Canada-Nova Scotia Infrastructure Secretariat
The Canada-Nova Scotia Infrastructure Secretariat(CNSIS) administers the federal-provincial agreements (including the Gas Tax Agreement) that provide funding to infrastructure projectsin Nova Scotia. The CNSIS helps communities access funds to improve their infrastructure –contributing to healthy, vibrant, sustainable communities.
http://www.nsinfrastructure.ca/index.aspx

Ecology Action Centre
The Ecology Action Centre has acted as a voice for Nova Scotia's environment for over 35 years. Since 1971, the EAC has been working to build a healthier, more sustainable Nova Scotia. http://www.ecologyaction.ca/

Examples of Completed Sustainable Community Plans
http://www.infrastructure.gc.ca/links-liens/resources-ressources/resources-ressources-eng.html#a4

• Chester, NS: http://www.chester.ca/icsp/
  
• Bridgewater, NS: http://www.bridgewater.ca/sustainability/integrated-community-sustainability-plan.html
  
• Town of Shelburne, NS: http://www.auracom.com/tnshelb/Final_Shelburne_ICSP_
  January_28_2010[1].pdf
  
• Barrington, NS: http://www.barringtonmunicipality.com/pdfs/
  ICSP%20Report_Barrington.pdf
  
• District of Yarmouth, NS: http://www.district.yarmouth.ns.ca/council/011/000258/ICSP%20
  Report_Yarmouth_PDF_Reduced.pdf
  
• District of Lunenburg, NS: http://www.modl.ca/sustainability/2010-icsp.html

Union of Nova Scotia Municipalities (UNSM) – Municipal Sustainability Office
This website has been developed to provide Nova Scotia’s 55 municipalities with timely and practical information on energy-efficiency, climate change, renewable energy, and environmental sustainability as it relates to local governments and their communities. It is a place for "municipality-to-municipality" sharing of tools, best practices and events.
http://www.sustainability-unsm.ca/

Conserve Nova Scotia
Provides energy conservation guidance and support for Nova Scotians.
http://www.conservens.ca

Nova Scotia Environmental Goals and Sustainable Prosperity Act:
Nova Scotia aims to have one of the cleanest and most sustainable environments in the world by 2020. This commitment was adopted in the Environmental Goals and Sustainable Prosperity Act, proclaimed in June 2007. The act sets out 21 far-reaching goals for the province, ranging from reduced air emissions and waste, to new energy standards for buildings and increased protection of our land and water.
http://www.gov.ns.ca/nse/pollutionprevention/docs/2020FactSheet.pdf

The Natural Step:
The Natural Step is an international not-for-profit organisation dedicated to education, advisory work and research in sustainable development. Since 1989, we have worked with thousands of corporations, municipalities, academic institutions and not-for-profit organisations that have proven that moving strategically toward sustainability leads to new opportunities, reduced costs, and dramatically reduced ecological and social impacts.
http://www.naturalstep.ca

ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability is an international association of local governments as well as national and regional local government organizations who have made a commitment to sustainable development
http://www.iclei.org/index.php?id=global-about-iclei

IPCC – Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is the leading body for the assessment of climate change, established by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) to provide the world with a clear scientific view on the current state of climate change and its potential environmental and socio-economic consequences.
http://www.ipcc.ch/

IISD – International Institute for Sustainable Development
The IISD   is a non-partisan, charitable organization specializing in policy research, analysis and information exchange. Through its head office in Winnipeg, Manitoba and its branches in Ottawa, Ontario; New York, NY; and Geneva, Switzerland IISD applies human ingenuity to help improve the well being of the world's environment, economy and society.
http://www.iisd.org/