Sustainability Partners

The ACSI has thirteen formal Sustainability Partners who have signed the project charter, committing them to taking action on sustainability issues. Click on the name of the partner organization to find out more about them.

Aliant

Environmental protection is a vital part of doing business at Aliant. We are committed to minimizing the impact of our activities and operations on the environment while working to create a sustainable future by integrating long-term economic, environmental, and social considerations into the way we operate our business.

Contact: Marcus Goodick, Marcus.Goodick@aliant.ca
Website: www.bell.aliant.ca

Antigonish Sustainable Development

Antigonish Sustainable Development seeks to assist our community to identify and set goals related to sustainable development, and to come up with a framework required for success.

Contact: Kuli Malhotra, kmalhotra.asdp@gmail.com

Bathurst Sustainable Development

The concern for quality of life and water quality in our watershed led to the establishment of the Bathurst Sustainable Development Project in mid-July 1995. The overall objective of the project was to set up a long-term mechanism for the communication and action among government, business and the community. The project also encouraged residents to take a more active part in mitigating the impact of watershed effluent in the Nepisiguit Drainage Basin and addressing Climate Change. Bathurst Sustainable Development is a non-profit organization.

Contact: Brenda Kelley, rosewood@nb.aibn.com
Website: www.basthurstsustainabledevelopment.com

Halifax Regional Municipality

Halifax Regional Municipality, the capital of Nova Scotia, is committed to being a "healthy sustainable vibrant community" and is proud to be the one of the founding partners of the Atlantic Canada Sustainability Initiative (ACSI).

Contact: Stephen King, kings@halifax.ca
Website: www.halifax.ca

Halifax Shambhala Centre

The Halifax Shambhala Centre is the local centre of Shambhala, an international community dedicated to meditation practice and to the establishment of enlightened society inspired by basic goodness. Halifax is the capital city of Shambhala's worldwide centres.

Contact: Richard Peisinger, rpeisinger@ns.sympatico.ca
Website: halifax.shambhala.org/sustainability/index.html

iNova Credit Union

On April 1, 1936 twelve postal employees met on a porch on Parker St. in Halifax and formed the Halifax District Postal Credit Union Ltd. It was founded to give postal workers a place to save and obtain loans. After two name changes and another 70 years iNova Credit Union now serves the entire community.

Contact: Willy Robinson, wrobinson@inovacreditunion.coop
Website: www.nspostalcreditunion.com

Jacques Whitford

Jacques Whitford Limited is a Nova Scotia based leader in environmental, engineering, scientific and planning consulting, dedicated to resolving challenges in the natural and built environments. For more than 35 years, our mission has been to listen and learn from our clients as the basis for delivering exceptional customized, value-added solutions. Our focus has always been on earth and environment, so it is natural that our commitment has evolved to place sustainability at the heart of everything we do internally, and with clients.

Contact: Karen Miner, karen.miner@jacqueswhitford.com
Website: www.jacqueswhitford.com

Just Us! Coffee Roasters

Just Us! Coffee Roasters Co-op is Canada’s first Fair Trade coffee roaster. We are also one of Canada’s most successful worker-owned businesses based on a firm belief in "people and the planet before profits". Fair Trade is an innovative model for international trade, which offers not only a fair price, but respect and empowerment for Third World producers. All Just Us! products – coffee, tea, chocolate and sugar – are grown naturally, without chemicals, to enhance the well-being of farmers, their communities, the environment and wild-life.

Contact: Debra Moore, deb@justuscoffee.com
Website: www.justuscoffee.com

P’lovers, the Environmental Store

P'lovers Environmental Store was created in 1992 in Halifax to help people live in harmony with the earth. At P'lovers, we believe that the actions of each and every one of us can positively affect the quality of the world in which we live.

Contact: Liz Crocker, crockerbrainliz@eastlink.ca
Website: www.plovers.net

City of Saint John

The City of Saint John’s process of continuous improvement called Vision 2015 Program of Excellence is underway. This program is a multi-year undertaking of planning, projects, and change strategy designed to set a clear and attainable course of action to align the services delivered by the City of Saint John to community goals and objectives.

Contact: Andrew Beckett, andrew.beckett@saintjohn.ca
Website: www.saintjohn.ca

Stewardship and Outreach Section,
Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources

Primarily through education programs , the Stewardship and Outreach Section of the Department of Natural Resources promotes sustainable natural resource use and management to youth, woodland owners, hunters, trappers, guides, Christmas tree growers, other groups and the general public. It is a part of the Operations Division of the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources.

Contact: Tim Whynot, WHYNOTTW@gov.ns.ca
Website: www.gov.ns.ca/natr/extension

Town of Stratford

Stratford, Prince Edward Island, is a new community incorporated in 1995 through the amalgamation of several small farming and summer cottage communities. Though new in name, the area was first settled by Acadians in the 1750s. Farming, shipbuilding and brickmaking were its original industries.

Contact: Doug Deacon, DDeacon@town.stratford.pe.ca
Website: www.town.stratford.pe.ca

Town of Wolfville

Several years ago the Town of Wolfville and the Centre for Rural Sustainability (CRS) embarked on a collaborative partnership known as the Wolfville Sustainability Initiative (WSI). This initiative sparked exploration of The Natural Step framework and other strategic planning tools concerned with long term community vitality and viability. These early efforts laid the ground work for future planning projects and helped to create an environment that fostered acceptance by both management and Council, for the importance of community planning and development from a sustainability perspective

Contact: Karen Dempsey, kdempsey@town.wolfville.ns.ca
Website: www.town.wolfville.ns.ca

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