Our Partners
One Earth works with partners around the world, from the local to international level. “Rethinking the good life” is a team effort – and we’re excited to share our hopes, knowledge, talent and passion as we move forward together. We would also like to thank additional supporters of our work for their funding or in-kind donations.
List of Partners
Full descriptions of our partners are below.
Core Partners:
Adaptive Edge
Canadian Environmental Network
North American Sustainable Consumption Alliance
International Coalition for Sustainable Production and Consumption
My Sustainable Canada
Global Footprint Network
Integrative Strategies Forum
Igapura
Other Partners:
Gaining Ground Conference
United Nations Environment Programme
City of Vancouver
David Suzuki Foundation
The Story of Stuff
New City Institute
Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival
Centre for Child Honouring
UBC University Town
CORE PARTNERS
Adaptive Edge
One Earth partners deeply with Adaptive Edge, including on Rethinking the Good Life. Their Managing Director, Nicole-Anne Boyer is a Senior Associate of One Earth. Adaptive Edge’s consulting engagements enable powerful insights into the future. They help leaders see new possibilities and understand future probabilities, so they can make better decisions today. They enable leaders to be more adaptive and resilient in the face of change. Using a range of strategic foresight methods – from scenario planning to change labs – their clients learn to:
- Transform their strategic thinking, beyond the conventional wisdom.
- Improve their decision-making, and ability to navigate future uncertainties.
- Embed these adaptive skills, tools, and mindsets within their organization.
- Engage their stakeholders in a strategic dialogue about the future.
- Act with greater courage, confidence, and creativity.
- Create better alternatives for the future – and more sustainable ways to create value.
Canadian Environmental Network
One Earth is a member of the Canadian Environmental Network (RCEN) and its British Columbia Environmental Network. For more than thirty years, the Canadian Environmental Network has been facilitating networking between environmental organisations and others who share its mandate – To Protect the Earth and Promote Ecologically Sound Ways of Life. The RCEN works directly with concerned citizens and organisations striving to protect, preserve and restore the environment.
North American Sustainable Consumption Alliance
One Earth is a member of the North American Sustainable Consumption Alliance (NASCA), a strategic partnership of people and organizations who are working to promote more sustainable consumption patterns in Mexico, Canada, and the United States. Our mission is to facilitate information exchange, communication and outreach and collaborative action around sustainable consumption.
NASCA has produced an online database of over 200 SCP initiatives and programmes throughout North America on a wide range of important issues such as Advertising & Marketing, Children & Youth, Cleaner Production, Consumer Products, Lifestyle Choices, Organic Products, Poverty, Procurement, Tourism, Trade, Transport, and Waste. The Database facilitates cooperation among organizations in Canada, United States and Mexico. It is also a resource for citizens to learn about projects or initiatives that they can support, join, or replicate in their own community.
International Coalition for Sustainable Production and Consumption
One Earth is engaged with the International Coalition for Sustainable Production and Consumption (ICSPAC) on the Marrakech Process. ICSPAC is an international
coalition of NGOs and citizen organisations working together to promote sustainable production and consumption policies and practices. It is involved in monitoring the Marrakech Process. Take a look at ICSPAC’s Marrakech Process website.
My Sustainable Canada
One Earth partners with My Sustainable Canada on transforming Canadian SCP patterns. My Sustainable Canada is a national not-f
or-profit organization. As researchers and practitioners, they seek to further our understanding of sustainable consumption and encourage citizens to be mindful consumers. My Sustainable Canada was created to help bridge gaps in knowledge, encourage collaboration and provide a national vision on sustainable consumption. In all its activities, My Sustainable Canada seeks to build greater understanding and support among the wider public, media and decision-makers.
Global Footprint Network
One Earth is a member and partner of Global Footprint Network, including to further the concept of the ecological footprint which One Earth
founding fellow Bill Rees developed with his colleague and GFN founder, Mathis Wackernagl. In 2003, Global Footprint Network was established to enable a sustainable future where all people have the opportunity to live satisfying lives within the means of one planet. The Ecological Footprint is a data-driven metric that tells us how close we are to the goal of sustainable living. Footprint accounts work like bank statements, documenting whether we are living within our ecological budget or consuming nature’s resources faster than the planet can renew them. Together with hundreds of individuals, 200 cities, 23 nations, leading business, scientists, NGO’s, academics and GFN’s 90-plus global parnters — spanning six continents — GFN is advancing the impact of the Footprint in the world, applying it to practical projects and sparking a global dialogue about a one-planet future and how to can facilitate change.
Integrative Strategies Forum
One E
arth partners with ISF on the Marrakech Forum as well as fostering SCP in North America. Their mission is to encourage and promote creative dialogue, partnerships, and integrative action strategies among organizations and networks working to build sustainable communities and societies. One of their projects is to build alliances among NGOs and others promoting sustainable production and consumption (SPAC) patterns, as well as persuading the world’s governments to place SPAC at the heart of economic policy.
Igapura
Igapura is the partner with One Earth Initiative on Sustainability Productions, a video series about sustainability initiatives, e.g., in the private sector, the b
uilt environment, and key concepts. Igapura specializes in audio-visual productions as well as the development of educational tools on sustainability.
OTHER PARTNERS
Gaining Ground Conference
One Earth partnered with the Gaining Ground conference in 2009 and 2010 in association with Smart Growth BC and in collaboration with the Canadian Society for Ecological Economics.
United Nations Environment Programme
One Earth was engaged by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) as co-facilitator of the NGO foru
m at the June 2007 UN International Expert Meeting on Sustainable Consumption and Production in Stockholm, Sweden. One Earth is a member of the Marrakech Sustainable Lifestyles Taskforce. UNEP is the voice for the environment in the United Nations system. Its mission is to provide leadership and encourage partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing, and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations.
City of Vancouver
One Earth is a member of the Greenest City working group: Achieve a One Planet Ecological Footprint (2010 – present). The City of Vancouv
er is renowned for its innovative programs in the areas of sustainability, accessibility and inclusivity. In February 2009, Mayor Gregor Robertson launched the Greenest City initiative with a goal to map out how we can earn the title of becoming the greenest city by 2020.
David Suzuki Foundation
The David Suzuki Foundation supported One Earth’s side event at the World Urban Forum in 2006. Since 1990, the David Suzuki Foun
dation has worked to find ways for society to live in balance with the natural world that sustains us. Focusing on four program areas – oceans and sustainable fishing, climate change and clean energy, sustainability, and the Nature Challenge – the Foundation uses science and education to promote solutions that conserve nature and help achieve sustainability within a generation. The Foundation’s report, Sustainability within a Generation, is a map to put Canada on the path to sustainability by the year 2030.
After the Foundation researched the 10 most effective action individuals can take to protect nature, we wanted to put our findings into action. We invite Canadians to join David Suzuki’s Nature Challenge by visiting our website to learn about the 10 most effective actions that will help to protect nature. The Nature Challenge helps individuals make sustainable decisions about our homes, the food we eat, and how we get around cities. Over 200,000 individuals have joined the Nature Challenge community and have made personal commitments to protecting Canada’s natural legacy for the future.
The Story of Stuff
One Earth is working with The Story of Stuff on Rethinking the Good Life. The Story of Stuff Project was created by Annie Leonard to leverage an
d extend the film’s impact (12 million views since its launch in 2007!). The Story of Stuff amplifies public discourse on a series of environmental, social and economic concerns and facilitates the growing Story of Stuff community’s involvement in strategic efforts to build a more sustainable and just world. Their on-line community includes over 150,000 activists and they partner with hundreds of environmental and social justice organizations worldwide to create and distribute their films, curricula and other content.
New City Institute
best practice research and implementation focused on cities, sustainability and citizen participation
The One Earth Initiative was hosted in its founding phase by the New City Institute, a Vancouver-based group involved in academic and action research aimed at advancing the theory and practice of sustainability. A distinguished group of planners, academics and concerned citizens founded the New City Institute in 1996. The New City Institute examines how cities are developed and how this affects the health and sustainability of ecological and social relationships. It also examines ways of involving citizens more closely in the decisions that affect their lives. The Institute has been involved in academic and action research aimed at advancing the theory and practice of sustainability. The Institute also offers a variety of consulting services to both the private and public sectors. The New City Institute undertakes research and public education on:
- Structuring the built environment to minimize impacts on the natural environment,
- Creating healthy, sustainable communities;
- Improving planning theory and practice;
- Fostering public participation and a culture of civic engagement.
The New City Institute emerged from a group of progressive urban thinkers best known for publishing New City magazine, and its predecessor City magazine. For thirty years, this group influenced politicians, bureaucrats and academics by showing how different planning practices were shaping, and could shape, Canadian cities.
Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival
The Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival collaborated with One Earth and other partners on the launch of the first annual Earth Alive film festival in 20
08.
Centre for Child Honouring
One Earth supports the Centre for Child Honouring’s Covenant and Principles. The Centre for Child Honouring on Salt Spring Island, 
BC, Canada is the home of a global movement that views honouring children as the best way to create sustainable, peacemaking societies. Child Honouring is a philosophy — a vision, an organizing principle, and a way of life—the children-first way of sustainability. Founded by Raffi, a renowned Canadian songwriter and performer, author, ecology advocate and entrepreneur, the spirit of child honouring is invitational—a call to imagine and create a diversity of child-friendly cultures.
UBC University Town
http://www.universitytown.ubc.ca
UBC University Town supported One Earth’s side event at the World Urban Forum in 2006. As the University grows with the creation of University T
own, the three pillars of sustainability (ecology, economy, and community) are the foundation for the planning and implementation of all new academic buildings and residential neighbourhoods.