Sustainable Development
Sustainable Development
Sustainable Development Links
- Panos London Independent, non-profit information agency producing news and analysis on topical, global issues with a developing country perspective.
- FICUS Florida Internet Center for Understanding Sustainability
- Alambina: Green Architecture and Sustainable Development Link list with a focus on green architecture. Also: Beyond sprawl, patterns of growth, carfree cities and energy efficiency.
- Sustainable Development At its third session in April 1995, the UN Commission "noted the importance of developing, among the organizations of the United Nations system, a common or compatible system of access to their respective data bases, in order to share data fully, to streamline the collection and interpretation of data and to identify data gaps, for the purpose of providing more comprehensive and integrated data to decision-makers at national, regional and international levels."
- Dempsey's Home Page Advocates sustainable community development. Information on land use planning, software reviews and other topics.
- Improving Community Participation in Environment and Development Guide for natural resource managers and others working to help communities identify more sustainable resource management practices. Provides approaches, information and theory in related fields such as sustainable development, adaptive management, collaborative learning, facilitation, conflict resolution, information management and Internet use.
- Introduction to The Natural Step A creative approach for addressing environmental challenges based on consensus, systems thinking and sharing a common framework of easily understood, scientifically-based principles. Being used by many large businesses worldwide.
- Yearbook of International Co-operation on Environment and Development Detailed and difficult-to-find data on the interrelationships between treaties, IGOs, NGOs and governments. Journal of the International Juridical Organization for Environment and Development provides updated, basic data on the progress made at environmental conventions and organizations.
- Karla Bell and Associates KBA develops environmental, social and economic policies for LGAs, cities and regions, UN forums, and federal and state agendas.
- World Business Council for Sustainable Development Organization of transnational corporations who advocate for cooperation between business and government to balance economic and environmental interests.
- Awakening Earth Information in support of the awakening of culture and consciousness to achieve a sustainable and compassionate global future.
- Threshold 21 Computer-based development model - integrating human, economic and environmental concerns into one model - used to make efficient and effective development planning choices.
- SAGE (Sustainability Action Group Exchange) An exchange forum for information sharing about best practice in sustainability. It features articles, projects, case studies, lectures, texts and links. Updated quarterly focusing on a particular theme or issue.
- Native Sustainability Paper Indigenous cultures can teach those of us in Western culture about alternative ways of connecting to life, the land, and community. [Very brief paper]
- National Strategies for Sustainable Development Planning tool for multi-donor project on Developing Country Dialogues on National Strategies for Sustainable Development.
- Sustainable Development - A Common Challenge for North and South Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development (NFSD) article: From the point of view of sustainable development, all countries are "developing countries"...
- Sustainable Development Online Listing conferences, tools, education and training, SME support initiatives and networks, all personally screened by researchers.
- Applying Sustainable Development Focus is on social and cultural change, without which sustainable development is unattainable. Pages include threats and opportunities, agenda for change, practical examples, skilled people, models for change, sources of information.
- Sustainable Development Gateway The tri-lingual Sustainable Development Gateway provides access to over 1,200 links, a calendar of events, a job bank, the Sustainability Web Ring, listservs, and news sites dealing with sustainable development.
- Signals of Change Business Progress Towards Sustainable Development. Stephan Schmidheiny . Rodney Chase . Livio DeSimone.
- Patterns of a Conservation Economy Presents a bioregional pattern language, defining sectors of opportunity for the emerging sustainable economy of the 21st century.
- Sustainable Links Colorado State educational site provides original material on permaculture, cooperative business, gardening, agriculture, community and architecture.
- Sustainable Development in the Americas Critical review of what is and is not online about sustainable development planning in the Americas.
- Combustion in the Rainforest: Ecology, Energy and Economy for a Sustainable Environment A global holistic perspective to the world environmental predicament.
- Capacity Development: A Holistic Approach to Sustainable Development An analyses of the concept of capacity development--a process by which individuals, groups, organizations and societies enhance their abilities to identify and meet development challenges on a sustainable basis.
- Sustainable Huron Regional example of the social, economic and environmental variables in Sustainability. Huron County, Ontario.
- Sustainable Life Gateway and store of a wealth of online resources to help you find what you need to live a more healthy, sustainable lifestyle.
- Sustainable Development: Sharing Canada`s Vision The Canadian Government's definition of sustainable development of less developed countries.
- The Empty Homes Agency Highlighting the waste of empty homes and property throughout England: Information, solutions and statistics.
- Cyclic Solar Safe A free online course in sustainable product design, with a quiz and hundreds of product examples. Run by the non profit organisation BioThinking International.
- Participatory approaches Website that aims to promote participation in development though a focus on Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) information exchange.
- What's Wrong with Consumptive Use of Wild Animals? Analyses and assesses some of the arguments that have been put forward against the consumptive use of wild animals. The focus is on arguments deployed recently in two international fora: the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.
- WWW Virtual Library: Sustainable Development List of internet sites dealing with sustainable development, including organisations, projects and activities, electronic journals, libraries, references and documents, and databases.
- Kerala Model Of Development An online resource guide for the academic studies related to the Kerala Model of Sustainable Development.
- The Natural Advantage A book which presents human sustainability at work by applying the principles of organic growth to achieve results while renewing potential.
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