of things. They use printed media as a tool to create change. ESPA's strength is from Lynnette Bondarchuck.
• Metro Cinema - it's great to have a volunteer run organsiation that screens films that are foreign, Canadian, under viewed, important and even quirky for the Edmonton community
• Global Visions Film Festival - every year this volunteer group puts on a film festival that highlights issues that are rarely talked about. Very important event on the social conscious citizen's yearly calendar in Edmonton.
• http://www.coopamerica.org/ - of course Canada is part of America so much of the information on this site is relevant to us northeners. Earth's General Store is a member of this organisation.

Peace, Justice and Social Equaility:

• White Peace Dove - http://www.whitepeacedoves.org/
• http://www.ppu.org.uk/ - Peace Pledge Union. Producers of the White Peace Poppy.White poppies challenge the war-condoning values of traditional remembrance and related ceremonies
• http://www.ecawar.org/  - Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism - local Edmonton group formed to organise opposition to the US led invasion of Iraq. They also are involved in security certificates, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict/resolution, and mobilizes quite quickly in opposition to any conflict outbreak. Kudos to Doug Meggison, Marilyn Gaa, and Peggy Morton for keeping this group alive.
• http://www.ploughsharesedmonton.org/ - Project Ploughshares Edmonton - local group that is under the umbrella of the National Ploughshares organisation. Peace, social justice, anti-nuclear, armanents (specially small arms) are some of the core issues they work on.
• http://www.war-is-illegal.org/ - War is Illegal. Damn Right it is. When can we learn to resolve disagreements wihout all the killing and destruction?
• www.amnesty.ca - Amnesty International - social justice organisation. Edmonton has two groups.

Fair Trade and Organic:

• TransFair Canada
• Organic Alberta - our very own citizen run organisation promoting people that grow organically.

Food/Health:

• Vegetarians of Alberta - promoting palnt based diet in a society that is raised in a meat culture is very brave and daunting. They also promote veganism and raw foods.
• http://www.organicconsumers.org/ - Organic Consumers Association. Thansk to this watchdog organisation people (mainly people from the USA) can keep track of the issues surrounding the world of organic standards, GMO (genetically modified organisms), and food security.
• http://www.biofreedom.ca/ - Biofreedom is a local group (though at times this can be a stretch of the term since there are very few, though dedicated, people involved in this group) that works on GMO (genetically modified organisms) and genetic engineering/biotechnology. 
• Beyond Factory Farms - http://www.beyondfactoryfarming.org/ or their Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/?sk=messages&tid=1368521296940#!/pages/Beyond-Factory-Farming/151706626488?ref=nf
• Voice for Animals - our very own local voice for those that don't have a voice. http://www.v4a.org/
• Salt Spring Seeds - Sustainable Canadian seed company selling rare and unusual seeds. Online catalogue includes heirloom tomatoes, quinoa, amaranth, seed garlic and a new zero mile diet kit.
  Email: web@saltspringseeds.com
  Contact Person: Dan Jason

Personal Care

• Environmental Working Group
• Skin Deep is a safety guide to cosmetics and personal care products brought to you by researchers at the Environmental Working Group.

Fun Stuff (with a message):

• The Meatrix - yes, it is about factory meat production
• http://www.cowswithguns.com/
• http://www.jibjab.com/ - check out "Big Box Mart"