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Home / Regional / North America / Canada / British Columbia / Localities / V / Victoria / Science and Environment
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- 2002 Children's Conference on the Environment - 636 delegates from all levels of government and industry, with United Nations Environment Program from over 60 countries, met for this four-day event.
www.icccanada2002.org
- Allergy and Environmental Health Association - A non-profit organization, that strives to raise awareness within the medical community, educational institutions, and the general public of people in need and thier requirements for safe food, water, housing, and treatment.
www.ehabc.org
- Beacon Hill Park - Park facilites include trails, a petting animal farm and wading pool, water fountains, picnic areas, monuments, sport fields and playgrounds, and what was once the world's tallest totem pole in the world.
www.beaconhillpark.com
- Bird Watching - Birding in British Columbia - A Birding Guide for Victoria and Southern Vancouver Island.
birding.bc.ca/victoria
- Butchart Gardens - Fifty five acres of floral display, offering spectacular views, with meandering paths and expansive lawns.
www.butchartgardens.com
- Crystal Garden - An indoor botanical garden with over 65 species of endangered birds and mammals, hundreds of tropical plants, the world's smallest monkeys and dozens exotic butterflies.
www.bcpcc.com/crystal
- Earth Future - The community website of a prominent Victoria author, Guy Dauncey, who has written about a world of ecovillages and self-organizing neighbourhoods with near-zero garbage, bicycles and climate-friendly cars.
www.earthfuture.com
- Greater Victoria Cycling Coalition - A cycling and environmental advocacy organization in Victoria, that provides information on safe cycling and cycle touring on Vancouver Island and the Canadian Gulf Islands.
www.gvcc.bc.ca
- Greater Victoria Viewing Sites - Part of British Columbia Wildlife Watch: learn about all the best spots in Victoria to view wildlife.
www3.telus.net/driftwood/grvic.htm
- Habitat Acquisition Trust Online - A non-profit local land trust whose principal purpose is to encourage and support habitat conservation on southern Vancouver Island and the southern Gulf Islands.
www.hat.bc.ca
- Islands Trust Fund - A Victoria group that uses voluntary conservation methods like land donations and conservation covenants to help preserve and protect rural character, and natural and cultural areas the in the Islands Trust Area.
www.islandstrustfund.bc.ca
- Marine Ecology Station - Educational resources about marine ecology.
www.mareco.org
- OceanLink - An interactive marine biology site for students, teachers and others. Extensive information on marine and coastal organisms, "ask a marine scientist", and a glossary of marine biology.
oceanlink.island.net
- Pacific Undersea Gardens Underwater Aquarium - Go underwater the Victoria inner-harbor and see the wildlife, a live dive show and watch a movie at the underwater theater.
www.pacificunderseagardens.com
- Peace, Earth and Justice News - Free email news service provides news, opinion and analysis of peace, environment and justice issues.
pej.ca
- Physical Shore-Zone Mapping System - Documents the Physical Shoreline-Mapping System which is a scheme designed and developed in the early 1980's for mapping the physical character of the coastal zone of British Columbia.
srmwww.gov.bc.ca/risc/pubs/coastal/pysshore
- Prince of Whales Whale Watching - The largest whale watching company in Victoria with easy access from Vancouver and Seattle.
www.princeofwhales.com
- Raincoast Conservation Society - A non-profit organization, promoting research and public education, with the goal of ensuring the long-term survival of the Western British Columbia coastal rainforest ecosystems.
www.raincoast.org
- Sierra Club of British Columbia - An environmental non-profit organization registered in Victoria, Canada, dedicated to protecting British Columbia's wildland and wildlife, particularly the ancient temperate rainforest ecosystems.
www.sierraclub.ca/bc
- Spectrum Education Enterprises - Victoria company providing consulting, writing and editing services on the topics of environmental sciences and lifestyle with expertise in atmospheric sciences and global change.
www.islandnet.com/~see
- University of Victoria Climate Modelling Group - This group is involved in modelling and analysis of past, present and future climate primarily using their locally developed comprehensive Earth System Climate Model, known internationally as the "UVic coupled model".
wikyonos.seos.uvic.ca/climate-lab
- University of Victoria Geography Research Lab - The Geography Research Lab at University of British Columbia hosts studies as the Tree Ring Library, the Whale Research Laboratory, and the Digital Cartographic Archive.
office.geog.uvic.ca/dept/faculty/research.shtml
- Victoria Bug Zoo - Home to some of the worlds rare insects, arachnids and other creepy-crawlies.
www.bugzoo.bc.ca
- Victoria Butterfly Gardens - Houses a great indoor collection of rare and beautiful butterflies.
butterflygardens.com
- Victoria Car Share Co-Op - Since 1996, a registered not-for-profit Co-operative, with more than 50 drivers, and 3 vehicles within the Victoria community.
vvv.com/~carshare
- Victoria Independent Media Center - VIC IMC is a non-commercial, democratic collective of Vancouver Island area independent media makers and media outlets, and serves as the local organizing unit of the global Indymedia network.
victoria.indymedia.org
- Victoria Natural History Society - Provides an opportunity for those interested in the natural world, to come together to share their ideas and experience on topics including botany and bird watching.
www.vicnhs.bc.ca
- Victoria Transport Policy Institute - An independent research organization dedicated to developing innovative and practical solutions to transportation problems.
www.vtpi.org
- Walk for Global Justice - An event designed to allow citizens to demonstrate over large free trade deals and their strong tendency to lower democratic, peace, and environmental standards.
justicewalk.ca
- Western Canada Wilderness Committee - Victoria Chapter - Group whose goal is the preservation of wilderness through southern Vancouver island including areas like Carmanah Valley, Walbran Valley, and Burgoyne Bay.
www.wildernesscommitteevictoria.org
- Race Rocks Ecological Reserve - Society dedicated to the study of marine ecology in The Race Rocks Ecological Reserve Marine Protected Area off the coast of Victoria.
www.racerocks.com
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