Helpful Links (resources and info)
The Otesha Project UK
The message is spreading! Check out our friends in London who are spreading the Otesha message througout the UK.
The Otesha Project Australia
We have Otesha buddies mobilizing in Australia too! Check out the different ways that they celebrate sustainability.
WE CANada
The Otesha Project is a part of this non-partisan coalition that participates in national outreach and consultation
with the Canadian Earth Summit Coalition through discussions about sustainability.
Green Street Youth Action Center
This website is an awesome resources for learning about upcoming youth conferences, opportunites, and resources on sustainability and environmental issues. Otesha is super pumped to be part of the Green Street network.
New Dream
This website has an endless resources on sustainable consumption, including the Turn the Tide program, which allows you to calculate your individual impact and the collective impact of the Otesha Project.
Sierra Youth Coalition
The SYC has a national network of dedicated youth working on a variety of social and environmental issues; a great place for you to get involved!
Leaders Today
Leaders today runs an academy in Toronto where Jess and Joss both got training on the skills needed to be great leaders... They are inspiring, motivating, and changing the world every day by giving youth the skills to make their voices heard!
Youth Environment Network
The Youth Environment Network helps network YENGO's across Canada, as well as offering them training and advice. They can help you get connected in your area, as they have helped us!
Youth X Change
This UNESCO-UNEP project has a great website and handbook, and is working on providing a sustainable consumption toolkit. This is one of our favourites, as it is helping youth around the world (including us) to work together and make change happen!
Adbusters
Adbusters is an alternate form of media that questions consumerism, corporations, societal values, and attitudes towards our environment. Their thought provoking images play a role in our presentations.
LOKI Design Labs
LOKi Design Labs is an independent design studio based in Montréal, Québec working who worked with the Otesha Project in 2003. Its focus is on creating work that challenges dominant communication paradigms.
Environmental Youth Alliance
The EYA runs incredible sustainable consumption programs and has been a great resource for us.
Dr. William Rees
Dr. Rees is one of the original creators of the ecological footprint concept, and was an incredible help to us in the initial stages of the project.
Peace and Environment Resource Center
The Peace and Environment Resource Center in Ottawa, run by Mike Kaulbars, has one of the most interesting libraries we've ever seen, and runs a great newspaper. Mike in particular has been a mentor, forcing us to consider, and reconsider our philosophies.
The David Suzuki Foundation
Chaired by environmental superstar Dr. David Suzuki, the Foundation has launched an awesome Nature Challenge and is partnering with us in their outreach aspect
Tools for Change
Co-founded by Otesha alumni, Jessica Bell, Tools for Change hosts skills-based workshops to help you champion social change. Workshop topics include: organizing rallies, meeting facilitation, how to host a workshop, and more. Tools for Change is based in Toronto.
Typeleft is a partnership between programmer Izaak Branderhorst and graphic designer Natasha Geerts in Montreal. Together they built the revamped and revised edition of otesha.ca in 2004.
Warren's Waterless
The publisher of the Otesha book.
Unitarian Service Committee of Canada
USC Canada promotes vibrant family farms, strong rural communities, and healthy ecosystems around the world.
